East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-08-13
The True Woman
By Jean Dare.

A southern woman, Mrs. Alice
Louise Lytle. has struck the true
chord in the matter of woman's suf-
frage. Discussing sociological mat
| ters, in which she is deeply interested,
she said: 81 am greatly interested in
children. I have one son Is years of
age, and he has been brought up un-
der the only theory I have of raising
children-that is. children should be
brought up by the mother in every
instance. He Is not a molly-coddle
is accustomed to get in fights and
scraps, but is a clean boy, and real
lies that nature demands penalties for
| every one of her laws which he breaks
"He is also imbued with the idea
that one SET of morals for men and
another for women is wrong, and that
| demand the same life of him that
he will demand for the girl he may
marry. If have hobby that Is It,
l have no use for the suffragette. and
l am teaching my son to voice my
sentiments political when the time
| comes for him to vote. Here Is wo-
mans power to do and be the power
| that the, political conditions of the
day call for. All the street parades
| and banners will never get women the
franchise, and If I nave to share 1t
with the negro women of the north
and with the demimonde everywhere,
I am not going to be able to WELD as
| much influence as l can through the
single vote of my son when he has
reached the age of discretion"
What fine, sensible woman! What
splendid, wholesome ideas! Would
there We're more like her. 1t is such
womanhood that may be truly cited
as the pillars of Society" She is
the sort of woman who greets you
with the phrase "Old friendships nev-
er rust" What happy, good old
world this would be, II all our young
women, and old ones, too, for that
matter, would take a leaf out of the
box of Mrs. Alice Louise Lytle and
confine their energies to the proper
rearing of their children and leave
| the safeguarding of the nation to the
| men.
| The women of today shrinks from
the sight of a cruel driver beating a
horse, or cruelty to cats and dogs as
exhibited on the streets. They are
ready to begin crusade to prevent
cruelty to animals. and spend unlim-
tied time and energy in such an un-
! dertaking. At the same time, these
same good women are permitting their
children to grow up with cruel in
stincts, are even teaching their chill
dren cruelty in the cradle. There is
much fuss and fury at present over
the smoking of cigarettes by young
! girls and women, and certain reform
ers are gaining much notoriety there
by.
The surest and easiest method of
preventing the adoption of the cigar
ette is through the mothers II such
lurid condition prevails, as outlined
in the daily papers, 1t is motherhood
that is responsible. II these same
mothers would play less bridge seek
less social and mental advertisements,
do less gadding and gossipng, and
turn their attention to their recognlz-
ed duty in life, that is, to the educa-
ton of their children, there would be
less cause for reorganization of the
universe by an army of graceless. rae
ing, newfangled suffragettes.
According to the warden of the
Connecticut state prison, who Is stu
dent of human nature, IF a child is
properly educated to the age of ten
no matter what its Inheritance. II
never becomes a criminal" He did
not mean that children sent to smar,