Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-10
From Other Viewpoints
Mother Goose showed How 10 Pint II Over.
ny ALFRED u. WILLIAMS

Many observers have hc"n puzzled regarding
the origin OF tho ideas OF the science ana
principles OF government manifested by the
bear Ladies engaged actively in tho suffrage
movement. The puzzle IS solved. Discovery
rewards deep research. The source and in
spirat!on OF the pending campaign has been
traced directly and conclusively TO Mother
G""a". That eminent aud popular authority
not only prepared and described the path to
achievement but, more than two centuries ago,
prophcsicd precisely tho conditions Of the
present. yelling The prophecy thin!y in form Of
parable.
An Of us have seen how the Dear Ladies
persuaded influential citizens induce local
conventions and meetings to send delegates to
call district and state conventions to de-
niand Of national conventions /" require
.iGnal nominees to commend Governors Of
states 10 summon legislatures a I'd order them
To rat!fy the nineteenth amendment.
Sow behold and consider Mother Goose.
She narratcs that an old woman bought. with
Il crooked siXpcncc. a pig. obviously intended
to represent the amendment Following this
transaction was a series al failures d,.sp-
polntmcnts and rebuns TIN. T!s would not go
over the stIl". Many forces and Influences
supposed t" have more or less remote and
Indirect power 10 induce the plE 10 20 over re-
fused aid Tirclcss pertinacity prevailed at
last. however. certain busy makers OF hay
agreed to cooperate for price. they gave
the mature and !ndcfatigablc female "A wsp
OF hay-evdently symbolic OF the cordial and
encouraging words which our politicians from
time TO time have fed 10 the Dear Ladies' 4
COW Of commercial mind exchanged for the
hay "a cup of milk, which went supply the
cravings and meet the demands OF cat
=.
with the eat began the campaign OF com
Tulsion. according to Mother Goosc--
"Ths cat began to Kill the rat:
rho rat began Enaw tic rope
The rope began 10 hang the butcher; &.
III" butcher began to kill tho OK.
rho began 10 drink The watcr.
Tn. water began to pucnch the IRE.
The i:c began to burn tho stick
The stick began to beat the dog
IN" dog began TO bite the pig.
The lit;!c pig ia fright jumped over the
stilc,
Ana so the old woman got home"
Each OF these participants in the glorious
result had cmphaticaliy declined cooperation
"H"H solicited separately and Individuality
al readers must be impressed and con
WINGED BY the remarkable fidelity with which
THIS sequence Of events and consequences fol-
lows our recent political processes The
thoughtful student viii observe that there
! 10 THO rui,ch COW, the inakcrs Of hay and the
cat beginning distinctly with the cat came
system Of terrorism, a succession OF alright
ing threats ana demonstrations. an ingenious
,nt'icacy OF impending and Imaginary disas-
t'rs a long ana complicated conVOlut!on OF
alarming emergencies.
The Investigation hos several important
aspects. Il settles finally the long disputed
question OF thc sex of Mother Goose. Nome
but Il fernin ne mind could have devised a plan
so elaborate. so tortuous. approaching from
fuch far ana bidder distances the desired
end Of getting n rcbe!ilous pig over stilc
contrary TO the dnsirns and convictions OF tho
pig itself and OF all others concerned. No