Show WHY IS WOMAN RESTLESS 3 DESTINY OF NATIONS DEPENDS UPON CONTENTED HOMES by W D lewis president texas I 1 farmers a union why Is woman dissatisfied why doos does she grow restless under the crown of womanhood why is she wenry weary of 0 the jewel of 0 motherhood Is it not a sufficient political achievement for woman that future rulers nurse at her breast laugh in her urma and kneel at her feet can leap to more glorious heights than to sing lullabies lull to the worlds grea greatest gen gent ulsee ilses chant melodies to master minds and rock the cradle of human destiny god pity our country when the handshake of 0 the politician Is more gratifying to womans comans heart than the patter of child childrens retis feet woman Is ruler over all why does woman chafe under restraint of sex why revile the hand band of nature why discard the skirts that civilization has clung to since the beginning of time why lay aside this hallowed gar garment metAt that has wiped tho the tears of sorrow from the jc fica of childhood in its sacred embrace every generation has hidden its face in ill shame clinging to its motherly folds tottering children have learned to play hide and seek and from jt t youth learned to reverence and respect womanhood manhood can man think of his mother without this consecrated garment why this inordinate thirst for power Is not woman all powerful man cannot enter this world without her consent he cannot remain in peace without her blessing and unless she sheds tears of regret over his departure tun ho he has lived in vat vain why this lii leiging ging for civic power when god has made her ruler over all why crave authority when man bows down and worships her man has given woman his heart his name and his money what more does she want can man find it in his bis heart to look with pride upon the statement that hla his honorable mother in law was one ot of the most powerful political bosses la in the country that his distinguished grandmother was one of the ablest filibusters in the cenate or that hla his mother was a noted warrior and her name a terror to the enemy whither are we drifting and where will we land god save Us from a henpecked hen pecked nation j 1 follow the plow for a living and my views may have in them the smell of the tha soil boll my hair la Is turning white under the frost of many winters and perhaps I 1 am a little old fashioned but I 1 believe there Is more moral influence in the dress of 0 woman than in all the statute books of the land As aa an agency tor for morality I 1 give my good old mothers homemade gowns for all the suffragettes constitutions and bylaws by laws in the world As a power tor for purifying society I 1 give one prayer of my saintly mother tor for all the votes in christendom As in agency for good government I 1 give the i plea or a mothers heart for righteousness tor for all the oaths of office in tho land there Is more power in the smile of woman than in an act 0 of f congress there are greater possibilities for good government in her family of laughing children than in the cabinet of 0 the president of the united states the destiny of this nation lies in the home and not in the legislative halls balls the hearthstone and the family bible will ever remain the source of our inspiration and the acts of at the apostles will ever shine brighter than the acts of congress this cout country itry Is law mad why add to a statute book already groaning under its own weight tap hysterical cryor woman it if we never neer had a chance to vote again in a lifetime and did not pass another law in years we could survive the ordeal but without home civilization would wither and die god save these united states from becoming a henpecked hen lion pecked nation help us keep sissies oat of congress Con gresa and forbid that women become step fathers to govern government mont la Is the prayer of the farmers ot of this country |