The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-10
Woman In Politics.

Editor World: Have read articles in rcrard
:" n,,i, r'a,nom case ana Wish to say word about
PoIltlcs ana equal suffrage.
twenty-five years ago, when my husband
was hINe' ne was an ndvovate OF the franc his.
Tor women and frequently said the only thing
Wnich would ever cleanse our political life was
me ballot In the hands OF woman. Is il true?
fiave tho political graftcrs met their Waterloo?
am proud OF the type of woman We are
sending to congress from the great common
W@salth @ OF Oklahoma. / feel she is able to de-
liver the Message to Garcia" Now that we
nave the usc of the ballot we are going into ,hs
political arena not to antagonize tho men but
shoulder rn to shoulder and arm in arm we are
gong to press forward toward the goal of higher
ana bettcr things l did not register or vote ms
a,d many others II matters not to me who is
eiectcd hut IL II tho truthp Are we doing our
duty when We avoid public affairs? We women
1f tulsa and Oklahoma are going to ask Miss
,.oporison To present to congress a bill asking
toi uniform marriage and divorce laws in every
state We are going to mako IL more difficuit
To get married and stil more difficult TO gel
unmarried. We want a thumb print IN accorn
nahy every marriage license. | noticed recc nj ly
lnat the state of Oklahoma had recently changed
.he inarr'nseabe age OF girls from IA to l6. |
thihk 1t should be 20 at the least. A noted
SURGEON once told mo he did not consider woman
iuIly grown until sho was 22 and a man oh
'he' now anout girl becoming wife at 16 T?
nope the club women who have time a nd
leisure Will take up this subject and bring A. ho
,ore uhe proper authorities and urge it's passage.
l believe 1t to be essential I think s,ntis,i,s
VIII bear mo out when | say moro happv md
lasting marriages are made between Tho nros nj
~ ~ To 80 than under %. The hulwark OF a nation
uePohus upon its homes and we are going 10 ask
the next administration to doveion our ,wn
country by devising a plan whereby every ,iti-
zen so desiring may purchase a homo OF from
M M,Nc TO lou acres on long time payments and a
low rate OF interest, for example from | n tn o n
su"rs' ana 80 years for widows who have chill
u'"h tn raise. We have too MANY insiituinDa
TOO Few homes, and too much ccntrnIiyn,ior
house. " " ' apartment
The only way To have a contcnted peopIe is
to develop the Waste land II can be done wa
want our rivers and harbors improved and our
lu a lAtI
we may build for usefulness durnhilttv md
beauty, We call Rome the Eternal civ ya,
damascus ant ,c,s was hoary headed before nomuus
a@l,u @ hemus were hurscd by the mytholori,al
wolt Every home had the PLAYING fount,,r
h,apylon was bu'lded with Il splendor never
dreamed OF by the Caesars our rounirr o. .,ti
wrapped in Us swaddling clothes We sbonia
pause and think, We should build fo o. nosteri,v
OF stono and brick and seasoned II W,
spin. WV ''' "o' nor
-, Those who were fortunate enough "a ,cor
Mr' rum sunday VIII agree that We nre rush
ing on ~ breakneck speed % The d., r,D,r, '', v,
the good OF the many, Money and ur,f, ,,,s ~ ~,
W. 40 .ns n'hrr fellow before he does you
we near mwch about the two-milIion -doiIa,
| hospital don't need It or want n, As mS
| VINO mas passed the halr-century mari and
pass no little time in hospitals can sa, n,rao.,
Always the larger tho hospital the noorer ,n'
care would like to see a small bosni,ai ,,a,
Iunppsa ,Ip ppsa ,""traIy located u for no ies,
| nan NV ~ OF which shall bp set aside Tor ,na
! terhlty' IN every county Of the state uo"1a ,,t
nave rood expert and an Agricultural exncr
lOspitnia u,bi i,h
| WIZ 'aoh US how to live and not Ia JIe "ht
p'Hm ,,, voul1 'asliy be financed by letting coc,
| uhS ''se r're or itself, and would men,
| "u,n I" lhe many but nothing to the fsu N"'
IN" women ot the world are tired ar toI,,,
| u''ub @ VIZ r"'lNnonds TO Napoleon. | am p,yins
- sler,ua rar peh"1y Tor this war than the knise
% -. %ner'nany, but by Gods help the Amrri"o,
w. mo'nr" aIe Roins 10 demand not only n hui,dins
| ton FOR our homes. ''" 'ouhua
nay wandered from my subpec, the obi.c
"a Wnich Is to bring before the pubic the ro
,ehs'E OF uniform marriage and iivo,ca ., NV .
Ntuu wiz tho priests and ministers nIe,s, |r
'l,,s u''u'' up ana get It In shane 10 nrsan, ~
.onsIess, IT God had given me tainn, 'ns W ''
painter would transfer 10 a canvas "A 80" ,s
Wv, saw III n hospital ~ boy Id ar ,, ',,' 80,
uI'u a''r TWO weeks from an argi,,,'' Mh'
t"'h'r ana mother were divorced ,,h."'', ~
I''uarried After the parents in tllrn b1 - nae ,
osee their child and the nurse asked 49, 49, "l'e'
ne hked best IN" child said "One 10 1911 ~ oh
1'u ane u'her my mother. love them bo,h '',iu h
guess they didn't love me '"''' oo'h' bu
January L t..r.----. - AeLSa WIDOW.