Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-09-10
MONTEREY, FRIDAY SEP 10, 1920
VOTES FOR WOMEN

i'll
special interest on the part Of High
land women in the triumph OF equal
suffrage it is not apparent to the
close observer among the fathers, nus
bands and brothers. During me
wears in which the struggle was go
ing on, women here and there In the
county. have been heard to express
- themselves in favor Of suffrage, pul
lat no time has there been any real
: ladyScacy. of that right and in view
* of this passive attitude, both prior
land subsequent to the adoption OF the
| - amendment, there is naturally specu-
lation and surmising as to what Per
centage Of the women in rural sec
tons will care to exercise the right
conferred.
In the absence of an actual can
ess, no one could better reach an
Intelligent conclusion or concensus
han the inuucsition newspaper man
nosing about" for news items and
General information, and his~"fnd-
ng'' is sisat, If the attituaeof High
nd wi I'm le fair index to that of
.hraA life generally, there isn't much
concern or elEtion, and the per cent
age of those who register this fall
will disclose a state of real indiffer-
ence
The doubt arises, however, as to
whether the metropolitan suffragists
who clamorad so loudly for equal
rights ana with equal noise acclaim
! its success viii Neoncede the fact that
1.-The attitude CT tie women in the
h,s" is REPRESENTATIVE of rural
lsGumcd above. ''Out in the
fns' is very trite term and
censa to all sorts of conclu-
I'D comments, and when the
He-aicn IS made that the women
nlks in the mountains will not be
\ Nd falling ever each other in the
Dish to qualify. it is safe to antici-
pate the usual silly deductions and
unjust comments on the part of city
SISTERS.
It clrrrT00tt~ nc denied that, in the
: minds of not few, life in the noun
tains is synonymous with illiteracy
and lack of refinement, and noun
tainee5s have more than once been
called upon to swallow their wrath"
when brought face 10 face with evil
lof 60
that MANY have of an average coun-
try Enthusiastically in the noun
'tains-is livery ordinary, four-room
house, rudely furnished, void of up
to-date comforts, where "you'ens"
and "we'ens" toll all day and go to
bed with the chickens. Or possibly
they may picture, here and there, a
parlor organ ION which ISIS" using
> >her index finger, occasionally plays
Go tell Aunt Sally
Her Old Goose is Dead
and possibly, too "sofy," fashily
upholstered with red flowers on which
she and her best fellow sit Sunday
evenings and hold hands.
They fail to associate lighting-sys-
TENS, bathrooms, automobiles, vic
trolas and goth century conveniences |
and intelligence with rural life, hence
passive interest in the Susan B. vic
tory may be charged up to lack Of |
ligence-inability Of the farmers
wife and daughter to appreciate the
innovation or dawn of the coveted |
new regime.
As some view it, however, the real |
good to come of equal suffrage is the |
response the wemen will make when |
their help is needed most: when ques
tions touching the home and moral
issues are nvolyed-schools, temper |
ance, good roads, and in cases of i'm
perative political house-cleaning. In
matters of this kind the womens' vote |
will prove a sort of "stableizer," a |
telling and deciding factor, and when |
it becomes necessary for the ballot to
talk along such lines, our country |
sisters will be found wide-awake and t
making wise use of the new preroga-
tive.