The times dispatch. [volume], January 22, 1912, Image 7

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SHALL WOMEN VOTE?
To tho Edltor of Tho Times-Dispatch:
Sir,?Friday, January 19, will go!
down In the history or Virginia as ' '
most mumorablu day. On thnt day the I
unfiauehlsed jiart of the population ol
tho State pleaded their caudo bufote
the committee of tho so-called repre?
sentative branch of the government up- 1
pointed for hearing such causes. Women!
who work for their own support und I
tho support of others, women who pay
tuxes, women who train tho minds of I
the youth of this State, women who)
in their professional life see tho cry- i
ing needs of legislation which the law
goyernltlg body refuses to enact, wT,- I
men who have given tho State her j
men?th.se pleaded well that a latter
opportunity to aid their State be given !
them. This Is not it time for tho men I
ol the State, who boast of trelr chivalry j
und opcn-mlndedncss, to sneer at and1
ridicule the Woman's movement; it Is ?'
lime In which they should tie devoutly
thankful that the women of this State]
are unselfish enough, in tho midst of j
multitudinous domestic und industrial
duties, to offer their services to the,
State for her betterment.
"Taxation without representation"?|
the old cry rang out uguin. A part ol! |
the people taxed for the support Of
lite govcrnmo'it, ami yet without a'
voice In electing the representatives i
who imike the laws and distribute the1
funds of the State. Neither the mem?
bers of tho committee on whom was I
conferred the honor of hearing this
cause, nor the people who were present
to witness the proceedings, can deny
tho righteousness and Justice of wo?
man's plea for the franchise. Th'.
truth, tho whole truth, and nothing
but the truth, was presented. Hard
fact fell upon hard fact. Mrs. Valen?
tine, Miss Johnston, Mrs. Jiosher, Mrs
Lewis, Mrs. Wise, Miss Davis, Miss Ran?
dolph produccel the figures that can?
not He. Miss Johnston dealt in a con?
cise way with the biological, philosoph?
ical and historical?as well as tho prac?
tical?aspects of the cause. It is a
great loss to the Slate that her men do
not take to the performance of their po?
litical duties such thoughtfulness and
Intelligent sentiment as were evident
:n Mre. Valentine's masterful presenta?
tion of tho rights of woman. It has
been many a day since the walls of
Virginia's House of Delegates hn%e
echoed to sucli well- reasoned and dig*
hilled presentation of a cause.
Two representatU'es of organized la?
bor fcpoke earnestly for the grafting of
the franchise to women. Three minis?
ters of the gospel, men endowed with
tho strength and courage of conviction
Which lay beneath every action of their ]
Master when He dealt with injustice?
these men, refreshingly unafraid to
carry the sign or their high calling Into ?
tho political arena, came to testify to!
the value and righteousness of the wo-I
man's cause.
Th'i day bar come for the men who]
claim opon-mlhdcdness to justify their
claim; tho day hau come for the men
who boast their chivalry to perform the
most noble act of chivalry?admit th*
defeat of their prejudices by the cvl
ii. n" that has bCOO produced. Woman
Is not the mental, moral, physical
weakling that the preconceived vltw?
? ?I her brothers would seem to Indi?
cate-, nor Is she the divinity which
their oft soft-spoken half-truths would
lead the unknowing to think. Woman
Is human, and she Is tired of the ijues
lonable position of parasite in whtcn
man, by his selnshnrss, has placed her.
It la not folr to subject this large pto
portlon of self, home and government
supporters of tho population to the hu?
miliation of living en favors and priv j
Men say they love fair play;
there Is but one kind of fair play
. d that is granting people their rights.
It la contended that it Is not right
that woman should be subjected to the
hardships of political life, the contam?
inating Influence of politics, the un
eouthness of tho voting booth. Ccr
lalnly no one will ever say again after
last Friday that woman has not the
Intelligence required to rust a ballot.
