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MARYLAND SUFFRAGE NEWS
MARYLAND SUFFRAGE NEWS
SUPPLEMENT TO THE WOMAN'S JOURNAL.
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BALTIMORE, NOVEMBER 23, 1912
THANKSGIVING PAY
in h Jtj ¦ ^ut our country has ilu-n^ ¦ < ¦ tv- aaihd ¦
(rn lit* pUivrinijThose who arc working itTr u- uteti - free-
dom a? - ¦ rttl 'iiw atari added in ilu -tifVr.t^*- h inner
lour new stars whose light shines out all around the world i i nive new
hope :md courage to those who arc oppressed and heavy burdened,
Before our victories let us how our head* in -oleum thanksgiving,
.aid while we thank < iod for the victories that are ours, let its ffivt thank-*
amain that there is a victory to he won here in Maryland, in who-e ac-
dinpli-bment we all can share.
( 0NS0LATI0N FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD
\\ i consider it a plea>ure to be able to revert to the difficulties of
the Baltimore School Board* and the more so because it is possible for
Us to tend the honorahle nieinhers of that body a sympathetic hand.
Some weeks ago we were ahle to extend sympathy concerning tlie fem-
inizing Influence of our schools in connection with the remarks of tile
ladical ."wor/M/vr on "what the men wore" at the Cnchran-Kayner
debate.
11 appears now. however, thai the Ualtiinore boys are not alone in
-uttering the baneful inilueuce of a preponderance of women among
their teachers. The odious work has been accomplished, ami the results
have spread far and wide over the world. To he sure, the present
School Hoard may yet do great things for Italtiniorr. I'v keeping down
the women whom it cannot keep out of teaching positions Itattimorc
tads, of the present generation at least, may rise up to citizenship in
true masculine vigor and he a joy not only to the members of the pres-
ent Hoard, hut to all who share their view-, and aspirations for the
Kchool system of our city.
The cattse for congratulation, or at least lor making our feminized
load of school boys seem less heavy to bear. is the fact that a society
has been formed in Germany to reform men'-, clothing. It- purpose
i- to attahl a more comfortable and esthetic garb. This movement i-
the more remarkable for taking its origin in ym-
pathy from those in high poHtaCul |Misitions; and subsequent events have
-instantiated the correctness of our suspicion.
We revert to tin- subject not with the idea of antagonizing Miss
Ilanaw—we know she is too sensible a woman to lie affected—but to
emphasise the part played in the pa-sage or failure of city ordinances
by political inlhienee. If the mothers of Uahiniore voted we could assure
Miss Ilanaw of the prompt establishment of municipal dance hall-. As
conditions -land the opposition to their establishment i- strong and
united, and the electoral support is weak and disunited.
It women voted the City Councilmen might count on their support
for re-election. A- it is, they must count on the support of many men
whose business is connected, directh or indirectly, with the present sort
of dance halls. The kind words of the Mayor and others avails little
under the circumstances.
the! iJetter
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CHINA AND WOMAN SUFFRAGE
An impre--ion ha- gone forth that the women of China have obtained
mil -uffrage. This impression was created b\ the action nf the pro-
visional assembly that pas-ed a resolution to that effect after a violent
demonstration had been made by the Chinese women, who made it clear
that they must be considered in the making of a constitution. Since this
assembly had only an advi-ory function the question of woman's vote
had to be finally decided by the National Assembly, which met last June,
and to which the que-tion of woman suffrage was forwarded from the
provisional assembly with a favorable re|>orl. which was further -np-
ported by a petition to the same effect.
The National Assembly, which met in I'ektng, passed a suffrage act
in July, which seem- to have left the women of China out of considera-
tion, a- no provision has been made in it for voting by women. TIuh,
for the present, the cause of suffrage has received a setback in this, the
newest republic; but if we do not mistake the temper of the reform ele-
ment in the Flowery Kingdom, the reform is hut postponed for the time
being. Without doubt, since the Chinc-e look to thi* country as their
model, the recent adoption of woman suffrage by one-fourth of the States
of the nation will have a tremendous inilueuce on those who are at the
head ol affairs in China.
Meanwhile, it would he a sad rellcction on our ideas of progress to
iw a country like China to confer the right of suffrage iq>ou its women
before we do, O. K. J.
WOMEN AND SHORT MEASURE
Now comes the Chief lns|>eetor of Weights and Measure- of Italti-
"ore telling how voteless women can help him in his work.
- - ,,. ilrk'f Aftptctoi sT| ii ssMJj ..itt: tWv aWf&tMite-at ttw ra)jefW .*f
the taxpayers of the city Tin- indicates that short weight am! dishonest
business dealing- are a very present problem in citj life.
Jt is of course the women who are directly cheated, because they are
the purchasers. They ought indeed to he alive to the use of short weights
and measures, ami Chief Inspector Dotioglnic is to be commended for the
suggestion contained in his letter to Comptroller Thrift.
Women can do a great deal without the vote in the protection of them-
selves and their families; they could do a great deal more fvitk the VQtC.
