The San Francisco call., 1896-05-14

in the past ten years and that since the advent
OF women voters in Colorado and the form
auon OF good-government clubs, the demand
lor that class OF literature has been SO great
they are continually exhausting their supplies.
And as interest in a wise political economy ex-
tends also to domestic economy and includes
It we are not surprised TO be told likewise that
there has been an enormous increase in the
sale of cookbooks. Laughter
Night before lest an anti-suffrage writer in
the Enquirer asked the following questions,
the most good in the world, Dorothea Dix or
Miss Anthony? That is a hard question, for
Miss Anthony isn't dead yet, but we are in
clined TO say that she is doing the most good
In the world, for If Dorothea labored for the In
sane, susan B. Anthony is laboring with the
lnsane-llau aughterl with those who are in
are an equal force with men in political lie.
She asks also who is to-day the truest preacn-
er, the best helper of humanity, Miss Jane
Adams OF the Hull House or the Rev Anna
Snaw? And she goes on to say tnat MISS
Adams has never requested legislative meas
ure which was not carried out, and that she
can always have as many votes as she wlsnes
for any good object Without belittllng the
influence of a good woman we must reply ii
that is true she never can have requested very
many legislative measures, ana tnat IL IS
great pity that philanthropists and woulo-pe
reiormers do not make haste 10 secure her
services.
But we say that all these women are good
women. They have aided, and are aldlng
secretly, each according to the measure ana
extent OF her abilities. Some are working IN
one way and some in another. some seek 10
mitigate the evils and results OF injustice,
while others apply themselves TO the study OF
what constitutes injustice, and then seek 70
prevent ii. Some are nurses, VINO DINO up t1e
wounds of those who have fallen on the nelu
OF life's battle Such are women like Dorothea
Dix, Clara Barton or Jane Adams.
But tell you, it is O nobler thing ana pet,
ter wav to be former than reformer. ANA
shall women oe told that it is unwomanly If,
like Mary at the feet of Tesus, they have CHOSEN
the better part? Robert Burns praises tne
"gude housewife" who could make old clothes
look "smaist as weel as new" but, after all,
who would not rather have the new? Inc old
clothes OF society will last while yet, but the
new will be much better.
There is philanthropy love OF humanity,
whose scope is wider than that OF the nurse.
Ii is the philanthropy OF the wise statesman,
who averts the battle and renders the carnage
/ unnecessary. Stateswomen OF the future Will
sit with statesmen on boards OF arbitration
the problem of university extension Will be
! solved and the Dorotheas OF the future Will
apply themselves also TO the study ana I'M
proyement of the social conditions which are
now driving men and women 10 the insane
asylums.
army OF female philauthropists has been as
/ signed the task of nursing the ills OF society,
while exclusive male legislation has created
the conditions which produced them. This is
only superfcially true; but, nevertheless, we
do not believe that nursing should constitute
the limit of woman's public activity; as in the
! rearing OF CDilure0 ana management OF nome,
the wise mother knows that an ounce OF
prevention is worth a pound of cure,
so is she beginning TO realize that when
it comes TO making the larger home of the
Nation, for children OF a larger growth, an
ounce OF justice is worth pound OF charity;
or rather the lesson she has to learn is that
justice is the truest charity housekeeping
hearts the happiest," but "home-defend
ers'i may be happy also, and Susan B. Anthony
Anna Shaw and Frances Z. Willard are among
those women who believe that 10 make the
h0l hon ic \, ssifN 4 doc
woman. They are working for that ounce oi
justice which is worth a whole pound o.
charity.
The editor of the Enquirer in g philosophi
cal and common-sense editorial you know the
two do not always make team) commended
the DRIFT Of the discussion at the Woman
! Congress as tending to eXalt the position o
woman in the historical view, and he adds
! that il is nearer being true than the one usu
ally taken when discussing her position in tht
/ past. Woman have been al no time slaves II
! any greater extent than as the same is true o
/ men. Any other view nisrepresents her his
/ torical position and robs her of the credit o
/ having contributed equally to civilization
! while the instructive belief of good women ii
regard to their part in modern civilization il
seen to rest on the triple foundation of philo
sophy, science and common-sense.
Wives have always been the partners OF hus
/ bands and shared their labors, responsibilities
powers and triumphs For this reason W,
/ refer again TO the anti-suffrage writer, and sa.
/ that the statement which she makes cannot bt
/ true when she says that if by some magic
every living woman were suddenly taken on
| OF the world il would run on as well as ever.
! With these Introductory remarks we proceed
! to the subject in hand, that of Chiefs. She
then read the paper which has been alread,
published.
A telegram was read from Sarah B
Cooper of a coagratulatory nature, after
which Mrs. Wilkes apologized for the alb
sence of other speakers who had been ex
pected. Mrs. Alice Stocker was called fo1
| and spoke 4 few words regarding the neeC
OF woman having the ballot.
You each have at least one vote which
you control" said she, "and l trust yol
will do your duty and see that at ieas
that vote IS cast for the amendment
1t is fact. how / can not tell you, bu
true nevertheless, that we can always ge
just what we want from our fathers, hus
bands and brothers by the use of tact anC
a little good management. With thes
| conditions we should be able to get th
amendment adopted If we stand together.
Mrs. Wilkes expressed herself forcibl,
as believing that where girls were laugh
that their only proper place was the hom
and motherhood there was a radical wron!
done, not only them, but to society in gen
eral. She held that it was only rearin:
| them TO bondage worse than that of tht
black slaves before the war.
This evening the church was again
crowded to its utmost capacity, while th
adjoining room held its share of attentiv
listeners. The number of men was ais,
greater than in the afternoon, although
there were comparatively few present
| Tie speakers were Miss Graden of tn
Oakland High School. Miss Keith of Berke
ley. Miss McComas of Los Angeles anC
Professor Griggs OF Stanford University.
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