Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-10
OUTSIDE POINT OF VIEW

OUTSIDE POINT OF VlEW}
Madam" said the writer to the lady
of the house. have you read the accus-
itlon OF the eastern bishop who proved
lconclusiNeiy, that is. to his own salts
faction. that your sex. you women are
! directly responsible for all of the evil
there Is in the world. He is willing to
| give You credit for some OF the good
that exists. but all OF the bad can be
laid at your door," Yes said a mar
tyr-like Voice, Il have heard of it,"
And Mrs. b. continued the lecturer
his argument is unanswerable. To
the mothers our young people look for
everything in the way of unconscious
| formation of evil habits. For instance.
little Johnnie finds that q lie screens
him from punishment. The father is
away from home attending to business
so that it is the mother who allows
Johnnie To continue in prevarication. if
she fails then and there to correct him
Or Johnnie steals sugar from the table
and denies it. a double crime all of
which goes unpublished. or Johnnie
tswears at the hired girl, who promptly
reports it to the mother. Said mother
calls up Johnnie who also promptly
denies the whole business and again
escapes punishment. The result is
Johnnie grows up a liar thief and an
la ll-around bad man. goes to the peni-
Tertiary and is finally hung by Il mob
for horse stealing. Mrs. Is, you can not
escape this logic
IF YOU We're the husband of any 9TH
CT woman, said the lady addressed,
You would have been sent to Indepen-
dence long ago. That's logic, is it?
That's the way philosophers and bish-
ops reason. is it? Mr. Brdseye, let me
tell you one thing. if an epidemic
should occur that resulted in the kill
ing of all the male sex over IA years of
age in this whole world, and conse-
quenty all of the children in the world
ut the time of this act of providence
would necessarily be under the care of
women till they grew TO manhood it
would change the whole history of the
world. Would the women of this world
teach their children to fight" Would we
have West Points to educate our boys
how to kill scientifically? Would wom-
Ell have naval training ships to use the
best years of a boys life in directing
their minds towards the discovery of a
dynamite torpedo that would blow up
a whole ship of human beings? Can
your logical brain conceive OF the re-
suit on saloons if all of the men of the
world should disappear tomorrow?
Does your bishop suppose the women
then left in the world would take hold
and spend more money for intoxicating
liquors than for food. clothing or homes?
Or perhaps YOU and the bishop think
we would support the gambling houses
after our male relatives had all gone to
a better land? don't care if ii is
slang. you and the bishop make me
tired"
MY dear woman said this scribe,
don't get excited. AS usual. as Il rep
resentative of your sex you can not
reason, do not understand logic. The
point is this: Admit the wars. the sa-
looms and the gambling. can not you
see that your failure TO raise your sons
properly is the direct cause of the con-
tinuation of these evils? BY precept
and example,
Yes" interrupted the female orator.
example! Go with me tonight upon
the streets of this town and I'll show
YOU examples. Before We've gone a
block I'll show you a drunken man
brute. not woman. We will hardly get
the front door open before we Will be
hearing cursing and swearing by men;
not women And you will not deny that
at this moment, in many public places,
foul mouthed men are telling vulgar
stories in the presence of 10 and ~
year-old boys so-called decent men do
ing this Do you know of decent
woman who INDUCES in this form of
education, of example? Your logic, Mr..
Is, is very lame. Your bishop probably
delivers grand sermons on Sabbath OBJ
servance, and Philosopher Birdseye
talks of example. Who goes to church,
follow? You know that next Sunday,
here in Marshalltown. ten women to
one man will be inside church walls,
and YOU know that next Sunday 1000
men to one woman will be playing po-
l1er and frequenting the back door of
the saloons. You said example, let me
tell you that
excuse me. my dear" said this
scribe, Il promised to go down to Pes
simist's this evening and have game
of chess. I have a night key"