The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-11-22
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ars. Kate ohoate, In Honor of WIG,

0rs. Kate Ohoate, In Honor of Vines
HousewarmIng Whittier Wrote Yerses.
! Surely few housewarmings-and 6
housewarming is one Of the most mem
orable and significant of domestic cele-
brations-are likely to be remembered
with more satisfaction aid pride rhar
that which attended tie first occupancy
Of the dwelling of Mrs. Kate Choate Of
Amesbury.
She was the poet Whittier's washer.
woman, and when by persistent indus
try she had earned home for herself
and her family he was one Of the fore.
most among the neighbors and friends
who organized the festivities and height
| eued the delight of their hostess by leav-
ing substantial tokens of their regard,
including G complete set of furniture
gor the new parlor.
Mr.. Whittier was present among the
guests and made the speech of congrat-
ulation, concluding it with the recira-
ton of a poem which he modes5iy CO
scribed as piece of machine poetry in.
trusted to him for the occasion. II was
his own, of course, and it is given IN
full III his Life and Letters, " recent,
published. The last three verses are a.
follows:
Thanks, then, to Kate Choatei
Let the idle take note
What their fingers were made Tor.
She, cheerful and jolly,
Worked on late and early
And bought-what she paid for.
Never vainly repining
Nor begging nor whining.
The morning star wrinkles
On no heart that's lighter
As she makes the world winter
And smooths out it's wrinkles.
So long life to Katel
May her heirs have TO wait
Till they're gray in attendance.
AND the flatiron press on,
Still teaching its lesson
OF brave in dependence.
Mr.. Whittier early poems accorded
Ii Songs of Labor, :" due poetic hon.
DIS to the professions of droYer, shoe
maker, shipbui lder. farmer and fisher
man. 1t is pleasant to. find him alsa
gracefully recognizing the worth of a
profession no less useful and honorable,
but less often honored. fLong life to
Kate. - too he has doubtless secured,
III transferring her flatiron and all
from the steamy realm of the kitchen 20
the more romantic atmosphere OF vessa
The twenty seventh annual convex
hon of the National American Woman
Suffrage association Will be held in At
ianta in De Gives Opera House Jan. 81
TO Feb. 8. The official call for the CON
yention says:
The object of these conventions is 10
educate women into knowledge of thei,
rights and duties as citizens Of repub
lie, and through them TO arouse the ma
tion to a sense Of the national wrong
perpetrated by the Acknowledgement Of
half the people of the United States in
opposition to the principles of govern
ment declared by our laws and oonstita
sions
While Colorado's full enfranchise
ment OF women in 1898 is encouraging,
the defeat of the suffrage amendments
10 New York and Kansas in 1894 showr
how largely men still fail when called
upon to put in practice the principles
they enunoiate.
Though &c states have granted some
slight concessions to women citizens, IN
40 states of the Union, save Wyoming
and Colorado, are women yet admitted
60 the dignity of equal rights in citizen
ship In only six states of the Union are
mothers conceded to be legal owners g
their own children.
Such being the sad and shameful state
OF affairs, it behooves all lovers of jus
tice to rally at the call to speed the nexf
step in human progress-the full dc
velopment of the mother of the race, the
greatest factor Sn the coming oivilizs
tion.