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i PARABLE WITH A GREAT MEANING-SUFFRAGISTS PRESENT THEIR CASE
PAGE DONATED TO SUFFRAGE DAY
EMCÎS FBI '
lï STUTIONS'
Great Majority of Women
Leaders Share Sense of
Painful Winning.
CONSPIRING AGAINST SEX
Cannot Believe Men Ever Said:
'"We'll Enslave Women."
Hands Became Subdued.
Will all the sense of partisanship
that the "Women's Movement" may
arouse in certain natures, there is
one occasional feature of it that
some of us depreciate—It Is the as
sumption that men have consciously
and deliberately initiated all the in- j
justiies from which women suffer,
go far as I know them, the great ]
majority of the women leaders in re
forms share a souse of painful win
cing. when they hear women talking
as if all men were in a conscious
conspiracy against the other sex.
Realizing our own imperfections,
a sense of something very like shame
descends upon us on those occasions
when we are asked to listen to pleas
that would make out all women to
be Angels of Sight and all men as
Princes of Darkness.
Looking as far into the matter as
we are able, we And the chief differ
ence between ourselves and men to
lie in the fact that men are expected
to struggle against adverse circum
stance, whereas they have made it
our chief virtue not to struggle.
Nevertheless, when we begin to in
quire into the origin of the order
under which we live, we cannot be
lieve in our hearts that men really
ever sot together and said: "Go to!
we'll enslave the women!" On the
contrary, we lind a difficulty in
doubting that we all merely follow
ed our lines of least resistence, and
that these lines brought women so
constantly to the exercise of patience
at the cradle and the hearth, and
brought men so constantly to the ex
ercise of physical force on the bat
tle Held or in the chase, that the
hands of each became subdued to that
they worked in.
The arrangement between the sex
es seems to have come about without
flame or credit on either side. It was
the best working arrangement the
uncivilized could devise. The trouble
with it today is that It long ago serv
ed its purpose and became outworn.
We all, men and women alike, have
arrived at a place where we must de
mise something better. But we shall
not come to any fair understanding
of the past, or by any helpful scheme
of betterment for the future, till
women realize and frankly admit
that men, equally* with themselves,
are victims of circumstance.
My second object is to set forth
what seems to be the chief reason
for the too long continuance of tlie
situation in which we And ourselves,
and to suggest that the cause of it
1» women's inarticulateness in the
past.
In every tongue, at various stages
of tlie world's progress, we have had
the man's views upon every subject
within eight—including woman.
What the woman thought of it all,
no deepest delver in dusty archives,
or among ruins of dead cities, has
ever brought to light. The sakas, the
histories, song, epitaph, and story,
the world's garnered treasure of rec
ord, whether it be of the life of ac
tion or the life of spirit—they are
all but reflections of the life of man.
Some measure we get of the pro
fundity of that abyss of silence when
we see, even in these emancipated
time·*. how little of what women real
ly thinks and feels getH over the foot
lights of the world's big stage. >
What wonder that the age we live
In Is significant and revolutionary be
yond any other, since for the first
time since the dawn of civilization the
world is beginning—barely begin
ning -to be told what the secretive
half of the human race really thinks
and feels.
If I have admitted that hitherto
trren have had little opportunity of
knowing that their point of view is
not the only possible one. it seem*
necessary to add that tliey do not I
make the presentation of another an I
easy matter. There is no woman. I !
imauine, however old or Isolated, who i
does not value the good opinion of
men Her mistake lias been that ehe
has valued it beyond a thing more
valuable.
M'tny a mere looker-on at the game
muf·· have been stung by the recep
tion accorded the little handful of j
wor ν who have ventured into the ·
puh'ii· arena, not as artists, story-tell- |
ers, or mere commentators upon [
manners, but as earnest and practi
cal contributors to the gravest prob
lems of life.
When a man proclaim* his poor
opinion of women, lumping them all
together in a general condemnation ,
(after tlie fashion of certain so-called
philosophers), saying the worst he
ran of all because he has had bad
luck with one or two, he is not told
that ho Is an hysterical or a narrow
minded creature.
Misogynist views have not been
held to be so much a failure of in
telligence or good temper in the
man as a failure, hlack and all-un
pardonah^ , in women.
