The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-12-01
HOW SHE VOTED


any interest in politics unless we
men led you BY tie little Hand ana
made you do It! It's, all blunt" -
why, Richard Bunt ,Garble!" cried
Mrs. Garble, turning pink in indig
nation :, I'D like. to Know what you
think you, are talking about, :. The
very idea! When, we have clubs and
meetings and vote,
"Huh!" said Garb]e, lighting his
cigar. Didn't almost have to cali
out the patrol to get you to register
last time? You cali that devotion to
your political duty, supposed"
1T isn't sol" declared Mrs. Gar.
BILE. 81 didn't know I had to register
again! I've registered about every
10 minutes since we have been al.
lowed to vote in this state! And how
was / to know had to go and do 1t
all over again? It's perfect nonsense
any way, and I am positive they make
us do 1t just to get Us mad, so We
won't vote!"
"They have registrations Just to
kill time" said Garble, soothingly.
when they can't think Of anything
else to do somebody down In the city
hall with his arms above his head
and says, 'Heighho! The days are
dull. Let's have registration
But what l am Directing to is
your disregard OF your civic duties.
At this last registration believe
your objection to going around the
corner with me- to the barber shop
was that you were making pickles
and the pickles were at the delicate
point in their development at which
they would spoil II you didn't sit be-
side them and address knid word
TO them now and then. Do you sup
pose Patrick Henry would have at
stopped for batch of pickles when
he had call to save his country?
You women have no sense OF values
or of proportion of things in life"
Say that over again In the winter
when you are sobbing for home made
pickles!" said Mrs. Garble indig-
nantiy. when you call for branded
peaches how should you like to have
me hand YOU instead a memorandum
to the effect that on brandieu peach
es day I was engaged In rescuing my
country from a band of malefactors
and was busy over in Frump's bar
Der shop--hoping this explanation
will be satisfactory. and eat a prune
instead of branded peach! Would
you teEderly put away such a note In
the pocket over your heart and sigh
Dear, devoted woman!' You would
not! You would flow off the roof Of
our perfectly nice new house with
oratory in which divorce courts were
frequently mentioned. And when you
wanted me to go with you to register
| had on a Bingham dress and my hair
was just twisted up anyhow"
Garble groaned. "A woman would
let the country go to smash while
she fused over the hang of her
skirt" he declared. "And when ]
think of the manner in which you
picked out your candidates when you
voted last time my head hangs so
in shame that 1t needs a p1op'-
You"
"what else could do?" demanded
Mrs. Garbie. my goodness! When
got that awful ballot I thought
they had made = mistake and hand
ed me roll of wallpaper! 1t had
1000, 900 names on 1t and there were
a lot Of people in the polling place
wanting to vote, and l didn't dare
stay In that booth a minute longer
than possible! wasn't going to
have them jeering at the way women
took up time and blocked the wheels
of Justice! | forgot which ones we
had decided on at breakfast, but l did
remember that newspaper recommen'
dations on the ten candidates ran
yes. no, no, yes, yes, no, no, on. yes
so | crossed them like that-and
don't see that It was so awful Tor
me to have got twisted and remem'
bered the yes-no business Backward
I'm sure any of the candidates would
have done, because they couldn't
have got nominated unless they had
been pretty smart men! I've learned
that much"
ooh. you'll learn lot more. TOO! :
moaned Garble. That's the trouble
with you women--the extraordinary
things YOU learn when you set out to
acquire intelligence on any points
Yes, no. no. no. Yes. yes-oh. Tor
the love Of Mike!"
Tho plnch