The Prescott daily news., 1916-05-12
WHY PAT McGOOGAN
 VOTED NO"
A Political Playlet, Founded on
 Feminish, by Anne Anti.

ing contractor; Madge McGoogan, his wife.
 Scene-Their dining room. Time A late supper.
 Mrs. McGoogan-Pat, yer an Our late. Whats the matter? If I kept ye waitin' that long, ye'd be raisin' a fuss.
 Pat-Well, 'tis only few days till election, an l wuz attendin' a polti- cal meetin'.
 Mrs. McG.-A political meetin'? An since whin do they be havin' thim before supper, MT McGoogan?
 Pat-'Twas a suffrage meetin' A fine lass on the corner wuz tellin' why wimin should vote, an givin' the boys great p'ints on the politics of the Far Wist, Australyer and Iceland, where, it seems, the wimin have done things we min have not attendid to here.
 Mrs. McG-Patrick McGoogan! Yer more fool thin l thought. A mon of yer age listinin' to the sermon of suffragette! Ye min seem to need nurse from the cradle to the coffin to save ye from the snares of designin wimin.
 We wimin have knoan ye were a little soft, goin' to Congress and the Legislatur every year or two, an talkin' an writin' about the land ye think ye rule.
 We do not dispute the pint, for 'tis easier to get along with ye whin yer ruin' the wurruld thin whin yer wor- ryin' over the rint. But if it comes to a showdown, Mir. McGoogan, 1 want ye to know that the wimin control this country, in spite of yer laws, an votes, an 'demicrats an republicans.
 Ye sit down an make a few laws, an ye think thot hoomanity is de- pendin' on yer wurrds an wisdom while we wimin buy an cook thous- and meals year for ye, select the things ye hke-or need if ye don't hke-see thot yer not p'isined three toimes a day, thot yer clothes an socks are is a respectible condition and ye nevir even notice it.
 'Tis awful proud ye are to say: Here. Mir. Murphy, is the street paved last Fall. l used so much stone an so much asphalt. I billed the as phalt so, in wun of Hogan's new cookers. Don't ye think it's a fine job?" An Murphy sez:
 "Shure, an it is thot, Mir Me Coo gan The city should sind ye to Con- gress for such a job"
 But, Patrick McGoogan, what have to show for the Christmas dinner that I cooked for ye an Murphy an Hogan? Twas a fine job, too, if do say it meself But ye ate it. 'Tis the way of ye min. Ye ate or wear out the wurruk of wimin on yer backs. An ye say nothiu' about it unless 'tis bad, Thin ye growl like sick kid till we please ye better.
 But whin wun of these sutfragettes tells ye how much ye don't know about yer own politics, ye give her yer votes right away-simply because she talks somethir yer dull enough to under stand
 We have let ye min amoose yer selves with politics for years IL doesn't do ye as much harm as drink, it keeps ye away from wimin and out of diviiment, am in genuil, I'm in favor of it-but for min only,
 f wimjn get into it, Pat yer amoosement will be gone Twill be a real battle an no mistake.
 Do ye think we'r goin' to listnin to ye tellin' how ye were detained till wun in the mornin' learnin' the boo ties of Californyer by moonlight with Miss Mischief, of the third ward?
 Do ye think yer goin' to political meetin' in the evenin' while We do the dishes and moind the children, knowin' yer studyin' law and the rulin' of the wolruld with wimin, instead of just innocently denouncin' the RepubH- cans?
 How will yer min wurruk on the streets if the fine lass on every cor ner is to tell thim how much easier it is to vote for what they want thin to wurruk for it?
 Pat-Muther, yer rambin for shure The gurril plainly sed thot votes for wimin would clane up politics an the streets too.