The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-11

Huntsville ! noticed large signboard By
mo side OF tho road on which wass
Blind Carl Stevenson, Broom Factory"
Near by was a little new house, through
the windows of which could see brooms
and braom straw leaning against tho
wall. Setting back from the road is tho
little house which the family live In.
Some distance I'D the road noticed \
field of broom straw and was told that
this also was Blind Carl 8. The mer-
chants in Huntsville sell his brooms
and ! have often used one OF them.
will close now and will not walt so long
10 write again. An Old Hap.
! Lake Charles. La.--Dear Haphammer.
/ This is my first attempt. VIII you sduic
me. q "cagen" boy to your club? hops
so. I've been reading the club talk aud
letters several years. but never dared
venture to write before. | dou't be-
lieYe women should ever vote and do
not agree with the editress that Gypsy
makes good point when she says women
should vote because they have to pay =
tax. There are many reasons why
woman should not vote. and can't think
Of one why she should unless she wauts
to become man. So If she does that,
then what Will become OF this world.
our happy homes? What think you OF
the man coming home tired and hungry
to his dinner and finds no wife or sister.
mother daughter and no dinner They
are out to a political meeting or to vote
Then where would our home 10 to? Who
would teach the boy kindly manliness?
The girl gentle womanhood, her home
duty etc.? Echo answers. who? In the
first place "Gipsy's" comparison of the
4 mt. -.
right, for the women of these United
states are represented aud that by loving
fathers sons, brothers and husbands,
and they are not taxed the same either.
"Gipsy," you say that II women voted
1t would abolish The liquor traffic." but
II IS not tue. where women do vote. Look
at Colorado II is not changed In tha
leass since women have voted there.
Then again prohibition does not pro-
hibit In States that have gone strongly
prohibition. Take Kansas, for instance.
1t is strongly prohibition, aud the sa-
looas are vide open AL over that State.
Read statistics and you will ind whsre
women are allowed to vote that only
about one-iourth do vote and nine-tenths
Of them vote Just as father, brother. son
or husband dictates. or tells them to.
This is a known fact. Now see here,
Gypsy" q take for granted you are
Crib did you not know that the All
Wise made women for a womanly pur-
pose? There is nothing admired so much
as pure, sweet. ladyiike woman in her
home performing the duties that the All
Wise intended for her. and nothing more
disgusting than manDish woman that
has lost her sweet. ladylike womanliness
by her neglect OF home and coming In
worldly contact with the general public
ana SO Thoroughly forgetting her LADY,
hood. Why can't You trust your fathers,
hro har eo ia RI
you? You trust them to carry you IN
safety in railroad trains. in ships; trust
them to do he hard work developing new
country; trust them TO so to war. fght
and die for you. After all this. are they
so dishonest that you can't trust them,
whose every interest is the same as
yours TO say what the small matter OF
taxes should be? Now, II you must vote
TO purify politics, mothers, sisters and
wives here is the only way 10 do IL and
still be the same sweet ladies' you nov
are. Mothers, bring your sons up With
such pure. honest. upright teachings and
training that you need not have fear
when he goes TO the ballot box. but what
he will have your interest at heart most.
and will vote for pure laws and against
that which is an evil 10 social and pub
lie life, and sisters help brothers to be
pure. honest man by kindness toward
him aud living a pure. sweet life that
wall make your Drolner give mis- lie Des-
fore he would vote for anything that
would harm Sister ia the very least.
This rule will also apply to the wife and
husband Yes. "Gipsy.' | agree With YOU
that IL Is for the pure. sweet women tu
raise the morals OF men, but not by the
voting route. and publicity, but by
pure, sweet. kindly teachings and goodly
lives in home. sweet home" Well.
Iiaps, I'll close. wishing you all hapDt-
ness. A new Hap. Albert Renshaw.