Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-11-04
DR.. Harriet B. Jones said:

DR.. Harriet b. Jones said:
THE proposed Mother Hubbard par
ade is not only an insult to Mrs. Car
RE Chapman Gait, an excellent woman,
but to all other respectable women
am well aware that some men enter
into a parade of this kind for the fun
of the thing, with no thought OF doing
anything to suggest impurity or licen-
tiousness, but it gives license to num-
bers Of men and boys in our city who
lack respect for women, to conduct
themselves in a most obscene and dis
graceful manner. Attired as women
they conduct themselves as no modest
woman would, bringing a blush OF
shame to the cheek OF every decent
woman or girl Not one woman, let
her be ever so ardent a woman suf-
fragist, would for one moment conduct
herself as she will be represented by
someone who is holding her UP to rid
icule 1t belittles the sex in the eyes
of the young and the ignorant, and
lessons the respect which is usually
accorded to women. There is a grow
ing tendency in the American youth to
show less respect for parental author
ity. If license is given to ridicule, at
tention is called to the vicious, and
RIGHTEOUSNESS attributed to ylrtuous
women in our city, we cannot expect
that love and reverence that is due
every good mother from her boy. Men
should recognize that their very man
hood pledges them to reverence
womanhood, and chivalrous hearted
men will not countenance anything
that will lower the estimation in which
good women should be held
Mrs. George K. Wheat, member of
the national executive committee of
the Woman Suffrage Association, said:
ANY woman who has any refine
| ment will most certainly object to
such a display. l think Wheeling is
the only place where it is done.
saw the parade four years ago, and the
representations were vulgar in the ex-
| IRENE. 1t Is simply vulgar burlesQue
| and should be suppressed. There are
too many refined women connected
with the association to be burlesqued.
I have met very many of them, and
/ assure you | never met one who
| lacked refinement or cultivation. When
! you think Of the refined class of ladies
who comprise the local branch of the
association you can imagine how dis
| tasteful it is to witness such vulgar
show. I don't see why many of the
gentlemen should not object as well
as the ladies. | only wish something
might de done to stop this imposi-
| ton"
Mrs. Henry Off, president Of the local
! association, said:
Il don't admire it at all. 1t has
always been very undignified demon
| stratfbn. 1t is said to be in honor Of
Mrs. Gait, but I think it. is an insult
to her l do not wish to say anything
| further on the subject"
Mrs. George e. Boyd, who is prom
inently identified with the work of
| the local branch said:
Il think the Mother Hubbard par
ade is perfectly horrid. What would
the men think if the ladies should go
out On the streets parading in men 5
costumes? If we should impersonate
and insult them, as they do u.s. we
would all end in the lookup. 1t is
plain to be seen that the men make
the laws and enforce them. If the
women would so far forget their mod
esty as to parade the streets in male
I attire the men would say they were
unfit to vote-and they would be justi-
fed in saying So"