The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-04-10

L near h kOOO NSoA
these days regarding woman
suffrage, and as my husband 10
away on his vacation, and my
seven children, all but the two
youngest are in school, thought
l would drop a line so as to
make it plain to your reaoers
that there is at least one wo'
man in this town left VINO IS
not a suffragist, and never on
any account intends to be, tor
last summer a tramp to whom
l gave a nice warm meal vas
laughing at the suffragists in
the United States, England,
Australia, and where ever else
they are, and though my nus.
band is finding out that most
men who are keeping abreast
of the times are either in favor
of suffrage, Or are actively op-
posed to it, and he gave such
names as Bryan, Roosevelt,
Taft, LaFollette, Burdette,
Edison and Hobson these
sound like the names) and trat
Abraham Lincoln in his day
was strongly in favor of the
measure, yet l am afraid there
may be a few persons left who
might laugh at me; besides it
sounds very much like some
thingmy husband calls politics
Il dislike writing the word)and
50 ! am never, never going to
become a suffragist-anything
but that.
My husband may turn later
on. that is if he decides to u
for an office as he has almost
made up his mind to do IL am
helping him to make it up tor
he says: 1T looks terribly like
if the women, poor things, are
going to get the vote.'
Any way this suffrage is
something l know almost no
thing about. as l have only
time to read the papers once IN
a month or two, and my hus-
band has never had time to in
struct me along that line, and
l want to say right here, that
the only thing l have ever
taken an interest in outside the
home II have a small part in
that has been the church, but
having also received light on
that, l am going to stop taking
part in the ladies aid, or any.
thing of the kind, az l firmly
believe that women should
keep silence in the churches
aud behave themselves. Our
husbands, the Apostle Paul
says should properly instruct
us at home, though l don't
know what l am going to do,
as mine-I mean my husband
when l ask him to explain to
me the minister's sermon on
my return from church. has al
ways to attend to the morning
kindling-anyway l think the
men should do the speaking
A %suffragist in this town told
me she believed the time had
come when men and women
should work together in home,
church and state, and that
most intelligent men liked to
see their mothers, sisters and
wives, take active interest in
the matters that make for the
uplifting of humanity, what
ever that may be. I know one
thing, my husband has very
little idea as to what makes
for the betterment of a home,
and I have no idea what makes
for the good of the state; and
there you are, but as the Apos-
tie Paul says, l am ignorant
and unlearned.
AS to people suffering-1 do
not believe anyone is sick or
suffering much in North Da-
kota. l never have time to 20
out anywhere, but lam certain
they are mott that is, not more
than we are suffering all the
time-and even if they are. it
is no business of mine. 1t is
the business of the ministers
and the other men of the
churches to attend to such
matters. for my husband says
that the Apostle James wrote
that if anyone is sick all they
have to do is to call for an elder
Of the church, and he will
come and pray over you, and
anoint you with oil, and you
get better right away-and az
thew all do that, why that dis
poses of the sick; and as fol
the hungry and suffering, why
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