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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, June 23, 1914, NOON EDITION, Image 13

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LIFE STORY OF ENGLISH GIRL MILITANT WHO
BEARDED KING GEORGE ONHIS THRONE ,
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BY MARY BOYLE O'REILLY.
London, Eng., June 23t The Stop-at-Nothing
Suffraget who "recently
did the "impossible," bearded ,the
king of England in his court, shocked
terribly the nobility and caused a sen
sation throughout the kingdom, was
HERSELF sprung from the nobility,"
daughter of a baronet, and member
of an old, -conservative and highly re
spected family!
When gentle, well-born Mary
Blomfleld, defying prison' and perse
cution, threw herself at the foot of
the throne and cried to the king,
Tor God's sake stop torturing wo
men by forcible feeding!" all the
world wondered how. and why she
hud darfid.
I am not a- militant suffraget, but
after three months in England I
know WHY English suffragets are
militant. And I have looked into the
life story of Mary Blomfeld, militant
of militants, and can now answer also
that 'question, "How and why did she
dare?"
' Mary and Elinor Blomfield are un
married girls of 26 and 24.
Their grandfather was the cele
brated b'ishop of London (1828-1856).
Their father was the best known ec
clesiastical architect of his day, and
was knighted by Queen Victoria in
1889. Their brothers are empire
builders.
Sir iArthur Blomfield, when 6
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