Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-04-27
Mirandy on WOman'S Sphere.

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de women in Kansas gwine to vote ?"
inquired Mirandy.
There is bare possibility that the
women of Kansas may be granted
suffrage like the women of Colorado
Wyoming, Utah and Idaho, " l replied.
"Is dere place whar woman can
walk up and cas- her vote jes' de same
as man ?" she asked.
YES" answered.
"And it's wuth jes as much as
man eff she wants to sell itY she
went on.
"Just as much" I answered again.
"Bless de Lawd l done live to see
dis day she exclaimed. "Fus' dem
heathens from over de water whut
cant talk our ang'vidge gifts de right
to make de laws, den de niggers, an
den de women.
"I specs dat de men is beginning to
think dat de women whut is been OF
to school and college knows mos as
much as de furriners an niggers whut
cant read an write.
II sholly will bar de good news to
Brer Jenkins dis very night, Gaze him
an me suttinly did lock horns at de
las prar meetin an cep'n dat he was
de preacher an I'se a meek an hum
BILE Christian woman, deY amt no
tellin' whut would a happened.
"You see hit was lax dis: 1t was a
mighty refreshin meetin, an things
wus gittin kinder het up, when l feel
a call to exort de sinners, but no SOON
er is riz up in my seat dan Brer
Jenkins call out to me:
"'Set down, Sis Mirandy, says he,
de women mus keep silence in de
chu'c 'ch. Dey's de weaker vessel.
"'Don't you come no weaker vessel
on me, spoons, for my dander was
up. 'Whar would de clutches be ef
dey want no women in dem2 Dey
wouldn't be no clutches. Who pays
de preacher, Brer Jenkins2 Whar
did you get dat fine coat on your
back? Don't seem lax hear nobody
complainin bout women in de chu chs
when hit comes to psssin' round de
hat
al been listnin' mighty close, wild
nv year to de ground, but when de
honey dat de Daughters of Zion raise
talk nobody amt say, Hush to hit
leas of all de preachers.
ovid dat de women in de congre-
gashun began to litter an de men to
look scandilize, an Brer Jenkins got
sorter pale arOun' de gills an say;
"'Set down, woman woman what
speeches in public am out of her sa-
cred sphere an bein' as Id said my
say, l sot down.
"Yassum, it shore is funny bout a
woman's sacred sphere. As near as !
can figure it out you're in it as long
as you raises de money, but when you
wants to have han in de spendin
you done bus out of it Men is aw
full perlite bout helpin' women tc
to spend money, anyway.
"Imind one day when I was a comm
home from de ladies what I washes fol
wild bundle OF clothes bout de size
of a trunk, an l meets Ike, an We
stops an passes de time of day.
"'Fo de Lawd, Mirandy,' ses he
but you's fine stropping woman t.
tottle load lax dat.
"Wid dat he perambulated on hi
way widout offeringto lend me a hanc
in gittin' de clothes home. Bimeb.
he comes along agln when I was fetch
in de water to wash in, and he ain
say nothin' about packin in fe7
buckets, but dot evenin after l tucl
de clothes home an gifts my pay me
him again an he ses:
'Mirandy, you looks kinder tire'
an tuckered out. You better let N
tote 20 pocketbOOk for yO'.
"But I spends if I got de strengt
to DO de wuk l sho kin brace u
. enough to pack de money it brings IL
and den Ike looks mighty sOrrerfu
and says as how he is afeared Ise
gittin out of my sphere, and dat b
specks dot de next thing l wants Wi
be to vote.
"An' l answers dat l does, an ds