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Show A BRAVE MAN IS LEADING NOW (By an Ogden Woman. "I wonder," thought a Utah suffragette suf-fragette one of the Moosotto brand "If people today really appreciate the llttlo coterio of women who called a 'Woman's Rights Convention' G4 years ago in Seneca Falte, New York. I wonder if very many know how it came about, and who wero the shining shin-ing lights on that occasion. Well, most of us don't care to "go back" quite so far. Even the civil war as a conversational topic Is tabooed In up-to-date polite society Yes, we know It happened, history tellB as that, and a few grey-haired gentlemen on Decoration Dec-oration Day remind us of the fact Some of us heard at the time all about tho fall of Sumpter, and the battle of Bull Run, but do you think we are talkln? about It? Not much! It's more dlstinctlj feminine to talk of woman's work in the welfare of our glorlouB republic. We never quite exhausting that Bubject and even tho beginning seems stupendous. "We've all henrd of Miss. Anthony, co often dubbed "Susan B.." who filled her llfo with work, the hard and ugly work of a pioneer for the emancipation emancipa-tion of womnnl.lnd. "Wo glory In tho strength of soul and the beautiful personality of Elizabeth Eli-zabeth Cady Stanton We like to think that It wan she vho called that memorable meeting, a3 tho advertisement advertise-ment phrased it, 'to discuss tho social, so-cial, civil and religious condition of women,' while 'up her sleeve' was a radical resolution In favor of femnle suffrage. Whon tho time was ripe (03 we say now) she sprang It upon the unsuspecting delegates who Immediately, Im-mediately, If not before, sat up and took especial notlco, "Lucrotin Mott, for one, gave the subject rapt attention. Her Quakor blood was not stirred to ' Mglit so stern a battle. She begged for time, then yiolded, and Mrs. Stanton saved tho day. Lord bless her "Of courso the conservative outside wondered what sort of creatures these ludies could have been. Even Judge Cady wondored if his daughter's brilliant bril-liant brain had turned. Ho made a day's journey to see her and to determine de-termine for himself. "La' mo! He didn't need to frot, for In later years he was proud as Lucifer that his daughter wn3 so smart, though, deep in his heart ho didn't llko quite all that she said. "It seems sort of strange," sa'd this sufragtetto softly to herself, "that the manuscrlpe of Mrs. Stanton's 'set speech' -was lost, and how at the end of eighteen years lt3 old and tattered remains wero returned to her. On Its recovery she bequeathed it to hor daughters with the Inscription that It contained nil she knew at that time, and bogged them to finish the work which she had begun. "But what's the use thinking any of those thoughts out loud?" said this Utah suffragette, who votes on every occasion whether she wants to or not. "Every body's thinking all along these lines They nro not going back to the boglnniug of American history to find tho originator of this idea. They arc going to keep stop with the first political party ever organized in the United States, to endorse those Now York Women's platform, and an the other platforms that good wives and mothers have formulated and tried to put into action. "A bravo man is leading this grand now party, and thousands of thoughtful thought-ful men and women are Joining him in this 'Progressive' journoy. "The mau'" Why. everybody knows the henro of the hour, the cavalier of this crusade! Who could it be but Theodore Roosovolt? I wish they would all doff their hats to tho mem ory or KUzanetn vjaaj ouuiiun, una 10 thb selfless motives of our fearless leader," she continued, "but ob, it seems to take a lot of timo for ub to recognize the good in others." Then tho musing Moosetto thought of the millions of organized women working for the betterment of humanity, hu-manity, of the literary clubs that once were looked upon as a monaee to the home. Instantly the waves of memory mem-ory brought back to ner those lints; "She darned and sho made and she mended; Sho knew how to bako and to bre. She sang while aho washed up tho disheHj And yet was a clh woman, too " With this Booming reflection the i. M. sighed a sigh of satisfaction, composed herself and tell asleop. aa |