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niiiiiiMi ir 11 DnraAiirn WOMEN i For the First Time in. American History Their Active Support win go out to 'tha women of tha coun try; a Wo feel that the Republican Party, with Ita record ot accomplish meat, with ita greatness of measure Is Openly Sought by All- Parties. ten of the Wilson campaign bureau is situated, there is a busy hive of wo men on the tenth floor In active charge of Mrs. J. Borden Harrtman.

wealthy society leader, club woman, and phllan- thrnnlat. Tbla. la tnnat ambitious children in this country, and woman, by takinr tnteUigwit interest to tha poDtleal problems before tha country, can do much to help themselves or their more unfortunate neighbors. No woman can refuse to consider bureau of there all in tho way of Jeast gretters, anil tt proceeded mora deliber ately. But finally it (ell In line by bav in Ita regular women' -organisation establish headquarters alongside tbe men workers ul the feminization ot the campaign bureaus was complete.

TTponthe twenty-f ourth- floor-of--tha Metropolitan Tower, New "fork City, tbe Women's Bureau of the Progressive or Bull Moose Party holds equal sway with the men's bureau across the hall. In fact. New York State Chairman Hotcbklss of the men's bu for the wives of many ot the Democratic National Committeemen have allied themselves with the bureau and are working hard to elect Gov. Wilson. Mrs.

Harrtman did not want to be under the domination of the mere men of the Wilson Campaign Committee, so she started the Women's National Wilson and Marshall organisation, with these women as active workers: Mrs. Harriman, Chairman; Mrs. A. S. Alexander, Mrs.

Caroline B. Alexander. Mrs. A. S.

Burleson. Mrs. J. Sergeant Cram, Mrs. Josephus Daniels, Mrs.

Joseph Ttr? Ai I IK ii-WV I Kl 1 a i- A i a -nn -C I if I V. 4mM Miss Frances I. Kellor of the Woman's IF any one had stigfrestpd durtnir the Presidential campaign or IflOS. or even lees a year ago, tor th.it matter, that In this Presidential year of 1012 omen would take almost as prominent a part In the management of the campaign as the men. that each of the big political parties would have thoroughly organized women's bureaus, and, more marvelous still, that one of the big parties wouid unequivocally declare for woman's suffrage, and even go to the extent of electing women delegates at large to Its National and Conventions as well nutting women on Its National and State Committees, that person would nave been scoffed at if not actually called insane.

Tet all thls haa happened tu the hort jpace between Presidential campaigns. and has, created less excitement than any window-smashing tournament -by Tendon uffraeettes. It is all an Indi jVi Av 1 may fall back to the condition theyj were in before the feverish Interest began. On the other hand, the suffragists and all the women workers -connected with the political organisations are suffragists say that no matter which party wins, the impetus given this year to their movement by the recognition of their ability to think and work along the same lines as men will dn more to popularize the suffragist cause than anything that has happened in the history of the movement. The women workers, so far from feeling that interest in their cause will subside, predict that there will be a suffrage plank in the platform of every party four years hence.

Women Divided To many people the proposition of votes for women sounds like the last word In progressivism, but how far be hind the times they must feel when they realize that already the suffragist cause has advanced far enough to admit of a split in their own ranks Into progressives and conservatives. There are a large body of suffragists who frown upon the Idea ot their sisters allying themselves with any political party whatever, on the ground that a non-partisan attitude will accomplish much more for the cause. These are the conservatives. The radicals or progressives are the, women who have gone right into the Republican, Democratic, or Rull Moose organizations and are fighting hard to elect their respective candidates to the Presidency, believing that each candidate, in his own way. will bring to a realization the good they are fighting for.

As a matter of fact, very little Is being said about votes for women by any of the women connected with the three parties. Laws to better the lot of women and children la what is being urged, and each organization is dolnif everything possible to prove that this result, will be brought ahout more rapidly by the election of Oov. Wilson, Mr. Taft, or Col. Roosevelt, as the case may belt was the managers of the Bull Moose Party, as has been said, that set the rapid pace for the women in this campaign.