If we do not blame the disappoint
ed nisn for thinking meanly of wom
en. neither should we in justice, or {
in io If, blame the woman who has;
found men falling too far below her ;
idenl for her to accept stolidly her
disillusionment. If man h«- not
gcrunled to show his seamy id. >o
"worenn. why should wonts "mule
to'admit the seamy side" Will the
world ever arrive at a fair estimate
of both sides till the day cornea when
woman presents her view without
fear rnd without reproach?
Which consideration brings rbe to
my plea: that men should fori our
common good embrace such oppor
tunité as comes their way of takii\g a
turn at trying to understand somejiof
SUFFRAGE AND
DIGNITY PLEA
What Archbishop Moelier, of
Cincinnati, Says in Opposi
tion to Suffrage.
WROTE AN OFFICIAL LETTER
Suffrage Workers Claim That
the Archbishop Has Never
Seen It in Operation.
Archbishop Moelier, of the Cincin
nati archdiocese ot the Catholic
church, in what the press dispatches
describe as "an official letter," de
clares his opposition to the suffrage
movement, and urges all Catholic
women to oppose it. The letter says
in part :
"One of the burning questions of
the day is that of woman suffrage.
It is a movement that does not ap
peal to us, because we feel it will
bring women into a sphere of activity
that is not in accord with their re
tiring modesty, maidenly dignity
[ and refinement."
Archbishop Moelier has never seen
equal suffrage in operation. The
late Cardinal Moran, of Australia,
watched its practical workings for
years; and he -wrote in his official
organ, the Catholic Press, of Sydney:
"What does voting mean to a
woman? Does she sacrifice any dig
nity by going to the polls? The
woman who votes only avails herself
of a rightful privilege that democ
racy has gained for her. No longer
a mere household chattel, she is
recognized as man's fellow worker
and helpmate, and credited with
public spirit and intelligence. As a
mother, she has a special interest in
the legislation of her country, for
upon it depends the welfare of her
children. She should deem it one of
the grandest privileges of ber sex
that she can now help to choose the
men who will make the laws under
which her children must live, and
exert her purer influence upon the
political atmosphere of her time.
How can she sacrifice any dignity by
putting on her bonnet and walking
down to the polling booth? Women
think nothing of transacting ordinary
commercial business, of working
alongside of men, of playing their
part in the. -practical business of life.
They do not mind going to the box
office of a theatre to purchase tickets
for the play. There is very little
difference between doing that and
putting their vote in a ballot box.
The men about the booths Bhow
them every courtesy, the officials are
anxious to make things easy for
them, and the whole business of vot
ing does not occupy more than five
minutes. The woman who thinks
she is making herself unwomanly by
voting is a silly creature."
Father Joseph M. Oleason, of Palo'
Alto, Cal., one of the most distln
j guished scholars of the Pacific coast,
says:
"The Catholic church teaches
above all things reverence for women
and veneration for motherhood, but
there Is no danger to the dignity of
womanhood or motherhood to be
feared from the ballot. We need the
women to hold back the forces of
corruption."—From Woman's Jour
nal April 18.
SUFFRAGE STATUS
Full Suffrage for Women.
Wyoming, Colorado, UtaÏ, Idaho,
Washington, California, Oregon,
Kansas, Arizona, Alaska.
Presidential and Municipal Suffrage.
Illinois.
States Where Amendment is Now
Hefoie Voters.
South Dakota .70-30 41-2 1914
States Where Amendment Has Pass
ed One Legislature and Must l'ass
Another
Iowa 81-26 31-15 1916
New York . 125-5 40-2 1915
Penns'vania 131-70 26-22 1915
In New Jersey the suffrage amend
ment passed the last legislature by a
vote of 14 to 5 in the senate and 4 6
to 5 in the house; but the State
officials whose duty it was to adver
tise it In the papers of all the coun
ties neglected to do bo; hence it will
have to be begun again. Maine and
West Virginia gave a majority vote
of both houses for the measure, but
fell short of the needed two-thirds.
In Michigan it passed tlie legislature
but was beaten at the polls. In
Wisconsin it passed the legislature
but was vetoed by the governor.
States Where Initiative Petitions Are
Under Way.
Missouri . . .' 1914
Nebraska 1914
Ohio 1914
States Where legislature Meets in
1014.
