The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-01

'H lHe sea y beneath tbs.
waters thereof. shellirg cities and DO
stroylng everything before th4m -
9dIClhs nothing as sacred. leaving NO
men ana children without a place "a
lay their heads. IL is somewhat ito
slcai 10 talk Of woman's sphere and
the home. ~
Europc's Appeal To Women.
1hen comes the cllmax-Womcn
should not vote because they canao;
nsh1- IL We are 10 believe the re
ports from Belgium. we are forced 10
ADMIT that they at least know how 10
Ole. And, in my opinion. the men
VINO deliberately make war on women
ana children are not fit TO be intrusted
with the ballot, for ii was created
as the weapon OF civilization and
christianity, not OF wholesale butch
cry. The present war impreSses US
with the TACT that il would be a bless
ing 10 humanity If men were 10 lose
thelr insane passion for fighting and
thelr unnatural lust for blood
women are not responsible
lot the European war. il is most sig
hlllcant that the various governments
are making pathetic appeals to them
10 come out and save their. country by
dong the work OF men who have gone
10 the front. To strengthen their APP
peal, they declare that men cannot lie
maintained on the firing line. nor can
the armies exist if the nations indus
tries are crippled.
Surprise was caused in France over
the remarkable success made by the
emergency issAe of national defense
bonds, $4,000, 000 worth being taken
up within a few hours after the an
nOuncement. Practically all of the
men OF the nation were under arms.
and il was the women who, At n mo-
ments notice, subscribed almost the
whole of this vast amount OF money
in behalf of their C0untry's honor.
All over Europe women may be
found in the fields reaping the har-
vest, in butchers stalls cutting up
sheep and beeVes, cleaning the streets
and ShOveling the dirt into carts
which they push along themselves be
Il the armies need the horses. re
moving garbage, digging trenches,
working on railroads, in shops-in
fact. replacing men II horses in
every conceivable line Of activity. in
addition to caring for the sick and
wounded, and burying their dead.
Referring to the secret service. it is
claimed hat among those captured
and shot there are o as many wo.
men as men, and that they are
lined up with the men, often young
girls or Women of refinement, at the
zenith of their charm and beauty
and so, according to their lights. they
give their lives for their country anC
meet death as bravely as any man
According to medical authority, APP
peals have been issued calling fol-
strong, healthy persons to submit t,
blood-transfusion in behalf Of wound
ed and exhausted soldiers, and in tn,
list of those responding, women ar,
said to be conspicuous.
There are sections in Europe wher,
women have actually been called upon
to do the voting in the absence of til,
men!
,, Have these noble specimens of wo
manhood raised up in a body and re
+ fused to accept responsibility outsid
the sphere into which custom and ira
dition have driven them? Nc. the,
are proving worthy helpmeets of tn
!, brave men who have gone out to fgh
; for freedom and liberty, which yor
. know, and We know, is worth an
!, price we may be called upon to pay
!. Can it be possible that when tn
, struggle is over, the destinies of tn
) world decided upon, and a new orde
: Of things established, the Govern
= ments will return to their time-wor
? and silly arguments against women i
, public affairs? II SO, what will b
: the result? How will the mothers Q
: Germany answer the Raiser's faInilia
platitudeS abOut children, church, an
: kitchen, all of which are rapidly dis
appearing before the guns of the de
= stroyer?
e Will not the mothers of all the ne
S lions of the earth remember the son
who have been used to feed the car
mons mouth; and the daughters who's
e fate was worse than death? And wi
S they not insist that their wishes b
S consulted in the interest of humanit
if civilization is to continue?
A CoWard's Argument.
1t was Lucy Stone who wisely SAID
Some woman risks her life whenevt
e a soldier is born into the world. Fc
e years she does picket duty by h
d cradle. Later on she is quarterInaste
and gathers his r~ations- And whe
o that boy grows to a man, shall he Sa
e to his mother, if you want to vot
" you must first go out and kill SOM
it body? It is a towards argument
o Women in the industrial world
our own country, no less than those
j. the war IN suffer under the imp'
sition Of unjust conditions, again