The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-01-16
LIGHT ON A PROBLEM
BY EVELYN HOGE.

with deep sorrow In his tones, tnat
you are a suffragette!"
In spite of his protest young Clek-
ky's voice limited that he didn't care
In the least what she told him, just 30
long as she continued to direct her
conversation at him. In this sentiment
by any man who had CHANGED to be In
his place, which was next to fasci-
mating pink and white, large eyed d.
vinity of eighteen, with sense enough
to act as though she did not know
that she was adorable.
Indeed, I ami" insisted Miss Flu
mey Indignantly. Everybody Is now
adays. And you can't imagine the fun
we have at the meetings or at the
luncheons the girls get up! At mine
I'm going to have cream of mush-
room"
why are you a suffragette?" per-
sisted the shocked young Clekky.
whats the use? Haven't you always
got everything you wanted on earth,
anyhow, just by looking as though you
wanted it?"
"W-e-ell," admitted Miss Flumey,
dimpling. Then she looked stern. 81
am not thinking of myself" she said.
Suppose" went on Miss Flumey,
that l was a poor woman with six
children and drunken husband, who
didn't earn a cent and came home
only to beat me and take away the
money had earned over the washtub
wouldn't it be splendid to have law
that would do something perfectly aw-
ful to him and let me keep my money
That's what we are working for!"
II should think such law would be
a good thing" agreed young Clekky,
with enthusiasm. ANY money you
earned over the washtub ought to be
framed and hung on the wall-only,
suppose, you would have to spend It
for potatoes and cabbage and things
for the six hungry children. That's
the trouble with money-when you
want to buy all the orchids in the shop
for girl you have to go and pay the
tailor or your laundry bill. Oh, know
you were using that merely as an ex-
mendable of you, really!"
"Your voice doesn't sound So" pro-
tested Miss Flumey, obviously. You'll
see how it will be when women vote.
Things will be very different"
1--WE not the least doubt of It,"
agreed young Clekky. Until now poll
tics was the only conversational topic
III which bunch of men could gambol
untagged and unmatched Women
knew something about everything else
and suppose that's why they couldn't
bear to leave politics alone. What's
the referendum and the recall?"
THAT hasn't anything to do with
suffrage" said Miss Flumey, agilely.
You're like all men. You want to
keep us down and in the dark"
"Never!" said young Clekky. "If I
had anything to say about it I'd put
you On g. pedestal and show you of
and be proud Of you! Do you know,
you remind me SO much Of
you haven't studied the question"
interrupted Miss Flumey with some
degree of haste.
Yes, I have!" said young Clekky,
firmly. You'd be surprised to know
the hours I've spent studying woman.
She"
Il think" interrupted Miss Flumey,
ferent subjects!"
mot at ALL" said young Clekky.
You can't understand woman suffrage
If you don't understand woman, can
you? Tell me what you are going to
do after you have attended to the
drunken husband with the yearnings
for washtub earnings?"
Il know you're making fun of mel"
said Miss Flumey, with a little frown.
"Oh, we're going to do lots of things.
We're going to pass a law making
smoking Illegal and regulating the full
ness Of trousers, to say nothing of
abolishing clubs entirely and turning
all golf links into Picnic grounds. Then
we shall set business hours from a.
m. till 6 p. M, with only twenty min
utes for luncheon, because you men
waste SO much time. Also we are
certainly going to tax bachelors half
their incomes"
"You don't need that" insisted
young Clekky. There won't be any
bachelors when they get good look
at you! 1 don't suppose the other girls
can be like you, but they must be
faint limitations and if there are any
men left over they will go and beat
their brain out against the first con-
venient stone wall. That's what your
suffragetting and upsetting men is go
ing to accomplish! Come, row-what
led you to be one?"
We'll" said Miss Flrusy, "if
you don't play auction bridge and
aren't suffragette there isn't a sim
gle thing to do, because you don't get
asked anywhere! But, truly, believe
IN women having the vote!"
MY dear child" said young Clekky
with all the benevolence of his twenty
two years, Il believe In their having
any old thing they please-because II
they want it they'll get it anyhow"