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40 Women's J. 1 (1909)

handle is hein.journals/wmjrnl40 and id is 1 raw text is: S Vol. XL. BOSTON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1909. No. I The Woman's Journal POUNDED b LUCY STONI A WUKLy' N KWSPArE, published RvuaT SA'URDAT In Boston dovoted to the Interests of Woman-to her Nducatiosal, Industrial, L~gl and Political Equality, and saps.- elally to her right of Suffrage. (3mtered at the Post Office, Boston, Mao., as aselnmd-ass mail matter.) ZDITOR: ,.31. ELACKWILL. LION STON SHLACKWULL. ASociA a EDigOaO: rLeMAuILMO . ADRIM1oM. CATAII49 WILDD. 2 ,rVo 0fICZ: NO. 6 mACON ST.. RoOM 1018 Victory in Defeat.................1 Editorial Notes .................. 1 Women Physicians............... 1 Suffrage Prize Poem..............1 The Latest Suffrage Victory ...... 1 Concerning Women .............. 1 Our Fortieth Year-A. S. B........2 Underpaid Women Teachers- H.B .B . ....................... 2 Coeducation Advancing-H. B, B. 2 With Women's Clubs..............2 More Back Numbers Wanted ...... 2 Women's Congress in Russia ...... 2 Persistent Delusions-F. M. A..... 2 What College Women Are Doing- E.M.A..................... 2 Some Opinions on Woman Suffrage 2 Silver Plate Premiums...........2 The National Convention ......... 3 Ballade of Brave Women...........4 Pilgrim Mothers' Dinner ...........4 Women in the Churches .......... 4 S t a t e Correspondence - New Hampshire, Illinois, South Dako- ta, Massachusetts, Ohio, Wash- ington, District of Columbia .... 4 Literary Notes..................4 Notes and News ................. 4 Humorous ........................ 4 VICTORY IN DEFEAT. By %vin Markham. Defeat may aerve as well as victory To) shukef the soul and let the glory out. When the great oak Is straining in the wind, The boughs drink In new beauty, and the. trunk 'Sends (own a deeper root on the windward side. ' Only the soul that knows tie mighty grief Can'know the mighty rapture. Sor- rows come To stretch out spaces in tile heart for Ply. --The Nautilus. EDITORIAL NOTES. The Woman's Journal this week en- ters upon its fortieth year. Mrs. Eve- lyn Greenleaf Sutherland, whose death by a tragic accident has cast a gloom over her large circle of friends In this city, contributed to our paper years ago one of the brightest stories that ever appeared in our columns. It de- scribed the complications resulting from the goodnatured act of a Har- vard student who volunteered to take the place, in a street band, of an old musician temporarily disabled. The youth remarked gaily that It wouldhbe an adventure, any way. The old gentleman answered, is it not an ad- venture in itself to be but twenty-four years of age? Ach! I would ask no better adventure than so! For a re- form paper to have lived to reach its fortieth year is all achievement in it- self. The Woman's Journal has seen the death of nearly a score of woman Suffrage journals, some of them ad- mirably conducted and well deserving to survive. Our paper started out with Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, then in the height of her falne, as Its editor in chief; and with a brilliant corps of editorial contributors. Every week during this long series of years it has made its unfailing appearance, and distinguished writers, too numerous to mention, have contributed to Its pages. It has seen the cause which It repre- sents grow like the mustard-seed of Scripture. The paper enters upon its fortieth year full of heart and hope. New York papers report that the husbands of several prominent anti- suffrage ladies have signed the we. man suffrage petition. Bishop 'otter was a suffragist, while his wife is an Anti, and the same is said to be[ the case with Mr. and Mrs. Emil Kuichllng and others. At one of or legislative hearings in Massachusets,, a lady 'who came to argue against the suffrage bill incidentally remarked in the course of her address that her husband was in favor of it. The ques-. tion naturally arose, if she was so de- sirous to have him represent her on all other political questions, why she. could not be content to let him repre- sent her on the suffrage question also. In Chaucer's time, the model wife was the patient Griselda, and the crowning instance of her virtue was the cheer- ftl consent that she gave to her hus- band's proposal to murder their chil- dren-she continuing to 'meet him with a smile after she supposed the deed had been accomplished. It shows the complete change In public opinion on the woman question when the wo- men who are the leading advocates of feminine subjection do not hesitate to write and speak in public against a piolitical measure that is favored by their husbands. A so-called famous scientist, whom most Americans never heard of, says that the enthusiasm of the suffragettes is a form of tarantism-a