Does the average man who has tn<
least spark of patriotism lind It a hard?
ship to cast his ballot or keep himself
Informed as to political situations '
Why If the man In his crowded bus?
iness lifo can find titr.o to keep himseir
posted in political matters and to
vote should not women do so'.' Is ou
Virginian home such an institution e>r
i-lavcry "to the dally round, the com?
mon task." as this argument would m
? Heute? Why should the Influence ol
politics be contaminating? Wb
should not political life be clean, or
inado clean, If It is so filthy? The po?
litical life is a part of tho reltglnui
whole. Why should the voting booth
be such an uncouth place? It is there
?hat a man performs as sac red a duty
to lila Creator as he does in the liotife
of worship and petition. Why should
liui the voting booth be. as dean ns our
Omurchcs and schools and as_ highly
reverenced? This most sacred'duty of
political life should not be performed in
a rum-befogged atmosphere or in the
midst of profanity and strife, any more
than that a man should think of mak?
ing his private devotions in such an I
atmosphere. This argument nrgucs a
condition which la not quite good to
admit: a failure of man to realize the
greatness and sacredness of the fran
iilsc right. "Oh. hut it is not right"
Is considered the final argument. Then i
why has the questicn not only strlsen
In the evolution of God's world, hut fs
also triumphing'.' Thoro arc no divas
I trous results; this Is sufficiently proved.
Tho luck of any protest against the
j granting of the suffrage to woman was
: most marked in Friday's proceedings
i Thoro was not a voice to protest openly
I und courageously against the hearing
j of tho cause or the grunting of thu
right. People convinced, really con
j vinoed, that a catiso Is so e?ll do not
light it by Bllencc. God would forgive
the conservatives for speaking out
'against an evil. The opponents of this
I causa should have challenged Its ovll
leaders to debate and have branded
I thom as evil-doers. There Is a wrath
j that Justine* strong notion. Witness
j our l.ord'.H driving the money changers
from ills Father's housu.
Tradition, hot Justice and reason
ntuy withhold the proved riuht of suf
j frage from women now, but another
i generation Is coming on to trlve this
unfrunchlsed a voice In tho government
to which they pay taxes und to whose
I laws they arc subject,
i The women uro not alone In their
fisht; thorn uro man., men standing by
their side?not behind them, pushing
them on. but helping them as equals
should lie helped. These men reservft
to themselves the sacred right of Inde?
pendent thought and action so long as
these arc harmful lo no one. There am
no premises of shielding and protection,
for these women uro not dependents;
there is merely the. promise to relp and
j help to the- end. It has cost some ot
j these men, as well as the wo^fn, the]
honored and cherished friendships and
love of year.': they have won sneers
and jeers and oven contumely, but if
these things must be they must be. i
We nre grateful to the women fori
making this fight and ur.sponknbly
grateful to Hill Montague for his fear?
less conduct In presenting tho Joint
resolution.
The light of a free day Is breaking,
and before so very long the women and
men who honor and seek aftsr justice
and righteousness shall have equal
weapons wherewith to wage their war.
WILLIAM CLAYTON TORRUNCE. i
Richmond, January 20, 1&12.
An Open Letter to Kev. Asbury Chris?
tian.
Sir,?"I believe the work for equal
sullrngcj to bo a Christian work, and
I try lo aid It because 1 am a Chrls
i thin minister. I always enjoy remind?
ing people that tho Ilrst woman's
rights convention In this country was
' held In a .Methodist church."
So spoke Bishop W. Hamilton, of
the Methodist Church
"If Christianity is completely to
j restore that which was lost in Adam,
I how can it stop short of completely
i abolishing tho. subordination of wo?
man, which the Illb'.e declares to be
the direct result of sin, and of leading
us back to the Ldcnlc proclamation;
'Let them have dominion over the
earth'?"
These were the words spoken by
Bishop J. W. Hoshford, also of the
Methodist Church,
j 1 feel constrained to say. had you
: given the bubjeet as unprejudiced and
i intelligent consideration us these iwo
I brothers of yours, there could bo
? evoked nothing less than a most
j fervent Amen, Instead Of the denuiicla
j Hons as expressed in your sermon
last Sunday morning.
