The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-01-31

TELL us not in idle jingle marriage
j. an empty ofrani.' fuf the rifi -
dead that's SINGLE, aud thines are not
earnest single ~bleasedncss a M. man
thou err 10 wan feturneih' has been
anoEcn Of the rlh. Nut enjoyment and
not sorrow ~ our destined end OF WAY.
out 10 aft thar each tomorrow finds
As netfvr marfiaKe DAY. iAfe r. Ions
10 youth H. rrctnE. aud ouf hearts
though llehi and eay. stll lille pleas
ant drums are haating wedding
hurchcaAii he wa, In the worlds
broad nfid OF hattie. To the biNount of
life, he NOT Ike dunib driven cattle
be a hfroine. a wife. Trust no future
However pleasant. lea tine dead past
present. hoirt Within and hope ahead.
Lives OF nNtrfled folks rrmna1 us That
we ear i've unr lives as we'll. and dee
purilnr leuye behind us such exam
pies as shall 'teli-such examples
that another wasting time in Idle
sport. "a forlo7n. unmarried brother.
sceiur shall uikc heart and court. Lct
ua then hp uH ana doine with "a heart
on triumph act. still confriViuE still
pursuing, and each one a husband se.
.
4 rRUNtREr cAIiIA
OF special interest and Importance
h. the appended article written by
Lillian Hartman Johnson. The writer
D. one we'll versed IN codes ~ politics
and legislation. just now when Sew
Mexico ONE are On the verge of
being crowned With the dignity Of
citizenship. such contributions should
be read BY every woma', and clipped
out for scrap hooks.
The passage or the woman suffrage
amendment ain mark the political
cunning OF are Of twenvseieht million
American Women The neat occupant
81 the white house will be- named By
women as well as by men. Women
ear vote on all political questions
Women a mold any political office
Women can vote IN party primaries,
attend party conventions as delegates.
rut planks into party plaifnrm4 write
state and federal statutes. demand
and What a more. get. a heRrhhg he
fore any official body. Womtn can
run for constable. alderman. rounty
cleYk. the legislature. the senate
president Of the United Sta,es.i Pol
iticaily. she can do anythine that
men can 40.
] hear some dsubter ask. Even II
woman can axe over half the Iiad OF
running the government VIII she9
The answer j.. "She viii"
The achievements or tho woman
citizen. recorded In n statutes % the
suffraee states. are tho best evidence
that mi AZ man before her has
found the ballot her best weappn IN
the struggle for subsistence. ahd FOR
aafeguprcing the rights Of herself and
her children.
Economic changes had forced wo-
men into the ranks OF VIA %etrners
10 the number Of seven millions a.
early as 1910. Because % the wat.
the censua 81 1899 viii show hun
dreds OF thousands added TO that
number. Moreover. the daughters OF
ths won-to-do are iiFing Of q decorn-
tive csisiencc, % economic dfpend-
enee. efIhnrrsaee n III trade. a1ai are
seeking expression and larger lives
Ia the business world.
To this army Of workers the ballot
means. for example. what II has
meant to the women ~ Colorado.
where women have had he vota Tor
t~wenty-siN years. There, wunen as
members u the legislature. and
through their examinations by bring
inE pressure pon the legislature,
have passed. among other measures.
inrs securing equal pay for equal
woFk. and the eight hour day. lass
protecting the life and health u wo-
men workers. the health and morals
Of children. a. better child labor law.
a mothers compensation act. en-
abling needy mothers TO keep their
fnAlNNNl VIII AnfnAa n Jaw NffNNNN ANH
fathers 10 contribute 10 the support
81 nleriumaie children. q Law rails
ina the age Of consent 10 rs years.
by wut Of contrast. consider Che
conditions existing iu states whore
women are kept out Of the "mire 81
poliiicH' in Delaware, Georgia,
Florida and Maryland. the father has
the sole power % guardianship; he
has the right o. viii away the guard
H.AaLNa Fr.Ua HA. aa.Fl.Nf .HaA mao
even viii away The custody Of an uu-
born child IN New Mexico The father
~ sole guardian during his lifetime,
aud the mother. guardian. condition
ally. after his death IN Georgia. the
axe Of consent b. 20 years; IN Sew
Mexico, 10 years ~ Florida and
Louisiana % woman does not " tier
AZ clothes or rsnrsonpl property att
90 marriage. D. a. a significant fact
that the most nagrant injustice 90
women, m the most stubborn op-
p%uHiiion "a suffrage are found iu the
lnuth which boasts OF its chiValrv
Sew Mexico gives the husband power
20 sell and transfer his wlfe'H half Of
the community property without her
consent. boz addition TO the power and
control OF rs management
Democratic and republican lapisia-
tors and democratic and republican
governors arg vlcinF with cach other
On calling special sessions to rafltr
ths amendment AmouE these woe
men have been pleased to note The roe
cent declaration 90 GoNrrnoH Iurfl-
gOlu boz ava of wnuran suffrage VII
~. Hays. the republican NATIONAL
chairman. is making every enrrt to
secure for his party tho prelIf of give
ing the yote 20 omr 40 equally
determined campaign ls being mHdc
hN national and state leaders OF fhf