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, '
Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi,
New Jersey. Rhode Island, South
Carolina, Virginia.
the points of view possible to the op
posite sox. I would like to ask them
to remember that if our parts had
been reversed, if woman had been
the dominant partner, men would
have exercised precisely those acts of
dissimulation and of long silence,
alternated with brief outbursts of
bitterness, that always characterize
the unfree. When the few women
who care bring themselves to speak
out plain, do so in men's hearing,
even those who wish well only to
themselves—if there are such men—
should listen with a llttU· of the pat
ience that, for centuries untold, wom
en have bestowed upon luiisculine
utterances
Goes to
Montana
Nevada
North Dakota . .
House Senate Voters
75-2 15-2 1914
49-3 19-3 1914
1914
1914
1914
SUFFRAGE CAUSE GROWS
MUCH STRONGER UNDER
ATTACK OF OPPOSITION
A Parable.
Once there was a fair city set
upou the top of a wonderful hill.
The "Citle dee Monteins" was well
built, fully equipped with both arms
and armament, particulrly well plac
ed as to receiving supplies of food,
clothing, heat, light and luxuries—
such as pictures, music and news of
the world from the plains and val
leys below. The luxury of entertain
ing friends or of axtendlng hospital
ity to strangers was enjoyed to its
fullest extent.
Such a fortunate city! For years
and years no enemy had appeared
against it. The inhabitants, espe
.cially^the women, had gone down
Into tne valleys below and had done
much good among the poor peasants.
Food, clothing, fuel, medicine for the
sick, work for the unemployed, sym
pathy for the care-worn and sorrow
ful—all these had the citizens of the
"Mountain City"—both men and wo
men— extended to their less fortu
nate fellows below, in the valleys.
Ah, yes! Come to remember
there had been one incursion about
a half century before, against this
wonderful city. A small band of ma
rauders approached from the valley
and, sounding a bugle, asked for a
parley under a flag of truce. What
of offense could so small a band op
pose to a castle and city so placed
and so defended?
A meeting was arranged and be
hold—the marauders desired a
place to encamp and to live in peace
upon the top of a neighboring hill!
Consternation gripped the inhabit
ants of the "Citle des Monteins " At
length after years of debate and oft
times of wrangling, the citizens gave
their gracious consent and the one
time marauders encamped and lived
in peace upon the top of the neigh
boring hill. They called their town
"Mamelon," and never did they ha
rass or worry the inhabitants—■
whether male or female—of the
"Citie des Monteins" or of the plains
and valleys below.
After many years, during a season
of great plenty for the larger city
and the dwellers below and likewise
for the town called "Mamelon," came
a small band of explorers to this
land. With trumpet call and ringing
bugle, in smart array and well pan
oplied, did they mount the smaller
liill and parley with the inhabitants
thereof. All listened to the plea of
the invaders of their previous owner
ship of this same hill by right of
birth and inheritance. At once tlielr
arguments gained attention and
slowly, but none the less surely did
the Inhabitants of "Mamelon" admit
the truth of prior possession, but
also of the right of the invaders to
enter and help govern their
hill. A tew dissenting souls de-i
scended the smaller bill, now so
well populated, and dragged their
weary or joyful way (as tempera
ments decided) up the larger hill to
the "Citle des Monteins." The town
of "Mamelon," secure in its right
eous rule, remained in peace for
many years, albeit, much needless
shame and obloquy was heaped upon
its Inhabitants by the people on the
neighboring larger hill.
In time many adherents from the
working people In the plains and val
leys below espoused the cause of the
town called "Mamelon." Men and
women of these places began to say
to themselves and even to each other,
"Why should we accede to all the de-1
mands of the "Citle des Monteins?"
We toll early and late that they up
there may have food, clothing, light,
heat and many, many luxuries! They
live upon a high peak where the
view Is extended and not only com
forts, but also the advantages are
great. We supply their wants and
obey their laws. Our sons carry
great loads of necessities to them up
their hill. Our daughters give them
willing and oft-times gladsome ser
vice. Why should we not have our
share in making the laws that we
obey and In Improving the condition
of the terms encompassing our
fealty?"
Murmuring scare audible, arguing
under their breath, their questioning
came to the ears of the citizens of
"Mamelon," "You already have the
right to help make the laws that gov
ern you. That right was given you
when this country was first settled.
The people on the larger hill know
this full well but they do not wish
it. They are very comfortable and
do not desire a change." Thus
spake the dwellers of the town to the
people's below.
Then the people of the plains and
of the valleys began to make laws
to suit the conditions of their towns]
and homes and the dwellers in the
town called "Mamelon" gave them
aid and encouragement.