The Democratic campaign managers quickly saw the drift of things and followed suit by organizing a woman's bureau and encouraging the women to get out and hustle for votes. The more conservative publican Party was Blower to see the vnlue of a spectacular fight by women vote DISCOVERS nest and of men, will gather to Its aupr, tha Intelligent, patriotlo womanhood of the United States, and wo welcome their interest and practical support." Miss Boswell also outlined tha methods of work which bar bureau has taken up already. Mlas Carpenter's Butt Moose Vtewf. Miss Carpenter, for thai Bull Moos Partyy toia frfr her methods of wortt. Wo call the attention of tho women the country to the Progressiva Party, pledged to tha work of the protection children, of overworked women, and of the home," she said.

"Wo wish to emphasise tha fact that the platform must appeal to women who, In any capacity are trying to better conditions of life, and wo offer to them tha medium of a great political party as a means of obtaining legislation, long needed and desired. Our party has already drawn into Its ranks as leaders men and women who represent to the publlo disinterested service, whereby we may know that the pledges they have laid down will be fulfilled. The Progressive Party, as a party, pledges Itself to these principles which only individuals in the other parties can do. "This Is a man and woman party. A woman, to belong to it, does not have to be a suffragette.

We are all fighting together, and think thia new Idea in politics will advance our country greatly." This is the way Miss Kellor slsea up the duties and responsibilities of women In this campaign: "I believe In the Progressive for its splendid tribute to women, the omlnently satisfactory way in which the men are working together with us, the utter disappearance of all sham and hypocrisy and sentiment in tho battle for the ideals In which we believe. There Is an accusation that Mr. Roosevelt is making a bid for the support of the women, and his only In terest Is to win. This is not true. The whole woman's programme as It Is being carried out was suggested to some of the leaders first, and then taken up with It was tho full educational plan that appealed to him.

He has been won to suffrage through his -deeper Interest In the perils of the worklngwoman and the dangers to children, which some of us have constantly brought to his attention these last two years, and which he dealt with as President. Neither did Mr. Roosevelt write tho platform, as has been said. That platform was written by groups of specialistsimmigration experts wrote one, suffrage experts wrote one, health authorities one, social workers the Industrial plank, lawyers the Judiciary planks, Ac This Is not the platform of one man or one party, but of hundreds of people giving of their best thought and experience. One of the real accomplishments Is the change of women's interest from the one Interest, the vote, to the triple Interest the vote, the home, and women and children.

The vote is only a tool the things to remedy aro Just as important, and the conditions should be known and the remedies understood. Already the narrow suffrage tines are breaking, women are becoming Progressives and Democrats and Republicans as fast as these two old parties can take them In. Why, the movement Is so popular, following the lead of tho Progressives, that there are Wilson organizations working for suffrage when Wilson Is not on record for it; Taft organizations of women are organising, Just to preserve the party from this now danger. The Socialists are lukewarm on suffrage In Wisconsin, afraid that the conservative and working women's Interests will sweep their programme. The Indiana suffrage organisation is reported from Chicago to Lave come over In a body tb the Progressives, and the National Suffrage Society is canceling the engagement of speakers, who have become Progressives, and is reprimanding tho officers who are out for the cause.

It ii no longef woman for the vote alone. It is women standing for the right. nd protection of working women' the preservation of children, help to the stranger aliens, insistence on health standards, and. above all, on freedom of thought and action, to do what they think ight, and act for the best good- ThO crusaders spirit fat abroad in women for womankind, and tho parties and their lnlflft JLT1 WUriimenta la ftfe Mrs. J.

Borden Harriman. Chairman of the Woman's Committee of tho Democratic Party Making a Speech at Union Square, New York. I rwie. Mrs J. Eustis.