Not only do we find our good Metho?
dist brethren giving utterance to such
opinions of equal suffrage, but a host
' of divines of all the leading denumi
I nations. Among them arc the Revs.
; Newell Dwlght HtlllS, Robert Collyer.
j James Freeman Clarke,, Francis K.
' Clarke. Mlnot J. Savage; Hishop
I Qtiaid and Spaulding, of the Roman
! Catholic Church. Iilsuop Samuel Fel?
lows and Potter, Episcopal; and last,
but not Past, Rabbis .-Stephen Wise
j and Charles Fletcher.
To those who are on the watch- \
lower of progress and alert to the ;
I signs of the times It Is strikingly
significant to note so many leaders of
I thought espousing the cause of wo- |
I man suffrage. That other clnss of
I thinkers, Uiu writers, arc also consplciu- j
I OUB for their large numbers Indorsing
I It. A petition presented lo Congress
I In 1910 contained 710 names, besides
I 938, who htul signed separate State ,
petitions. The list was headed by]
Wm. l?ean liowells, the dean of;
American literature, and contained the
names of many men as well as wo- I
men of note In I no world of letters.
? You say, "Woman's place Is In tho I
I homo." That worthy sentiment has
i been echoed BO often that It provokes
I a smile, not the sentiment, but tho
reiteration of It, especially when given
with that complacent air of originality
that accompanies platitudes. Every j
woman is Instinctively a home-maker
and homcrlover, but not every woman
Is affordeil a sultnblo opportunity to
? establish and preside over a home; and I
: tho greatly changed industrial condi?
tions have thrust the erstwhilo
stayers-at-homo Into tho business
world until in this counrry alone thero ,
Is an army of 7,000,000 women work
! crs, whose ranks arc being steadily
' augmented.
Tills industrial et a is making possible
I the physical, social, moral and Intel- !
Yon, Mr. Storekeeper, are directly interested in the
question of light. You cannot advantageously display
your goods unless you have plenty of light and of the
proper kind.
tGas light is considered, and properly so, as a medi?
aeval appliance in this progressive era. It is seldom that
gas is considered for lighting purposes now; but many
stores are poorly lighted because of improper distribution
of lights.
Let us look over your lighting system and make sug?
gestions. Write or call.
Virginia Railway & Power Co.
Seventh and Main Streets, Richmond, Va.
leetual liberties of woman, but ae yet
In the necessarily blow process of this
evolution, woman la meeting with
many contaminating Intlucnceti of evil.
Aro not sweat shops and overworked
and underpaid workers, hum o deatruo
live of the physical, mental and moral
welfare of women than any condition
In which suffrage might placo her?
Why mako an outcry against Uio In?
evitable?woman's ability no longer to
remain In the home. llather lift
your voice against the evils so cor
r?ptive of health and mothe.-tiood?
the foundation of the home. Why not
follow the Golden Rule und give her
the weapon of protection?that v, capon I
for which our forefathers ehed their
blood, and which is to-day (whother
used or not) so dear to the heart of
every male citizen of the republic? ttow
Is it possible for you to deny it and
believe in the doctrine which Is af?
firmed in our Declaration of Inucpcnd
ence, which is thut governments derive
their Just powers from the consent
of tlie governed.
When you and others of Blmllnr
views say, "Woman's place Is In thoi
homo and not ut the polio," tho Inter-!
enco Is drawn that women will, It;
given the franchise, spend their entire
time ut the ballot box.
We could not do this, for tho ballot
box Is only on exhibition onco or twice!
a year. A prominent woman who basj
voted says that It takes her about
eight minutes to do ao, and she also
stiit<-s that she Is often out of her
home for very much longer periods of
time than this, and for purposes far
less Important.