nervous malady allied to St. Vitus's dance. What scientific name would lie give to the excitement of the Englislmen agitating for votes before the passage of the great Reform Bill, when they burned prisons, toll houses and private dwellings, upset an archbishop out of his coach, broke up every political meeting in the North of England with shouts of Votes for householders! Votes for taxpayers: ,ad indulged in riioting colipared with which the most extreme actions of the suffrag- ettes are child's play? Somebody else accuses the women of katabolismn,' and Mrs. (C'airoline 1'. Corbin declares hat woman suffrage would mean the apotheosis of mediocrity, mnaterlalism and atheism. Really, if there Is any hysteria about, it is not all o1 the suffrage' side! MeinWhlie, this out- burst of hard names contributes to th: gaiety of nations, and inI no way re- tards the equal rights movement. The Ohio State Grange, at its recent annual meeting, passed rcsolhions in favor of equal suffrage. The members of thei Women's Free- dom League wiro chained themselves to the grille in the ladies' gallery scalnalized the American press ex- ceedingly, but the British public seems to approve of tllem. On their release from prison they were met by a crowd of sympathizers, and taken In procession to a banquet. An eye-wit- ness writes: The grille prisoners received a hearty and enthusiastic welcome when they emerged from the grey gates of Holloway. The siympathy of the ordinary cockney with the mili- tant suffrage agitation was demon- strated clearly and numistakably every step of bhe way front Covent Garden to the Strand. Cheers were raised and greetings were shouted from men in the streets, the shops, the lorries, and from the tops of piles of cabbages. Mrs. Despard was rec- ognized and greeted, and her hand shaken again and again, accompan- Ied by such remarks as 'Keep It up!' 'Ope you'll get it!' 'Good luck to you!' One man inquired, 'Who's the one who's done the month?' and Miss Matters being pointed out to him, he said. 'You're at plucky one. Giv' us your paw!' The so-called famous scientist must think that a great many men have tarantism, too. WOMEN PHYSICIANS. Of the 553 women physicians in England, .538 have signed the petition for wvoman suffrage. Some people, not doctors, say, that women's health could not endure the strain of the ballot. The experts do not seem to think so. SUFFRAGE PRIZE SONG. Mrs. L. B. Bishop of the Chicago Beach Hotel, who offered the hundred- dollar prize for the best suffrage song to any wtelI-known patriotic tune, preferably the Battle Hymn of the Re- public, has extended the time allowed for the competItion to Feb. 1. She has been flooded with poetic attempts, not of first-class quality. Why do not some of our real poets who believe in equal suffrage try for it-Mrs. Olive Tilford Dargan, Edwin Markhan, Ell Wheeler Wilcox, Mrs. Charlotte Per- kills Gilman, Ella Gilbert Ives and others'? THE LATEST SUFFRAGE VICTORY. By Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt. Some days ago, the press announce-I the establishment of State suffrage in Victoria. I am just now In receipt of a letter from Miss Vida Goldstein, the leader in Victoria, and a woman who is cordially remembered by her many friends in this country. She pro- nounces the victory a sweeping one, and declares that even in the most optimistic moments they had never anticipated such a result. It is an almost universal precedent to call for a division in the Australian parlia- ments upon all controversial ques- tions. The opposition, however, did not take this step, apparently because it did not care to have the records of Parliament indicate the overwhelming defeat, nor to have the public press give an account of the final vote. Miss Goldstein, however, contrary to strict parliamentary rules, which forbid visitors in the galleries to take notes, counted the ayes amd noes. The aye., numbered 23 anI the noes but 5; and thus ends the unreasoning, ob- structive opposition of tile Legislative Council or Upper House. Miss Goldstein writes: It is really quhe difficult to realize that the long, weary, wearing struggle is over. Yesterday I was looking at various suffrage leaflets and appeals 'To the MeIn of Victoria' lying about my office, and it gave me a positively queer, though wholly delightful sensa- tion to think that nevermore should we need to fold, ei.,'elope and addrete this classic literature for distribution. The bill was to have come on in the Council on Oct. 27, ald a great crowd of women had turned out to heat- the debate, which promised to be historic: but there had been trouble in the Lower House. discontent witl the Ministry over a Land 13111ill ipar- ticular, and when file House met the Premier astounded members by mnov- ing an adjournment till Nov. 18 i i order to allow the Ministry to