The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-05-21

they would make good, honest use of
it.
mo woman can do her duty to hex
family unless she goes to the polls
In government there arise matters
that affect her in her kitchen as well
aS =. --r outside aaSirs. 1t is the
law that controls the disposal of her
garbage. the publication of the milk
that she gives her children, the traf-
fic regulations that protect them
when they cross the streets alone,
the schools that help her mold them
into the men and women of the fu-
ture. All these affairs are in her d.
rect province. She has no right
to leave legislation upon them in
hands other than her own.
II am not arguing" she explains,
that all women must project them
selves Immediately into the political
world. There are some things that
men alone are fitted for. / believe
women should hold public Office only
when they are fitted for it, and
well-being of their families. Our fed
Grafton has asked President Coolidge
to appoint women to certain political
offices, but ftness is to be the test.
We propose to make no recommen-
dations. If the president does APP
point women, whom we do not con-
slider capable or especially adapted to
the Office he intends for them, then
we expect to make our protests heard.
eve must never forget that woman's
important work today lies not out
side the home, but within it. Too
many things are lacking in our homes
for US to consider our duty toward
them as accomplished.
eve haven't enough homes in the
first place. Statistics show that home
building in America does not keep
pace with expansion of population.
The 1920 census shows that the in
crease in the number of families in
the United States since 1910 exceeds
the number of new homes by over
100000.
THAT means that people are crowd
ing into cramped quarters that al
low them no opportunity to develop
home life and the domestic aids. Peo-
pie are pressing into the cities be-
cause they don't know how to make
life worth living in the country. I
should like to see conditions on the
farms and in small communities made
more attractive so that young peo-
pie will not rush to the cities to
grub for an incomplete existence.
Gone of my main ambitions is to
hrnoE he hor r.ia hok CT
between city and country women and
bring them into one vast working
federation. We've got to break those
barriers. We talk of the momanhood
thing. There are city women and
country women. And they have so
much to learn from each other that
they must be brought together"
Mrs. Sherman sees in the women's
clubs an opportunity for establishing
sane balance in the mind of the
modern woman. "The clubwoman
has great responsibility in mold
ing public opinion in the right direc-
ton. Every day new fields are open
ing to that sex that formerly was
chained to one group of activities.
"But in grasping their own free
dom women must not forget their
ancient obligations. They must keep
their Demonstrating is more i'm
portant for them to remember than
that. They must take what is good
out Of the old order and merge it
with what is good in the new They
must remain continually aware of the
change in conditions, in outlook and
- a
they must not neglect their traditional
sphere
"In a word, it is not enough that
Uncle Sam should have a wife. She
must be wife who will make him
the sort of home that he deserves to
live in"