Does the a-t of voting cause men :t
business to suffer neglect? We never
hear men advised not to vote, and that
their business will 'suffer neglect If
they do. And Is It not a fact that tho
majority of women have more lelsuro
thun men? Might not tho hours spent
in doing fancy work and In Idle gossip
(for which my kox Is proverbial) be
more profitably Bpcnt? Yet, women
havo no time for tho responsibility
of the franchise! Probably tho reason
tor the oxprcsalon, "Garrulous ae ah
old woman," has basis In the fact of
the past woman'b relegation to and
leisure for tho trivial things of life,
certainly during the lnrger portion of
the term of her existence.
I You ask, "Isn't a lack of discipline
! shown now in the home, when girls
of fourteen are out in the street at
night unattended by their parents, and
crowds of boys can be aeen roaming
the streets, when they ought to be un.
der the Influence of the home""' |
Is this a new condition In our city,
sprung into existence simultaneously
with the equal suffrage movem-Mit?
Only atiout hair tho women of the
I race aro mothers. Applying the rule
' here, I did not know we had so many
1 suffragists that we could number
mothers of crowds of boys. In the
I Lqual Suffrage League hero there are
1 childless women and mothers of com?
fortable meanc whose fnmlllcs have
been reared to the adult stage. I
venture to say that no woman In the
league with household duties or chil?
dren to see to has ever neglect- ;
fed them to engage In auftrage propa
I ganda, though her desire to help the
; cause la a burning one. I do hear of
i mothers neglecting home and children
I to visit the cheap theatres, but we
I hear no cry raised against it. These
! places sprang Into existence nbo.it
I three years ago, or about the same
i time the suffrage movement was start?
ed (a mere coincidence none will gain
say), yet woman suffrage will prob
alily be the scapegoat for their evils
as well as others which may arise ?o :
affect the discipline of the home. I
Women stand In line ot these places
with all sorts of people. We hear noth?
ing of their being demoralized from tt
or of consuming In this way valuable
time. Then why the evil of her pres
ence at the polls, and the bnllot box,
which the Rev. John Ktaton, In a lec?
ture, here not long since on woman
suffrage, defined as a sacred thing?
In concluding my comments on your
reference to the home, I ennnot do
better then quote the words of Mrs.
Maude Hullington Hooth ("Little
Mother" of our unfortunate brothers,
the prisoners). She says. "I believe
emphatically that a woman's place is
home: but where Is her home? Mine Is
all the way from Hoston to San Fran- j
Cisco, nnd from Cannda to the Gulf. ;
The question is not what a woman
should be allowed to do, but can she
do It properly? In this reform (wo?
man suffrage), home Is the very watch?
word for nil the Interests of the home,
and nil the evils that affect the homo
nre largely dependent upon politics.
Women not only should have the
power to deal with these, but they
could wield it effectively."
These arc tho sentiments of the 1.- 1
000,000 voting women of our country
and the other millions who are pa?
tiently waiting the decision of the
good men to allow them do llkewlso.
You say the work of the suffragists ,
ut the Capitol Is unwomanly.
Is It unwomnnly to work in sanitnry
commissions and on prison boards, to
go fearlessly into 1'oIJcr Courts to se?
cure the protection of families or into
fnni wants of hospitals to save human
Uvea? Is it unwomanly only to go
upon nnd down the streets as our own
good women do here on tag days to
get funds for a consumptive camp or
a nurses' settlement? Is it unwoman?
ly to carry the gospel to the heathen
land and come in contact with all sorts
of conditions compelled by such a life'j
work ? MRS. A. W. TATLOH. " I
Woman's Uallot vs. the Ladles' llattlc.
"io those of my countrywomen who
think tor themselves'' arc the dedi?
catory words of n little book which
is now being widely disseminated.
?The Indies' Battle," by Molly Billot
Seawell, is the source from which tho
it'r.ti-suffraglatH draw some of their
so-called strongest arguments. The
Inference to bo orawn from the words
of tho paragraph Is that those tjf us
?ho have thrown our sympathy and
support on the other side do not |,u
long in the thinking class with Miss
Seawell and her friends, who are con?
ducting tlie Indies' battle agulnst tho
woman's ballot.
