El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-31
ChiDaEry Is False And HypocriticaE
Asserts Woman, Who Wants Ballot

IF suffrage will abolish chivalry
l let's have It. Chivalry Is based
on the assumption that women are
weak mentally and physically. not
may commit. from not removing their
I hats at convention to shooting their
! husbands Naturally any woman who
] takes chivalry seriously (the majority
don't, thank goodnessD IS apt to be-
come weak and silly
History shows that every race
/ which has attempted to separate
mans and woman's spheres. has gone
/ under Let men and women work and
. govern together, as Nature intended
I perhaps, then, mutual respect viii
take the place OF the half-contemp-
tuous, wholly hypocritical chivalry.' 90
This IS the hot shot" q woman
sends The Herald IN the outrage
] controversy.
Many communications have been
received this week on the subject
D The woman sending the above asks
| that only the initials T. J. W be
/ printed. but she signs the commune
alton to show that they are her real
sentiments She writes from Arte-
Several other contributions are from
WIN Lessen Morals.
J. Emmett writes from Nogales
Arizona, as follows:
I'VE. OF the twentieth century are
I living IN a new age. where wit and
[ the various enterprises undertaken,
Z Yet. with these manifestations in
b view. we can not over look those age
] old traditions handed down through
I centuries.
sNov, women are going into
politics On n wholesale Ecalef
many states have ratified the
suffrage amendment net. while
others are still discussing ffH
PROBABILITY. II nationwide Euf-
fraEe f. granted, in my opinion.
1t viii tend TO lessen the morals
OF this great commonwealth to
n low ebb.
Woman. as we all know, IS the
] foundation OF any race She not only
Z builds a home but IS responsible for
I the food OF our great institutions OF
D business and learning. in fact, she is
[ the producer for all enterprises.
! Therefore Il Is up TO the women folk
Z to teach and build character through
I their God-Eiven accomplishments
] sympathy linked with the forgiVE4s
spirit Of Righteousness. Of which men
fail to grasp the meaning.
Hence. II women enter business
and politics on an unlimited scale. II
VIII tend TO make them sordid. selfish
and IN turn take away that sympathy
mentioned above"
J. c. Ingram. farmer and nursery
man OF Deming. New Mexico, says:
Women and men are not endowed
alike and It requires the endoWments
OF both sexes TO constitute a correct
social medium When God said Tt is
not good that man should be alone
He referred TO social life and men. be-
ing neither moral nor merciful by
nature. that helpmeet was to help
build social environment and not 10
carry wood and water.
Politics and war being the great
est building and destroying agencies
II society, our civilization demands
that woman's voice be heard IN the
councils OF both
"she need not do fist-fighting nor
be an executive; she Will find her
place"
aNVOmnn VIII Regret IT.
Lewis Snider says before the pass
ing Of another generation, I believe
with all my soul that woman viii
learn to her sorrow that by active
participation IN politics she has made
most grievous mistake. Give her
the vote. yes. but stop with the vote.
Let her refrain from active participa-
ton in political poW-vows. and there
by retain her self-respect, and con-
tinue to inspire the respect that man
has always been wont TO accord her
@Since woman has Insisted IN
taking her place in politics, she
has opened the road to the break
ing OF eOnvenffOnaliffea that VIII
be more rudeIy shocking than
riding In an elevator with man
who fails to remove HIS hat.5
G.. II. L says. "Suffragets are al
wiz notice, most Of them have must
achesH