| Show if f komans koman's fW t I omans Equality with e I I Paper Women's R Read d Rep Republican Before the Man Creators Creator's First Club b by Mrs Minnie J. J i 1 Decree Hamilton n- n nt t o n has had ad too long and too varied n a career for tor it to be written up in Jn one article But in a a. retro retrospect ret ret- L ro n ri of the past century wo we find not been regenerated but w has b been cn awakened in ina a dC rn dOR-rn to her worth and in inthis inthis this We Vo havo have erased from the thet r t tablets C r our ourS minds tho the old allegories allego allego- ries nez f r V ae told as ns a man so soIs soIs Is he heu ITo l To o know that God created man in ius his own image male and fe- fe male male-cr He lie them and gave them themI I 1 dominion over all all should la lay tho the axe 1 at the the root root t of or all superstition witch- witch J Inequality We e need to recognize rec rec- that hal the tho broadest possible liberty liberty liberty lib lib- lib lib- 4 erty Js- Js the t-ie t greatest possible good and I to think Lo Is the highest t t E. E earnest thought like liko every even Lc earnest carne t- t h Inker adds something to the wealth pf the world Blind belief Inthe in inthe the tho th thoi glit of another produces only hopeless mediocrity Individual effort not m re 10 acceptance marks tho the growth pf tho the mind Tho The most fatal blow to progress I is slavery y of the intellect Tho The most sacred right of humanity is tho the right to think and next to tho the right to think j tho the right to express s that thought without fear Fears Fear js s tho nearest approach to the hall hail balland and chain that this ago age will permit permit permit per per- mit it t should ho bo the glorious aim of ot the thinkers of today that so re refined refined re- re fined j a and cruel a 11 form of t tyranny rann shall bo left for Cor those that come aft mu We Ve owe physical freedom to tho intellectual giants of tho past Let us' us mental freedom to the Intellectual children of tho future Fean scatters Fear scatters the blossoms of genius to then and superstition buries truth beneath tho Incrustation of In- In mediocrity Nothing to Fear What hat have we to fear Paul said Perfect love out fear Have wo we not love for our universe universo and man Job said Tho The things ho come upon him Wo We e are told that soil climate and j location determines tho the occupation of a a. nation as whether It shall be mill- mill lant commercial or agricultural In turn turn occupatIon determines what the character of a n. people and their laws whether the they shall be warlike or peaceful inventive or receptive stationary or rovIn roving These Thes in turn are tho matters which determine the to which a people shall rise riso I and soil decided mans man's occupation his occupation determined higher needs should hould be ant anthis and his higher needs and the tho gained grained ro- ro It l flo his occupations enabled him to for rOT tho bettering of oC his condition con con- r r and mir surroundings rou ml infra who lived In Sn a a. climate or fa favorable b to and physical actIvity ncI ac- ac I and rind In a co country un with a n. rich richand richand and varied d soll was a enabled d to 1 nai t lo ri i K h t. t nt l ami amk has hai been heen unable to do h do Engrossed elI with our daily problems and seeing things as It were through h o our r Individual peepholes with limited perspectives many things thing making for universal nl progress ant and emancipation are nrc taking place around r. r r r us of which we know but little and nothing Probably the extent of tho the move move- ment mont for or womans woman's suffrage is 19 a fair fall F F illustration lon of our limitations It Is Isa a a. matter upon which not one per cent Is in all all' probability t are arc reliably in In- In f. f formed formal Yet It is not too much to sa say that t tho the first quarter of or tho present pres pros F ent COt c century tur is Js to seo womans woman's triumphant in most highly civilized countries countries' Women In World Work ork Ida Harper an authority on the subject and delegate to several international international international inter inter- national conventions of women writes at great t length on the present status of or vroman's weman's suffrage throughout the world world rhe The meetings meeting's of ot tho the of women omen In Berlin BerUn in 1904 1 and of or tho the International Women Wo Wo- men alliance in Copenhagen in 10 O lS 6 are the two events which make make tho question one of world Im Im- un- un Delegates from 20 O coun- coun present at Berlin BerJin and from 12 lZ at Copenhagen Since 1893 women in New Zealand hav had bad full run franchise since 1895 In South Australia and since 1899 in inVest West Vest Australia After tho the establishment establish establish- ment mcm bf br the commonwealth in 1901 and the thc conferment of or the right to sit in Jn parliament upon women New South Wales ales Tasmania and Queens Queens- Jand avo the state stale suffrage to women Victoria is still sUll obdurate In Switzerland a a. suffrage atlon a- a striving for the franchise for women woman In Franco France many men nien of prominence favor women suffrage Belgium jl n is arous d on this question and tin and in order to lo offset socialism