Having, after considerable studv nnd
reduction, enlisted among those who
are endeavoring to secure the. ballot
lor women, this writer, for one, ob?
jects to the insinuation contained In
Miss Seawall's remarks, it may not
be unprofitable, therefore, for stich a
one to examine some of the thoughts
revealed in the author's own proud
production.
Miss Seawell says Hint one of tho
two basic reasons against woman suf?
frage In the United States Is the loss
of property lights that women would
'necessarily suitor. Hut It te tin un?
tenable fact that sltieh losses havo
not occurred n the States In which
suffrage oxists. In nswer to tins state?
ment wo havo the words of Chief Jus?
tice Potter, of Wyoming,' who says:
"None of tho consequences or compli?
cations mentioned by Miss Seawell
havo arisen in Wyoming, whore wo?
men have had full Httffrago since 1869.
Married women have not only not
boon doprfVed of any property rights
which they had before equal suffrage
wiih adopted,, but from tlmo to time
statutes have been passed extending
the property rights of mnrrled women."
Mss Seawell furtudr Htatos that no
'voter-can claim maintenance from an
uthar votor, and the question ia asked
by Chlaf Justice Suiuvuii, of luu.no,
v. no is doubtless as weil iiiturmeu ua
Mis? MMivtii in points of law existing;
in various States, especially In luuno,
a suitrugc Statu: "vsnero ?n tho com?
mon law or in any slate ulaw of wie
busies of tuts Union can s.ic nna such
a principle".'" She says Uic mumont a
married woman claimed the rigp.t to
vole, slic wouid be deprived ol uny
claim to support from her husbano.
'there aro no such laws in any of tne
tour auftrage States mmtioned. anu
no suon laws exist in uny otfier State
of tins Union, nor is any auch princi?
ple tound in the couimun law."
"At present," continues Mis3 s'eawell,
"In the non-suffrage States, tee father
alone Is liuble tor the support of the
children. Lim If a wife and mother hud
a vote, she would occoine jointly lbtoio
lor Hu aupport of Itic chlluren." That
this was IhouKiit not such a bad ar?
rangement In Colorado Is proved by
the fact thut before that Stato hud
suftrage?as early uh 1891?a law was
passen making husband and wife
"Jointly or severally liable" for the
expenses of the family and tho edu?
cation of tho children, and since the
women of Colorado were enfranchis?
ed, the few cnangeu that r,ave been
mad.- havo benn in tihe nature if im?
provements, as is stated In Miss lieu n
?stunner's unbased aim sehoiXly trea?
tise on "equal uffrugo" in Colorado.
One s>uch improvement in legislation us
Cited by ilis.s Suinner was mad-; by u
law passed in lS'Jli ettlompting trom
execution u homestead to the value of
V?.OVO, and this law was so amended
that tha husband can no longer sell
the homestead without his wile's sig?
nature A law of 1903 provided thut
u man who "wilfully falls, refuses or
neglects to provde proper food, cloth
lug, aheltsr or care In case of sick?
ness for his wife or minor child, shall,
Upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and punished by Impris?
onment In the county Jail for not more
than ninety days nor lOBs than thirty
days." That does not lok as If an en?
franchised woman must give up all
claim to maintenance from her hus
bund. And Miss Seawell muy rellove
her mind of the bogle of the poll tax;
for in Colorado the voting woman is
exempt from paying a poll tax. And
since she doos not Hive to asCt her
husband to pay her poll tax. Mum Sea
well's basic principle doas not cause,
any serloua upheavals In Colorado.
Whoro is tho person In full possession
of his Bantty who will say tnal the
moment a woman acquires'a vote she
will bo required to take her place
with other voters and "abandon all
claim to maintenance"? That is, in
died, an insult to the mauhod of the
husbands, fathers and brothes of the
women of the United .States.
