Judge — October 17, 1914 — page 15: what you’re looking at

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Suffrage Snapshots By IDA HUSTED HAKPER 6 ‘OMEN must not have the suffrage,’” says an authorized document of the antis, “‘because Max Eastman’s wife goes by her maiden name.’’ Where does she ‘‘go’’? That is much more to the point, if she is to decide the question. o The secretary of state for New York is willing to concede a good deal to women, but insists on the ‘‘physical superiority’’ of men. Then how do all life insurance statistics happen to show that women live to a much greater age than men? “Let us, oh, let us hold fast to monogamy !’’ wail the antis. “Scientists believe it is the normal and natural relationship of humans.’ Then don't be alarmed, for even woman suffrage cannot entirely destroy what is natural and normal. One hus- band, one wife. Allright. Now let every anti catch a husband— if she can. It is rather late in the day to warn women against being ‘*jos- ted at the polls. That is about the only place where they would not get jostled Suffragists are not worried be- cause the North Carolina Legis- lature voted down their question the first time it ever had achance. North Carolina does not occupy the front seat in the van of progress. o If Mr. Bryan writes the next Demo- cratic platform, it is safe to wager there will be one plank in it which he flatly re- fused to put in the last one. It really wasn’t a square deal for Mr. Bryan to decline to put a woman-suffrage plank in the last Democratic platform, and thus prevent President Wilson from coming out in favor of it, and then place himself at the head of the movement. That “conference of great women’? in favor of woman suffrage, held at New- r representation of the “MGW | PRICE \ Famur” SUPPLIES \ S class of women who advocate it. The antis couldn't hold a similar one a tenth as large if their further existence de- pended on it. These are indeed ‘‘dog days’’ for the antis—under-dog days. All socialists are said to be suffragists. Certainly; socialism means sharing what you have with your neighbor. If the men were not willing to share the suffrage, they would be very inconsistent, and con- sistency is one of the distinguishing at- tributes of the masculine sex. THE KIND OF SERVICE THE FAMILY NEEDS Comments Curbside Ry OREOLA W. HASKELL In Conventions T SADLY looks as though in time man will never be able to get away by him- self, but will always be chased by woman, who invariably brings her child Refine- ment along with her and so spoils all the fun. For everywhere the idea is gaining ground that wives, mothers and sisters, because government means in these days magnified housekeeping and industrial management, ought to be sent as dele- gates to constitutional conventions. So in 1915, when the constitutional conven- tion of New York State is held and del gates are chosen from each senatorial di: trict, the human side of life will be em- phasized as well as the business side, and the conclave of the State may look like a family council elevated to a high plane. Why Retrograde ? ADY COOK, who’s getting pretty old, anyway, suggests that regiments of women be raised and trained for warfare, to assist the men in mutilating and mur- dering fellow beings. When the mother sex takes to the gun, it will be time to pitch civilization overboard and go back to the cheery days of savagery. But, in spite of the fact that the Servians are training their women to fight, women in general see gaunt old Death and not resplendent Valor stalking forth as the leader of armies, and they think, besides, that men can do enough retrograding for the whole race. City Gardens O E OF the weaknesses of woman is her fondness for beautifying the ugly—a tendency that oft harasses poor, prosaical man. But while this trait is hard to bear when it bursts forth in drooping draperies and fussy fixtures in the home, it is quite surprisingly useful when it seeks a publicoutlet. Miss Antoinette Greeley, having looked forth from her windows for a weary time upon an empty lot adorned with rubbish, conceived the idea of inspiring the poor women of her neighborhood to make gardens and thus improve the appearance of things, while becoming their own vegetable pro- ducers. With the help of some sympa- thetic men, who chivalrously devoted their muscles to clearing the ground and build- ing fences, many lots about the Bush Ter- minal buildings in South Brooklyn now are filled with the whispering of green things and the laughter of busy women workers. And somehow Miss Greeley seems to be proud of this modest achievement, feel- ing that she has brought beauty and pleas- ure into barren lives and helped to fill the infantile stomach in days when prices and skyrockets act much alike. British militant suffragists are now de- voting their energies to Red Cross work. comicbooks.com