The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-05

right 10 an open door TO every voca
ton, her right to q fair opportunit,
/ for the highest and broadcast educa
Ftion, her right to what she can do an
he what can become. her right TO de
ltermine her own appropriate sphere
not to have It determined for her by {
lord and master. her right TO be lef
free to follow the bent OF her ow,
| divinely endowed nature unchecked
by veXatious restrictions, uncoercel
| by the presence OF needless economic
necessity, undiverted by the i'll
judged appeals or the unfeminite
sneers of her mistakenly ambitious
sisters"
He denied the economic independ.
ence of woman and man alike, declar-
ing ii In both cases the hazy dream
of an unintellgent doctrnairc.' In
development OF this contention, DE-.
Abbott said:
Not independent.
The husband who works at the
factory is economically dependent on
the wife who works TO prepare their
meals at home, If they borh go to
the factory to work, they will both
become economically dependent upon
someone else whom they have hired
10 prepare the meal. We are all econ.
omically inter-dependent: the rich as
much so as the poor; the men as
much so as the women The ambi-
ton for economic independence
which drives the wife and mother
from the home to the factory simply
substitutes an inter-dependent purely
economically for one that was in
spired and sweetened by love"
Women Indifferent.
The speaker cited experience In
various states to support his asser
ton that at present the majority Of
women have no desire for the ballo-. |
In Massachusetts, New York, Hi |
nois, Oregon he said, recent move |
ments for woman suffrage have been
defeated because of the opposition OF |
the women. In at least eleven otherI
states similar defeats may be JUSTLY
attributed to similar opposition That |
women vote IN states where they pos
sess the suffrage proves only thar |
they will conscientiously endeavor u |
ulfill ant obligation which is imposed |
upon them. Mr.. Taft and Mr.. Hugh
rs arch 9th reported as saying that
hey are in favor Of woman suffrage
so are the great majority of men
Whatever ills Nigh come from wo.
nan suffrage would be Insignificant |
with the ills which would
,onle from q great body of women
liseontented because they though,
themselves denied right by them
yho desire TO keep them in suhiec,
ion"
Woman's Noble Instinct.
In conclusion, DR. Abbott further
uoted President Roosevelt, in a sen
ence from his address before the
lothers' congress in Washington in
905; The primary duty of the hus
and is to be the homemaker. the
readwinner for his wife and chill
zen the primary duty of the wo-
ian is to be the helpmeet, the house
life and mother" Il
I'm these words" said DR.. Abbott :
nally, Mr. Roosevelt has gone to i
ne heart OF the woman question.
he call 10 woman to leave her duty |,
, take up mans duties is an impCs' \
BILE call The call on man to i'm !
Dse on woman his duty in addition a
, hers is an unjust call. Fathers. p
brothers, speaking for the
lent women claim for them the
ght to be exempt in the future from =
le burden from which they have a.
zen exempt in the past Mothers !,
ives, sisters, urge you not to al III
W yourselves to be enticed into as @.
ming functions for which you have a,
, inclination by appeals to your q,
irit and self-sacrihce Woman's in -,
met is the star that guides her TO
n diyinely appointed life, and IL =,
ides to the manger where an in d,
nj is laid" a.
Tonight at Carnegie Hall the wo- a,
an suffragists had their turn In m
Getting under the auspices of the NJ
terurban Woman Suffrage Council 70
rs. Philip Snowden, leader of sur ia
lgist movement In England; Mrs "A
arence Mackay and Or. Charles r.
,ed. of the Fifth Avenue Baptist
urch, g,okss ...5t#.sF
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