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Maryland State Archives Maryland Suffrage News Collection MSA SC 3286 msa_sc3286_scm7805-0042 Enlarge and print image (1M) |
| December 26, 1914.] MARYLAND SUFFRAGE NEWS 307 THE EQUAL SUFFRAGE LEAGUE OF MARYLAND ThU column la cuntrlhutrd hj the Pr*M COMMltlff of til* Kiiunl SnflntKr I.«-mku<- »» Baltimore. All i'ouniiuiilri»tlon» «h»uld be oral to the I.eHMUe brudtjiiarterM, luT Brow* Areade. The work of the Equal Suffrage League has been progressing greatly since the last issue in this column. Many letters have been received from prominent people regarding the proposed debate between the suffragists and the amis on January 30th. While no very definite arrangements have been made regarding the champions for suffrage, several notable women have signified their readiness to come on that occasion. A visit was paid by Dr. Raiguel to the Equal Suffrage League head- quarters regarding further details of the debate. He reports growing interest in the debate all over the city. The class for public speaking, which is to be held by the three leagues jointly under the direction of Prof. Dale H. Carnagey, is progressing well. Among those who will join from the Equal Suffrage League are: Mrs. Charles Heath, Miss Emma Weber, Miss C. Bansemer, Mrs. Bohannon, Mrs. S. J. I'm, Mrs. J. W. Lord, Miss Mary Claire O'Brien. The class is still open to others who wish to join. The first lesson will be held on Wednesday, January 13, at 2.30 o'clock, but the place has not been definitely decided. Christmas Sale Please* Evan the Antis. Suffragists are much pleased with the progress of the Christmas sale which was held at 328 North Charles street during the past two weeks. Many people came to buy, even antis, and many flattering comments were made. The suffrage arguments in the windows attracted much attention, and in every sense this, our latest venture, has been "worth while." One prominent anti paid us the compliment of saying they (the antis) looked to us for wonderful things. We hope not to disappoint them. LEAGUE TO SEND DELEGATION TO WASHINGTON Prominent Baltimore Suffragists Will Be Present Whan Vote It Taken on Briitow-Mondell Amendment. Word has come from the National Congressional Committee notifying us that on Saturday, December 12, the Rules Committee of the House of Representatives voted a special rule to bring before the 1 louse for consid- eration, with six hours of debate, the Mondell resolution, which proposes a federal constitutional amendment providing that the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged on account of sex. The amendment will come before the House for consideration on Tuesday, December 29. As the special rule will undoubtedly be adopted this action of the Rules Committee assures us of a vote on the Mondell amendment itself, which, as you know, is the old Susan B. Anthony amendment never before advanced to a vote. This means the greatest possible test of strength of the suffrage cause and calls for the immediate activity on the part of every suffragist in the country. Letters from the Equal Suffrage League have been sent to all the representatives and senators from Maryland urging their favorable vote on the question and desiring them to work up the measure among the other members. A large delegation of members from the league will go to Washington on December 29 to hear the debate. . INDIVIDUAL SUFFRAGE WORK Decision a* to the Contests Next Year in Four Statu. In the campaign next year for votes for women in the States of Penn- sylvania, New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts the work will be carried on along individual lines, except for an interchange of speakers. This decision was reached at a conference on Friday at New York of suffrage workers from the four states. The delegates said they felt sure that the question of suffrage will be submitted to the people next year in each of the four campaign states.—Extract from the Springfield Republi- can, December 17, 1914. THE REASON WHY "Diogenes never looked for an honest women."—(Columbian Jester.) Diogenes never set out on an easy task. WOMEN AND RUSSIA It is interesting to note that Miss Zinaida V'engerover, in a recent lecture in Dublin, says in Russia, which is supposed to be far behind the other countries of Europe in civilization, that women are looked upon as the equals of men. They are as free as men and are treated as comrades intellectually and socially. No social movement has any chance of success unless worked by the men and women in unison. The chair of history in Petrograd University is filled by a woman. Madame Ostrovka. THE NEW SOUTHERN CITIZEN Several copies of the New Southern Citizen, published by the Southern States Womans' Suffrage Conference, has been received at headquarters. It is an earnest and up-to-date magazine, showing the power for organ- izing and ready writing for which the Souhern women are so justly noted. One of its articles, quoting from the American Press, Lake Charles. La., gives this cheering information: "The suffrage movement in Louisi- ana is a mass movement now, and is independent of the Era Club and other organizations not exclusively devoted to suffrage. Uu_____ . TOO EMOTIONAL A writer in the New York Press imagines a committee of enfran- chised women giving a respectful attention to a deputator of disfran- chised men and giving through its chairman this answer: "Gentlemen, your arguments have been very entertaining. Never has your cause been more eloquently presented. Wc women will assure you that in due course of time, and when the matter is reached on our calendars, we will give the question of man suffrage our most respectful consideration. Really great obstacles to men voting is that they are too emotional. I have observed it at football games and political conventions. Men of otherwise good character forget it all at a convention. When they were unseated, they howled like demons. Remember how. at the last National Republican Convention, men cheered 53 3-5 minutes at the name of the former sporting editor of The Outlook. The Democrats, to go them one better, kept their lungs at work whooping and howling for "the peerless leader" one hour 21 minutes and 52-5 seconds, or thereabouts."— From the Springfield Republican, December 17. CROWDED OUT Nobody ain't Christmas shoppin' Fur His stockin' Nobody ain't cotch no turkey Nobody ain't bake no pie. Nobody's laid nuthin' by, Santa Claus don't cut no figger Fur his mammy's little nigger. Seem lak everybody's rushin' An' er crushin' Crowdin' shops and jamming trolleys, Buyin' shoes and shirts and toys Fur de white folks' girls and boys But no hobby horse ain't rockin" Fur His little wore-out stockin'. He ain't quar'lin rccollec' He don't spec' Nuthin' hits his not expectin' Makes his mammy wish O Laws! Fur er nigger Santy Claus Totin' jus er toy balloon Fur his mammy's little coon. Rosalie M. Jones. Rosalie M. Jones, the valiant general of The Army of the Hudson. sent out the foregoing appeal in behalf of the poor negro children in the San Juan Hill district, New York, where there is much unemployment HELP THE CAUSE.—Motion Ik* MarybW Su «¦*«• N.wi Wh.n P.troni.ini Oar Adv«rtii.r.. |