Mrs. Thma Bn way the women's bureau of the Republican National Committee to better equipped to do campaign work than the other two organisations, because it bai bn organise for years, and It knows Just how to go about to of effort WhUe Mrs. Ham man and her workers have to organise parades and hold mass meetings to get to the people, and Miss Car-penter and Miss Kellor write voluminously and plead with the women to take an active partita their organisation. Miss Boswell Miss Frances are as well intrenched as the regular Republican machine of whleh their bureau Is an integral part, and tt Is no difficulty for them to reach Just the kind of women who can Influence votes, if they don't actually cast them. Miss Helen Varick Boswell, Chairman National While the leaders of the three women's organizations are working to dldates and are diverse methods to ac- complish this result, all admit that they wl)1 arrve at tb same end in the final anayg)s go far tt9 the advancement of the cause of womankind Is concerned This, as has already been said, is tho putting of new laws on the statute books that will benefit humanity in general and women and children In particular.

Miss Carpenter and Miss Kellor argue that this reBult as well as l. rf wnmAn will be accomplished qultiker through the alee tion of CoL Roosevelt Mrs. Harriman believes the election of Gov. Wilson to the Presidency will be one of the greatest forces for good this country has ever known and will advance the cause Of women more than anything else could possibly do, while Miss Boswell and Miss Frances argue just as ardently that the feminine millennium will be hastened more by the re-election of President Taft. And all assert that the cause of wo- manhood is bound to be materially ad vanced no matter who Is elected, sim ply- beeauee of the tremendous activity of tne women in mis lemimzea cam- paign.

Just what each woman hopes to see accomplished by the success in November of the party she represents Is summarised by each in her own way. Aa Mrs. Harriman Sees It. "About tri most remarkable thing of this whole remarkable campaign," said Mrs. Harriman to a reporter, "is the fact that for the first time In American history the active support and Influence of; women have been openly sought by all the e-reet Dolltical parties.

What greater proof of the" growing power of women 'In political affairs could be had, and tho women everywhere should not fall 'to understand and selte the opportu if, a men's bureau Is not to be an auxiliary I P. Gore, Mrs. Frank v. ii- ttlthiMrs. Oswald Villard.

1 Mu Allce Carpenter, a Member of tho ill Bu" Mooe National Comrhltteo. cation of how rapidly they do things in America, and with what little fuss. It also foreshadow the coming within a very short time ot the granting of equal franchise rights to women In America. At least the uuffraglsts look -upon it in that way and cheerfully maintain that they will obtain without trouble or martyrdom all the rights their London sisters have been battling tor so long. But whatever the ultimate result is to be, the remarkale thing about It Is the way in which the present residential campaign has suddenly become feminized.

Of course, many sacred traditions and precedents have been thrown ovef board this year by the bolting of Col. Roosevelt and his followers from the regular Republican organ- i Izstion and the formation of the Rull Moose Party. This alone is responsible In large measure for the sudden Interest taken by the campaign managers of the other parties in the affairs of women and the recognition of their ability as vote gatherers. The Bull MoOfcere set the pace when they declared for woman suffrage and welcomed women to their ranks, and as the race is merely a vote-getting one after all. the managers of the other two parties couldn't very well afford to lag behind.

After the campaign Is over and it Is BO longer necessary to struggle madly" for votes, the sudden and suspicious Interest taken by the wily campaign managers In the women may Just as suddenly subside, and the suffragists wMob-ka4t posslhlal for little children to bo deformed under labor which they have not strength to -Likewise conditions which permit children to bo sent to work before they have the opportunity to acquire a common school edusatlon are of supreme Interest to all women. Women should also Interest themselves tn all measures which hava to do with the provision of proper play places for children. Tha condition of the worklngwoman is also the immediate concern of all women, for worklngwo-men of the country are the mothers of the coming Nation, and unless they are protected, their health conserved. and the condition of their lives made endurable, we cannot look forward to strong and able race of men and women. "Women should add their Influence to those who are struggling to bring politics Into the open, to make politics the business of the whole people, for how else can the common Interest be promoted? Now these conditions, much to be desired, can be brought a', out or at least brought nearer to accomplishment, by a partnership, Irrespective of former party affiliations, of ali women in the United Btates Inter ested in the enforcement of measures for the benefit of children, women, and the home.

Woman's Department, Committee. Republican "We believe that much more will be accomplished by the election of Gov. Wilson to the Presidency than any other candidate, for Mr. Wilson doej not promise, he performs. His record in behalf of better laws for women and children since he has been Governor of New Jersey is but an indication of what he will do if his sphere of Influence is enlarged.

