Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-27

absolutely new social conditions pre-
vailing at present in the WOMB
Tho world today does our times
the amount Of work in t~wenty-fouf
hours that ii did fifty years ago; the
competition is greater. new inventions
OF machinery every day do AVA with
hundreds OF hands that before found
employment. The large families Of
twelve or fifteen children are not
prevalent. they are almost n condi
ton Of the past, save IN Latin u
tries, Few young men can afford 10
marry early in life and support a
wife n rapidly growing family. In
many such families II has become ms
necessary for the young Women also
to contribute TO the support of the
home.
This change in the social Status Of
women within the past few years has
bcen the cause. to some extent. of
putting them in their own estimation
upon the same plane as men. More
or less rightly they say. Il do my
" work, work which was before
done by a man; | earn at it the same
amount OF money that he did, ! have
saved my money II bought prop
erty with it for which / am taxed at
The same rate as are men. or | have
inherited property. Why cant | Vote
Why can't l have some say in public
matters as to what the rate of taxa
ton on my property shan ho2 Why
can't / he mayo or have a seat in the
council?" Why? The reason is sim
.ple. Because we don't know thetleast
thing about the government OF cities
Because for generations back we have
been unconsciously educated to look
after u home and children md not
lffns titiaGH ma ~Anrnnrnfa interests
Because OF this our field of vision and
usefulness is limited and we have not
the broadmindednes that must go
hand in hand with big undertakings.
Men, on the contrary, have been
for centuries uneonsciously educated
in the handling OF big affairs and
speaking in general of men and wom-
en- as bodies polite, men are capable
Of governing and women are not.
Men, too are logical, while women are
simply intuitivc.
1t is not the nature Of WOman to
govern; without giving injury to any
Of our feelings we must adml that
We are small; that we stick at t|rifles.
that our horizon is circumscribed
when we ourselves with men
in general In other words we are
not educated up to government; We
must creep before We climb.
with women the D~efnlanence Of
the broader training that fits for the
higher professions can NEVER be re-
lied upon ana therefor it is OF little
consideration AS long as she is the
Matrix OF the race when her hour
strikes she must yield or suffer, for
nature forbids the double STRAIN"
II women are to have equal rights
with men. what is more just than that
they should be compelled 10 bear the
hardships that such rights might ne
rcssitlte.
If 4 patriotic majority of Nonten in
the United states congress should
had insulted the United States, don't
YOU know that every woman who was
drafted into the service to fight the
battles of the United states would put
IN a how that she had an ~unWeaneed
baby ana couldn't get "a wet nurse
How many s|uflragettes would be
found equal To jury duty tomor-
row morning in Judge AbbOtt's tri-
bunal II it was known that there was
at the same hour "A bargain sail of
lingerie at the Golden Rule; or a tea
or u good bridge game on.
In the coming municipal election
when it is the duty of every citizen to
vote on the issues of democratic eX-
| travagancc in connection with the
new sewer; or republican economy
because they did not build it, how
many votes do o think would be
polled If the women's balloting box
was placed in Mrs. Cloyerdale's or