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MARYLAND SUFFRAGE NEWS
BALTIMORE COUNTY WORK
Propaganda Maatlnga Puth Work
Forward.
Mis> I.. C. Trax, wlio is in charge
of the work in lialtiniore county,
rc|mrts the following meetings to Ik*
held in the county in the near fu-
ture :
On November 2$ an OpM meet-
ing will he held in St. James' l*arish
House. Manor, at f^p IV M. Mr.
I'rank I". Kamcv and Miss Louise
l-'razee will he the -.|>eakers.
Dr. Lilian Welsh and Mr. J. 1 >g-
deii will address a meeting ai
I.uttuTville Qfl November jfi at H
I'. M. The meeting will he held in
the fire-engine hou>e.
A meeting will he held at ~.,V>
o'clock 011 NovemUr _>cr-
man." which is considered bis finest
play, will be presented in lialtiniore
by Mr. Robert Loraine at the New
Academy of Music next week. In
thi- comedy the brilliant epigram-
matist sjR-aks many of his suffrage
conviction- through the characters
of In- play and clearly indicates bis
impressiuii of woman being the
stronger of the sexes.
In hi- "Plays I'leasanl and C11-
plea^ant" and "Three I Mays for
I'liHtans" are many convincing
lines. One of hi- characters sa\>:
"She W9M a bom wife ami mother—
that's why the children all ran away
from home." And again, "The
woman who devotes herself exclu-
sively to her husband and children
may Ik- all very well in a book (if
you like that kind of a l>ook). but
in real life she i- a nuisance."
Ilernard Shaw ha- made many
speeches in Kuglaud in -trong sup-
jiort of hi attitude towards women
and their proper place and recogni-
tion.
IMMIGRATION
It is interesting to note the enrrent of immigration a- it Mows in and
out of the country.
The year l«x>7 was the banner year for immigrants, as in that year
1,285.340, foreign people sought our shores. The num1>cr dropped 40 per
cent, during the next two years, but rose to 1.041.570 in the year luto,
when there was again a marked decrease which has not l>cen checked, as
the records show that but 83H.172 immigrants arrived in the year ending
June. 1012. The causes leading to this falling off are hard to state, as
tile country has been pros|)erous of late. During the past year ^33,202
|H.*rsons departed from thi- country, and this constitutes a considerable
offset to the number coming in.
l'*orty nations are represented among the immigrants, most ol them
coming from Italy (nearly one-fourth). Hungary. Norway and Sweden.
i'olaml, (iermany. Kussia and < ireat Britain. It is surprising to find that
over fieOQ black Africans came over; and in view of the Kalkan war
now going on it is interesting to note that there were more than 10,000
of those (H'oples among the nation's new citizens. Immigration from
Japan, which fell off 80 per cent, in 100K. is now on the increase, over
fiooo of the-e having arrived. There were also Ko,5o8
t hinese.
It is of moment to ascertain the destination of this great tide of immi-
gration. Kei»orts -how that the most of them went to States in the fol-
lowing order: New York 1 one-fourth >, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts,
Illinois. New Jersey. Ohio, Michigan. California and Texas, with a less
number going to every other State. South Carolina receiving the smallest
number. 2J},, and the Philippine Islands only i.V
Doubtless, most of these people come to this country with the full
intention of lieeoming citizens. Some of them, it is true, are undesirable,
and bring with them customs and tastes that interfere with the steady
progres- of mir form of civilization: but for the most part those who
come to us are needed to carry on the work of the nation, and add a very
importanl clement to our citizenship.
If lhe_\ an1 to become a valuable asset, however, their present tendency
to crowd into the slums of our great cities must be checked, ami they
must Ik- taught the basic principles of this (iovernnienl. This is a task
for both the Federal t iovernnient and of associations of citizens, acting
under the impulse "f the im>-t modern ideal- of social service. O. K. J.
You are invited
to meet
Mr. Robert Loraine
Tuesday Afternoon, November
26th. 4 to 5.30 P. M.,
At Headquarters, 817 North
Charlet St.
Mr. Loraine will appear in Ber-
nard's Shaw's "Man and Super-
man", New Academy of Music,
week of November 25th. Suffrage
Night WEDNESDAY. Novem-
ber 27th.
THE BRYN MAYVR FIGURES
\r *m. the well-oil" 72, the very well-off 05.
the rich 53. and the very rich $$¦
How Many In Your County?
