El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-29
The Cory State Of
Texas
:!s= Wilcox
In which She PHILOSOPHERS on Saloons Girls and Men.

Because of Blood and Temper Still wal
+, low on through woe?
Must vice and Rum and Ruin''-and
! Greed and Wrong and Hate,
Ride rampant over Texas and smear
this Grand Old State?
Is there no balm in Gilead to sooth
this killing fault,
| No Love and Peace and Kindness
it's time to call a halt!'
| Mr.. Chittenden's rhymes describe the
peculiar tendency which seems to die
hard in the masculine southern nature
the use of a gun as an argument in
every dispute.
This tendency, coupled with the ro-
mantle nature, and given a powerful
impetus by whisky and brandy, makes
the state of Texas a most unpleasant
Z locality for any man who prefers long
life to sudden death.
Southern men are charming men to
meet. IT is doubtless the effect of
condensed sunshine in their blood
which makes them romantic worshipers
at woman's shrine. Added to the eli
| matte conditions, the old days when
woman was an idle queen, waited up
on by hundreds of slaves. and shielded
from all the hardships and realities of
life by her men folks. still influence
man 3 IDEAS OF WOfnank1QQ IN the south.
The southern man is an adorable
cavalier, a delightful lover and val
liant protector. But he is not always
a model husband Like the men of
Latin blood, he demands absolute 10y
atty and faithfulness from his wife;
she must be above suspicion; no man
must look at her; she must look co1dly
upon all other men; but he must be
given ell freedom to admire, to COM
plfment and to love other fair ladies.
So confident is he of woman's perfec-
ton.
The southern man never blames his
wife or daughter If her name Is asso-
ciated with any admirer unpleasantly
He blames the man in the case; and
expresses his opinion with shotgun.
And he settles other neighborhood dis
putes in similar manner when he has
imbibed freely of the native brew.
Mr.. Chittenden feels that in prohibi-
ton lies the salvation of Texas from
its bloody tendency.
But education must do it's work as
well as law.
The men of Texas must begin to
think of woman as reasoning human
being and quite capable of protect
ing herself with her own good sense
dignity and natural pride. and snot in
need Of an ally in the shape of a gun
To close all the rum shops and
saloons in Texas would accomplish a
great deal and to open all the doors
OF education and usefulness to woman
and to regard her not as a helpless
angel lost on earth, but as sensible
and se1f-sustaining human being, would
help uplift the state. Sober the men,
by all means, and enlarge the sphere
of woman.
Much is said and written about the
necessity of laws which will give wo-
men greater freedom and emancipate
them from the tyranny of old tradi-
tons
But the first step toward such eman-
cipation must come from parents and
teachers, who will instruct young girls
in the natural laws of life, the laws of
birth. and bring them to realize the
sacredness Of their bodies, the import
ance of keeping their regulations un-
spotted, and the necessity to be their
own protectors. So long as girls are
reared in absolute ignorance and so
long as parents call this ignorance
purity and innocence. and fathers and
brothers consider 1t their duty and
pleasure to protect that Innocence" by
murder, the world will never make
AhoSll ~ CoS, I'LL w III WOuldn pOSl-
ton be bettered
Woman is eminently capable of be-
ing her own protector. If she is given
any common sense training in her
early years.
In such common sense EDUCATION
and in the restricting the sale and use
of alcoholic drinks lies the hope of
the south. we'll as of all America.
And in EDUCATION of the boys of
the land lies the hope Of the perma-
nent disuse of stimulants
Fortunately for the race. schools and
colleges are just beginning to teach
the effect of alcohol on the brain and 4
body. Educate Educatei Educate the
1911. National News
Association.