The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-11-04

her own self.respect; and when she
loses that self-respecL, she loses the re
spect Ut her children. We know of a
mother, good and kind, sacrificing
herself to her children, who, through
that sacrifice, has sacrificed her power
OF doing good. wonder IL you have
read Mary X. Wilkin's Revolt OF
Mother You should read it, for it
contains profound moral lessons"
[Th Is the story Of a lUnv suffering
wife, tyranniZed over by a husband
who was thOughtless rather than bad,
and describes her final rebellion and
its good results
Another favOrite objection to equal
suffrage Is the division of labor.
The idea that the mother ought to at.
tend to everything within the home
and the father To everything outside
It. Governor Roosevelt said:
II 90 not think 1t Is right for the
father to let the mother have all the
care OF home life. No family can be.
come all that 1t should be II the father
does not do his share, or IL the mother
does not keep in touch with outside
interests and what Is going on in the
world sufficiently to become an intel.
lectual stimulus to her children.
many persons have a feeling that
education and intelligent interest in
public affairs tend to make woman
unwOmanly. Governor Roosevelt Sa d:
There are women who develtp the
intellectual side to the dwarticg Of
the wOmanly, but 1t Is not neceSSa ry.
Educate the girl to be just as much Of
a woman y heroine as the herOines of
any OF the rOmances Il the last cen.
tury, yet have her wise, with well.
trained mind, thoroughly awake to
all That Is going on in the world
"Tlie real objection to suffrage, in
the mi DIS Of many fash enable and
fasUidiOus women. Is the fear that the
ballot might br ng them in contact
with something rough and unpleasant.
Guvernur Roosevelt said:
II think all these people who are
bringing up the boys and girls who
will naturally be The leaders uf the
next century should keep peculiarly
In mind To train those children to
nave not only the negative motives,
but to cultivate the pos tive. AS one
who sees infinitely much Of the wick
edness In the world. h We grown to
Sou'S WV VAIN Va IutCIItkcuU anu
strong effort for Righteousness to rep
resent a positive misdemeanOr. We
can't afford It. We need all the effort
toward Righteousness possible. Your
children a"e the people who will shape
the questions Of the next century, in
which there will he coming tUgeth.
er Of the nations and a gather nv of
problems greater than ever before. In
the next century we shall need every
ounce Of morally, Of firm courage, III
steady purpose. We need not oaly
the nice people, the people who won d
sit at home, who would cUnfine their
efforts to passing resolutions, but we
shall need the people who feel a burn.
Ing sense Of Indignation at corruption,
at wrongs, at injustices, at foul wing
people who will ~ out and work TO
set the word Alright >
1t Is peculiarly appropriate that
these words should have been sDuken
In Albany. the headquarters of the
ants, who 'wOu d sit at home and
who s1udier at the idea Of crystalliz.
ing their d .sappruval of any evil into
the concrete form Of ballot cast
against IT,"
Animal Biographies.
Ernest Seton Thompson is a worthy
nj vn q K;,l; IL,