Upon hearing this the inhabitants
of the large "Citl'j (lee Monteins"
made excursions from their fortified
position down their high hill and \
argued with people of the plains and j
valleys and also with those who ι
dwelt, upon the lesser hill
Now the people of the low lands]
kept up their work, obeyed the laws
of the "Citie des Monteins," and
added only such laws of "Mamelon"
as seemed to them right and just
and not interfere with former I
edicts.
But now the citizens of the larger
hill said, "Behold, what Is this we
see! Not only the people of the town
of "Mamelon," but also the dwellers,
of the plains and valleye fail to ι
obey all of our laws and alas! they I
scorn some of our usages and conven
tion* as old and out of date! The
workers of the lowlands are so im
bued with these foolish notions that
now they clamor for a voice in regu
lating their hours of labor and the
condition of their children's educa
tion. They and the inhabitants of
"Mamelon" even go out from their
homes, hold conventions, parley one
with the other and claim the right
to make their own laws—aye—even
men and women both!"
Now the people of the "Cltie'' were
greatly agitated and held many meet
ir.gs to discuss this untoward con
dition of affairs. Presently small
bodies of them made advances down
the hill even sorties against the
plains folk and the dwellers in
"Mamelon." In some they were suc
cessful and won over to their side
the people nearest them. In some of
these advances they were obliged to
retire hastily carrying their wounded
with them. In some they toiled a
certain distance up the slope of the
smaller hill when they were stopped
by the sentries upon the walk, who
cried, "Halt! No further can ye
come! Your only safety is within
the well-entrenclied walls of your
own "Citia des Monteins!" Know
ye not that the things ye wish are
yours at the present now? Ye have
a well-nigh Impregnable position,
surrounded by thick walls of conven
tion and privilege, well supplied
with food, clothing, heat, light and
many, many luxuries. Hie ye to
your homes! Look well to your de
fenses! For bo surely as ye speak,
do we speak unto you. Lo—your
stronghold may be held unto you
solely by union amongst you, by won
derful showing of peace, helpful
ness to the people's of the valleys
and plains, wise laws for those who
work, and great help to those who
yearn for learning! Arguments,
meetings, conventions, laws equally
made by men and women—be they
wrong for us, arc just so surely
wrong for you. If, £o stay at home
upon our hilltop, is the only right
way as your leaders preach—so must
it be right for you to remain upon
your own territory. Never have we
Invaded your hill, no laws that we
seek infringe upon your right. Get
ye back to your stronghold for so
surely as ye attack us with our own
weapons, so surely shall we wear the
laurel! Get ye back to your strong
hold and that right quickly for be
hold! your mountain dwindles be
cause of your absence, while ours,
under your attacks, grows greater
and higher day by day! And with
i it the level rises too. Behold, the
j mothers of men are with us and the
fathers and mothers of the next gen
erations are but the sons and daugh
ters of today!"
E. R.
OURSELVES IN 1924
(Toast by Misa Ethel Hurn of Osh
kosh, Wis., at the Twentieth Century
Club breakfast.)
(With profuse apologies to Rudyard
Kipling and Danny Deever. )
"What's this I bear about the wom
en?" said stranger in the town.
"They've got the vote, they've got the
vote," replied the village clown.
"What makes you look so mad, so
mad?" said stranger in the town.
"I'm dmeamin' what I've got to see,"
replied the village clown.
"For they're hurtin' vicious Inter
ests, you can hear 'em shriek and
howl,
The women's votes are killin' 'em.
and they can only growl.
Oh! it's sad the day and weary, since
tho women's cheek by jowl—
For they're hurtin' of our politics
this mornin'."
"What makes the bosses breathe so
hard?" said stranger in the town
"They're shlverin' an' shudderln',"
replied the village clown.
"What makes that crooked judge re
sign?" said stranger in the town.
"They say the women found him
out," replied the village clown.
"They're a sweepin' of the city,
they're a scourin' of it clean,
They have built a high school build
ing, which is neither small nor
mean,
And they've got such food Inspection
as has never yet been seen.
Oh! they're cleanin' of the city in tho
mornin'."
"Who's that a-goin' down" the
street?" said stranger in the town.
"It's our new police woman on
deck," replied the village clown.
"What's that she's saying to that
tough?" said stranger in the town.
"She says to 'let that girl alone,'"
replied the village clown.
"For they're done with girls parud
in', and the men a actin' free.
And the bad dance halls has van
ished to the land of uster be.
