The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-04-18
WOMEN NEED
BACKBONE


| SDnLinueu FROM rage i.
out, an make him look proud. but da
amt nowiss important in hitself, an
dat hit is about dc easiest thing da
a man can spare wldout missin' hit.
"Cose amt a presumin' to CRITICS,
de Good Master, but hit does look lal
to me dat when he was a creatin' wo,
man, an had de whole man to GU
from, dat he could have saved us lo
of trouble eff he had made Eve out OF
Adams backbone insted of his rib.
"Yassum, OATS de trouble wild wo-
men down to dis very day. Dey ain't
got no backbone OF a rib dey was
made, an a rib dey has stayed an
nobody amt got no right to expect
nothIn' else from 'em.
Hits becaze woman was made out
of mans rib--an' from de way she acts
hit looks lax she was made out of q
hoatin' rib It dat-an' man was left
wild all of his backbone dat he has got
de comeuppance over woman. OATS de
reason dat we women sits down an
cries when we ought to git up an
heave brickbats.
Whats de reason dat we women
can't vote, an amt got no say so bout
maxim de laws dat bosses us Amt
we got de right on our side Vas. sir,
we'se got de right on our side, but we
amt got de backbone in us to Just
reich out an grab dat ballot.
''Dere amt nobody 'sputln dat we'se
got to scrape up de money to pay de
tax collector even eff we does have to
&C down into a skirt pocket for hit
fmEfAM ma VA
longin' to de angel sect amt gwine
to keep us out of de Jail if we gifts
In a fight wild anodder lady, or we
swipes ruffled petticote off of de
clothes line next do. Furdermo' when
de meat trust puts up de price of
polk chops hits de women dat has got
to squeeze de eagle on de doller an
tel hit hollers little louder. an par
de potatoe peelin's a little thinner, an
dat makes us women jest a achin' to
have a finger in de government pie
an see liz we can't put in a little mo-
sweetin' in hit, an make hit a little
lighter. so dat hit won't get so heavy
an ondigestible on de stomachs of
dem what amt millionaires.
"Yassir, we'se just holdin' for de
franchise an we might have had hit
any time dez last forty years eff we'd
had enough backbone to riz up an
fite one good fite for hit, but Insted
OF dat we set around a haIdin' our
hands, an all we'se done is to saw in
a meek voice, please sir, / don't lax
TO trouble you. but eff you'd kindly
pass me de ballot, hit sho'ly would be
agreeable to me-
AN insted of givin' hit to us men
has kinder winked one eye at de odder
an said, Lawd, she don't want hit, or
else she'd make row about hit OATS
de way we did. We didn't go after de
right to vote wild our pink tea manners
on
'Yassir, dat's de true word. an
you listen to me- de day dat women
spunks up, an rolls up dere sleeves an
says to dere husbands dat dey amt
gwine to do no mo- cooking In dis
house, nor darnin' Of socks. nor patch
in OF breeches ontel dere is some
female votin' why dat day de ballot
will be fetched home to women on a
silver salver. All dat stands between
women an suffrage is de lack OF
spinal column.
Yassum, most of de trouble In dis
world day women has comes along of
deere bein' born wild wishbone insted
OF a backbone but lay dey can't
help hit. Hits all de fault Of de way
dey was made, but what I'd lax to
know is why women didn't get
show at Adams backbone as wen
as his chist protector"