m the aristocracy may confer this power upon Netherlands the movement is Tho The national council has 30 20 ns associations and mem mom hers bers Dr Aletta H. H Jacobs Hollands Holland's doctor is 13 its president In UI 9 it is expected the franchise wIll rb be granted to women In Denmark 18 national societies I for women's electoral right rl exist One torme In 1870 has hns 35 branches ranche and another r has 16 auxiliaries A liberal municipal franchise for women is soon exp expected cc c d. d Hi Iceland women now vote voto for municipal municipal mu mu- office anti and the government has announced Its intention of or presenting presenting- a for their full suffrage i Women Germanys Germany's 8 national council of women women wo wo- men rims OO societies and members rs They are endeavoring to have have- the have ho ho word persons person in tho the elec lec- electoral toral I statutes construed to embrace women as it naturally should In state While there thero andi elections Is no immediate prospect for women's women I enfranchisement in Germany the demand de do- deI mand for or It grows stronger er er e every year clr Austria is severely handicapped by its eight different languages Never Never- er e thele a u. national council with a membership mem meni- of is worl working for 01 tho the came caure The fhe question has L been en debated de do- ebat e- e bat bated d. d In the l lower er house houpe C and poti post post- i i t f k r i tr l V. V c for the time being Owing to tho the fact tact that men In Austria have ha obtained obtained ob ob- ob- ob universal suffrage suffrage- and that tho the socialists have havo a majority in parliament parlia parlia- ment mont hopes are entertained for a a. women's enfranchisement law Hungary has a a. national council of 70 associations which has done amazIng amazing ing lug work for womans woman's suffrage Italy has 60 GO federated societies Russia has ha a Union of ot Women's Rights Finland has completely emancipated its women They vote and are eligible eligible eligi eligi- ble blo for office on exactly the tho same terms na ns the men This gives women the franchise In 1884 tho the Finnish h Women's association began the battle and never ceased its ita ef efforts ef- ef forts Norway has hns struggled for womans woman's suffrage since 1886 In 1901 those women were given len a municipal franchise Iran fran chise who paid pattI taxes of or a certain amount Women enjoy enjo partial suffrage in Sweden The only franchise withhold Is that for or members of parliament In the Isle Islo o of Man 1 widows and spinsters spinsters spin spin- vote yoto for all aU offices In Natal atal women vote at municipal el elections o n. n In Canada widows and spinsters enJoy enjo enjoy en en- jo Joy municipal or 01 school suffrage or both and in the northwest provinces all aU women have havo both on tho the same terms as men Storm Center in Creat Britain Great Britain is the tho storm center cente The municipal ballot was as secured to women in 1869 and anel since then the tho distrIct district district dis dis- dis- dis rind and count county ote vote but not the parliamentary franchise For 25 years ears a strong national suffrage union has kept the pot boiling In 1906 a memorial from women was received by Premier Campbell Banner man while the militant campaign of ot last year ear in which OO women were thrown into prison will not soon bo be forgotten On March S 8 last tho suffrage suffrage suf sut- frage frago bill came up In the house with witha a majority pledged to pass it Owing to the speakers speaker's hostility a vote ote was prevented and for a a. time the issue is postponed Within a few years ear at the most It is believed the franchise will bo ho conferred upon all aU women in Great Britain The demonstrations made in London at the present opening opening opening open open- ing of ot parliament shows the awakening awakening awaken awaken- ing of the English women On tho the status tatus of or this question in the United States the conditions for tOl se securing securing securing se- se curing It are harder and more complicated complicated com corn than In an any other country countr for In all oth others rs it Is only necessary to v win In over ovel a n majority of the tho members members' members members' members members' mem mem- bers' bers of parliament In the United States Slates there arc ore arcIe 45 Ie parliaments to bo be reckoned with and that Is ani only tho the beginning for tor when a majority of ot their members have havo been enlisted tho they cnn can only submit tho the question to tho the electors It encounters then such a n conglomerate rat ot voter as ll o on of ot tI tho arth and It 1 IN Ii doubtful if lr similar conditions omen could get ot ct tho franchise franchise fran fran- ran ran- chise in any country on the globe Principally for Cor this reason the they have havo not succeeded ed here though the they have havo worl worked ed longer and harder than those of or an any other othor nation nation almost almost than all others combined Nevertheless four Cour states have full fully enfranchised women Thero There is unquestionably a 11 large fa favorable favorable fa- fa a- a increase of public sentiment among among- both men and women and 1 It would be quite possible to demonstrate that there