The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-05-03

'Oh, me. Oh me, I'm glad it's all over It's simply terrible,' sighed Miss Magenta Mcguire, to her friends Miss Myrtle Van Slush and Miss Ada Won Mire, as the High Brow Literary society for it's accustomed meeting.
 "Why, Magenta. dear, what is it that is so terrible you are glad it's all over?' asked her companions in unison.
 Those, awful politics. replied Miss Mcguire "They have turned our happy home upside down. You see, my father is a prominent member of his organiza- tion or whatever you call it, and he hasn't drawn a full weeks pay nor an unstimulated breath in lo these many moons. For months he has been out nights working for the primaries he tells mother stating emphatically that 1t is the duty of every good citizen to preserve the purity of the ballot. l imagine from the way father has been acting that it's mostly preserved in alco- hol Poor mother! she can't get him to look over the months bills, nor give her check for a spring bonnet nor even look at the baby's new tooth, he's in such hurry to get downtown. But he has promised her that he will settle down at home and settle up with the butcher and the baker after the primaries are over, and the purity of the ballot and an honest leadership was secured and the people of Alabama well launched on an- other administration.
 "I'm not surprised that you feel like l.. ioJ, of ra1iaf that the dreadful things are over" said Miss Ada Von Mire sympathetieally
 "Yes, but just think what families have suffered on account of them,' re- piled Miss Magenta Mcguire. Ours has been on the rack with hearing father tell about holding meetings in country towns and speaking his lungs out Tor his favorites and how the prohibition people and the 'antis' had to be dealt such and such a candidate should be elected, Gee! it's fierce! Just think, poor mother has been regaled with this sort of slush for months any time in the wee sma hours from 1 a. m. to daylight! Imagine father standing up making his speech all over again and humping the bureau and bowling out, Fellow citizens and Honored members of the democ- racy.' and all that sort of nonsense.'
 And what did your poor mother do"' asked Miss Myrtle Van Slush, interest- edly.
 DOT screeched Magenta Mcguire. "Do? Mother is a wise woman, and after A few moments each morning of such stuff she'd put pillow over her head and go fast to sleep, while father sawed the air with his gesticulations and made his speech to empty chairs and pic- ture of Washington crossing the Della ware that hangs on the wall.
 .sWell is everything settled and over now?" asked Miss Ada Von Mire.
 ..Why the strenuous part is. sup nose, said Miss Magenta Mcguire, re- signedly.
 "But the real election doesn't come on until November, you know, and l sup nose father will never be satisfied until the candidates he has rootec TOT ana we rked his eyeballs out over are de- feated then and there as the ones hes for always are
 ,.I remember" said Miss Ada Von Mire, arousing herself from the revere she had been indulgins Tn curing MISS Maguire's speech, "that young man friend of mine got crazy about politics, as the men all do every now and then, and why don't know because none ok them ever gets anything out or It ex- cent the leaders-money, l mean. rms young man friend of mine at primary got A swat in the eye because ne de- cided to vote against the leader. lie anpealed to a policeman, who calmly said: .,, or
 "Hully Gee. but you are fresh; yer got tust what was coming to yer.
 "I hope things will be different when women get the ballot. said MISS Myrtle Van Slush, who at heart was a red hot suffragette. "The rehnng influence of women Is surely needed at primaries and conventions. ltS only a short time before women will seats on grandstands and passes to have the ballot and we should De pre- paring for 1t now"
 "In a great many cities little girls are beginning to study political meth ods." said Miss Magenta Mcguire, "the'r mothers, seeing that it Is necessary to train them in the way they must go and when they get to be real grownups they will not depart there from?'
 "Wouldn't it be just awful,' ob- served Miss Ada Von Mire lacidasically, If. when we get into politics, the lady city boss would. sell us out to tiie lady county boss. who would probably be some old horrid thing who didn know how to dress or do her hair?'
 Well, there'll be no city boss over me or county, either" said Miss Myrtle Mcguire. "I can tell you. Neith- CT lady or gentleman. and l for one, will vote for the men to be eimin- ated entirely when we get the ballot. They can sit in the back of stores or behind closed doors In law offices and make up slates If they wish, and all that sort of thing, but We will smash them to atoms. And think how nice 1t will be when there are lady things and ride in parades beside red.