O, the wimmen's working' wonders,
and they've changed things, be
lieve me,
Since they got the little ballot in the
mornin'/'
"An' don't it seem a bloomin'
shame?" said stranger in the town.
"That women mix In politics," re
plied the village clown.
"Their business is to stay ai home,"
said stranger In the town.
"And let us run the government,"
replied the village clown.
"For the Lord made man the master,
and the women' they should yield.
And not be interferin' in the man's
God-given Held;
But they've broken looso forever,
and I fear our fate is sealed,
Since they got the little ballot in ihe
morning'."
—The Northwestern.
The mail wiio ι · at» ti.e printer
Out of a etngle cent
Wlii never retth the heaven land
Wbere. u.d IS 10ah went.
—Wunroa Count* CMo.) Appaul
/
LAST UTTER IF
JULIA III. II
Death Message of New Eng
land Suffrage League Près·
On the day of its receipt of the
news of Julia Ward Howe's death,
the London Times also received this
letter from her:
To the Editor of the Times:
Sir: There has been some discus
sion in your columns about the prac
tical workings of equal suffrage in
Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and Ida
ho, the four States where women
vote. I have lately sent out a circu
lar letter of Inquiry as to its good or
bad results. The letter was sent to
all the Episcopal clergymen In these
four States, to all the Congregation
al, Baptist, Methodist, and Presby
terian ministers, to all the Sunday
school superintendents among the
CongregationallKts (the other denom
inations do not publish the names of
their superintendents in their relig
ious year-books), and to the editors
of the newspapers. Hundreds of
answers were received. These have
just been tabulated, and the outcome
is very gratifying to the friends of
equal rights.
The replies of the Episcopal clergy
are favorable, more than two to one;
those of the Baptist ministers, seven
to one; of the Congregational minis
ters, nearly eight to one; of the
Methodists, more than ten to one;
and of the Presbyterians^, more than
eleven to one. In each denomination
a few are in doubt.
Among the Sunday school superin
tendents replying, one is opposed and
one in doubt. All the rest are favor
able.
Of the editors, a small fraction are I
in doubt. Those who express a posi-!
tive opinion either way give favor- !
able reports in the ratio of more |
than eight to one.
These figures speak for them- j
selves.
Julia Ward Howe, president of I
New England Woman Suffrage!
Association.
Melville Station, Newport, R. I.
All He Wanted. !
Newly arrived from the Highlands, j
Jack McTavish wandered about the j
big city until fairly tired out. Long
had he hesitated about entering any
of the brilliantly lighted restaurant·,
but at length ho mustered up courage
and was u Uered to a table. The
waiter handed him the menu card,
which wue a foreign language to Mo
Tarish. Finally, In desperation, he
said to th hovering waiter: Ah'rn no
hungry, no hungry at a". Just bring
me a plate o' whisky au' a wee
■Dooul" -
THERE! THERE!
(Wilson to the Suffragettes J
There, little girls, don't cry!
From a deluge of tears refrain;
For the ballot sure
Could not possibly cure
The troubles of which you com
plain;
But trust for relief in the sweet bye
and bye—
There, little girls, don't cry!
There, little girls, don't cry!
Five hundred of you I perceive,
I'm sorry you work,
I'm sorry men shirk,
But all I can do is to grieve;
Alas! I am only permitted to sigh—
There, little girls, don't cry!
There, little girls, don't cry!
You're talking yourselves quite
hoarse.
Five speeches I've heard.
And porfoundly am stirred
By your tearful harangues, of
courso.
A linger you'll have in political pie
Some time, little girls—don't cry.
Georgia White in Randolph (Vt.)
Ho; raid.
POLL Ε nut
Many Ballots Cast by Them in
Chicago Election.
Catholic women took their part in
Chicago's large vote. The following
letter from Bishop Paul P. Rhode,
vicar general of the Chicago archdio
cese of the Catholic church, was read
in the churches the Sunday before
election:
"Catholic women of Illinois, In
complete harmony with the teaching
of the church, should all accept the
new prerogative of their citizenship
with which they have been invested
in the extension of suffrage to them
by law.
"Conditions demand that they Ije
not reluctant to exercise the right of
voting, but, on the contrary, that
they take a lively interest in ihe
political life of the country. Let
them do this, provided they do not
forget their home, their duties to
ward their families, and provided
that their interest in politics be at
all times dignified, modest and in
agreement with lue dictates of their
conscience. I^et them shun blind
partisanship, beware of demagogues,
and hold fast to the ideals of Chris
tian motherhood. Christian maiden
hood and earnest citizenship."—
From Woman's Journal April 14.
tiubscrlbe for the NEWS.
