Show lub gnp V lady opposed to her franchise ANSWERS MR HOUTZ she does not believe he sneaks the sentiment of womanhood editor I 1 yon alil permit me through your valuable columns I 1 desire to express my views in regard to the all ab corbing question which late to be agitating the minds of gome of the good people of utah I 1 have been much interested in the arcu menta rev bently advanced by a worthy citizen of provo in favor of comans womans balfrage Baff rage and the question bag often recurred to my mind whether he represents the female portion of abia community or whether be is giving big own opinions if the former I 1 tor one of his wish to revoke his an and wilt that when we want suffrage we will make it known if the latter I 1 submit that he has a very vague idea of buat women truly feminine women want in this world it is not my desire 10 cast any reflections or judge ol 01 the motives that prompted the writer to interest himself in the causa of suffrage ane fact that they are nn able or disinclined dis inclined to represent themselves eitner oil the rostrum or through the freaa thus leaving it for stump and politicians fully proves the inconsistency of his position in a a late iague 0 THE he speaks 01 the course a woman should pursue to please the men it is not a question qi estion of what bent the men for what is p basins ea sins to one ia displeasing to another hence this argument is weak the nature baoit and pride of woman to try to please not only men bit women also but has not women a higher idea of life in view who are to care for instruct and counsel the men of future generations I 1 admit women are timid cd frail but weak never I 1 it is not her nature to be apak I 1 bare seen woman so strong in tion so resolute in her purposes it would shame a man to gaze upon her but still she was gentle womanly and not less a saint 1 I do not believe that a tender loving affectionate wife and mother wants bufi i frage unless it be to further some cherished scheme to elevate the aims of those she loves not for her own pleas her jov ia in tal fillina theirs an bolher reason why the women of utah are not in need of we are not pressed down by any laws the men have made we do not oppose any thine they have done in the past sufficient to wish to take the law in our own hands I 1 do oot believe there is anything ardix artix filial in the woman of today that is not advantageous to her I 1 think that true worth will assert itself in every woman who ia worthy without the aid of poll bics tics the writer asks are women created merely for the pleasure of men or was it intended by their creator they as much as the male should pursue their own happiness 0 that is answer ed la a few words which I 1 once read many years aeo A world la a comans womans home her king in the man she loves her only joy save bod and heaven Is the deed his emile approves ladies ask yourselves it yon love conr is not this arno and in this conise yon are carry ing out the impulses that are beut by a crasious cra cious god I 1 do not believe the women ot utah if they consider the question from a moral point of view want suffrage I 1 for one do not want to clamor with the common herd for rights I 1 do not need or care for my idea of life is of a higher plane women have their rights if they are women of refined tastes aad do nut wish to oe classed with men in an aeise oar rights are bcd zitea free sublime we hold in oar hand the magic wand to make the future lives ot conr children or to mar their happiness as we see fit and our great eat aim in this life should be to make the layes of those same children the object of our sincerest since reat thought yau will 1 ask cannot a woman be a good wife and mother and at the game time be a politician vo why one reason is while ebe is wrape up in political schemes she is her family her home in the pursuit of an object which is not en obling to either herself here elf or beneficial to her husband nd family she is not placing herself above mixing with all classes of the uneducated and unrefined and often drunken men she la subjected to sneers and which will tend to harden her natural sensitive nature and make her unfit to be a teacher and of for her friends husband and affect lions no woman ever inspired men to noble deeds by being manish it will be said women can vote and still not take any part in politics impossible no woman who will hava the courage to go to the polls will keep out of the political arena the rev charles H parkhurst Park huret D D in the feb number of the ladies home journal save if a man engages in certain industries why should not a woman if a man preaches and practices medicine why should not a woman if a man votes jbv should not a woman we are not baying that she should not but we do say that that stating the case betrays an easy going of the rashness of the interests involved of which any intelligent woman ought to be ashamed and the finer the point of organization at the more palpable and ail this womanly element becomes De comes it reaches its acme in mary the mother of jesus she never made much noise in the world she was never tempestuous nor aggressive but was not a fiber in her body mind or spirit that is not felt by us to ba woman and when god wanted a child 10 be brought ap in a way to fit him to bs the savior of the world he gave him to her to love and care for and in thai fact will ba found all the meaning that the womanly heart has genius to find in it in conclusion I 1 am sorry to know there are men in this world who advocate woman suffrage for I 1 nave always believed that if women would maintain that exalted position in tins life which justly belongs to them thay would onla succeed by being more and more feliu iney and not aid men in arrivi neat the ridiculous that the only difference between them s in their physical structure A AND |