It was through him that the first law relating to women' wage earners ever eflacted in New Jersey was put on the statute books. I refer to the lart lim iting th employment of workingwomen to slfcty Jio'iri a week. What he has accomplished In behalf of women, children, the home, health, fills a large pamphlet which we issue as- campaign literature." Miss Boswell Is Optimistic. Miss Boswell, for the Taft bureau, argues that the Republican Party is responsible for the giving of the franchise to women in the voting States. "It Is the Republicans that have passed the best laws for women and children," she said enthusiastically.

We ask women to study the standards nf Hving In this country as illustrating the wisdom of tha principles and the constructive policies of the Republican Party, and to contrast them with tbe unwisdom and tho dangerous go-as-you-please, irresponsible suggestions of tho Democratic Party or the will-o'-the-wisp promises of the brand-new BuU Moos Party, and wo do not fear the final Judgment of the average woman when she accepts the fact of her wider sphere in politics, and Informs herself. "Women hava always been welcome in tho councils of the Republican Party. In every campaign since 1888 the Republican National Committee has maln- Ualned a department in charge of For the first time the Demo-tcratlc Committee is following this good 'and long-established example. From of of aiiaiT, DUl Will Mmo the men in every phase of part man- tne men in evt.j i Tho mnnnirers or tne jrner hiiMDn, hnvo not dared to uo 0 far. The destinies of the Bull Moose women's bureau are presided over by Miss Alice Carpenter, a wealthy club worker of Brookline, and Miss Frances I.

Kellor of Brooklyn, who has already done much good in the way of bettering the lot of women and children, and particularly unfortunate aliens. Mips Mo nrolor of Rrooklvn is alio doinr offor-tK-A work. Miss Drelcv was a delegate to the Bull Moose National Convention at Chicago, and Miss Kellor an alternate. Miss Carpenter has been made a member of the parti's National Committee. Across Madison Square in the Fifth Avenue Building, where the heudquar- WHAT MEN TALK ABOUT And Then Her Husband Suggests an Inquiry In the Opposite Direction.

Lyon Polk, irod They are ruiv vi-OV nlng their bureau In their own way from the rafn, iinuui nd all confidently expect to elect their a candidate. They are making a plea direct to the women of the country on the high cost of living and the tnriff. In the New York Times Building, on the seventh floor, is the women's department the Republican National Com- pi sided over Dy miss tieifn r.mco Boswell. an organizer or exep-and ability, and Miss Mary C. I Frances weli-known writer.

Mrs. John Frances Yawger. President of the New York State Republican Association, has charge of the work tn New York State, and Miss Elizabeth Toombs, as Chairman of the New York City Committee, devotes her attention to the local end of the work. Construction of Government build- Good night and good-bye 1H There," exclaimed the club woman, what do you think of that? Aren't you proud or your sex: talk devotea to women, aiiomcr mux sports, and more than a quarter of the remaining third to poker stories and styles. "Oood Lord!" said the club woman's husband.

"And I've heard you and a lot of other women sit here and gibble- gabble by the hour about wen, 1 11 blessed If I know what about! In September By ANDREW ENSMINOER. A STAINED little path through the dim-lit trees. Shadows of Death where Summer once trod; Tears In the rustle of fallen leaves; A grave-like odor of rain-drenched sod; Tmnmai weavlne- a Durole Dall A wind that a low, sweet requiem! chants; Goldenrod gilding an epitaph This Is the end of Bummer's romance. Nature is now in her saddest of moods; The gloom of September Is to the woods. A stained little path through Mem'ry's trees; Ghosts of Love's Summer tread mournfully by; A promise, a song, and a half-framed prayer; The splendor of beauty we sought could not die; Laughter and tears and ambitions that burned; Kingdoms that crumbled 'neath one scornful glance; Idols we shattered with wild, reckless band Bitter-sweet mem'rles of Touth's mancel Tha spelt of the woods makes Monad.

smarVt- ro old -fAH i I i OS 1 A WOMAN THE club woman came into the parlor carrying a roll of typewritten manuscript. My dear," she said, when a lot of you men get together what do you talk about The olub woman's husband laid down his paper reluctantly. Oh. I. don't know," he said, "one thing and another." The club woman laughed.

