The San Francisco call., 1896-05-09

cation of females produces megrimous women, so
woman must not vote.n is not the megrimous
woman the one element lacking TO clarity the
filthy pooi?' We are told in the name of science
that our platoid bone is not the right shape for
liberty: neither was the negro's shlnbone, but he
is in. Let turn the X-ray on our patods, for it
is especially hard o be betrayed by malformed
plaOds Just the Republican party and THE
CALL have Endorsed US and the other parties and
papers are standing foot eager to catch on
Inc oedu-Ilhe ioE woman IS the oaIloS-ooN- she
us arouse crusade TO rescue the American ballot
box and American manhood
The following telegram from the Count
ess of Aberdeen was then read amid much
applause:
TORONTO, May 5.
ReU. AHnd Sbalu: Please convey kindest greet
ings and best wishes to Pacific Coast Council.
LADY ABERDEEN.
The following answer was dispatched:
Lady Aberdeen Toronto: The Pacific Coast
Woman's Congress return greeting most cor
daily. We are moving toward the front.
ANNA SHAW.
The last paper OF the evening was read
by Mrs. Harriet W. RusseIl-Strong, presi-
dent of the Ebell Society of Los Angeles.
Her subject was THE Mother, Old and
New
Sparta" she said, depended in great
part upon its mothers for the noble men
who inhabited that country. the Spartan
women were said to be the only ones who
could rule men. The Roman mothers OF
old were free women and not household
drudges, and this may have much to do
with the illustrious bravery of their sons.
1--we undoubtedly strove to teach her
sons the lessons of divine harmony which
she had learned from the lips of the
Almighty. This teaching in the case OF
Abel was successful, in that of Cain it ap-
pears 10 ave been in vain; but in each
instance the reaching itself was the same
and the devoted teacher blameless for un-
toward consequences.
The true mother must labor without
ceaslng to bring about the new paradise.
The garden OF Eden was not enlivened by
the sound of children's laughter. The
new Eden will be the home OF glorious
motherhood. And the glory and crown of
motherhood is that grand, self-renouncing
love which Is the very life of liberty"
The euestion-basket was then opened
and the first question was found to be:
"lf women vote will they not deprive
men of Government positions?"
To which Miss Shaw made answer as
follows:
The class of men who seek public Office
only for their own support" is the class
of men who ought TO be put out and
women put in.
Here is biblical question: Does the
Bible mention woman suffrage?' Biblical
questions seem to bother a good many
people, and often more after men preach
ers have expounded them than before
The scriptures say God created man and
woman, and made them the rulers of the
earth. The scripture is fuil of the equality
OF man and woman"
Several other questions were answered
Miss Shaw's ready wit and keen satire de-
lighting the audience, while the pith o.
all her replies left them with something
to think about An ad iournment was ther
taken until to-day.
magnificent floral anchor was one of the
decorations on the platform last evening
1t was made of Marco nal Mel roses, yellow
sweet peas. ferns and smilax, and wa!
from Mrs Annie B. Andrews of Los
Angeles, on behalf of the women o
Southern California.