The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-18

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much better than the men" sfs Blake looked
stthe gentlemen present and laughed.
OF the recent elections IN Colorado. for the
men In charge Of the polling places ANNOUNCED
be slow and Tor WHOM they had sccnmulsted
lots in about halt the time Il took the men to
After you have got your ballots ready you
will go out and nut them In a glass box. II i
on the elevated trains. L know I do. You
know you by your ticket and put It into a
sS.s boz Then sou Der what han
the men stand aside and take of their
You remember how they do Itr' said Mrs.
BiMsk9 ingntringly. and everybody LAUGHED.
as riding on crowded cars.
=" The other day. At a rseeptlon, q lady looked
me over from head to fooi and SAID ssid; don.
She seemed to think had a grievance. So
have l., said. but tell me, what would you
warn. comfortable. and happy poor woman
wSSd dUOE look At
But am not hungry. | have all wantl'
The lady said she had mover thought OF that
1t has been said that woman IL the great.
est unraid lahorer. and that In the markets 81
II Is the duty Of women who do not feel the
need oi voting to ask the suffrage for those
we u nav sep tho worry o o h m.n 40 nos
W 1t q miserable woman worker to receive the
pa II q capable man. but she ought to have
Take lily goods store. The women clerks
are always paid less than the men, and you
goods as well as "a man. She can do = good
deal better when 1t comes to matching ribbons.
rssos. on ySq
at east, shouldn't be.
people do govern. They have law there re-
auirinR that women receive the same pay i9r
the same a work az men; and we would have 1t
"This idea that that, we want to ind fault with
minds. We do not. But times have changed.
Women used to he supported ny their male
relations; now the mon. want them to earn
financial resources are not great Der
man once said to me q long time ago:
N ssss yEu so mot want TO
about your 'washsrwoman Is she a queen }
to work, with her needle and earn pittance
on which to livey Is she a 1ueenr
that IT reminded him ofthe mountaineer down
South who saw Northerner for the frat time
.sIsd h% wns shd
Ana Tho. Sss q. way ri. ssntlsmsn said
right Everything YOU regard as a right is
they sy sns pa sv albany SSS
on the heads 81 al Us women Not that i
better s than the h laws G they make. Some ot
those laws are bad enough.
1t 10 only within year or two that women
FormerIH the father ana mother had a Joint
right That was as 4 should 90. but finally a
famous n statute
1t gave tho father absolute right over tho
fhilS SSrHs T S Of Il. sS
was horn. Through our efforts that law was
You gentlemen. have a beautiful star.
in your flag We have only two. Wyoming and
coiorsdo by the way wa at the r.esnt eiestion %
per cent; q ne middle de. class. end only
you viii study these acts and help Us. We too.
John d. Townsend said that he hadn't any
doubt that the Constitutional Convention
said that the ndwrIting on tue wall. pointed
to this result ana to the success which would
at tns PS next Mso fall M d he
Il hope" said MI; Tovnsend. that when
bachelors nay a tax for every baby that e born.
I cannot conceive any particular reason for
make them useful In soms such way.
For years have felt like bending down in
shame at the position in which we have placed
our wives and daughters, chasing them with
fslOns. lunatics, and idiots. As DR.. Guernsey
knows. q lunatic may become rational again
and recover his vote.
"A felop may be .psrdoned and retain his
vote In this age OF tho world 1t doesn't seem
improbable that idiots may gain reason and
so be entitled TO vote The only people who
cannot vote and who never can vote under the
present law are the women.
Ladies. want to give You one bit OF adj
vice. Be very nice to the delegates before they
go to the Convention. Look sweetly at them.
speak kindly to thsm. feed them we'll While
they are In the Convention write letters to
them which. will endear you to them. But II
they don't do what you want them to dol
leave that to your"
Mr.. Theodore Sutro spoke In favor Of the
moysms ont. and then the new convert. DIR. Car
michael. told how sincerely and thoroughly
he had been converted By the arguments. and
tho prospect OF woman suffrage looked bright
or than ever when the meeting adjourned.
woman suffrage meeting was held last
evening at the residence OF Mrs. Hiram Tor
rsy. "a West Fifty-fith street
Among those present were Mr.. and MIRA
Torrey. Miss Field. Miss Sarah A.. Gardner.
Miss Thomas. Mr.. and MIRA Barrow, Mrs. Clara
NaymAn. and the Rev. DR.. II. =. Macarthur.
Addresses were made by Mrs. Torrsy. Miss
EiaId Mas Thomas and DIR Macarthur