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I v- -1 T.i --y "i N' THE WASHINGTON BERAU), sgKQAY. JULYl 4, 1915. SOUTH CORDIAL 10 SUFFRAGISTS Woman Who Made Speeches Says She Found No Opposition. CROWDS OF MEN LISTENED Mss Elsie Hill Handed Glass of Lem onade by Male Auditor in Charleston. he much vaunted of bouthcrn men to an amendment to the Lntted States Constitution for woman sunrage.

-eems. to those workers who have recently been speakinc on the dmcnrtment In the South, to 1k a chimer ical imagining of too fertile and also an inention of certain Southern politicians in the I'nitcd States f-avs Kmil IC. Perrj, of the Congrc-s. fional Lmon for Woman Suffrage ill's Llsie Hill, daughter of Itepre- -eniaiue fcbenczer Hill, herself from Connecticut, a fen- weeks ago ventured into the er) midst of the opposition camp to all things namely. Charleston, to find objections vanishing into thin air at the first sound of a woman's oice heard on the street corner in seriate and decorous Charleston Miss Hill walked down the street alone, the first da in Charleston, with a soap box led sentlv- bv the hand, to the most public corner of the business section, and there she stopped, deposited the hot.

amid the wondering of the crown and mounting it, began to talk. If an avalanche had dropped into the midst of the quiet unoffending citv, it cojld not hae attracted more attention Men crowded around Hiss Hill, admiring and interested Thev were too astounded to offer anv objections to her aiguments. that first dav, perhaps, een had thev felt anv. A voung man in the croud, first appearance of Mi-s mu on dav. was seen tn leave the crowd hastily mui supposed he was one of the fan-famed J-outhein antis and forgot all about him, Sudrtenlv, from a near-by drug store, tlie voung knight reappeared and proceeded straight for the soap box sain.

bearing in his hands a glass of teitzer lemonade He made his wax tnrough the crowd, anil presenting his on this warm eftenns; to Miss Hill said, simply. In that gallant Southern manner, with no touch of facetiousness, 'here. ma'm. jou must feel very faint. This will cool Jou off a The lady on the soap box felt surprised and not a little touched by the thoushtfulness.

She took the lemonade and thanked the gentleman. Ilrard Objection. I 'Mllf-in tha mom. Jet. tfl Ulll iiiaiij wi aau Idiessed Charleston audiences, not once am sue near an oojection raised to me method of obtaining the franchise through the Federal government.

To thee Southern men of on? of the oldest and most Important of the pioneer States in the Union, the government seemed the natural thing to go to. There was there no question whatever of the Infringement of States rights we hear so much about from anti-suffrage Congressmen, and some of the more conservative suffragists themselves. These Southern men could differentiate between infringement of a right, and the direct application of that same Inalienable and cnl orot.n rlnht rt ilia Clal.a tn naaa I ife.lt. lilt uia.CA fao upon all important questions, and to have a voice in the amending of the Constitution which is as much the property of men from South Carolina as It of those from Connecticut. Massachusetts, or New Tork.

night, when I was speaking at Fifth and Broad streets. RlchmonJ. Va a young man who had offered on previous occasions to speak for us. came, forward and addressed the "row.l from our automobile. He made an excellent speech, and told of the moral superiority of women over men.

He stated he had recently attained his majority, in that he and several of his associates in upon graduating had pledged to form a league to help the women attain the franchise, and one of the most practical wavs of helping seemed to them to be to help save the women's voii-cs from the strain of street speaking. Hs did his part gallantly, and offered Ilia services royally, to speak whenever nd wherever he was needed Well Received In Irsinln. "No word of opposition did we hem tn Virginia. The men and women who came to the cornels to hear us wer invariably attentive and interested On the stieet in Washington, the other evening, the women who were holding street meeting had an interesting experience with some Southern men who were either living in. or visiting, Washington, who passed the corner where they were speaking Mrs Gllson Gardner was sneaking.

Mis. M. E. Brooke, another well-known and popular Washington woman, was 'scouting' the crowds passing to get an audience, during the first sentences of the speech A gentleman was seen passing and Mrs Brooke Invited him to stop and listen. The gentleman did not hear" what she said and stopped and asked in a courteous Southern voice.

'What can 1 do for you, Mrs. Brook explained gently. 'I want you to stop and listen to what this lady has to Off came the gentleman's hat when he was first accosted, and now with It in' his hand he said. 'Why. certainly, ma'm, with pleasure," and he stopped and listened most attentively to the speaches that followed, and afterward came up and gave Mrs.

