The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-06
SHALL WOMEN VOTE?
BY NELLIE PARKER HENSON

, Show them that their Dolltlcal career
would be ruined unless they did have
them. Parnell, one Of the greatest OF
men, was ruined by his immortality, So
was breckenridge. Tho newspapers
show the weak spots, and we should
condemn them. We can't expect to do
much with those old in sin, but tho
young can be taught right living. This
Is our life work. Christ gave His lie
TO save men. Why would not we?
Bring up a child in theTway he should
so. and he will not depart from 1t.
feel little esitnncy In airing
my views. l am a woman who haa
not mixed overinuch with the world.
but / have thought great deal on
these subjects. Women have TO grow
old, and we do so quickly. II We have
no protector, ono who feels that we
are dependent upon him. we arc alone
indeed In times OF uprisings. strife
and war, do we not look to men to
| defend us, our homes and our honor?
should not men, therefore, be at the
head OF our homes? Are we slaves be-
| cause we are under him? Aristotle
i saws all men are under the law, wo-
\ man under her husband, children under
4 their parents and slaves under all.
4 Don't the men In an army fight better
when they know they have o good
4 general? A man has to learn to obey
i before he can command. II woman
i is In danger, look at the men who rush
Ito rescue her. It's womanhood they
reverence. When ship goes down.
4 see the men tenderly helping the wo-
men aboard the lifeboats, while they
1 remain behind It is beautiful just as
/ 1t is-the strong protecting the weak
i A good woman is
Like light house
| Upon slife's stormy sea.
| And her sweet face is the beacon light
1 That shines for you and me.
a great many women don't care to
be TOO clever. for they have noticed,
no doubt that "a little nonsense now
4 and then is rel,shed blythe wisest mon"
] They stav at home and help men bear
d their burdens and teach their sons to
4 serve God, to love their country, rev.
/ erence woman and to help the old, the
!, dcsolate and oppressed. She says
, "manv women in the South are better
; educated than the men" Why? Be-
$ cause after the war boys went TO work
/, to save mothers and sisters from
0 drudgery: helped send children to
!, school by their toll and learned them
S selves one OF 1ife's greatest lessons
r that "a mans man Tor that.
. Why are women clamoring for hlShc'
y education If they excel the men? !
G women vote, do you think men WI
work for them as they have done
n IfAlasi oven now, see how they are let
n ..ttnE them work for themselves. fu
Q men need more education, because the
Q nave to Erapple with all the question
p Of the. day. financial and politlcal. 81
: saws women keep open the doors
q the church," True! But who pays IN
y exnenses OF the church? Women q
$ much. but men shoulder all the hear
9 RESPONSIBILITIES OF the church. l1e
Z your light SO shine before men. tna
J. lthcy may see your good WORKS an
!. glorify your Father who is IN heaven ,''e
;, Let men see YOU always cheeriul, pa I1'
!, tent and gentle, no matter what. "a
q nroyocation, and they Will know thcr
is something in religion 1t VIII
y more good than a sermon. Womc
:, have influenced men. as she say
49, largely in prohibition. but not byBitl
!, ballot. They llavc shown their disal
- lproval so strongly that men nay
- paused to thing Why.
an Then, they see the large processie
rs Of drink cursed men pass before liell
n Bows that have been their 1nother
to idols. faces flushed and eyes red '. w. WY
wine--rncn of brilliant minds sta6sel
- mo nv senselcss and lnclean--sons
!" widowed mothers, taking their la
az dime for drink gray-haired ren-tf
cs Tiers OF innocent children---totterln
" home to shame their sorrowing wlvc
oh. it is horrible, and yet fear "
,e cannot restrain them by lcsislatiol
n Each man has to choose for himses
i, "Be temperate in all things. was ~
= fathers prayer all during his ~
Q we carry things to such extremes,
l. eating as we'll as drinking, and TIL
n many people dig their own graves.
II our responsibilities are far create
= than a mans. Hc takes care OF II
Ir temporal. while we look after the spi
J. itual.
i, So many lives are wrecked by wicl
m ed women. Woman Is like a ilowcr-
" soil her purity and its fragrance
ID gonc forever. Why do men keep U
- costliest and most precious flowers .
IN hot houses? 10 keep the air from dl
mi colorins the petals! IT a. delicate l'oS
A. or is put in a poisonous atmospheI
,e see how quickly it droops. fades al
Sc dies. SO 1t is with woman. Put h
to in an atmosphere Of impurity and ke
Sc hcr.there, the young particularly, al
Id sec the result. When a woman does 3
a. come dcpraved, she is lower than
IS. deprayed man. think the reason