The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-04-24


hinder the movement, there
fore have it appear in our suf-
frage column:
Dear editor:
l was much delighted with
the letter written by Auntie
Lucem which appeared in a re-
cent issue of your valuable pa
per, and certainly think that
her reasons for being an anti
suffragist are. as she says,
clear and concise and so |
also wanted to let your readers
know that there is at least one
man left in this country who
is opposed to suffrage for wo-
men, and ! can give additional
excellent reasons for my stand
in the matter.
AZ we all know woman is the
weaker sex, not only physical
ly, but morally, mentally and
spiritually. If you glance over
the history of the world. l am
told that every evil thing from
the time Eve enticed Adam has
sprung from a woman, and that
she has ever since been the
curse of mankind and the world
and therefore it is but right
and proper that she at all times
seek light and instruction from
her spiritual and moral adviser
the man, who doth in all things
represent her.
As to her being physically
inferior to man, may state that
for that reason alone she should
not enter into so burdensome a
thing az politics, or so heavy a
matter as voting, agreeing with
the apostle of old that it is a
mans place to support his
family, that is if he can, and
that it is a woman's place to
remain securely and quietly at
home, doing the. lighter work
of the world, such as caring for
in health and sickness her ten
children, and impressing upon
them the necessity of getting
out in the world as early as
possible so as to educate and
support themselves, and not to
be a burden to their father; that
she see furthermore that her
husband have at least three
good meals a day, and that he
is properly looked after in every
other respect: that she in a
good housewifelike manner do
all the washing, ironing and
sewing for her family. also do
the daily scrubbing of floors
may say right here that there
is nothing that tends SO much
to the i'll health of a husband
as poorly scrubbed floors, and
in the careless ironing done by
our modern housewives lies the
misery of the world.
Then there is the preserving
and picking in their season,
and the houseclean-
ing, which of ours includes
all papering and painting, the
garden to supply the family to
be made and tended, the cow
to be MIXED and the butter
churned.
If all these small matters be
properly and enthusiastically
done by the weaker sex, I do
not see how there would be the
strength or time for voting.
even were it a nice thing for
a woman to do.
l know my wife has not the
time to make out a ballot, for
in addition to the foregoing she
makes up the entire stockings
for the family, like the good
woman spoken about in the
Book of Proverbs. having
bought her a good grade of
gray yarn for the purpose, as
her hands we're becoming stiff
from some cause or another, and
/ was afraid some of our pro-
gressive neighbors would be
suggesting physical culture, for
which she has not the strength
and besides l have always de-
lighted in seeing a woman
spend her spare time in knit
ting, it is SO restful to the eye.
OF course l permit my wife
to do a little reading, and so
while she is knitting / have
her read to me from the book /
bought her several years ago
at Christmas entitled Media
ton Amongst the Tombs''-a
book my grandmother was fond
of in her day, but which ! am
sorry to say is seldom found in
the hands of the modern wo-
man, owing to this equal suf-