Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-02
WHY IS WOMAN
RESTLESS?
DESTINY OF NATIONS DEPENDo
UPON COMMENTED HOMES.
BY w. D. leWiS.

uOeS she grow RESTLESS und6f the
crown of womanhood2 Why 10 she
weary of the God-given jewel OF moth
erhood2 Is il not a sufficient political
achievement for woman that future
rulers nurse at her breast, laugh in
her arms and kneel at her fset2 Can
ambition leap to more glorious heights
than TO sing lullabies to the worlds
greatest genuise5. chant melodies to
master minds and rock the cradle Of
human destiny?
God pity our country when the hand.
shake OF the politician ia more graft.
flying to Woman's heart than the pat
ter of children's feet,
Woman lie Ruler Over All,
Why does woman chafe under re-
straint OF sex? Why revile the hand
Of nature? Why discard the skirts
that civilization has chung to since
the beginning of timer Why lay aside
this halloWed garment that has wiped
the tears of sorrow from the face Of
childhood? In its sacred embrace
every generation has hidden its face
in shame; ciinging to its motherly
folds, tottering children have learned
TO play hide and seek and from II
youth learned to reverence and re-
spect Womanhood. Can man think OF
his mother without this consecrated
garment?
Why this inordinate thirst for pow.
er? Is not woman all POWERFUL Man
cannot enter this world without her
consent he cannot remain in peace
without her blessing and unless she
sheds tears OF regret over his depar-
ture, he has lived in vain. Why this
longing for civic power when God has
made her ruler over all? Why crave
authority when nan bows down and
worships her? Man has given woman
his heart, his name and his money.
What more does she want'
Can man find 1t in his heart to look
with pride upon the statement that his
honorable mother.in-law was n of
the most powerful political bosses In
the country. that his distinguished
grandmother was m OF the ablest
%fllibusters In the Cenate or that his
mother was a noted warrior and her
name a terror to the enemy Whittier
are we drifting and where will we
land'
God Save Us From a Hsn-Peokeo
Nation.
l follow the pillow for a living and
my views may have In them the smell
of the soil my hair Is turning white
under the frost OF many winters and
perhaps | am a little old-fashioned.
but | believe there is more moral In
iiuenee in the dress OF woman than il
all the statute books of the land. AS
AN agency for morality, | wouldn't
give my good old mothers home
made gowns for all the s~ur1ragette's
constitutions and bylaws In the world.
AS a power for purifying society,
wouldn't give one prayer OF my sanity
mother for all the women's votes In
Christendom AS an agency for good
government, ! wouldn't give the plea
of a mothers heart for righteousness
for all the oaths of Office in the land.
There Ia more power in the smile
of woman than in an act Of congress.
There are greater possibilities for
good government in her family OF
laughing children than in the cab
met of the president of the United
States.
The destiny OF this nation lies in
the home and not In the legislative
nails. The h~earihstone and the fam.
lily Bible will eyer remain the source
of our inspiration and the Acts OF the
Apostles win ever shine brighter than
the acts OF Congress,
This country is laT.mad. Why add
to a statute book, already groaning
under its own weight, the hysterical
cry of woman? II We neye had a
chance to vote again In a lifetime and
did moi pass another law In twenty
five years, We. could survive the or
deal, but without home, civilization
would Wither and die,
Col save these United States
from becoming a hsn.pecked nation;
help us keep sissies out OF Congress
and forbid that women become STEP
fathers to government. is the prayer
Of the farmers of this country.