recon- struct. The Council met for a few minutes, just long enough to allow one of outr friends to present our 'Declaration,' signed by 21,000 women-; home-makers in town and country, industrial workers and professional workers. It created a great imlres- sion, especially as the members of the three great denomitnational girls' col- leges, the Church of England Girls' Grammar School, the Presbyterian Ladies' College, and tile Methodist Ladies' College. had al signed the 'Declaration.' Immediately after this Declaration was presented, the Rip Van Winkle of the ('ouncil, Johln Har- wood. arose and stated that he had a petition against woman suffrage to present.. He did not say 1ow many names it contained at that time, but be expressed the opinion that when the House met on Nov. 18, he had not the slightest doubt that ie would have forty or fifty thousand names against the bill. In order to counteract any move that he might make in reference to such a petition, the suiffragists set into motion a paper protesting against his action and that of his Irrespon- sible lady friends. Although there was only one week in which to work. they secured over 1200 names in his ii- mediate constituency. We waited with bated breath for Mr. Harwood to present Ills petition on Nov. 18. He arose and lanlely an- nouced that it contained 'about 2500 names.' There was a roar of laughter from members, and cries of 'Where's your 50,000?' but Mr. Harwood took refuge in silence. During the evening of the same day other petitions were handed in, which Mr. Harwood saln made a total of about three thousand names, and this was the result from the whole of Victoria. His discom- fitnre was complete. You will be Interested to know that many of those who signed the petition In opposition were women who have accepted the suffrage heretofore con- ferred, and who vote religiously In school, munlalpal and federal elec- tions, but who say that they do not want the State suffrage, as they have qTuite enough to do with the suffrage which they already pos We are to have a commemoration 'coniversaZionie' on Dec. 7, and we have ilnvited our friends to bring written suggestions as to the best means of establishing a permanent memorial of our victory, which gives Australia the hohol' of being the first great nation Ijm,tbe world to give Its+ wtomen every form of suffrage, school, municipal, State and national. Of course, we are very happy, I can tell you, but if all you other women were as free as we how much happier we would be! Our constitutional lawyers are di- vided on the question as to whether the new State suffrage bill will entitle women to enter the State Parliament. We did not press this question. We believe it does nmke women eligible, but our chief concern was to get Par- lianment to confirm tile right of women to the vote. To Americans who are not famillar with the suffrage movement in Australia, this last victory will un- doubtedly appear to be trivial. It is quite the contrary. The suffrage or- ganization in Victoria is the oldest in Australia, and it is this organization MRS. CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT. whch has worked most vigorously and uninterrulptedly for the suffrage. The educational work which It dii hliould be largely credited with the suffrage graited in other States. The Lower House has been favorable for many years, but the Upper Hiouse has been persistently and stabbornly oplposed. The vote at this title of 23 to ; i1n favor of the extension of the State Parlituettary suffrage to the women of Victoria is t victory which -.auffagite - .-hrmoghoui+ the world< should class as one of our greatest. A battle which has been timidly fought and easily gained certainly does not deserve the place in imstot:. of a battle in which the struggle has been intense, hart' fought, ald in wilch every ingenuity of friend anid foe has been brought to the contest. This is the killd of battle whicJ ias just closed In Victoria. There seents to be a type of womiei comlmuon to all natious who tire so constituted that they accept whatever suffrage exists, but oppose whatever is not yet established. Tiley ),tre lit- erally opposed to the further exten- sion of suffrige to womlen. There are American women who contend that school suffrage is a necessary en- largenient of their natural sphere, but hold that municipal suffrage would wreck the very foundations of society. Mrs. Humphry Ward and other Eng- fish women exlress a Vigorous opin- ion that municipal suffrage is a very proper and womanly function, but add with equal vehemence their con- tention that a vote for a member of the National Parliament could not fall to disrupt tie home and rob wo- men of their most precious femninin, virtues. Miss Goldstein has !ntro- duced us to tIle self-same type in Vic- torla, who, equally unconsclous of Its amusing