New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-23
VOTES AND HONOR
A Working Girl Lauds the Mother
and Raps the Suffragist.

To the Editor ~ The Tribune.
SIR. May | use your columns 10 express
my thanks to Fair Play" whose letter
YOU published on March 10? As work
ing girl. / resent the implication that our
virtue has price This IL true OF only Il
small per cent-a per cent no greater
among the working classes than in wom-
IN OF any other degree. Why do those
women who wish to force the ballot on us
exaggerato this per cent. when they know
practically nothing about our conditions
Of lie,
As "a girl who was gralpatcd from the
public school system. md VINO mas sold
books IN shop worked on printing
press. been twice a student ia q training
school FOR teachers. won my cap Oy com
pletins the probation period .or nurses IN
q hospital and also done journalistic work
have of necessity come into direct per
sonal relationship with hundreds of girls
can many OF these women who are trying
To force the ballot upon Us claim as
much! And | unhestatingly say that the
working girl wants just one thing from
llfe-the love of the right man Some OF
us want It SO much that we take tawdry
lust as We wear rhinestoaes because We
cannot afford diamonds. The prostitute
H. "a far more normal type than the un-
seXed fcminist-at least. though de-
graded creature. she = All woman. But
tn. middle aged woman who knows moth
ing whatever of lifcs handspring is AT
variance with all natures Jaws OF lie.
Those OF us workers who are good
girls" iu the sweet. old-fdshicned use OF
tho words. attribute this fact 10 one factor
til. personal training of a gOOd mother
At her knee we learned TO keep our soul
clean. go that when love came We might
have something 10 give which our hus-
bands would keep and cherish. Ii some
OF W. mistook passion for love. If We cast
our pearls before swine. "e dill not even
then forget the great and eternal truth
that "a true union means a Joining OF
minds and souls as we'll a. bodies
We feel very sorry FOR The Hide child
whom Mrs. Frank -. Edgtll. oi Erasmus
Hall High School IL 10 bear Poor baby.
one year is all its mother wishes TO de
vote 10 il. How can lie throw itself
forward with the vlgOr necessary for
great racial achievement If women are
going 10 bear children 80 reluctantly
with one eye on II salary AID one on that
great privilege and duty. motherhood?
Every one knows that concentration Is
the secret of all success in any line.
BY overdevciopment of their intellectual
and commercial traits these feminists are
ncgecting the lntuitonal. affectional and
womanly sides Of their natures. and SO
dwarf their personalities and their po-
tency for good. We appeal 10 all manly
men not To let the ballot De forced on the
normal woman. Present conditions for
girls will be aggravated a thousandfold
If all the Offices under the government are
opened to ny. The demand always ere
at,s a supply. only one woman il five i
"A wage Garner at present. In humanity )
name. do not made it three or four In nNc
We working girls will take care of our
honor. II IL be So Door ana fragile
quality AZ So many make ont. laws and
salaries will never prop Il up. No prin-
cipe Is worth holding IL /. isn't worth
DYING for. Men have glori"usiy demon
stratcd this on the Dattl,ieii. We WILL
demonstrate ii in the commercial ueld.
There are many, many things worse than
death. WORK -; GIRL.
Brooklyn. March %. 1913.