Show I t WOM N WO wok K ANE- ANE AN X 0 1120 1110 N Ny Y w h Tk LP co co t Of fru IN POLITICS A new world for woman to conquer conquer- the world of politics s. s Politics have been since the days of Roman senators and even antedating the toga the preS prerogative pre pro S S of manThe man man The woman who 5 essayed a personal peri personal per per- opinion on i politics at a din din- dinner ner ncr table or In drawing r roo room 0 0 m if conversation was looked upon by 5 males as being a menace to peaceful peaceful peace peace- S r ful domestic happiness happiness hap hap- I and was wasS wasI i S I I forthwith C cut U t tS I S j from the list of II JAHE DixoN women my wife rc e. e W should know It was not considered delicate or feminine for a woman to understand too much about the political affairs of her community her country or ther the r world at large any more than it was for her to smoke cigars and converse on the virtues of ot the several brands in favor Such worldly knowledge knowledg-e and argumentative chatter was for the men of ot the family As always the he old order Women discovered safeguarding of their homes begins no so much at their own do doorstep as it does on On the doorstep of the state or even the national Capt capi- tol They rose to demand a hand Inthe in inthe Inthe the fashioning of ot environment Into which their sons and daughters must go when emerging into the world at large Having made a just demand it is but- but natural woman should win her point The banners of suffrage began to wave triumphantly in the breeze An occasional occasional occasional occa occa- plumed hat could be sighted among the derbies adorning a partisan committee mee meeting while a soprano voice piping politics mingled agreeably with the deep basses and and- mellow bari- bari tones I I i I Today woman is firmly established Inthe In Inthe inthe the political orbit I That announcement that Miss or Mrs So-and-So So will run for tor office does not cause news cameramen or I Sunday editors to flutter an eyelash The thing has been done before and so creditably it has come to be accepted as the usual ABILITY TO L LEAD AD There is one important adjunct which while it may not be necessary to the pursuit of ot a political c career reer for woman is certainly of ot Inestimable In Inestimable In In- estimable value It is the quality of leadership We find it difficult to understand this quality It seems to be e a natural birthright like a beautiful voice or the touch of ot a great Certain persons persona persons per per- sons sona are beyond question born to lead Others more brilliant so far tar as asI intellect and understanding are coni concerned con con- fall far tar behind in the race for attainment I I Ability to lead should and does carry with it a a. tremendous weight of The possessor of ot this gift realizes It is not enough to know athing a athing thing is right it Is necessary to lead other persons to this same understanding understand understand- ing of ot right A woman leader with a broad comprehensive comprehensive com corn and instinctively righteous outlook upon the politics of ot her country country country coun coun- try i as valuable a citizen as the strongest and best male under the flag As an example of ot the possibilities ofa ofa of ofa a political career in its feminine phase I can think of no better example than Miss Marguerite I L L- Smith recently I elected assemblyman of the Nineteenth district New York Miss Smith has reached the ripe old age of 24 years She Is the woman as assemblyman assemblyman as as- to take her seat In the state capitol at Albany She is the youngest member of the house She was elected on the Republican ticket and we we- always have havo looked upon the Republicans as being more or less con con- Assemblywoman Smith demonstrates the point regarding the thel quality of ot leadership leadership lead lead- being Inborn In 1916 she graduated grad grad- from Columbia university with the degree o of B. B S. S During her last two years at teachers' teachers college she ways was captain of ot the basketball team catcher on the baseball team won the swimming swimming swim swim- ming prize and arid had the highest number num nurn- ber ben of points in her class elas for athletics And while she was winning all these honors she was president of ot the Young Peoples People's league of Mt Morris Baptist church captain of Girl Scouts' Scouts troop No 63 taught a class of ot girls in the Bible school hool was a Y W W. C. C A. A Aleader leader was counselor and leader in the BUmmer sum gum mer men quarters of ot the Campfire girls In one of ot their Vermont camping grounds and taught a private class in gymnastics tics and dancing at Edgewater N N. N 3 J. J After such an Intensive training In I activity there Is small danger of the mossbacks in Albany putting anything anything any any- thing over on Assemblywoman Marguerite Mar Mar- Smith One of the most fearless and efficient of New N-ew York City's deputy commissioners commis commis- of police pollee is a a woman She is Mrs l Ellen OGrady Fifth assistant to Police Commissioner Enright WOMAN RECLAIMS LIVES Mrs Mra OGrady was appointed to her I unique position by Mayor Hylan who had first noticed the excellence of her work as It d probation officer when he sat as magistrate in a Brooklyn police court The future mayor did not lose track of the woman woman who seemed to possess an an absolute genius for dealing with crime and criminals as well as with minor offenders and delinquents She had a way with women and children chil chil- dren who fell under the shadow of ot the law Her work as a governess toll followed owed I b by ten years' years actual experience as a probation officer fitted her for the 4 5 2 S s w Th i f 1 Wb t L l T 2 t J w 1 5 7 S II r L' L high position of ot trust t to which she was appointed Commissioner OGrady has undertaken to rid the city of ot the street corner pest the pervert of ob obscene obscene obscene