The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-07-30

are NOT TWO reef III auNhnct VI n"lSN
sox and cigarettes, how they lay on
the airs Of grown women Of little sense,
and how s~trenuously they object to
and dodge from all forms of helpful.
ness about the house. All Of these lit
tie buttons would be vastly benefited
by the application of n stout shingle
to the northeast corner of the south.
east quarter, with frequent repetitions
of the dose, until they come To the con
~clusion that IL Is not necessary for
them to meet all trains, and that IL
not yet time for them to shave com
pany'' and fool with the boys. II IL
not counted just the proper thing to
single girls, but with the vast majority
of this class moral suasion is useless.
a. the lassies are "A good deal smarter
than their mothers ever were. All of them
would be brought up standing perhaps
for several days-if at the proper time
there was a laying on of shingles, and
when they got old enough To have real
sure enough intelligence they would be
e~verlastingly grateful. There are even
some grow women who need spanking,
though far beyond the age when that
wholesome correction is supposed To
end under the statute of limitation.
Their class is various, but all OF them
look upon their husbands as "a meal
ticket and a good old horse, who il
chiefly useful to bring in the simoleous
winch are To be spent AS the woman
wills and not with regard to proper econ.
omy, who think more of the woman :
clubs and snssiety than they do OF having
healthy babies and serving proper meals
at regular hours, who expect the man
to be all that is good and strong and
aithful, and get along with Just what
a lazy shiftless woman wants to give
him as II favor. Inis class is largely
in the minority of course, but they ex
list IN every town, in every community.
aud the reader can identify them with.
out much trouble. Ii the men whose
brand il on this line of she stun used
a shingle il would s~traighten things out
wonderfully. Not 10 be brutal, Of
course, but simply 10 cause Il ~realiza
tion Of authority and the rights OF the
other fellow. Still, it may he, n
Brogan says, that there should be some
statutory definition of the spanking
age---so far AS it relates 10 woman. II
ism Z necessary a. regards the male ami.
NAL. There never was one born yet
that did not need the single. and most
of them should be graduated up to a
piece of two by four at about sixteen.
There Is stIil n larger class of boys at
this age who need dressing down than
there are of girls. Almost all boys at
that age are NO biRotty that a reduc.
ton OF the swelled head by blisters on
the other end would be highly benef.
cial any old time. Perhaps the whole
question is one that might with prop.
riety be referred to the first session Of
the state Legislature, since the consti.
tutional convention will likely be too
ALFRED dIgnifed to consider the mat.
ter in its real importance, aud for one
] will gladly support the Journal IL il
will continue its campaign for a spank.
ing oil, especially Ms far as the prin-
ciple applies TO the gentler sex. The
unholy. doubt as 10 age has unqucstion.
ably led to a lamentable decline in the
use of this greatest of all corrective
actions. and the coluds of uncertainty
could most properly he dispelled while
New Mexico Is n baby state.
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