The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-07-21
Maud SWeetnan Files!

The women In Port Perry have
Just enc ambltion--to see their chill.
drcn educated. ana the school was
the very finest IN the land Tho
riris were all raised TO believe that
10 be school teacher was the great.
est triumph abe could attain and the
boys were all raised fer the minis
try. by these mothers In Port Perry.
The fathers In Port Perry let the
mothers run the homes and tho chill.
drrn and they ran tho town. and u
was SOME town. There was a
saloon In every block. and mysterious
upstairs and back rooms which no
woman ever got 20 see. Once In
quito long while some mother
would get brave and SO In search OF
a father and bring him out OF these
rooms IN the wee small hours. by the
ear. but IL would not happen often
because Il was disgrace 90 expose
him to the laughing remarks Of the
other fathers who boosted Idly. be.
cause tho other mothers were not
there. that they were not tied to pet.
ticoats' And then again the chill.
drcn might be lying awake and hear
then como IN. and tho Disgrace OF
an exposed ana Inundated father
might hecioud the little minds which
were being so seniousiy taught 20
Honor thy father and thy mother
and the mothers In Port Perry pro.
tected the children az all hazards.
and raised them clean and finc--
mentally. morally and spiritually.
so the mothers washed ana
raised the children and took money
surreptitiously from tho fathers
pants and planned and schcfned and
made tho little homes beautiful and
dreamed OF n future when their girls
would all be school teachers and
their boys all ministersl
Hut these girls went out into tho
world with a feeling that something
was wrong and the feeling grew and
grew until she put her finger on tho
spot Mothers who run the homes
| and make them comfortable and
beautiful should have something 20
say about the town also. Fathers
who earn the living. provide the
money. and bring homo the bacon.
should help 10 govern the homes.
Mothers who bear and rear the chill.
dren and love them better than life
should have something 10 say about
tho government OF tho town and
where these children find their
amuscments. how they arc 70 be edu.
Gated. what laws arr good for them.
a. nj xssf< 4fszu 4 g. - ~ n
20 live free. happy existence or are
10 be bound down with 'dcnt'r and
restriction until life IL unbearahle.
The girls who hav~ gone out into
tho world from the Port Perrys are
remembering their mofhera' arms a.
they looked. all parbotled. over the
washboards those Monday mornings.
they are remembering the rag car.
pets which the mothers made with
their hands and fashioned them 20
their oenters wcuhi b baskets Of
flowers or dogs TO make them moro
beautiful and interesting and OF edu.
cAtional vaiuc for the children: they
are remembering how tho mothers
wisely ordered their lives 90 that
they had plenty Of liberty Of the
very highest order. with no license:
they are remembering tho mothers
who made the Port Perry homes
clean, warm and healthy. ana who
sent their chsidrsn forth Trained 20
COPE with iife's battles: and these
girls are also remembering their
careless. debonair fathers. who came
jauntiiy homo TO eat and then. ioav.
| ing all responsibility OF thu chill.
fren's lessons and their Saturday
night bathing to the mothers. went
jauntiiy forth 10 spend tho evenings
playing cards In the back room OF
some saloon These girls are r~nem-
bering and they have worked for
woman suffrage and have gotten u
and now they are going 10 cooperate
with tho fathers Of today and the
fathers are going 60 cooperate with
them and the result win b better
homes and better government.
Women are taking an Interest IN
politics today for the samc reason
as women have always taken an In
tercsf In the home. They have sim
ply taken tho walls down from the
homes and broadencd their outlook:
instead Of having the space between
four walls to clean and keep In order.
they have tho whole town or city or
county or state or nation. The
homes hold their loved ones. and the
women have taken all OF humanity
into their hearts and II IL love. pri.
mariiy. which prompts their work