ob- ob scene language and behavior the male harpies who prey upon Innocent youth She has cleaned out the dance halls hans and reclaimed runaway sons and slaughters daughters Her dollar and cent compensation compensation compensation com com- is considerable but it is as nothing compared with her reward of Joy In her work her satisfaction In digging the dirt from public morals the assurance of her contemporaries and the public she serves that she has been a credit and an Inspiration in politics Mrs Louis Reed active in Democratic circles Is the first woman woman wom worn an deputy commissioner of ot public markets Here is lb a political plum which should In the very nature of Its significance significance sig sig- fall to a woman Commissioner Commissioner Commis Commis- has demonstrated she is no silent member of the market forces Ever since e she stepped Into authority she has been hot on the trail I of ot the sugar barons One of her pet I schemes is to induce the government to coin a half penny She believes this I will be a great benefit to the poor who are constantly losing the half of a cent by reason of a commodity being sold for tor a certain number of cents I and a half halt URGES HALF CENT I The shopkeeper reaps the benefit of such a price as it is he who collects I the extra half halt cent When every cent looks like a dollar donar as only the poor can attest a half halt penny is as good as 60 50 cents in a better filled pocketbook I Mrs has long been a aleader aleader aleader leader in suffrage organizations She was director general in Bronz Woman's Womans Womans Woman's Wom Worn ans an's Suffrage party affairs and is chairman of ot the Permanent Women's Democratic organization The election of ot Miss Jeanette Rankin as representative from the state of Montana to the congress of ot the United States of ot America was a a. triumphant I I testimony by Dy the tan people ot of their faith in woman as a politician Miss Rankin was elected on the Republican Republican Republican Re Re- I publican ticket She was t tireless campaigner stumping all over the state in the interest of her party She had charge of ot the campaign which put j suffrage through the Montana legis legis- lature She was a most convincing i lobbyist for suffrage in tho the legislature legislature I of the state of ot New York For two sessions she worked ceaselessly in the United States congress for tor the cause of ot suffrage Her education was obtained In the pubic schools of her home state Montana Montana Montana Mon Mon- tana n the University of Montana Montana- In Inthe inthe inthe the New York School of ot Philanthropy and in a close study of social and Industrial Industrial in industrial In- In conditions In every state of ot the Union Congresswoman Rankin was the pioneer pioneer pio plo neer fleer of ot her sex in Washington She demonstrated her ability to stand by her convictions in the face of the most adverse conditions Now that the ice I Is broken and th the honorable gentlemen gentlemen gentle gentle- gentlemen men In the c capital are more or less accustomed to a woman legislator there will be others who will follow in Miss Rankins Rankin's footsteps More recently all England has been treated to the spectacle of an American American Amer Amer- ican loan girl Miss Nancy Langhorne Langhorn of ot Virginia now Lady Waldorf Waldon Astor breaking through the hard shell shen of f British politics and winning g her seat in parliament Lady Astor mounted the corner soap box and gave the Britons some good straight Yank talk which must have struck home Anyhow Anyhow- the voters of her adopted country elected her and her career In inthe the house of commons promises to beal be I al 1 it 1 I. I n. I u- u t- t ty y w ma mah h at Not every woman has at her command command com corn mand the time and the patience tomake to tomake tomake make a career of politics Infinite pains unfailing good humor delicate diplomacy and a a. capacity for making friends are an an unvarying part of the game The political aspirant is constantly constantly constantly con con- at the beck and call of the public The vote of the janitors janitor's wife counts just as much at the polls as the vote of Mrs Millions A gift for meeting and being honestly interested in all classes in every condition of life is the mark marlc of political success J Jo For or the roman oman who has constituted herself something of a a. leader In her nm tn own circle who has given evidence evidene far ability to sway human opinion I cat 7 Doner Imagine no more fruitful career tha thas i J. J. J that of politician j or Bibe There are certain women wh Lowen mental alertness coupled with a t cat poi did bodily vitality is constantly driving Ing them to 10 do something Th Ih corp carp can wheels no more sit still and watch U ot go around than a brook c ca castop or of t stop stop- How seeking the breast of the river t L r. r i L. L much better to expend en ener lab kb C to exercise intelligent effort in t for cause of country than to fritter I away on the surface attra attractions of of u false and ana empty h hearted arted society Almost any anyone one of our clever soc t ice 0 leaders would make a successful p poi po fe Many a woman woma who is wash wast I her shining hours of sun trying trying- I crash the gates of Newport's c ci cU dwellings could carve out a brillia brilli d. d seer I II career for herself in the greater ter a ai h Lisa I more glorious of politics 1 B I I I If you are looking for a healthy D lJ I version study something of the hi hit Of I Bs I tory and the underlying principles a ikie ve I the political parties now extant Lea Leaa a II I their accomplishments their alms aims C Caf d 4 l U is a aI ayour I your lot with the one you yon deem m HEAVY I I worthy Ally yourself with s so m I h b L I of this party in the list di I where you live jf a r the ml j is B Bob 0 b Who knows but that you too I be a potential Marguerite Smith h ch n neven even a Jeanette Rankin |