Show WHY IS WO I 1 R I 1 mia RESTLESS DESTINY OF NATIONS DEPENDS UPON CONTENTED HOMES dy by W D lewis president texas farmers union why by Is woman dissatisfied why does doea sho bho grow restless under the crown of womanhood why Is she w weary y of the god given jewel of 0 moth ergood Is fig it not it a suin sufficient clent political achievement for woman that future rulers nurse at tier her breast laugh in her arms and kneel at her feet fact can an ambition leap to more glorious eights than to sing lullabies lull to the greatest genuis ts chant melodies loa to master inkins and rock the bradlo ol of human destiny god pity our country when the handshake of tho the politician Is more gratifying to womans comans heart than the patter of childrens feet woman Is ruler over all why does woman chafe under restraint of sex why revile tho the hand ot of nature why discard the skirts that civilization has clung citing to since the beginning of time why lay aside this hallowed garment that has haa wiped the tears of sorrow borrow front from th the e face of 0 childhood in its sacred embrace every generation has halt hidden its face in cliame clinging to its motherly folds tottering children have learned to play hide and seek and from jt youth learned to rover reverence once and r re 0 womanhood can man think of 0 his mother without this consecrated garment why this inordinate thirst for pow or er Is not woman all powerful man afan cannot enter this world without her heir consent he cannot remain in peace without her blessing and unless she sheds tears of regret over his de depar at ture he has lived in vain why this longing tor for civic power when god clod has made her ruler over all why crave authority when man bows bowa down and worships her man has given woman hit his heart his name and his money what more does she want can man find it in his heart to took look with pride upon the statement that hla his honorable mother in law was ono one of the most powerful political bosses in the country that hla his distinguished grandmother was one of the ablest filibusters in the cenate or that hla his mother mather was a noted warrior and her name a terror to tho the enemy whither are wo we drifting aud and where will WO we land god save Us from a henpecked hen hea pecked nation I 1 I 1 follow the plow tor for a living and my views lewa may have anthem in them tho the smell odthe of the soil roy my hair la Is turning white under tinder the frost of many winters and perhaps I 1 am it a little old fashioned but I 1 believe elleve li thero there Is more moral influence in the dress of woman than in fit hll all the statute books of the land As an agency for morality I 1 give my good old mothers homemade gowns for all the suffragettes constitutions and bylaws in the world As a power for purifying society I 1 civo alvo ono ona prayer of my saintly mother for all the votes in christendom As aa an agency for good government I 1 give the plea of a mothers heart for righteousness for all the oaths of office in the land thero there la Is more power in the smile of woman than in an act of congress thero there are greater possibilities for good government in her family of 0 laughing children than in the cabinet of the president of tile the united states tho the destiny of this nation ties lies in the home and not in the legislative halls tho the hearthstone and the fam lly fly bible will ever remain the source of our inspiration and the acts of the apostles Apost lea will ever esbine brighter than tho acts of congress this country Is law mad why add to a statute book already groaning under its own weight the hysterical cry of aomand it we nover had a chance to vote again in a lifetime andi and did not pass another law in years we could ru survive ovive the ordeal but without home civilization would wither and die god save care these united states from becoming a henpecked hen pecked nation help us keep sissies oat of congress and forbid that women become step fathers to government Is the prayer of 0 the farmers of this country |