Judge — September 13, 1913 — page 18: what you’re looking at

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{ THE MODERN WOMAN Curbside Comments By OREOLA W. HASKELL and with banners, the suffrage cobs F COURSE nature meant our mothers to be Poor, weak, little darlings, on that we'll agree. But—here is aman who's king of finance, With brains and with grit his work to enhance, . Who weds a sweet butterfly, foolish and gay, With a passion for styles and a passion for play, And their son—oh, of course, he’s his father again? Alas and alas, nature crosses the strain, And the heir doth his moth- er’s light nature possess, Hates finance with a venge- ance, but just dotes on dress. Can it be that for mothers kept weaklings at play Our unmanly sons are the prices we pay? Of course, it was meant for women to stay In the narrow domestic rounds out of harm’s way, To know household duties ‘and naught of the great Public honors and virtues that shine in the state; But—here is a grafter, was caught with the pelf Who says he thought only to profit him- self, That at home public duty was given no heed, ‘That I, my and mine was his mother's life creed. But that evenif she civic honesty taught He'd have sneered since the state rates the woman as naught. Can it be that for mothers kept narrow alway, Our self-serving sons are the prices we pay? A Woman Senator DF. MARTHA HUGHES CANNON, of Utah, State Senator, has demon- strated again how men do not respect the Politician—Yes, yes, madam opinions of women who become voters and lawmakers. All the bills she intro- duced, namely, those to establish a state board of health, to furnish seats for saleswomen, to build a hospital in an in- stitution for the deaf and to insist on pure food, passed and became laws. A Strange Woman I" IS reported that Mrs. Mary Bellamy, of Wyoming, who served in the leg- islature of her state in the session of 1911-"12, won much approval by the pos- session of the three G's—good looks, good sense and good humor. As all these are Fo;kou ROGERS, OUTSIDE THE SACRED CIRCLE who elected me, perhaps I may consider your desires, the exclusive property of our domestic queens, it seems strange that a dreadful office-holding creature could retain a clutch on them, Idaho Women WE HEAR a lot about bullets and bal- lots, but the Idaho women have changed it to books and ballots. Before they were enfranchised there were but two public libraries in the state. They worked to have a library commission ap- pointed, a sum of three thousand dollars set aside every year for books, and a state librarian selected and paid. It is in just such ways that we must expect women to waste the public funds. When I have satisfied the demands of the voters The Sacred Rights of the Constituent By ELINOR BYRNS ONCE upon 8 time, so the story goes, a legislator said to a group of New York women who called upon him at the State Capitol: ‘It’s no use for you to come up here. These bills you want us to pass may be all right. But there are no voters back of them. Don’t you know that you women, unless you can deliver votes, mean no more to us than white rabbits?” So the women went sadly, though indignantly, home and began to work for equal suffrage. Gradually, the women of the United States are learn- ing that if they want to get things done they must ‘‘de- liver the votes.” In 1911 the California women were enfranchised. During this year’s session of the legisla- ture they endorsed and worked for certain measures which they had long been trying to secure by indirect influence. All of these bills have now become law, Among them are: The Equal Guardianship law; the Red Light Abatement and In- junction law; the Bastardy act; the Minimum Wage act; the act limiting the hours of labor of children; the establishment of a train- ing school for delinquent girls with an appropriation of $200,000 (this was the only act carrying an appropriation asked for by the organized women voters of the state;) an act raising the age of consent to 18 years and increasing the penalty for rape; an act providing for the free use of all public school houses and prop- erty, and establishing a civic center for each; an act establishing a standard for weight and measures; and the net con- tainer act. Query—Would you rather be treated like a white rabbit or like an intelligent human being with a legitimate interest in the government? “The Crowning Attribute of Lovely Woman is Cleanliness” ‘The well-dressed woman blesses and benefits herself—and the world—for she adds to its joys. 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