The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-05-10

Lady Aston in the Peoples Home Journal.
T say the best preparation for the woman going
into politics would be to spend five hours ev-
cry day reading her Bible, and especially the
Book of Job.
The one great thing which women alone can
bring into politics is the mother spirit Men
admire and respect without knowing, exactly
what it is. It is love, pure and unsefsh. 1t is
mercy and justice and kindness. When women
remember this and try not to be big men, but
to be little mothers, they make>a contribution of
tremendous value
It is this characteristic which will make wo-
men in politics a certain help toward the recon-
Citation Of nations. Even in time Of war there
is less bitterness in women, for they have the
mother heart. Mothers have the same expert
ences. They think and feel alike They have
understanding. And they will form an APP
appreciate nucleus for group of people whose
sentiments are harmonious, who think clearly,
straightly, couragepusly, honestly who must
come together if there is to be unity between the
nations of the world.
It does no good to talk lot of sentimental
nonsense about internationasm. For instance,
to say that there shall be no more war is absurd.
War is not wiped out by people saying so. The
thing to do is to begin to live that there will
be cause for war. We don't want war; Well,
we don't want greediness and selfishness and i'm
morality, either, but don't get rid Of them
just by saying we won't have them. We are
sometimes SO anxious to get to the right that
we try to just jump over the wrong.
1t is with the individual we must begin
Many women trying to catapult themselves
into the great international questions which are
so pressing today and which do need the clear,
united thought of all people. But some of those
who speak loudest about the world brotherhood
of man get along the poorest with their next
door neighbors. If every woman in even the
most remote village or in the most isolated home
on mountain side would determine to be a good
neighbor, municipal and state problems would be
more nearly solved and we all should be in much
better position to discuss international affairs
The League of Nations, whatever may be the
differences of opinion regarding its provisions,
has fine underlying ideal, which means giving
fair play and reason chance But the League
of Nations by itself means nothing. It will be
utterly useless unless and until individual citizens
in individual countries behave justly to each other
and insist their governments behaving justly
to other governments. If they stop being ag-
gressive and try to be just; if they stop being
suspicious and try to be fair then the League Of
Nations provides machinery which can help to
end war.
The League of Nations is no new idea. It
has been conceived after every great war, and it
has failed in the past for exactly the same rea-
sons which may make it fail in the future unless
some reality can be put behind the machinery
If the league evolves because Of some real un-
derstanding and sympathy among the individuals
of the world it will be good thing. If it comes
about by the establishment Of great organiza-
tion with expensive bureaus and a multiplicity of
departments lacking the intelligent support Of
the people, it will fail
Women will find that the best foundation
for political life is laid in beginning in work for
good things in their own communities. / have al
ways been intensely interested in the life Of my
own town Of Plymouth, where have my home