The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-11-23

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women. If they see it's good, they
imm ediately declare that the men
| discovered it. If it turns out tho
other way, he never would have
though of it If it hadn't been for
my wife,
Hrere's point for Mr.. Dryasdust
tlairsplitter to come in and chuckle:
"HaE! According to you, Madame,
woman is to blame for the whole
business
This is some more manly logic.
Because woman have been so re-
duced that the worst side of their
! children, the mems side, got the
best of it, therefore they want to
blame woman for not being omni-
potent and omiscient.
Men have always made a botch OF
things. I'm glad that men have
about come to the end of their
tether. The men know that they're
up against it through their "supe-
flof craftsmanship, and now they
are in such 4 muddle that they want
10 give us equal suffrage and let us
Istralghten out the mess they have
made of things.
We can see through their yowl-
ing about their giving us equal sur
frage and doing so much, for ms
They're afraid We might give them
n dose of their own medicine when
we go into politics. Serve EN- right
II we did, but we won't. We have
greater love for humanity than
they have.
We're pretty tired or hearing
mem talk about what they are 60
laS to do for us ana all the time
creadlnS what we are going to do
20 them. Maybe with good care. the
idea may gradually percoiate their
thick skulls that we women arc 90
Ing to do something for them. Pres
ent company always excepted.
Some women, American women.
especially, need to wake up about
TINS too. They want to think
about something more than getting
the washing out before nine O'Clock
on Monday morning.
Let us teach these unfortuno TO
SISTERS, whom the men have spoiIed
Tor us, what equal suffrage means.
y they can't see it right away, have
PATIENCE and remember that they
are the fathers daughters. moor
things
The other day | went to see q
nice old lady. l said: Mrs. Smith
what do you think about politics ..
And she replied: list this. NV
sym pathies is allus with the dog
tlat DOWN Why, then" l said
you re sutfragette.' The old
Iaedy, with round eyes OF astonish-
ment, said Reilly" So 7 said.
Now you don't believe, because that
dog is down he ought to STAY
N in
lady Eff this is So she saws
there's many of them that's suffrs
Scttes an don't know it, Which
is quite true.
Now We'll make them know If
Our duty is to tell them about it. to
wake them up. Think how different
th1nSS would have been, if we comic
nave made ourselves heard before
now in meeting.
Don't You know that we mover
would have sanctioned the blowing
~ OF the Maine? We would have
Just said: Now, Teddy, and the
rest of you boys, l wouldn't do thai
| II were you. Uncle Sam NAV ret
! over it. but your Aunt Sam never
VIII, tand | don't believe she ever
VIII. either. Now, YOU see if Won
cant do better than that. Besides
Just wont have it
! Aunt Sam would have said to
GUS: Look here, Jimmy Otis. Won
| mustn't play those Fourth of .Iu1v
| TRICKS on the boys that way. Some
podE might get hurt You know vo,.
got KIND of bad name, anyway.
SON and you'll have to be a GOOD
| roy. Haven't you got any sense?'.
| Sf' ION the earl Now You RIM
along and play fair. like a goot
Aunt Sam wouldn't allow those
maze srafters to keep the poor
iahorinS class moving on. like poor
Joe in Bleak House. till at lasf
| CT nave only one consolation. the
| same one that tho A-,r, ~