St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-09-11

ambition leap 20 more glorious hoightD
than to sing iullsbiss to the wuFld's
greatest eeauises. chant melodies %
moster minds and rock the cradle a
human destiny!
God pity cur country when the hand
shak0 a The politician II more 4fat1.
Tying % womAn's heart than the pet
Tar of ehildrenis test
Weason 70 Ruler ovot Al.
Why does woman ohafD under n.
stlaint Of sex? Why revile the hama
of nature? Why discard the skirts
that civilization has chung TO since
the beginning OF timer Why lay aside
ih1s hallowed garment that has wiped
The tears Of sorrow from the face Of
ehildhood3 In its sacred embrace
evsRy generation has hidden IT. faco
IN shame: clinsing to it,, mothsrly
folds, lettering children have learned
% play hide and seek and from 4
youth learned 70 reverence and r.
0poct womanhood. Can man think %
his mother without this conDecrate4
garment3
Why thu inordinate thirst for pow.
er9 u not woman M powerful? Man
cannot enter this world without her
ooasent, he can1ot remain In peaeo
without her blessing and unless che
sheds tears Of regret over his depal.
ture. he has lived In vain. Why this
longing for civic power when God has
made her ruler over oil? Why crave
authority whom man bows down ana
worships her? Man has given woman
his heart his name and his meney.
What moro does she want?
CAa man md It In his heart to look
with pride upon the statement that his
honDsable notheesiA-lsw was one Of
the moae powerful political bosses In
The oouotry. that his distinguished
Grandmother vas one Of the ablest
Anbusters In the Csnate or that hin
mokher was Q noted warrior and her
name . terror to the snemy7 WHITTIER
are Ne drifting ana whore WIN ~
1onlf
oed oave. u Prem . hsn-pes,esD
+. Na99eN.
I follow the plow for q living aa1
ny views may have IN tAem the slasll
of the soll: NJ 1alr q turning White
under the huoe Of many wfntof0 end
pesAaps an . little old-fashiaoel,
but belisvo there 10 moro mofA H.
1usnco IN the dress of woman than n
an the statute bookD q he land. A
- aosaey 1oe Musality. I woaldn's
Give my good old mothers AoDo.
made eowns for 40 ~ su65aoett6s
eoose1tut3one and uylaws IN he world.
~ . power 1oe purifyinS society. I
vouAnt gfve one prayer Of ny satntly
mother for IN the women's votes ID
Ch1iDeendom. ~ IN agency for god
eovesnnsnt, I wouldn't Give tAe plea
q Q mothers heart for riehteoasnese
epr an The oatAs Of once IN the lanl.
Thsee 10 more power u the smile
q WOMAN than IN IN oct Of eonGrss.
Thoro are greater 0oosibdlitioo 1oe
eeod government In her family C
lanahiAe children than h The sab.
met of the pFesident Of the Unfte1
States.
The destiny of this nation lies u
he hone and not In the legislative
halls. The hearthstone and the fam.
fly Bibao win ever remain the source
Of our Inspiration and the Acts Of The
Apostles win ever shine brighter than
he acts ol ConSrooA
This country 10 lAw-mad. Why ed
% Q statuts book. alrsady sroaning
aundor IL own weight. the hystefioal
esy q woman? Il W mover had Q
chance to vote again In lifetime and
did not PASS another law IN twenty.
ave years. No could survive the q.
deal. but without home. civilization
would wither and die.
God save these United States
from becoming . hen-pecked nation;
help 10 keep sissies out Of Congress
end forbid that women becoms stop
fathers to government. 10 the prayer
az the farmers Of this country.