Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1915-06-04
WHY IS WOMAN RESTLESS

does she grow restless under the
crown OF womanhoody Why 10 shs
weary OF the Cod.glven jewel OF moth
crhood? IN II not n sufficient political
achievement for m that future
rulers nurse at her breast. laugh In
her rms and kneel at her leet? Can
ambition leap to moro glorious heights
than 10 sing lullabies TO the worlds
greatest genuises. chant melodies TO
master minds and rock the cradle OF
human destlny7
God pity our country when the hand.
shake OF the politician Is more graft.
Tying TO woman's heart than the pat
ter OF children's feet
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 It's sacred embrace
every generation has hidden It's face
In shame; clinging to it's motherly
folds. lettering 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 lnordinate thirst for pow
err? IA 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 yer all? Why crave
authority when mar bows down and
worships herr Man has given woman
his heart. his name and his money.
What more does she want?
Can man find II In his heart 10 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 n one 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 We From a Hen-Peeked
Nation.
l follow the pillow for a living and
my views may have In them the smell
OF the soil; my hair Ia turning white
under the frost OF many winters and
perhaps I nm a little old-fashioned,
but I believe there IS more moral in.
fluence In the dress OF woman han In
all the statute books OF the land. As
an agoncy for morality, | wouldn't
give my good old mothers home.
made gowns for all the ~suffragette's
constitutions and bylaws In the world.
As n power for purifying society. l
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 n mothers heart for righteousness
for all the oaths of Office In the land.
There is more power In the smile
OF 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.
Tho destiny OF this nation lies In
the home and not In the Legislative
halls. The hearthstone and the fam
ny Bible will ever remain the source
OF our inspiration and the Acts OF the
Apostles will ever shine brighter than
the acts OF Congress.
This country Is law.mad. Why add
to a statute book. already groaning
under It's own weight. the hysterical
cry OF woman II "a never had a
chance 10 vote again in a lifetime and
did not pass another law In twenty.
Ave years. we could survive the or.
deal, but without home, civilization
would wither and die,
God save these United States
from becoming a hen.pecked nation;
help as keep slssles out Of Congress
and forbid that yemen become step
fathers to government, Is the prayer
OF the farmers OF this country.
-- -ag.A