Not only have women not lost any
property rig.its In .States whore they
suffrage ,hut they have gained from
an economic point of view, in several
diftersnt ways. Mrs. .Maud Nathan,
president of the Consumers' League
of New York City, aays In an address
delivered befora the Judiciary Commit?
tee of the New York Legislature: "In
Colorado thoa Is equal pa yfor equal'
work done by employe no: "the Stute,
and In Colorado women hold responsi?
ble positions, political positions, and
they are not deprived of thalr posi?
tions. aB was the case recently of a
postmistress In a neighboring village
to ours, whose position was wanted by
a nianwh o wlshad to use it for politi?
cal purposes. She 'had served the
State faithfully, but that made no dif?
ference."
So ftf from having suffered from the
enfranchisement of women, as Miss
Sen well fears, mlno children have been
protected In several Weys by the di?
rect influence of the -woman's vote. The
first State Legislature after -women
were grantsd suffrage passed a law
making fathers and mothers Joint
guardiuns. with equal powers of the
children. A new and more effoctve com?
pulsory education law waspaassd In
lfiOO and made even more efficient since
then by amendments. In addition, one
or moro truant officers appointed by
the school directors enforce schol at?
tendance in all d'strlcta of the first
or second class.
Tho Dcncr Juvenile Court needs no
advertisement this atlclo can give it.
But it must be sad that the vote of
the enfranchised women of Colorado
made it possible for Ben B. Lindsay as
an Independent canddate for Juve'nile
Court judge to triumph overwhelming?
ly over the candidates of both Re?
publican and Democratic parties in
the fall of 190'. Since women were,
given suffrng; In Colorado other laws
beneficial to children have been passed
by the direct influence of their vote,
among th;m a law establishing a home
for dependent children, laws granting
appropriations for the Girls' Industrial
School; and the law allowing the State
Board of Charities and Corrections to
Investigate private charitable Institu?
tions.
The other "basic principle" advanced In
the book in question. Is that "no electo?
rate has ever existed, or ever can exist,
which cannot execute Its own laws." Miss
?Seawell thinks lhat "a dozen ruHutis at
the poKs would prevent a hundred women
from depositing o single ballot. There can
be no d?ubi that this means would be used
by tho rougher elements." Answering this
assertion. Chief Justice Sulllvun, of Idaho,
says: "Tho. Idea thut every legal voter
must be able to fight his way to the polls,
and after he has dono so possess the physi?
cal ability to enforce, tho effect of the
ballot. Is a proposition lhat would not aland
the test In any civilized country. If this
so-called basic prlnciplo were correct, it
would disfranchise at least one-fourth
of the male voters In tho nlted States."
Continuing, in answer to tho statement
that women would meet with violence at
the polls, he says: "N'o such thing has ever
occurred In any of the auftrage States.
What would the good men at tho polling
place b0 doing while the ru'ians were be?
laboring their mothers and wives, sisters
and sweethearts, and preventing them from
depositing their ballotsH .If nnythlng like
that hud occurred, the rowdy woh attempt?
ed It would never attempt sueh an net
again."
In the wrltor's study of Miss Stunner's
Investigation of suffrage In Colorado, an
Investigation conducted "with absolute im?
partiality and with no preconceived Ideas,"
she has not been able to find one sentence
to indicate that there has ever occurred
any Insult or violence ngnlnst women nt
the polls. On the contrnry. In speaking
of women's sirvlng n' election ol'cors. one
Colorado man Is quoted ns saying. "Their
presence prohibits profanity, drunkenness
and heated debates." Another man states,
"I lind It greatly Improves the air about
tho polls to have ihcm slttinsr In au?
thority." One woman remarked that she
never knew what real chivalry meant un?
til she could vote.
These are only a few of the mlsatato
ihenta appearing In this little book. Judge
l.lndsey says: "It is hard to understand how
any one with n grain of Intelligence, could
?dsn her name to suuh absurdities. The
Statements are false in every detail, and
our experience in Colorado proven that
Sloan's Liniment is excellent
for sprains and bruises. It stops
the pain at once and reduces
the swelling very quickly.
SLOANS
LINIMENT
is penetrating and antiseptic.