SUFFRAGISTS AIL « NATION
HOLDING ANNUAL CFLEBRATIDN
IN CAWAMNGMT BALLOT
While Organizations Throughout New Jersey are Observing
Rallies, Bazars, Etc., Perth Amboy Suffrage Workers
are Holding Suffrage Tea—Practically Every County in
State and Important Municipalities Doing Likewise.
WOMEN EDIT NEWSPAPERS IN SEVERAL CITIES
Special Ιο Che ΕVENITTG \'SW8
^Jrenton, May 2:—With rallies,
dances, street meeting;», bazars, plays
hand concerts, essay contesta tor
school children and special editions
of newspapers devoted to their inter
ests, the suffragists of New Jersey are
holding their annual celebration, of
special day of campaigning for the
vote, today, throughout the state.
The celebration this year has re
placed the annual suffrage parade.
Practically every county in tiie state
and all the more important munici
palities are observing the day. The
meetings and social events are being
marked by a great flow of suffrage
oratory, and among the more promi
nent speakers who are scheduled to
deliver addresses today are United
States Senator i'lapp. at Plainfleld;
Mrs. Kola ha Follette, Montclair;
Mrs. Desha Breckenridge, a descend
ant of Henry Clay, at Paterson, and
Mrs. Florence Howe Hall, daughter J
of the late Julia Ward Howe, at
Bayonne.
One of the features of the day's
activities will be the issuance of suf
frage editions of different state news
papers, the suffragists being the edi
tors for the occasion.
Elizabeth suffragists are holding a
reception at the Carteret Arms this
afternoon and tonight there will he
a ball under the auspices of the
Equal Suffrage League, of that city,
at the Town and Country Club. Pub
lic meetings will be held at Mer
chantville, Moorestown, Newton,
Madison and New Brunswick, and at
the latter place prizes will he award
ed to the school children who have
written the best essay on "Votes for
ι Women."
There will be noon and evening
meetings today at Montclair. Plain
fleld Is holding a big mass meetine
this afternoon in the city park, and
the store conducted for the past week
by the suffragists will conclude its
seven days' enterprise.
The Paterson League also opened
a suffrage stcre a week ago, and wi',1
wind up Its business tonight. The
women of this city who desire the
ballot commencing with today will
begin a house to house canvas in the
interest of the cause. A big cam
paign rally that is planned to include
in its scope not only New Jersey but
the seven other states in which simi
lar campaigns are being wuged will
be staged at the Paterson Y. M. C. A
Hall this evening. The spoakers will
be Mrs. Breckenridge, of Kentucky;
Mrs. Stanley MeConnick, Mrs. Mary
Ware Dennett, Mrs. Edward F. Feic
I
kert, Mr. and Mrs. James I,ees Laid
law and George Creel, of Denver, as
well as members of the. De Hart
League of Jersey City.
Suffrage Day In Jersey City will
be observed under the auspices of the
De Hart Equal Suffrage League with
a band concert and speeches from
the bandstand in West Side County
Park. Mrs. George C. Scott will
speak on "Why Working Women
Need the Vote."
The Trenton celebration will taka
the form of a bazar and the presenta
tion of the play "How the Vote Was
Won." Street meetings will be held
this evening by members of the
Men's League for Women Suffrage.
The Bound Brook League is being
addressed this afternoon by Mrs.
George C. Scott, who will later in the
day go to Jersey City for the night
meetings. .
Markwith's Band is renderiiyra
concert this afternoon and th^»even
ing under the auspices of lïîe Equal
Suffrage League of the Oranges, and
a program of speechmaklng is being
carried out. The committee in charge
of the arrangements for this celebra
tion consists of Mrs. S. Schermer
horn, Mrs. Frederick Adams, Mrs.
Gordon Grand, Dr. Mary D. Hussey
and Mrs. I'ercy Ingalls.
Away at the southern end of the
state the Suffrage League of Cape
May Court House is holding an auto
mobile parade in honor of Suffrage
Day. Wildwood motorists are par
ticipating in this procession, which
is to lead from C'ape May Court
House to Wildwood, where the en
thusiasts for the cause will be ad
dressed by Miss Dille Hastings of
Philadelphia. Essay prizes will also
be awarded to grammar school pupila
at. this meeting.