inconsistency, pronounces national and city politics to be quite witlin the donmain of womnan's use- fulness, buit Is unspeakably terrified at the thought of the State suffrage. Such an array of inconsistencies might well be used to clinch the state- ment that wonan is the illogical rex, were it not for the fact that proof is plentiful that logic is not a luality of sex, nor of race, nor of national. ity, but is a mental endowment to which the inhabitants of the world have not yet attained in large num- bers. Meanwhile this type of the il- logical woman furnishes to suffrag- ists frequent cause for smiles. At the last electlon In the province of Nyland, Finland, 52,742 men voted, and 55,499 women. Sister -I Gregory, of the Little Sisters of the Poor, at the house of the order on Herbert and Twenty-Second street, St. Louis, enjoys the dlstlnctiont of possessing a certificate from the Board of Engineers. CONCERNING WOMEN. Miss Ethel Al. Arnold will be th guest of ionort lit a luncheon given by the Interurban Suffrage Council ott Jan. 15, at tile Ilotel Astor, New York City. 1Bev. Anna Shaw will also b0 present. Tickets can be had at tho suffrmge headquarters at the Martha Washington Hotel. Miss Kate (imnour. stewardess of tile Sardinia, which was recently de- stroyed by fire at Malta, is the first woniman to receive a Lloyd's Iedal for saving life at sea. Miss Gilmour re. fused to leave the ship until all the women and children had been rescued, ain(l to her coolness an courage Is due, it Is said, the saving of' l any lives. Mrs. Carr:e Chapman Catt says of the suffrage petition: The educational value of a canvas for suffrage signa- tures Is inesthltable: the whole town will soon talk of woman suffrage; the effect upon public sentiment of the biggest petition ever presenled to Congress will l)e enormlous. Our cause [may receive tuese benefits if we will make a 'a long pull-a hard pull-anl a pilll all together. Miss Annie S. peck of' I'rovidence, It. I., has returned from a triumphant tour of the Peruvian Andes, durin g which she scaled the sutmmlit of M. Huiascarun, one of tile highest peaks in the world. This successful ascent was the culmiiat:on of two trips sih made to South America for that pur- pose, ant it required two attempts oil her last trip. The montaln is esti- iated at from 2-1,000 to 26,000 fett high. Mnlme. Clenience ,Jussolin, who, as we noted last we'k, hNis Just been elected in Paris as a member (if the Consail des Prudhommes (council of wiso til,n, i,' m. iWe estahi. l-ta' uuthem women were candidttes, but were de- feated. MINme. ,hussolin was elected mainly by the votes f men. A imutch smaller nunlher of wonilen tha of' men have a vote in the election of these Consells, and a large propor- tion both ol' the men and of the wo- men entitled to vote neglect to do so. Mrs. Nancy C. Bush, ipostmaster at Charlotte, Vt., has been in tile postal service for 38 years, beginning as telegraph operato- and assistant. fi 1875 she was appinted postmaster by President Grant. In response to a pe- tltin almost unanihously signed by the people of Charlotte. Her office is a model of ne:tness, and her accoutnts are mlways accurate to the last cent. She has never had a clerk to help her. She superintends a sub-station, super- vises two carriers. attends to an ex- tensive money-order business, and carries on all the work of tile office. She Is now 78 years old. Senorita Carolina Hbulobro of Bos- ton, the well-known lecturer on South A i'mAica, is giving a course of six lectures, splendidly illustrated by the stereopticon, before the Pratt Institute In Brooklyn, and she will also lecture before Colhmbia lniversity tnd at other places in New York. In her lecture on The Mirvels and Wonders of Peru, Senomita Humlobro contrasts ancient and modern civilization by giving a graphic account or the Incas and of the Oroya Railway, which within a distance of 1:18 miles, riseto a point fifteen hundred feet higher than P'ike's Peak. Mrs. Eleanor Relyea, a clerk In the signal office of the War Department. will be the next social secretary of the White 1house, tit a salary of $1,000 a year. Miss Isabelle Hagner, who now holds that position, will step back into the ranks of Government clerks, by executive order, and will be given a place in the surgeon-general's office. The office of social secretary has been made to include that of compan- ion to the president's wife, since Miss Hagner assumed its duties, and she has proved an Invaluable assistant to Mrs. Roosevelt In all her family and t tate affairs. Mi-s. hteiyea was ap- pointed to the War Department fronm Connecticut in July, 1907. She is a woman of culture, and has a wide ac- qualnltance nmong society people inl Washington, New York and Newport Digitized from Best Copy Available

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