Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-06

we shall render in this Industrial prob
lem is suggestive one. Whatever
else we may do for the wage earning
women, we shall do most when we
bring to her this message Of organiza-
ton which shall help her to help her
self
And for the children; what shall we
say of the little child who is wage
Garner? The work here should be by the
process of elimination, for the wage
earning child as a class must be abol-
ished. The well being of states, com
munities and individuals demands that
this should be so. In the south. that
new storm-center OF labor activity, this
must be the main point of attack, and
no club woman should rest content
while a single child is suffered to lean
eleven hours each day over a spindle,
during the weary time which lies be-
tween his seven years and a stunted
manhood or womanhood.
In other sections club women must
grapple with the great shop evil and
the whole qliestion4of underpaid labor.
Here again the we1pon is organization.
Consumers leagudb which are SPRING
| ing up about us. nre another ruse of
that great power thru which, by vari-,
Gus means, this fight for a Wholesome.
cheerful life for every creature is go.
| ing to be won.''
The Illinois delegation hurried from
the morning session. only to discover
that they need not have been in such
rush after all. "A meeting had been.
called to elect members for the noni-
mating board. You can't hold it: you
can't do any business" said Mrs. Ur-
quhart Lee, the Chicago parliamenta-
/ rian.
"Why??" asked Mrs. Parson.
| Your constitution says there can be
no business done until you are mem-
bers of the convention. You must wait
until after the report of the credentials
committee has been accepted Then
Mrs. Lee continued: II have the opin-.
ION OF Tom Reed, which / received from
| him."
Mrs. Lee and Mr.. Reed convinced the
| women.
The point is Well taken" said Mrs.
j. NJ. Flower. as they walked out
Outside OF clup circles there is much.
sympathy for the pretty woman from
Boston who is barred out simply be-
cause her face has a creamy olive tint.
A number of women who are not club
women are talking of giving Mrs. Ruffin
a reception before she leaves the city,
but this project has not as yet taken
any definite form. The men laugh and
say nothing. One old politician did talk
a little, however:
Talk about politicians and Tam
many methods and machine rule. Here
lis woman who has been duly adj
mitted to the organization and has
compiled with every requirement.. She
comes here entitled to a seat. The
lcommittee meets and after secret ses-
4 sion decides not to render an open
decision. which was the only fair way
! in which to act, even If 1t was decided
i that the colored woman was not eligi-
\ bic. But instead they decide to take
away her badge by force of arms.
Failing jim. that they simply take her
name off the roster Of delegates tell
you If We ever grant woman suffrage
A we won't last long. Lam shocked at
4 the political example that has been set
! before our young men,
Mrs. A. G. Woude of Boston, who is
a delegate from the New England Mo-
mans club-the club that was founded
4 by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe-says there
Is feeling of the greatest indignation
and sorrow over the action of the
4 board,
1 Mrs. Ruffin is a most lovely and
brilliant woman, said Mrs. Woude this
lmorning. She is a beautiful conver-
sationalist, cultured and intellectual,
4 and is at the head and connected with
4 every movement in the esat that tends
u toward the betterment of existing con-
Iditions. She is regarded in Boston as
y most remarkable woman, and is re-
/ Iceived everywhere with the greatest re-
1 spect and consideration. Her son is a
lawyer and a classmate of my son at
Harvard, whence he graduated with
honors. Judge Ruttin. her husband. is
. a very clever and intellectual man.
Last night was sculpture night and
the Alhambra theater was the place
The program consisted of lecture or
Some Possibilities of Sculpture in
Our Cities and Towns" by Zulime Ia fl
Garland OF Chicago, re-enforced by
modelling By Miss Jessica Farnham OF
this city and Mr.. Fry of Creston, Iowa
There was also sculpture posing by
Mrs. Laura Tisdale of Chicago and a
procession of Greek models represented
!; by Milwaukee young society women
The chief attraction was the talk h,
Mrs. Garland. who has a happy com.
bination of ability to create in clay anG
marble and also to tell in a clear-cui
. language how to do it. The audience
was composed almost exclusively OF
women. and ne"er before has there
been seen in a Milwaukee theater suct
. a brilliant display of rich toilets.
Succumbins 10 the pressure brought
to bear last night from delegates al
a over the country. Mrs. Lowe announced
i about midnight that she had consented
contrary to her expectations when she
came to the convention, to allow he,
name to be used rs a candidate for the
presidency.
CONGREGATIONAL Missions.
0etroit, June 1.-THE first days 6tisi.
ness session of the saventy-fourtha annu.
: al meeting of the Congregational Home
Missionary Society opened today. a
number of papers We're read. among
which was one by Rev. Washington
Chcate, secretary of the society, who