Mr. S. L. Raiwb v. of 207 Cedar St., Chat?
tanooga, Tsnn.,says:?" 1 sprained my an?
kle, It pained me very much and was badly
swollen. After a fow applications of
Sloan's Liniment my anklo was relieved,
and Is now entirely well."
Atsll4*al?Ta, fries SB*., BOe. * ll.SO.
The Redfield
Cinderella
Gelett
This rollicking romance of Mag?
gie O'Toole is another story in the
series of "I Can Marry Anyone." It
amusing and delightful?full of
is
romance and full of fun---for though
Maggie was no beauty, she was
really and truly in love.
Test
By Victor Rousseau
This story is full of the atmosphere of the Great North?
west. In a swiftly moving narrative you learn the mystery of
the old sheepherder. It is a good story.
an s
Once a miner, this man has built for himself a house
with one hundred and thirty-one rooms and thirty baths! Think
of it! There is more to learn about this man and his hobby.
and Other Fine Features in Next
'$ Illustrated Sunday Magazine
spate.
not one of them- ever operated In actual
practice an claimed."
Turning from ??The ladles" Battlo." tho
platitude moat frequently nseri agnlnst
equal suffrage Is, "Women's sphere Is the
home." The suffragist docs not wish to
deny that. She believes It as tlrnily as.
niiy antlauftrago who wields it as her moat
sentimental weapon. Suffragists cling to
sentiment as trul; us their opposing sdsier.*.
but they hnvo simply broadened their Ideal
of the home until it Inclf.dca not only
th0 four wnlls tvhleh bound their dwell?
ings, but the city, the Stute, the "land of
our father'! pride."
To discuss briefly svom.nr? part in home
ni.iUIng and housekeeping at the present
time, we must look back to the days of
our grandmother*?to the days when tlie
woman of the house ??either with her own
hands, or as forewomnn of an establish?
ment as complex, If not as vast, ns .-, mod- I
era department flore, was an nctlvo factor?
and a creative factor?In nearly ovsrything
required for the home, from tlie curing of !
hams nnd children to the cooking of ham* '
and the educating of the children." She i
bad to spin, nnd weave, und then fashion
the result of her work Into lh'; gnrmcrs '
tor her household.
Now. "In tho industrial sense the home j
is going out of the bouse." We no longer I
make soaps, brew herbs, spin and weave [
tho material for our garmentB?nor In most
enscs 500 personally to the education of
our children In the home. If the womnn !
Is to be the model housekeeper nnd homo- j
maker that the antl-suff ruglsis think we
who are on the other side nre trying not)
to he. must she not see that th,, food that
conies into her home Is cleanly, properly |
put uj> ami Insacted; that the garbage be
removed promptly: that hor house bo piinl-?
tnry, and the schools Into whleh her call- ]
?Iren go when they loncs borne are like-j
wise sanitary, up-to-date as to methods. ,
with good playgrounds ami equipment? i
Would It not be consistent with her dlllies |
to the home f?r bor to assist iti choosing
clean officials, who will conscientiously and '
honorably discharge the duties of their
office and thus promote the health. In?
telligence and morality of the home?
SHE'S VERY TIRED
OF DIVORCE TALK
Madame Schumann-Heink Wants j
to Be Left Alone With
Her Children.
LSpeclal to The Tinies-nispatch.l
Ocnver, Janunry 21.?"Here hoi
comes," gleefully exclaimed Ernestine'
Schtimnnn-IIeitik, as an interviewer
loomed up nt tlie Brown Hotel. "We
were Just going down to meet you. |
Oh. sec," she added, as she scrutinized
the visitor's faue, "1 thought you
were my ?011 Ferdinand. Vott're a re?
porter, aren't you?. Well, I won't talk
about divorce, Hint's nil. You can seo
ine about tho future of American music
and how 1 love the West, nothing else."
The famous contralto relented Inter
on nnd replied to ltnpp's charges,thai
he had done nil the work and had
enabled mndamo to make money.
