Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1901 — Nature Versus Culture. [ARTICLE]

Nature Versus Culture.

“Yes, sir, I did my best to train my daughter up as an accomplished parliamentarian. I took her to meetings to give her a chance to listen to the rulings of able chairmen, and I had her learn the text books on the subject by heart. I thought I liad her perfect in the business, but I was mistaken. She attended a convention not long ago and pretty soon she had a chance to appeal from a decidedly unjust ruling of the chair, and how do you suppose she did it?” “Well?”

“She was excited, you know, and this is what she said: “You are a mean old fright and I just hate you! So there!’ And then she burst into tears and sat down. No, sir, woman’s nature will have to change before she will ever become a parliamentarian.”