The Marshall republican., 1911-07-20

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and whacked him good and hard with
n club7 I know. and you know. She
would have called his BLUM. and he
would have come on the perch. BLUM.
Ing was Adams trump card. and most
every husband has followed In his
tracks.
In the old days there were men. cat
tie. sheep and women. They were ap-
preciated In the order named. II n
COW belonging TO one Of the big "its'
got choked 10 death on a turnip Il was
a loss OF 80 cents. II one OF his wives
died Of sickness he gave her n fifteen
cent funeral and went out and drove
In two to replace her.
King Had Long Head.
The women weren't saying n word
rs yet. but there was n certain king
who got scared for fear they would
and issued an ejiet that all female IN
fants should be put 10 death. He was
n long headed old chap. He foresaw
what would begin 90 happen along the
last OF the nineteenth century.
The aim and object OF the ST. for
thousands OF years was to keep wom-
an down. She wasn't supposed TO
know enough 10 take n turn around
The wood pile on a dark night. II she
showed any gumption she was beaten
and driven 10 the fields 20 hoe beans.
Every 1T" had from 10 TO 100 wives.
They were cheaper than sheep. and
they were humber than cats. Let one
Of them open her mouth In the pres
ence OF the "boss' and there was a
mysterious disappearance next day.
She was too fresh-too gabby. II al
lowed 10 go on she would loon be
talking about her rights"
Oh. yes. I will admit there were a
few exceptions. We find here and
Dc somebody. some Of them to be
queens. What was the reason Of ~
Because they got TO know how TO use
poisons. and the bosses became afraid
OF them. When the head Of the shan
~ has reason 10 fear that he will get
something worse than bilious collie II
he steps ON his wife he's going TO shy
or.
Justified In Using Poison.
! Lucretia Bor.ia iias been held NJ 10
ex~ecratiOr becaus" she wanted her
rights and got them by way OF the
poison route. She has brpn DETAINED.
Thut was her only weapon In those
days. aud shr felt juStitird In using II.
Al any rate. after she had disposed
Of some fifteen ''its'' the cuuse OF wo-
mans rights began To look up, and II
was conceded that woman might have
an ounce ar two Of brains.
Rome let q few women pop 10 the
surface. but he'd millions down,
Greece was n little more liberal. bul
wanted to boss the fashion OF dress,
The bosses hadn't let 10 when the phi
grim fathers landed. The value OF a
wife had raised from 10 cents TO s.,
but she must be very humble aud moi
express her opinion on the weather,
The first thing those fathers did was
to thank God for their safe arrival,
the next sixty-six laws applying to wo'
men only. Today. even In the pro
6sN'oaNG ctutS VI @NtW totht tuSfC HtC
twenty eight laws to humiliate woman
and make her understand that she has
not equal rights with loan.
e,s ~" Lesss tis eiut.
A new day has dawned. however,
The big ut" has lost most Of his blum.
He IL seeing the handwriting on the
wall. He II hedging. He finds II hard
to let 90 OF a good thing that has been
running right along for thousands oi
years, but he Is coming to II. He
knows DO must give the ballot to the
other ser. but he wants tina to honi
up . good excuse.
There II an old nav reading. 1wives,
obey your husbands.* Dtd Z man Of
= woman Invent Il. Why should {
~ obsy more than : hnsbsadt