The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-25
A GREAT GOMMOTIONIN
The POTTERY WORKS

To the editor OF the Sun-str.
down shall be as the pottsr's clay; for
Shall the work say OF him that made il,
BE made me not. or shall the thing
framed say Of him that framed ii, He
had no understanding. Isaiah, XIX,
ds.
The above verse suggests a great
commotion In the pottery works. The
kitchen vessels are very indignant at
their lowly service and want to SIT on
the parlor mantels as bric-a-brac: the
hne china deplores her uselessness and
wants to 30 out on the street for lamps
and plate-glass windows; the lamps
and plate glass are justly incensed al
their constant exposure to wind and
storm and clRmor for the sheltered
places, 80 the commotion and racket
continues until they all forget that
they are only potter's clay and framed
for the Masters use.
So when ] see our women all in a
turmoil Of unrest and trying to turn
the world upside down my thoughts
revert to the rebellious pottery YES
sells. The women are clamoring for
The ballot. for mans offices, for his
work and wage. until l often wonder
that our long-sufering men don't rebel
also and clamor to rock the cradle,
cook our dinners, demand the crochet
hook. ETC.. and send their restless
women to the hoe, the ploy and the
harvest fields, the battle fields also.
II they desire more complete up
heaval. Hath not the potter power
over the clay of the same lump to
make one lump into honor and another
into dishonor Romans. TX, %.
The wise Ruler Of the universe made
man and woman both vessels Of honor,
but for different uses-the one for the
outside world and work, the other for
the home and the tender care Of His
little ones, and distinctly gave His laws
in regard to them; that, first, as
Christ is the head OF the church, man
is the head OF the woman" That
women are TO be discree, chaste, keep
ers at home, good. obedient to their
own husbands. that the Word OF God
be not blasphemed. Titus, II, 5.
Does It ever occur to you, o We rest
less women, that you are trying to up
set Gods words and laws? Let us
glance at some OF the dangers from
universal suffrage Our country is
already burdened with vastly lgnor-
ant and corruptible vote, for sale to
the highest bidder. Are we to increase
that purchasable vote? With citizen
ship comes It's duties OF jury duty. In
California the women serve side by
side with the men; many cases are un-
tit for their ears. Would you like your
innocent young daughter to try such
cases?
The women claim that they need leg
islation about the educational laws of
their children, etc. By their influence
and calling attention to this, wouldn't
the fathers of these children remedy
these evils? The suffragettes claim
that they will be for temperance Why
didn't they give California prohibition
when they had 1t in their power? They
not only defeated 1t, but prevented its
consideration for eight years. In Reno,
New, when the men had repealed the
six months residence for divorce law
tho women put II back. So they failed
most lamontably in those two great
states TO remove those fostering sores
OF intemperance and easy divorce. l
hear OF certain towns in California so
given up to graft and grafters that they