Show Sinister F probable early enfranchisement nt of tho the women n nl 1 of tho the nation nat and their participation in political ns l affairs seem to be distressing S some somo me of our publicists publicist s considerably and amongst them some ministers of th the e gospel Sinister feminism is a 1 term applied to the political political pout ical activities iti S of women and men are warned by these thes e alarmists not to permit the manhood of tho the nation t to o lose its assertiveness ss The They fear that women are clamoring clamoring clamoring clam clam- oring to take all power and authority into their hands hand s and that there arc are signs of decadence decreasing authority an au and lack of self-respect self in in fathers of families l u-l u f fn f. t tim e u av position they occupy b by the the grace of God a as p tho Christian Christian Christian Chris Chris- tian head of the tile honse They are urged to be b kind and considerate to mother but to never forget there mus must t be order and by every overy ever natural and divine divino right man manis manis manis is the head bead of the Ufe family faly SIs S Is it possible that preachments of this nature ar are ar c necessary in some communities 7 It li is unmistakably true tre that man is the tho head of the house honse and has ha th the e right to preside over o it yet it is difficult t to understand understand understand under under- stand the necessity for sounding soundings these warnings simply because women are supposed to be upon the thc threshold of their rights to vot vote The question may well beaked be asked aked whether in i the agitation there is not a sinister wl which ch is ba based upon opposition to woman woman wom worn an suffrage and possible disappointment over its it's imminent im inn- adoption There never was a good god reason renon why a a woman should not have the thc right to vote voto if she he wanted to The fact that it has taken seventy years rs in the mos most enlightened md and libert liberty y loving loing country in t tic the e world word to do her this simple justice justic is i rather more o of 01 a 3 reproach to man than otherwise To the ext extent t that he lie has ha been reluctant to to recognize c woman as a having ig ha an equal right to a voice vico in government ho lie should be the subject of criticism rather than a critic of the new order Nor is there any ay danger in any my well wel regulated household of mother obsessed with wih her newly acquired importance becoming unduly ambitious ous to usurp fathers father's authority Many years yer of experience e in l Y h 4 where vii re rc women have 10 enjoyed the franchise enable us ns to assure aro these thes gentlemen that their fears are arc ae groundless and that when equal suffrage is a reality the earth will wil continue to revolve ol e according to tois is its accustomed habit t I n 1 |