The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-04-14
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.

The following humorous article was
written by Mrs. W. II. Miller. Many of
her friends desired it published and we
accommodate them as we'll as Mrs. Miller
ny so doing. No doubt il will be uni
Versally enjoyed, as Mrs. Miller writes
we'll
I'm the beginnin' Nv time man was
made an atterward woman. What in
creation they was made fer KANT tell;
but some time after they begun ter live,
this question Nv Woman Suffrage grow
ed up.
i want ter say right here, now an
forever, | am ergin it from start to fin
ish, an l think that any man that eggs
1t on is er brute an ort ter hev er ring
thru thet nose er his'n.
1T fuSt begun when ther woman went
out into ther garden fer ter trim ther
bushes while ther man wus ersleep un-
der er tree. Their Sarpent come erlong
an begun ter put notions in her head.
Now, ther is always trouble when er wo-
man gifts notions In her head, an frum
thet day ter this, woman has packed er
heavy load Nv Suffrage. Fer nv part. I
think she has suffered er plenty, an I'd
stop hit eff l could
woman is the mother Nv tie race
an she bosses it ter finish; an yit, she
Is a sutferagist. The children are all
her'n an she knows hit, an fer thet
very reason she suffers on their account.
a way back when they hung Rezprah's
children in ther Bible. an she watched
EN- ter keep ther buzzards away. Wasn't
thet woeful suffrage? Wus ther any
man er rouud? If them children ever
he'd any father never heard of it. Meb-
by he wus of in er fer country er hangin'
somebody elses children. I'll be boun'
he wer'nt er sufferin'. fer man amt
Eacherly built that er way.
"A po' sutferagette NV er woman will
bend over de cradle Nv 'er dyin' baby
while ther man is down ct ther corner
store er tellin' NV Iher nabors er how he
seed frum the fust thet the baby had
ter 90. An wher' wus thet man when
thet baby wus born: He had went ter
town Ter ei sack er oats, an got KEEP by
pollyticks.
''Jist let the honse git full of burnt
bean smoke, an whut becomes NV the
male man: He jist takes hisself out an
sets on de fence tell things clear up,
while ther womaD IN ther house is sui
terin' in ther smoke an mess er thinkin'
NV Iher wrath ter come.
Their trouble with woman is, she is
good, but she is made wrong, an suffer
age claims her fer hits own; an pard-
ner, yer kainJ keep her frum it,
"A sho' nuf sufferagist kin sometimes
fill er house full an runnin' over with
sutferin', not only fer herself, but ditto,
him.
Woman is house crazy any how. She
wus born in er house, an eff she wus
born eb'ry day NV the the year, she would
chaw ter be born in er house. Now, er
man 'ud druther be born in Bluegrass
paster an live thar then ter be bothered
with it; but he amt asked, nor his son,
nor his sons son.
'Ther house-cleanin' an er putin up
Nv stovepipes an er hidin' NV things,
has got ter go on in spite er black cats
Il don't deny thet they bring some
NV ther sutferage on themselves: but I'll
jine the temperance gang ruther then
say Pm in favor NV it.
Sometimes er woman gifts ther no.
tion in 'er head ter lule ther ranch.
But that don I do nary bit er good, fer she
jist only makes mother sufferagette Nv
ther wust kind, fer they hain't contented
ter be in ther lead ner ter foller. Their
Lord help EN-, say.
why you KANT see er man an gal
female er settin' on er sun shiny day un-
der er shade tree 'thout seein' how hit
is. Ther girl looks lack she had er poker
rundown her back an she KANT hardly
GIT 'er breath an er tippin' NV her toe
up ter git ease frum er tight shoe, while
ther opposite sprawls in loose shoes an
breeches, er lafin' in his sleeve at ther
po' crster.
81 say fustly, middlely an lastly, no
suffrage fer woman. She has suffered
enough already.
Il say this suffrage has wore her
out; say put her in chiny house an
feed 'er on peaches an cream til she
kin rest up er spell an incorporate"