thero are substantial grounds fo for tor encouragement and expectation of ot an ultimate ultimate- general Ictor victory Shall Shan America l Be ne BeIt Last I It does not however tend to stimulate late lato an American women's national pride to reflect that this may be the tho thelast thelast last of civilized countries to grant to women a l voice oice In their own govern govern- ment mont And let this fact be remembered bored It is the only one where women women wo wo- men have been left to fight tIght this battle alone ith fth no moral financial or 01 political political political po po- po- po support from men Less than GO 60 years ears ago some girls of Boston visited th the mayor of ot that city who had authority to grant rant their petition and asked that the tho hours in which girls were viere permitted to attend attend attend at at- tend school from 7 to S 8 in the mornIng mornIng morning morn morn- ing and from ri-om 5 j to G 6 in the afternoon after tho the bo boys s had been dismissed be extended that better bettel Cae facilities ill ties for self improvement be given them They were coolly received and told You Xou Janes daunt daunt- go spin J Nothing I c c ed the they gathered a larger force and went vent again renewing their request This time tho the encouragement the they re received received re- re was You Janes go man marry This was in our own cultured Bo Boston ton The mayor was zas afterwards a n avery CI very noted professor of Yalo Yale college ge and andone andone andone one of or th the girls girl who had led the tho others in their search for or knowle knowledge ge was Mrs Ils Mar Mary lal A. A Livermore omans Woman's horo horoscope 60 GO years ears ago might have haye been fitly Otly labelled Work York and marry Tho The thought of or the tho Intellectual in intellectual In- In inferiority of ot women was general and natural naturally enough the children children chil chil- dren dron imbibed the spirit of condescension sion then prevalent Some years ears later Inter two 1 of or these young young- women met lI at the home of one of them who taking the advice of the mayor maor had married and was the mother o of four handsome boys bos the tho youngest of or whom was vas playing around th thc 1001 indifferent to the conversation conversation conver comer mUon between bet his mother and her friend interested only in his to toys until until un un- til the visitor remarked What hat a u. pity Cora Corn one of your jour bo boys s 's wasn't a u. girl Little Charles heard this It penetrated penetrated penetrated pene pene- him as an electrIc shock StoppIng Stopping Stopping Stop Stop- ping lii his hi play piny he rushed fiercely to tho the ladles exclaiming hod a bin er Tom Torn wouldn't a abin abin abin bin cr or John wouldn't a a. bin er Harry Harr wouldn't a bin er ci And I wouldn't a bin er or Who'd a bin er or nut lint as the old Latin proverb rb has hasIt It It The Tho times change chango and we wo are changed with them It Is no longer a a. source of blum to be called a woman nor Is she tho ho circum circumscribed by lW prejudices and customs cus cus- toms lOm which restrIct her aCl usefulness and influence ll of Intelligence Intelli genc gence Ind Industry sUy and ambition limits mits her capabilities I I. I Hue Bur with l 1 e c opportunity i comes Increased responsibility What will she do with It I Sixty years ago the th suggestion of the ballot for women would have brought the tho crimson to her cheeks Today she I is confronted not with a suggestion but hut a Q reality What will vill she do with It Personally I r tb do not believe the tho majority majority ma ma- of ot women appreciate t the te e fran fran- ran ran- chise chis Will 1 we vote voto just as our hu husbands husbands hus hus- bands brothers rother and lovers vote ote Yes Ye If it they vote right But if not then what Few men are acquainted with the Intricacies of bread making and cake ce baking or the latest number of lart Jart de mod mode Nor do the they know the best and most successful way to manage manase the home and keep Its is atmosphere pure puro and ennobling Neither are many women well informed upon que questions tons of finance and affairs of state and yet such knowledge to them Is Imperative If Ir the franchise for women is to be bea a factor o of any consequence or benefit We Vo c cannot laugh tho subject into oblivion nor deride it I as unworthy of or our attention When hen the franchise is declared for women It I is at once a duty and trust a n talent to bless or ora ora ora a gift git to 10 destroy l Ignorance norance of or the question at issue isue indifference to tariff tarl I and bounty prohibition ton and party part purity purit would become criminal since the tho ballot is the momentum for either the good or the bad the right or the wrong the tho humane or th the tho vicious law laW Th The Tho notable women wonton in a community those whose abUl ability and en energy rS' rS anti and true worth have distinguished them from others as ss clearly as lame dame nature nature nature na na- na- na ture defines her loveliest mountain crests arc are rc not the representative type an any more more than aro are the coarse and Ignorant women who help male make up our cosmopolitan communities And yet the theote vote ote of the most Ignorant |