The following list gives the number of
subscribers to the Suffrage news in each
Maryland County. The League in the county
heading the list on January 1, 1913, will win
$25.00.
Alleghany...........17
Talbot .............17
Caroline............13
Baltimore...........12
Anne Arundel.......12
Howard.............11
Harford.............10
Montgomery........10
Prince George.......10
Carroll.............. 8
Frederick............ 8
Somerset............ 7
Cecil............... 6
Kent................ 6
Queen Anne's.......5
Washington......... 5
Garrett.............. 4
Dorchester.......... 3
Charles............. 2
St, Mary's........... 2
Calvert.............. 1
Wicomico........... 1
Worcester........... 1
MEN'S I.KAIU K
Meeting m Frederick a Great Success.
An enthusiastic meeting was held
on Tuesday, November II, in the
auditorium of the Women's Col-
lege, l-'rcdcrick, Md.. at eight
o'clock. Uev. J. Judsun Kinger.
pastor <»i' the Methodist Chinch
South, presided, and Kev, Dr.
Dixon. jKistor of the Presbyterian
Church, and Uev. J. (.. Mythen
were the sjieakers. A large audi-
ence tilled the hall and listened at-
tentively to the arguments.
A scholarly address was given hy
Dr. Dixon on the pusttfat) of women
in the Divine Revelation, Dr. Dixon
pointed out emphatically that
woman was always accorded equal
rights with man in the ( He) Testa-
ment, and that women obtained the
highest offices, political ami ecclesi-
astical, one woman. Dehorah. hav-
ing heen a judge in Israel, and an-
other woman, Miriam, exercised
the prophetic office. This office, as
Dr. Dixon explained, was not that
of a peeress to foretell future events,
hut wa> similar in function to the
office of preaching in the church to-
day, iiasing his appeal ii|khi the
positiuu i»f women in the kingdom
of < iod. Dr. Dixon urged his hear-
ers to strive that women might Ik'
accorded the same justice in the
kingdom of men.
Rev, J. oiut out to
WQRMH that it is their duty to de-
mand the suffrage, ami not simply
a privilege that they should ptti&Son
lor: that the State needs their moral
•*upi>ort in the regeneration of its
|>olitics more now than ever lie fore
since we have lieen confronted with
the sail s|K-ctacle of the dehauch of
the franchise when it belongs to
men, who. as a class, have allowed
themselves 1m he stigmatized with
the lesser of the two mora' -tand-
anN.
After the regular Opetl nuuing ;t
meeting of the J. < i. I., of lnderick
county w;i> held, winch wa- largely
attended. Miss llertha Trail, in an
enlhusiastie address, said that she
felt that she could >peak tot all and
say that the night marked an epoch
in the league's work, and that she
felt that added efforts would now he
manifested from ihe encouragement
given the cause by the -pleiidid
meeting.
Another result of the meeting in
the Women's College was tin
resuscitation of the branch of th»-
State Kqual Fntttchiw League w
the Women's College. Mis* Anna
May Leer was elected pre-idetit of
the College League, and the mem-
bers have pledged themselves to
work fur Miti'rage and to help the
Lrederiek league in its endeavor*.
POLITICAL EQUALITY LEAGUE
Seriet of Parlor Meetings Planned for
Baltimore County.
The political Kmiality League of
Baltimore county held a meeting
Monday. November iS, at J P, M.
at the headquarters oj the lupial
Su (Trage I .eague. c< »rner I "baric*
and Read streets. It was decided
to begin the winter's work by a
series of informal jwrlor meeting- in
Roland I'ark and vicinity.
C. S. P.WSKMKK.
Secretan.
0«^>O^>0l>Oo«000I>00
THE SEAL OF JUSTICE
VOTES FOR WOMEN
SUFFRAGE RALLY, DEC. 10th, 8 P. M.
MAX EASTMAN. Sp«k«r
Ticket, on Sale NOW at Headquarter!, 817 N. Charles St., 25c. each
Pl»CE Or MEETING TO BE ANNOUNCED NEXT WEEK
L'se the Surfraue Christmas
seal and post-cards in your
correspondence and on
Christmas packages.
PRICES
J Seals, I cent each
' Post-Cards, 3 (or 5 cts.
On Sale NOW
Just Government League
817 N. Charles Street
BALTIMORE, MD.
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