The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-02-19

oil her family. and especially OF he
lse. is held responsible for whai
she is responsible for the cleanli.'
ness Of her house.
She is responsible for the whole
someness of the food
She is responsible for the children's
health
She. above all, is responsible for
their morals
How far can the mother control
these things?
She can clean her own rooms but
if TIE neighbors are allowed to live
in Attn. she cannot keep her rooms
from being filled with bad air and
smells. or from being infested with
vermin.
She can cook her food well but II
dealers are permitted to sell poor food
unclean mix or stale eggs she cannot
make the food wholesome for her
children
She can care for her own plumbing
and refuse. but if The plumbing in the
rest Of the apartment house is un-
sanitary, If garbage accumuiates and
the halls and stairs are left dirty she
cannot protect her children from sick
ness and infection
She can take every care to avoid
fire. but If the house has been badly
built. If the fre-escapes are made
auate she cannot guard her children
from the horrors Of being manned
or killed by fire.
She can open her windows to give
her children the air that we are told
rs So necessary, but if the air is laden
with infection, she cannot protect her
children from this danger.
She can send her children out for
air and exercise but if the conditions
that surround them on the streets are
immoral and degrading she cannot
protect them from these dangers
Alone, she cannot make these things
right who or what can?
The city can DO 1.-THE city govern
ment that is elected by the people
to take care Of the interests OF the
people
And who decides what the city gov
ernment shall do9
First the officials Of that govern
ment; and. ..second those who elect
them
DO the women elect them? No the
men do So it is the men and not
the women who are really responsible
Tor the unclean houses, bad punbng
unwholesome food, danger Of fire. risk
Of tuberculosis and other diseases
and immoral influences Of the street
In fact men are responsible for The
conditions under which the children
live. but we hold women responsible
for the results Of those conditions
II we hold women responsible for the
results, must we not in simple Justice
let taem have something to say as Ia
what these conditions shall be-
There is one way Of doing this Give
them the same means that men have
Let them have a voice in politics
A woman cannot marry without the
interference of politics She must
have the permission Of City Hall to
get her license
She cannot bui'd a home without
city Halls permis ion.
She Is obliged . depend upon city
Hall to guarantee purity Of the food
for her household
The water supply of her home is
linked 40 with CITY Hall
Politics gets inside of her baby
fhc milk that she feeds the baby is
Wdor political supervise ion.
She cannot get her garbage re
uoved without the interference oil
politics
Politics enters into the question oi
her heat and fuel supply
She must depend on politics 10 pro
feet her and her children from fire
Ard from contagious disease And
ffaA pol,Gted air
She cannet walk on clean streets
unless politics viii permit her
In face Of these incontroyertihlt