Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-05-05
The other SIDE Of the Question.
Odessa, Mo-, May 2, 1910.

April 2lst, we notice short com.
munication from the pen of Mrs
Frost of the vandalia Leader, in
which she expressed herself very
emphatically, saying, 81 am
almost violently opposed TO women
in politics and especially to suffra-
gists.
While rding this it occurred
to my mind that perhaps Mrs.
Frost had never thought on the
other side Of the subject, or she
would not foe rs she does about
this matter. | am just as much
opposed to women with "pervert-
ed brain" seeking ascendency 3
as Mrs. Frost or any other woman
but ] ask how in the light of ret
son can the great loving heart o.
motherhood and wifehood of this
nation keep from being stirred to
the very deepest recesses of their
soul when they look out every day
on the traps and snareS that are
set by the enemy Of souls for our
boys and girls. Pitfalls of sin Oh
every hand, ready to allure and
entangle the dear feet that
mother has watched with such
loving care. That mother" has
prayed for perhaps thousand
times that God would direct them
in paths of peace. They must 60
ont from home and mother and
oh so often they become entangled
in the snareS that satan through |
his instrumentality has legalizei
and set up in their midst and
hearts are broken and homes are
wrecked | ask how. oh how, can
mothers keep silent? How can
they be at ease and not make
every possible effort in every
way possible to save the darlings
of our bosom?
Perhaps Mrs Frost never had
boy, or if she has perhaps he never
went wrong and she has never
felt the pain and anguish of the
loving mother heart all torn and
bleeding because of her boy going
wrong, consequently she has never
felt the keen longing in her soul
10 try TO better the present state
Of affairs by casting her ballot for ,
God and for suffering humanity.
Mrs Fros5 SAYS Women with
their inherited instinct are not
ready for politics or for ballot;
sAe shrinks from public activities.
Il w3ald take E hundred years 30 7
tram this feeling out Of her," Now 1
Ee want 70 say that there are hum !
1res1s a -ls-hers and wives In this q
-zlr land u ours, thar ton daily - 4.
keep Ebe wolf from the door r.
Mothers are compelled 20 look III a
daily and see her little ones pale
and PInehe-i with hunger. wives are
broken hearted because husband I
and father spends their evenings
IN these uuholy places. Then I
ask how long do you think II :
would take 70 train the in
heriIed instinct" cut of these
hearts 50 they east their ballots I
for the good of the homei +
In the main women are all
creatures Of one idea" Now this
is all right if that one idea Is to
look up and lift up, and Try to
better the condition of humanity
IN every way possible. Some !
people get an idea that women s i
sphere does not 60 beyond the
Sunday school and prayer meeting,
etc. That is all good and proper
but you remember the case #
Queen Esther, when her heart was
burdened and she was longing for ,
the freedom of her people from the
shackles of sin and bondage, how
she tasted and wept and prayed
and yet that was not enough. The
time came in her life when she
must go in before the king. Some
dhin0 that ,vap ,plauf,,l fop a