The Portland daily press., 1899-05-22
OINTMENT So Atkinson Furnishing Co. CARLETON Mgr

appear before this committee in reiuon-
strance against the granting of the petit
ton. what greater privilege should
woman ask for?" said Mrs. Head, than
to sit at the feet Of the Lord of creation
and realize that his comfort depends
upon your ignorance of all that goes on
outside the home" She deplored the loss
of the old custom which took away wom-
ans individuality to such degree that
the death notice of woman was often
printed, "Died Mary Soandso, reltot OF
the late lamented Soandso.
Mrs. Knight said that the suffragists
claimed that man and woman were Great
ed equal, but man had stepped to the
front and should now continue to be re.
garded as the master of the world. She
said that a few women bad attained some
degree of literary reputation, such as
George Eliot. or Mary A. Livermore, tut
even these it was conceded had masculine
brains.
Mrs. Young of Cape Elizabeth said that
she appeared for the women of the sub
urbs and she was so overcome by the EN-
barassing position in which she found
herself as to bs compelled to she'd Il tear
in very large and very red handker'
chief before she proceeded with her argu-
ment. She Id that IN an was a superior
being and could eJen cook better, make
dresses better and take care of houses bet
ter than woman. The only thing a
woman could do better than a man was
to trim hat and tea'h a primary school.
Mrs. Frank Clark argued that to grant
suffrage to woman would but uouble the
number of voters who would not be fitted
to vote. She also referred to the emotion
al..charaoter of woman as uniting her for
the performance of public duties. She had
perfect confidence in the men of Maine
and said that the ballot had no magic and
could not teach woman wisdom.
Miss Louise Titcomb was then present
ed. She too wore poke bonnet and a
costume which would have been consid
cred Ia mode some fifty years ago. Her
argument against the granting of the pc.
tition was very witty and created no end
of amusement among the spectators.
At the conclusion of this saddress Mrs.
Osgood spoke eloquently and briefly for
the petitioners and the hearing was then
closed. AS was expected the committee
after some wrangling and debate voted to
tutional amendment and the hearing was
ended.
For the b.nefit of the INITIATED 1t may
be here explained that the above hearing
occurred yesterday afternoon In the
Second Advent church before very large
gathering, the greater proportion or
whom were women. 1t was very
amusing and novel entertainment ar
ranged by the Woman's Suffrage club ;of
Portland and carried out in the most ap-
proved fashion. All of the addresses
which were made were eloquent, witty
and to the point. Those who participated
In this entertainment besides those al
ready named were:
: Senator's Bigelow, chairman. Green,
CoIburn, Frye. Worcester, Laughlin. Gar
diner and Thompson, composing the CON-
mittee. The committee added grent
deal to the fun and some OF the speeches
made in the executive session were es-
pecially interesting.
The part Of Miss Primrose was taken by
Mrs. Abner Lowell whose startling cos
tune and witty remarks added greatly to
the ENTERTAINMENT of those present.
During the afternoon instrumental music
was furnished by TOUR ladies forming a
either quartette.