"I knew you'd say that." she said. I Just asked you make But I've forestalled yS, I know. I found out all about it beforehand." Booth The Captain By HORACE SEYMOUR KELLER. QN thrice ten thousand battlefields. And more, he waged insistent war.

fels was the spirit ne'er that yields, Nor leaves the bitter scar. The Principality of Peace His watchword and his constant call. did this Captain, unaurceaae, Win all his battles, all! And ev'ry conflict was his pride Of glory; and each sblslng gem A soul outshone the glare beside Bin's glit'ring diadem. Never he gave an inch to foe, Whose sordid bannerets he spurned. From the Sierra's caps of snow To where Sahara No mountain path toe high to climb, No valley way too deep to wend; Hi was the march' that marks no time Only to mend, to mend! To loose the galling link that clanks Upon, the fettered slaves of sin.

Unflinching toiled his soldiered ranks To take them in-all ml And to hiajwake no widow's tears May dim tha glory that he iound In waalng conflict, lot these years, For the poor slave sin-bound. fCo homeless children cry aloud Jb lamentation, and bewail The passing of this Captain's shroud; Peaea lights hla fun'raj traLb I have here a complete report of everything that was said on all those occasions. I also have a synopsis of it comr piled by myself. I will read you only the synopsis." club woman's husband leaned hack In is chair and groaned. Thank you," he said, weakly.

During those six club woman went on. "Mr. Pry heard fifty different men engage In conversation. There were three clergymen, two manufacturers, three teachers, two doctors, three lawyers, one lecturer, three editors, seven drummers, three building contractors, four actors, one wholesale Jeweler, one dry goods merchant, three reporters, two advertising solicitors, one butoher, two coal shovelers, three teamsters, one fish peddler, one street car conductor, a chauffeur, and three Jacks-of-all-trades. Mr.

Pry took down In shorthand 290,117 words spoken by those fifty men, whlon were apportioned as follows, according tn tonlo Women, in private life. M.31J Women, on xao i5 Aral it .1. 10.MI Baseball and other sports, lnclud. lng uiympio Poker stories 107,81 Panama Canal 4.IW51 Men a rasnions, Profanity, exolusiv 10.118 of darn ana devil Labor troubles NewspapeV "management and general literature General business 857 U0b 067 3.313 4.006 PHILOSOPHY Tha sins of omission are merely those we forget ta commit It is Just as wen to believe only half you hear, and then to forget most ot that Many a tellow atls to hit the, bull's aye in the big shoot because ha has. wasted all his aaimnfl)tipg jajmctha.

"I can't see." he replied stiffly, "what difference It makes to you what we talk about." "I want to know," said the club woman, because I am progressive and broad-minded. Besides I am to read a paper at the next meeting of the Women's Archangel Club. My theme la, Men, What Thy Talk We women have long held to the Opinion that masculine conversation has been greatly overrated. We desire to prove It. We consider it only Just that man be shown up in his true light.

I have been selected to to-" "To run him down?" suggested her husband. Well, yes, run him down, if you like to put it that way. I must confess, though, that Mr. Pry has done most of the actual running for me." Mr. Pry? "Yes; he's that young stenographer "Yes; he's that young stenographer.

In a good many respects Mr. Pry Hs aremarkable- man He has been able to attend inaumerable stag parties and dinners and retain his truthfulness and Innocence through It alL When I told him what I wanted to do be voluntarily enlisted In my service. Accordingly he began to hang around clubrooms and hotel lobbies, where men congregate, and he has produced a verbatim report of the conversations heard there. While working on this Investigation Mr. Pry attend ed sis meetings, which are representative of the common un ot masculine confabs.

DYSPEPTIC WHY Is It that a fallow generally admires clever girl, even if she is plain, and than marries a silly one if she is pretty! "'t The fellow who asks for a girl's hand is very often surprised to find himself under her thumb. In politics it's tl stump that counts. sot tho family tree, nity. "There are many crying heed. for 'Jl i.