The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-20
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He voiced his admiration
But learned with CONSERVATION
She had no time for Cupid.
She spoke without emotion,
And showed she had notion
That love was rather stupid.
He promised ease and pleasure;
She did not seem to treasure
The joys that he depicted.
Despising old conditions,
To feminine ambitions
She would not be restricted.
She scorned the protestations
That once, throughout all nations,
Fair women had delighted;
The time was now propitious
For freedom most deliciuos.
And greater deeds melted.
Alas" he cried. despairing.
Twas waste of time declaring
The love | might have rendered.
But then he thought to urge her
To Join him in a merger
And straightway she surrendered.
Brooklyn Eagle.
That the woman's suffrage bill has
suffered defeat so many times in the
legislature is great mystery to the
female lobbyists and a matter which
has caused some thinking from the
rest of the feminine population of
Montana.
Now what is the reason men-the
men we persuaded our husbands
fathers, brothers and sweethearts to
vote for-wll not do more than con
slider that suffrage bill? Is it be-
cause their wives have not made
their home a haven Of peace and
rest? Do they fear grape nut, gran
ola and force for a steady diet, in
steead of their usual rations of leath
cry cakes, tough beefsteak, burned
chops and soggy biscuits?
Do the men fear that things Nigh
grow from bad to worse, and they
might have their household duties tt
attend to themselves? There is moth
ing so disastrous to the suffrage bill
as to send legislator to the hal
with his stomach full of indigestibl'
groceries. Did the women Lobbyists
think of this?
Now, in Wyoming and Colorado
where suffrage prevails the hom
nest has not been destroyed, mel
marry women with a vote in thes
states and raise families very mucl
in the same old way.
People, or, rather. men haven
much patience with the women VIII
go over the country shrieking owe
the wrongs of Womankind and tel
ing about the downtrodden conditio
in which they find their sex, and a
through the tyranny of man, wicke
man
AS matter of fact. it is the disp'
sition of the average gallant MOI
tana man to give to woman ever.
thing they want, all that is in the
power, and the average man woul
not think of withholding the right
vote from his wife, daughter an
sweetheart, or even his mother-il
law if it were made clear to hi
that they desired this right.
1t is true that suffrage is gainir
ground and no doubt would becon
universal if the women were earne'
and were really DESTROYS in the
wish to possess the privilege.
A very small proportion of the ia
sex favor it, another proportion OF
pose it, and the greater number a
utterly Indifferent Wherever it h;
been tried it has disappointed DO
the friends and enemies of WON;
suffrage. 1t certainly has not dol
away with saloons or created a NOR
paradise in the states where it h
been tried, neither has it degrad
womankind from their high sphe
of duty or made them less sweet al
attractive, and the laws passed
not different than the laws passed
states where men only vote.
In Montana a small band of {
voted enthusiasts in the cause
woman's appear before the legis
ture and urge the submission to
people of woman suffrage amel
ment.
If this matter were left to the "
Of the women alone. the male vot'
would be quite willing to stand
their decision, if a reasonable or
ion could be obtained from them
The male voters of Montana
too devoted admirers and lovers
the gentle sex to deny them a
thing they really want.
On Friday evening Mr.. and n
George Wilson hOnored their
ployes by entertaining them in a
lightful manner. The guests pla
cinch and crokinole and there W
number of musical selections.