The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-02-21
One WOman's Views.
(By a Woman.)

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for the privilege of discussing sub
jects of such great import to all.
hope he will have to increase the
size of this department. 1t should b,
read by all who are interested il
lettering conditions; if some of us
old pioneers, who had little school
ing and no newspapers, could have
had such opportunities we would
have appreciated Mr.. Trego's efforts
by taking time to get the good out
of all his articles.
was especially interested in an
article by Geo. T. Angel. 1t was
simply grand; can endorse every
word he says. only wish our teachers
will get his ideas of having their
pupils write stories of some pet they
may have, or have had. 1t will cause
kindness to grow in their young
hearts, leaving a good foundation to
begin greater things in years to come
for with all this Teddy bear and pet
dog ridicule, you rarely find one who
cares for either that dislikes child.
They only lavish their affections on
such for want of something better.
My children had a cat each when
they We're five; a lot of cats you may
say, yet no more than one each which
was fair to all. They cared for and
attended them; the cats knowing
their owner at sight even. Now they
are in homes of their own. The cat
belongs to the household yet, and no
child will abuse it. If they become
too numerous, kill them at once, it's
far more kind than turning them
loose on the prairie to starve by
inches as many do.
Well, | never intended to write a
cat story when l began. Whisky
was my topic, yet am glad l took
up with something more pleasant for
starter, the other subject is so
vivid, am almost unable to write.
Firstly, the man who wrote on this
question in the Idaho Republican of
January 31st, is well posted one
has had a wide range to CLEAN from,
have no doubt as to the truthfulness
of many things he writes; must
agree with him, yet differ widely on
one point, particularly when he says,
Prohibition has made liars and
hypocrites of men," Will some one
please tell what whisky made of
them first. They were men who used
1t, or would never need such strong
efforts to obtain 1t when kept from
them. 1t will not hurt the character
of man who never used it to have
prohibition. fear his place of OBJ
has only been from a mans
side; his wife's views might differ
He cannot know what misery drink
ing causes. There are many wives
who do. / should be pleased to hear
from them. Any one who has lived
here or in any other place for twenty
years can look about and see homes
gone to wreck, or saved by the en-
during, prosecuted wife and mother
who has held on to 1t in spite Of op-
position, giving her husband her care
to the very last as well as place to
die in. Other homes are sold to
strangers, while the cause" roams
like homeless wanderer full of re-
grets when no other fulD wonder
Ing where to die. All from the one
evil--drink.
Many crimes and disasters cannot
be laid to drink, yet very many more
might be were not the real crime
kept secret. We find 1t the hardest
thing to find out who brought the
bottle" to the school house where a
nice, quiet, pleasant time was being
enjoyed and a disturbance was Great
ed yet not word could we find out
as to who. Some were held and
made to drink, and those who did not
and do not use 1t, dislike to say. 1t
was low business to tell such things, |
30 all are supposed to hide, until the
crime of hiding is very bad one in
Itself, but we all approve of it to a
certain extent. If man of note dies
ind we are sure drinking Is the |
,ause, some one will say, well, he's
gone now; it won't look good to say
such and such" The next day we
read his obituary what good, kind
husband and father had been sudden
" called away by heart disease, or
apoplexy, when If 1t would tell the |
ruth land shame the deviD should |
cad, Died Of delerium tremens.
Put this in blazing letters on my
omb stone that all young men may
profit by my experience