Brooke his card and asked her to let him know any time there was anything he could do to help the women In their work for en franchisement. "Opposition is not on the streets of the South, nor from Southern men In this, the Capital of the Nation. Politician will have to look within their own ranks for that." WOMEN'S VOTING Woman's Benefit Association of the Maccabees. P.EVIEW8 July 5 Pjthijn Temple. Independence, e.

regular meeting Jiiljr Temple, Victory. No. U. regular meeting. July Tetnnle.

Twelfth and H- ttreetl. Lnion, No. tegular meeting. Brightwood Review. No.

5, initiated three members. Mrs. A M. Welch presiding, last Mondav. The mother of Mrs.

rhoebe Perry, commander of Brightwood Review, is very 111. Victory Review, No. li gave a fun and frolic party last Tuesday. Mrs. Mabel T.

I.a Rue gave an Interesting and Instructive talk on the formation of the society, its accomplishments, and Its hopes for the future. A program of vocal and instrumental music was effectively rendered. There were a number of Knights of the Maccabees pies-ent: a very expeit gypsy fortune teller predicted coming events, and a "grab bag" afforded much amusement. A handsome hand-palntcd cake plate was won J. J.

Quigley, of New York, and i bon bon dish by J. Holland, of this city A meeting of the Officers Club was held Wednesday evening, with Mrs Mabel T. Iai Rue, deputy supreme com. manrier, in her apartment at Fontanet Court. Considerable routine business was disposed of, and Mrs.

I.a Rue gave detailed explanation of the changes that have been made in the laws of the organization. After the close of the meet-ing refreshments were served. AIDS NO LAWS Mrs. Guilford Points Out How Pennsylvania Leads Many Suffrage Stales. CAN CUT COST OF LIVING Her Piea Is that Women Attend to Their Home Duties and Let Politics Alone.

Ht sir, nimkox h. guii-ford. Member El.cjtife Board, FaemaylranU Astenatfon Oliotcd to Woman Suffrage. Much is made of the ballot for women as a means to an end; the end announced Delng the general betterment of conditions. Many persons believe women's votes would remedy all the evils In civic life without realizing that tlvle life is a compound product.

In which women's Influence Is at least as great as man's, when exercised along the lines of specialization that make for efficient achievement of anything. The recitation of laws that exist or do nni eirfsf In atiH le-fllffrJItTfi States has become exhausted as an argu ment. The suffragists themselves asked their iibllonal president not to individual Randall Leonard, of Batli, Me. is the owner of an old razor taken from the pack of a French soldier by an English soldier named Prescott on the field of the battle of Waterloo It was presented to Thomas Leonard by Mr Prescott in IStO. and was used by him until his death The razor is much like a modern cne.

only heavier answer the antis when they argue along these lines for the vciy obvious that the male-suffrage States lead in remedial and protective legislation and the subject Is rather tiresome to the aver age reader. ho IT rase- State. Brhlltd With Pennsylvania leading In mothers' pensions, protection to married women, and child labor laws, and Judge Llndaey declaring that in spte of suffrage. Colo rado is twenty years behind Massachu setts In many reforms; anJ Wyoming and Idiho. with fortv-rive and nineteen years of suffrage, only recently enacting legislation passed In Pennsylvania sixty-five years ago to protect women the law comparison tables have become altogether one-sided.

But Uw Is only a minor part of civilization, though few seem able to realize this fact. It Is the screaming insistence on votes and politics as necessary for the ac complishment of things that women have done for generations in a quieter and more effective way. that disgusts the average woman with the "cause" of woman puff rage. To-the woman who thinks, who knows Unit within the power of women today rests the) destiny of our nation commercially, economically and morally, the proposition that she should forsake her own duties, or attempt to solve her Individual problems in collective political action. Is absurd.

The former Director of the Census says that the high cost of living Is strictly up to the women or America; Ida M. Tarbell, our greatest 'woman Journalist, says that American manufacturers would and could produce as artistic and well-made clothing. style, and materials ai European If women would patronize heme industries. Fortunes of millions "made In America" have been wasted on undemocratic wom en who traded them to foreigners for titles and the right to call their daughters "ladles." Plain, Common sense deeded. The great "servant girl problem." Involving the economic and social status of 13 per cent of all the women who labor.

