Show WOMEN TAKE OVER RUNNING OF TOWN seven win all posts in kansas community new albany kan seven momen six ix of them mot mothers bers who lica tired of watch watching log the men rock the nation while they rocked the cradle hold the governmental goern mental reins ot of new albany and constitute one of the few per lier cent ceat petticoat governments to lo the country heading the little group of 0 women hosen to direct mindel municipal pal affairs in the country village of persons Is mayor susie murphy a widow and mother of four children the others of the petticoat council lire are mrs itra mary bilan mrs edna baag ley mrs lillie morgan mrs effie laughlin and mrs kathryn bavins mun climen and mrs laura shelton police judge all except mrs badgley are mothers of two or more children no feml feminist olst issues no ethereal doctrines no new deal ideology Ide entered the campaign of the group their only platform was honesty nesty progress and liberty we promise to remember it said eald mrs murphy even after we have been installed in office and why would seven women set out to run the municipal affairs of a oty city let mrs murphy answer sh she I 1 eard it seems germs that while we have been rocking the cradle the men have been rocking the and since the men have hare made such a mess of things thing from washington D C down to the smallest municipality why not fir us ua women a chance |