The day is also being observed in
many of the smaller towns and ham
lets and suffragists of New Jersey
are Jubilant at the success of the
ι ^late-wide celebration and claim
ι many converts as a result ot the
Inlay's efforts.
/ With their 3/f
I 'Ountry joining in to make the Equal
Suffrage Day a grand success, the
members of the Equal Suffrage
League of the Amboys are this after
noon holding a suffrage tea at the
Wistaria Tea Room. The tea is open
to all. and every one will be given a
cordial welcome. The suffragists of
this city have also furnished the
material for practically all this page
of the NEWS. .
ARCHBISHOP MOELLEDISINFOR
SUFFRAGIST 1BI WILL CEASE
TO BE QUEENS OF THE HOI LIFE
Archbishop Moeller says: "We
fear that suffragette worueu will
cease to be the queens of the home."
Archbishop Francis Redwood of
Wellington, New Zealand, says of the
women votere: "They have main
tained the high standard of purity
and womanhood, and, if anything,
they are better wives and home con
servers. Women have had the vote
In New Zealand for many years, and
they use It wisely and judiciously,
and for the greatest common good."
Bishop James J. Keane, of Chey-j
enne, writes of the Catholic women
in his diocese: "I do not find that the
right of suffrage has drawn 'them ;
either out of their homes or out of |
the church. From my large experi-j
ence as a Bishop of the Catholic
church In Wyoming, where we have
had woman suffrage for nearly half
a century, I am convinced that wo-j
men vote as hon«stly, conscientiously !
and intelligently as do the men, to!
say the least."
Rev. George S. Searle, C. S. I*., of
San Francisco, says: "it does not
appear that even married women
need to sacrifice the care of home
and family to any perceptible extent1
to vote intelligently, any more than j
' tlie doctor needs to neglect his pa
tienta or the clergymen his parish.
In politics the issues Involving mor
ality are the most important, anil
! these appeal more strongly to women
, than to men as a rule, and their judg- :
j ment Is more likely to be rigbt ■:
about them."
i Testimony to the good effects of |
I equal suffrage has been given by |
i Archbishop Patrick Delaney of Tas- \
mania and many others Among j
those who have seen its workings for a
a series of years, not a single Cath- ;
olic priest of high or low raj?lr~}*is ι
ever said that it had dojie any harmîj
to the home.
Archbishop Moeller says: "We
have been advised that the anti-suff
ragettes are endeavoiring to prepare
a list of women who are opposed to
universal suffrage. We request the
women not to fail to sign the anti
suffragette list."
It is to be hoped that Archbishop
Moeller explained (as Cardinal Gib- \
bons is careful to do when speaking
on woman suffrage) that he express- '
es only his personal opinion, and i
that the Catholic church takes no po- >
sition on this question either way.— \
From Woman's Journal April 18.
"Mother, may 1 ko out to play?"
"Yes, till dinner calling.
But mind you. don't get In the way
Of aviators falling."
—St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
"Do you believe iu longer engage
ments 7" nsk^l the old fogy.
"Naw," replied the grouch. "I be
lieve In lougfT marriages."—Cincinnati
Enquirer.
If I had a hatful of radium
And you had a fed'ral reserve
We would certainly diamondjirnbrady 'em
Along the old Broadway preserve
—New Y or κ Press.
Miss Elderly—They say that mar
riages are made in heaven.
Miss Young Ah, then you have one
chance more.—Boston Transcript.
The questions that the times evolve
Make wise men sad and sore.
Each problem that we try to solve
Brings forth a dozen more,
—Washington Star.
"Do νυιι believe in women lu the
home cumins tu the front?"
"You can't prevent 'ein if there's a
wedding la the neighborhood "—Balti
more American.
You may break, you may shatter,
The moth ball ai will,
But somehow the odor
Will cling: to clothes stllL
—Florida Times-Union.
Blobbs—That fellow Bjones Is a g
highly quarrelsome sort of fellow.
Slobbs— Yes. even his own statement»
conflict.—Philadelphia Record.
Did you ever hear a story so queer?
The strangest one ever invented!
A pious old gent got married in Lant
And when Lent was over relented.
-LIT* :
"I feel all run down."
"Never mind. I met your w./e a few
minutes ago and told her that I had
seen you taking lunch yesterday with
a strange woman. She'll blow you
up."—Chicago Becord Herald.