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Show j TO TAKE SIMP Suffrage Leader Opens 'School of Democracy' for Ohio Speakers AKRON, Ohio, Oct. 20. "A school of Democracy. " for women of Ohio, who expect to take the stump for their party in the remaining days of tho , ...re", ni campaign, ua opened here Thursday, with Mrs Halsey W. Wii-;."n Wii-;."n of New York, national suffrage Leader, and prominent Democratic party worker, us "teacher." Mrs. "Wilson told her students how t" dress, talk impressively, be pre-pared pre-pared to answer questions, tell funny Bfeprles to wiu over hostile or apa-thetlc apa-thetlc audjenccs and how to start ami wli. n tu properly conclude their addresses. ad-dresses. Stressing on the matter of dressing, Mrs. w ilson told the class not t. l a "fashlonplate when you get up to make a speech." Among other admonitions were these: "Don't wear a veil under any clr-! clr-! oumstances. "Don't wear a skirt so short that your audience will look at your ankles, but don't wear one so long that the women In the audience will think you have the latest style from New York ior Pur is. i "Never hold a bag or poeketbook In your hand. "Nevi i point at jour audience with a lorgnette, pencil or paper. ; "Do not wear flapper earrings." Mrs. Wilson urged her students to practice their methods of speaking in front of a mirror, "then before your husband children and neighbors "If you have nothing more to say, after having talked a while, don't keep on j-our feet; sit down," she said. "True democracy Is second only to true Christianity," Mrs. Wilson said. nn |