Judge — March 27, 1915 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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THE MODERN WOMAN Curbside Comments Ky OKEOLA W. HASKELL The New Flag I’ MANY a Western State there waves A flag, uplifted high, Whose yellow folds triumphant float Betwixt the earth and sky. Through it Old Glory stands at last The emblem of the free-— It is the suffrage flag that greets A new democracy. In Eastern States its folds have drooped Or flung defiance wide, As symbol of a protest made ’Gainst human rights denied. But now the hour of freedom strikes. Oh, East, for very shame Raise high the flag of woman freed In Liberty's great name! The Yellow Peril NEW skit is being publicly staged by suffragists in New York, entitled ‘*She Doesn't Want the Vote."’ In the cast are three hundred and fifty thousand females, so bored by the question of votes for women that they won't do anything but enroll themselves in organiza- tions and contribute money to the cause, while two thousand more show their utter indifference by taking leading parts as organizers, speakers and canvassers, passively getting up whirlwind campaigns that sweep from city tocity. Yel- low, the suffrage color, is little seen except on stationery, flags, banners, shields, books, clothing, soap, buttons and streamers. The male voter goeth warily forth to labor these days, fearing lest some female's indifference will burst forth in public, assailing him with the eternal query, ** Will you vote for the suffrage amendment in 1915?" The melting pot is empty save for a steady stream of jewelry, heirlooms, keepsakes and gifts to be converted into the ducats of in- difference. No literature aside from a few hundred tons is being printed or circulated. Women themselves are painfully reticent and retiring, only speaking daily and nightly, in the streets, in halls, churches, clubs, homes, stores, factories and settle- ments. Truly the voters of the State must be impressed by the fact that their wives, daughters and mothers are absolutely with- out interest in the question of whether they will be added to the electorate this fall. Lining Up the Nationalities UFFRAGE campaign canvassers in New York City have made some interesting discoveries as to how the different national- ities feel on the subject of women as voters. The Jewish men are almost commonly in favor; the Scandinavians are enthusiastic- ally so; the Irish if informed are in favor, if not informed are opposed; the Italians are undecided, while the German, exclusive of the socialist and the Teuton whose wife is in business with him, is opposed. These conclusions apply to the people of the tene- ments and the cheaper homes, and since great numbers of the population are thus represented, there seems reason to hope that the cities may not line up as inimical to the enfranchisement of the womanhood of the State. Suffrage Snapshots By IDA HUSTED HARPER N THE adjournment of Congress, when the men who had been fighting each other for months and using language that had to be expunged from the Record fell on one another's necks and wept and sang “‘Blest be the tie that binds’’—it was then tov aocens discrimination Jump for it INHERITED FROM HIS ANCESTORS the women in the gallery realized that their sex is far too emotional and hysterical ever to make the laws for the nation. Los Angeles has appointed a woman “manager of lazy husbands,’’ whose busi- ness it is to see that the men sentenced to the chain gang earn their wages and that these wages are given to their families, as the law requires. The judge knew what he was about when he appointed a woman, but the men in the chain gang must think they are getting it ‘‘a-comin’ and a-gwine."" The anti-feminists have always related with great joy that it is the female mos- quito which does the biting, but scientists have now learned that the reason the male of the species refrains is because he has nothing to bite with. Leaders of the anti-suffragists insist that women shall not be enfranchised against their protest, but when all the big organiza. tions of women in the country are asking for it, who is making the protest? What is the matter with that ninety per cent. the antis claim to represent that they can't speak up? Ninety per cent. can make a great deal more noise than ten. The ‘‘bachelor tax’? which the Montana legislators want to impose varies from $2.50 to $100 per annum, but the majority think $5 would be about right. It seems like cruelty to animals to put on any tax at all when there are more than twice as many men as women over twenty-one years old, and the States across the border are in just as bad a fix. “Since the Prince of Wales left his mother,"’ say the press dispatches, ‘‘he has become a ‘man’ in the best sense of the word. He drives his car beyond the speed limit and is rarely seen without a pipe in his mouth.’ How fine! It shows that he is rapidly develop- ing the qualities necessary for a great ruler. A Husband's Confession YESTERDAY Mirandy voted, But so far I haven't noted That she's sprouted any whiskers or adopted trouserettes; And she hasn't indicated Since she got emancipated - That she means to start out raid- + ing with a bunch of suffragettes. Took her half an hour to do it, And as soon as she was through it, She went hustling home without a stop to scrub the pantry floor; Cooked the dinner, did some baking, Trimmed a dress that she was making, Mended socks and got the ironing all done by half-past four. She appears to be as able To keep victuals on the table And to keep the moths from feeding on my go-to-meeting coat— Just as handy with the baby (Or a little more so, maybe)— As she was before they told her woman ought to have the vote. Far as I've observed Mirandy, She is just as fond of candy And as keen to read the fashions and the daily household hints As before she was my ‘‘equal,’” And—however strange the sequel— I’ve been just a trifle prouder of Mirandy ever since! —W, Kee Mazwell.