If the regulations covering transactions between home consumption and
trades-people are in the hands of government, it follows naturally that
the women who direct our homes should have a voice in the government.
Men are increa.-ingly ready to admit that their chivalry cannot cover
all sins against women. They are finding that the complexities of modern
life keep them busy in their own line of work, and that however good
their intentions they can no longer really protect women. Women must
look out for themselves.
The chief inspector has advanced one of our strongest argument- for
suffrage. We are not seeking to acquire niasculiiie attributes; we arc
seeking the protection of the home. Covernineut as at present constituted
is incompetent on this point. Voteless women can help, hut enfranchised
women can assure a correct relationship between political government
anil the home.
FAINT SIGNS OF LIFE.
We feared that the as>ociation opposed to the further extension of
uffrage to women was fatally asphyxiated by the accident which oc-
curred on November 5. This would have been a sad blow to the suffrage
propaganda, because these good ladies do much for the cause. It is a
relief, therefore, to he informed by current press notices that faint signs
of life have shown themselves in the twitching of jeweled ringers and
the corrugation of exceeding high brows. We presume that everything
was done which money could accomplish, and we are hopeful of an un-
eventful recovery.
At a meeting held in -New York it was promised to have every woman
take a pledge that not once in the coming year would she say: "< Hi, it's
bound to come!" Whether the time limit thus set was due to the con-
ventions in such matters or to the conviction that suffrage would then be
upon them, is not stated. In any case, the proposer of the pledge unwit-
thigly revealed a terrible lack of loyalty in the ranks. The leaders must
tremble with rage to think any follower would Ik- so disloyal as to sa\ :
"(>h, it's bound to come!"
The condition- suggest that the intellectual commissary of that brave
band of opponents to justice and progress is running low. It was bad
enough to have the ration cut by Washington and California, but now
Arizona. Kansas, Michigan ami < >regon have not only cut off the supply
of food, but seised the sources of water as well. It is a sad state, and
we fear many will desert. The only bopsj for the army is that it may
light its way to a closer union with the liquor reserves, which did such
valiant service in < Hiio and Wiscoii-in.
Addr«M all communication! for tba Lattor-
Box to Mrs. Charlea J. Keller, ZtS Watt
Monument street.
Correspondents to the M.\i:\i..wr>
Si SSBSSa \i:\vs are reime«U-d to use
one side of paper >niy, tn Icavo
•-li.-i.i- for hcadloR, writ.' legibly, and
have letter In Mich oauattJoa that it
con he fornurdud JtuuiodtaU'ly to tlie
|ii*»lsf lis
"What's Sauce for the Goose (a Sauce
for the Gander."
Pi'ar Jiiiitors:
Recently 1 was a-ked why women
wanted suffrage, why they should
wish to get out into the world of
men as long as they could not solve
their servant problem. 1 replied:
"Men wish to vote, and men have
not sol veil their servant question,
Their servants resort to strike-,
often causing loss of life, and cer-
tainly causing great suffering, Let
men first agree to forego the right
of the franchise until they solve
their servant question before asking
women to do so."
Very truly yours.
BttTA Kknnkhy.
Towson. Md.
Suffragists Would Do Well to Read
This Work and Talk It Up to Others.
Thereby Giving Mr. Mervfn a Prac-
tical Vote of Thanks for Putting
Such Matters so Vividly Before the
Public.
t IIKSIXIT Mil.I..
TirOrrm. V:. ..id. t atOfT>*inc, AW
To the liilitars;
It seems to me that all who are
interested in the cause ought to read
"The Citadel." a vital, up-to-the-
moinenl hook, and one that deserves
a place in suffrage literature. My
attention was tirst called to it by
Mrs. Helen K. .Martin, author of
"Tillie and Other Stories of the
I'ennsylvania Dutch." She was SO
enthusiastic I asked her to write a
paragraph that might Ik- submitted
to you for the Su-tk.\i;k Nkws. and
her reply in part is as follows :
"I am loo busy with the new-
novel, hut you may quote me if you
like, and also quote Mr. Mervin s
letter to me. I keep it by me to
prove to adverse critics that lie kiwu-
of the conditions he deserilicd. I
am sure he will not mind, as he
wants hi- hook to sell, of course."
I am giving you the entire letter
because it is all so interesting and
may do something for the book.
Scituate, Mass.. Sept. X. !<>I2.
Pt'tir Mrs. Martin:
Your letter in which you say such
wonderfully nice things about "The
Citadel" has just Ikvu read. I can't
answer it—not that sort of com-
ment—it's so enthusiastic and
whole-hearted that it leaves one just
alitnu speechless.
It's a queer BOOst After nearly
ten years of observation, as a jour-
nalist and editor in Washington and
elsewhere, I got mad and decided
to let it all out on as many of the
public as might care to read alxuit it
—to blow off steam with all my
might. So I let the Imok take it-
own form—just wrote as fast as I
could. It seemed so much more ini-
rxirtant to give the thing briskness
and force and directness than the
"artistic" finish we are supjHised to
work for—and the reward is so as-
tonishing! It h&an't sold any yet—
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