Show BETTER SCHOOL FACILITIES FOR FOn RURAL BOYS DOYS AND GIRLS Mrs T. T Smith state rep rep- elect elect ive-elect of of St. St Louis county county county coun coun- ty plans to work for the offering of the same educational advantages to children In the rural districts of the state as are afforded by the large cities when the Missouri legislature meets in January 1923 she has bas an an- She declared that all aU children living liv liv- living ing in thee should be be given the opportunity of attending at least eight grades of school and that a large percentage should be given the advantage of high school In counties counties counties counties' coun coun- ties ties' of the state where the schools are located 1 far distances from the children's childrens hll rens ren's home the county should pay the transportation to and from the school she asserted I 1 Mrs Smith who will be one of the first women to sit in the Missouri 1 legislature Is a Democrat and was wasI I elected from a district overwhelm- overwhelm Republican in former elections She was Indorsed by the Clean Election Election Electon Elec Elec- tion ton league of or St. St Louis county which was organized after atter the primary primary mary last August to combat alleged election fraud lI Mrs rs Smith displays much interest In her forthcoming work as a legislator legislator legis legis- legislator lator although she said she did not aspire to office She has been president president president dent of the League of Women Voters Voters Voters Vot Vot- ers of St. St Louis county and nd twice a delegate to Democratic state state tate con con- She fostered a plank inthe Inthe in inthe the Democratic state platform making makIng making mak mak- ing women eligible to appointive of office office office of- of fice and giving them full rights in caucuses and conventions She She Is Is' Isa a housekeeper but found time to study law for two years in her husbands husband's office and deliver five or six addresses a aay day during her election campaign Citizenship comes before politics politics politics poli poli- tics she added The duty of the women Is to help arouse the clean element to do its civic duties 0 o |