The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-09-10
WEEKLY sPARKLES AND
POINTERS s.
By General Stossscau
As promised we here finish our
Jack Rabbit Storv:''

no doubt that the average woman is
better off with vote in her hand as
we'll as being married; with a hus-
band at her side, than it is to 90
through life single and without the
ballot. 1t is just as imperative that
woman have the ballot as it is that
she shoald have husband.
Below we give what a prominent
M. u. has to say on this subject; here
are few reasons why she should
marry and become an equal partner
10 the real duties of life with man:
1t Is unwise for any girl to marry
man whom she does not love and
respect, but the world Is full of girls
who are thrusting away the love of
some honest man for the sake of a
fancied career
Now, the chances are ten to one
OF many girls finding great careers.
but the probabilities are that most
OF them will make splendid mothers.
The woman who brings children
into the world and rears them prop
erly is of far more use than the one
who sings mediocre song or paints
mediocre picture.
The hand that rocks the cradle
is the hand that rules the world
you know. Lullabies are the sweet
est of all songs.
When a worthy young man comes
acquiring you, stop and consider,
young woman, consider" whether a
comfortable home. good husband
and family are not more soul satis-
flying than a career and a hall bed
room.
OF course. undoubtedly there are
some women who are better off un-
married, but they are much in the
minority.
While woman is young and
hopeful, with the vision of fame
shining bright before her, she does
not miss love and companionshlp.
But when she is old and lonely, and
elusive. Fame is still will-o'-the-
wisp; she begins to long for love she
would not have. 1t is too late then,
for men are not marrying middle
aged women. They want wives that
are young and bright and compan-
ionable.
The woman with half dozen chill
dren tagging after her may have
hours of depression when she won
ders if motherhood is all that poets
sing of it, but she also has hours of
pure. unadulterated joy. and never
for moment would she change
places with the woman who imag-
ines she is getting the best out of
life by writing story or singing a
song.
The mothers are the best people in
the world and are doing the greatest
and best work.
Great artists paint pictures of
babies, and great poets sing of babies
but the mothers bring the babies in
tc the world, and that is the great
est thing of ALL"
Now, don't imagine for moment,
young woman, that any career will
bring you as much happiness as will
simple little home, the best man
in the world" and the most wonder
full baby. And with the ballot you
will be enabled to help protect tina.
home, husband and baby.
Now few more reasons why the
woman as we'll as the man should be
given universal suffrage; to prove
our contention, we quote from the
pen of Mrs. Elizabeth Towne editor
of The Nautilus. She says:
We believe, and we believe in
acting upon that belief, that man is
an animal made by environment. and
the soul that makes environment.
All children are at the mercy of
environment, all grownups have a
hand in making the environment and
some of them have vote. The
grown up animal with no soul but
many votes in his pocket is making
the environment that robs children
of their rights to healthy home and
freedom to grow as God within wills.
Granting that God is the soul of
all. and the voice of majority of all
the people is the voice of God. The
most ignorant man is just Que vote
stronger than the wises: woman aud
no stronger. 1t is the vote that
makes US all free and equal, and
nothing else takes its place. Give US
equal suffrage with initiative and
referendum and recall. and we shall
have God expressing in the nation,
an equality of opportunity to every
child born into it.
This is the vision that-inspires
the world lust now the vision OF