Is altogether In the hands of women, and haa never been met to the satisfaction of either mistress or maid. The question "better babies" has lately been shown to rest more on motherhood and nat ural nourishment than on dairy inspec tlon, as the, bottle-fed Infant, no matter how much pasteurization is given to his food, dies seven times as frequently as the child raised as nature Intended. At the child federation exhibit. It is shown that cleanliness and common sense in the home and not community "housekeeping" In the butcher shop. grocery store and town council deter mine the health and happiness of a fam ily.

achlev no more for the nation than the individual mother Mn tnr her AU'ti famllt fuat are mn m.mii v. ll.blt iu CI KI1PLII IIIC who compose it ana every- NIGERIA BRITISH DEFEAT GERMANS Outnumbered, 5 to 1 Plucky English Successfully Defend Ibi. TEUTONS USE MAXIM thing that detracts from the efficiency of the individual mother In "her own home will set back the progress of the race Just as the weight of additional accoutrements that burden the Individual soldier are bound to reflect on the efficiency of the army as a whole. On the Fourth of July, parents will have an opportunity to exercise control over their ami children's playing with fireworks that they cannot expect the corner policeman to undertake for them. The doctrine of Individual responsibility and duty, instead of that of State care and laws-for-everythlng and mothers minding every family but their ovn, needs exponents.

Let us Improve the individual home "the Isolated household" suffragists call it and keep the mother in It and State and nation will take caie of themselves and women's interests. Mr. Bryan gave up being Secretary of State to become becretary of Statements. New York Morning Telegraph. Lucky Shot Silences Rapid-fire Gun.

Native Corporal Want to Make Single-handed Charge. London. July 3. A skilful and plucky-defense on the part of a small British post in Nigeria, which, outnumbered by five to one. defeated a German force and afterward effected an orderly In drenching rain and often shoulder deep in water, has Just come to light.

I lie object of the enemy was to cut off the liver route of the Bnti'h, to capture the important town of Ibi. on the Ueuua, with its large quantities of stores, and also to destroy the telegraph Junction at that place for the purpose of Isolating the British columns operating against the Germans to the north of the Cameroons. MaJ Churcher. who wai in charge at Ibi. was especially detailed to watch the German frontier and obtain news of the enemy's movementf.

The Germans pread the report that they had abandoned their post at Kentu. with its hill fort near the boundary, and that tncy weie retreating, but MaJ. Church- At the regular monthly meeting of the kT'i 'T'1 -e" lorK Slate Woman's Club the fol- Information of their doings, heard that lnuinir nffir. on the contraiy. a strong force of the ns Jear President Mrs enemy was icady to cross the frontier, chase, vice president.

Miss Marv pass 9CO yards distant, the British epea. ed (Ire and Inflicted great damage oa the enemy, who were in close formation. A Maxim was brought into action by the Germans, but a well-placed shot killed the officer working It. A very hot engagement ensued, and firing wae continuous for six hours, the hands of officers and men being burnt by the overheated rifles. The enemy made a series of rushes, but never got nearer to the blockhouses than yards, and at sunset retiuated.

They threw away their Max. uuv icii oenina a strong rearguard. The British force, for the first time under rifle fire, was wonderfully steady, land one native corporal expressed his I anxiety to charge the Germans by him-, self. The cnemv- suffered heavitv In killed and wounded, but not one of the defending forces was hit. At sunset drenching rain to fall, but as It was feared that the enemy would be re-enforced, the British officers ordered a retirement on the river in order to defend Ibi.

This was accomplished in the darkness, the British, who had been without food for twenty-six hours and with no water for eighteen hours, marching in single file through swamps and rivers, often immersed to their necks, until six hours later they reached the river. Here a position was entrenched, and arrangements were made to destroy the bridge after the British had crossed. From this point orders were sent for the British to be re-enforced from Tola, and the new troops arrived four days later. Contrary to expectation, however, the Germans did not pursue the retiring forces, and it was learned afterward that the German officers had repeatedly attempted to take Takum. but that their native troops refused again to face the "Jujar" at that place, which they had found already too formidable for them.

N. Y. State Woman's Club Holds Election. A dav or two previously Lieut. Waters had arrived at Takum with a force of fifty Nigerian police, and the garrison at once stood to arms, six of the eight blockhouses which had been hurriedly erected around the place being manned.

The time was an anxious one, as there was no maxim at Takum. and none of the police had experienced rifle fire, but for the sake of reassuring the natives the two white officers had to pretend that the position was really-safe. British Open Fire. When the Germans were seen approaching In stiong force through a recording secretary. Miss Stella Wilson; corresponding secretary.

Miss Marguerite Sammons. treasurer. Miss Mabel Doris The meeting was held at the home of Miss Blanche L. Langford. 271S Thirteenth street The next meeting will held In September with Miss Ella Purdy.

A vote of thanks was tendered the re iring president. Miss Emilv Morrison- Communications from assent members were read, and le'ters f. -m Miss I.ith Kelsey and Mica unmons wer; enjoyed. The writers were on the wav to Pan Francisco. A sicial bout was OHoued by refieshments.

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