"I will' Just say this," Schumann
Hetnke added. "Mr. Kapp docs not |
tell the truth. He was never my man- I
agcr. The only managers thnt I ever I
had since coming to America are!
Maurice Orau, who brought me to the ,
Metropolitan Opera House, nntl Henry l
Wnlfson, who mnnaged my concert I
tours. I began by naming .$?00 n
night, und I now earn $3,000 or $5,000
a night. I did all that by hard and
Incessant work. It is in my naturo
to work every minute of the time. I'm
not happy unless 1 nm at work. Tlioso
who Know me and know nty capacity
for work W?1 laugh at Mr. Rapp's
claim ot' doing all the work.
"Of course, I have done everything
for my children; why should I not?",
demanded the contralto. "Do they ex- i
pect that I will wait until 1 die to
give my money to them?
"No. I gave It to them when they |
needed It. 1 gave all good oducatlo s, i
nnj educations are costly. But evf ry
one of my sons has had to make his
own way pi the world."
Casually she mentioned thnt she
hud telegraphed to New York to ad?
monish her sons to "shut up" nbout
the divorce affair.
"I'm tired of the whole business,"
she declared. "I want to go lo my
little fnrm and live there with George |
Washington rind .Maria Theresa, my
two youngest children. I'm going to
build a bungalow there and make it
my home some day."
To another Interviewer Madame
Schumann-1 lotnk suhl: "A woman does
not nee<i a man to depend .solely upon
for her happiness. I am quickly learn- |
lug that after all it Is the things which !
euch of us do for ourselves that arc I
the real things In life.
"1 shall never grow old, I tell my j
children and my friends, because I !
am happy, and any one who can be
happy is bound to keep young.
"At present I am troubled with our
domestic affairs, but soon I can prove
that I urn right, so It Is only a quos- !
lion of a little time before my matrl- l
monin] sea will calm Itself again.
"My home Is tho most Interesting
place in the world. If it were not ]
for my home and children 1 shout,) not i
even care to step .my foot out of my j
hotel even for a breath of air, I'm so I
angry and humiliated nt the Interest!
which people are taking In my family
affairs. They concern me alone, and
I will not talk of them, but I will tell
you about my children and my grand?
child roil."
She wns Immensely delighted to
lenrn that Curtis Street was well lined
with motion picture shows.
"I love, them," she avowed?"moving
pictures and vaudeville shows. When?
ever 1 come, to town I always hunt up
Iho 6-cent theatres nnd the variety
places. I'm going to see some this
very afternoon ns soon ns Ferdinand
ciiraen from New York."
SUCCESSFUL TRIP
KnrnirrV Institute Train Over II. ?V; O.
Attracts nig Audience*.
The K?rrners' Institute train.' which
was operated over tho Valley division
of the Baltimore nnd Ohio Railroad
by Commissioner of Agriculture Koiner'
in connection with ofllclals of the road,
und which ended Saturday afternoon
at Lexington, proved such a success
and thb attendance at all stops so largi
that a similar train will lie run over
tills route again within a short while.
At one point It was necessary to uso
the depot for an overllow meeting',
when three lectures by experts wcro
delivered at one lime. Altogether nlnrj
I lectures were delivered during the twu
hours allowed for that stop.
The Institute party left Lexington
for Accomac, from which point a train
will bo run over the tracks of the New
York. Philadelphia nnd Norfolk Rail?
road to give the farmers of the East?
ern Shore an opportunity to hear tho
talks by the experts. The trip will
end Friday afternoon at Capovllle.
Cut In Coat forced.
Chicago. January 21.?Cos) deaders In th?i
Weal Sldu tenement district have cut their
prices for fuel delivered In baskets In halt
ns a reault of the establishment of a small
coal yard hy the Episcopal Cathedral, ut
which con; was sold for 10 cents a basket.
It was purchased ns fast as Dean Walter
T. .Simmer could supply It. and deal?
ers announced that they would meet tint
church price. They previously sold it at
".'i cent a a basket.
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