The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-21
WOMEN za SOCIETY.
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 neu in Gufauia during the recent
 D. C.-convention. the discussion q. to whether the officers should vote Wee et Its height, a woman who must : 94t her report off." left the han to t4n some s'copy'' on the afternoon txain~
 Two gentlemen who had been enjoy lnx the discussion accompanied her. Ihey were so amused at the queer dis < cnssfcn, and so astonished that even women--new women-should differ on So plain a question.
 TheN spoke of the points put by the U. D. C.'s fin . patronizing way>as if they pitied the dwarfed undefstandings Of the female deb6ters.
 Ihe woman of s'copys felt so glad that one side must be right. and that women were on both sides. She dis liked to show these mighty men that ehe was in itnetance as to which side received mans approval. She hoped from the conversation to get ray of light; but no. So she put her pride behind her love for information and esked these gentlemen who were so nnanimous in their judgment of the snallnsss of the female intellect that ceuids for . moment. be puzzled on so clear . subject.
 AWeil gentlemen confess I am at eeA as to whsoh Is right. Should -or uhes1l6 not of3oefs of. this organization bs allowed torvote?"
 Why of course they should." spoke one.
 Why of course they should not" Dpoke the other.
 She was dumbfounded.
 me men turned toward each other and were seen in hot debate on the question.
 The lady, could not remain to hear the end et the discussion, but went sadly back to listen to the new and rising women who differed on a point *:so clear as to make discussion of 1t positively laushable." to these lords If creation.
 
 1rTss AsHBY IN ATLANTA.
 The Constitution of Sunday contains held ak the home, of Mir. and Mrs. Ott- ley to further Anki-Child Labor Laws:
 "A large assemblage of interested people gathered at the residence of MT. and Mrs. John Knng Ottley last night 4o meet with the provisional commit tee, acting in the interest of a move ment to create publicssentiment in the matter of legislation relating to child labor.
 Rev. c. B. Winner. chairman of the committee. explafned that the object of the meeting was to hold an informal conference in the, matter of the child labor question. He referred to the vipit and lecture here several weeks ago of Miss Irene Ashby. who is a student of problems in social econom- ics. and who has recently, in the inter- est of legislation for child labor, spent the last six months studying the sit- uation in the South.
 " Encouraged by the lecture of Miss Ashby and benefifing by her experi- ence in such matters, the provisional committee was formed and met last night. 1t was explaiend, to further plans for the formation of an orga- nized committee to work throughout the State.
 After Mir. Winners introductory re- marks, hiss AsiIfDy. wmo is iTI the City en route to Washington, addressed the meeting. She gave a brief history Of the child labor question ss a problem solved in a1l civilized countries by the enactment of laws that prohibit the child under. 12 years of age working in fhe factories. and after that age to l6 with manifestations as to time and edt1cakion. She contrasted the condi- kiofas of the factory people before these aavea ware enacted, and their condition since. concAusively proving that every where the laws have prevailed pros- Derfty to the country and the people has been the result.
 sishe refezred te the child labor ques- lion fn the South as being one more sz,gnifacant than it had proved in any other ceunkry on account of the as6o- ciafion with this question of that of a eesaasn phase of the race proslem; fhat is. the danger that is threat- asYfS3RF if present conditions exist In child lasor in the factories, there ne- snsr Yhe Nnevftahie competition of tliit- arate whi{h labor and trained negro saber. With facts, statistics and con- vincing. argument, Miss Ashby held her a,ldiereesand met with a ready synpa-
 Mrs. J. K. Ottley. in bright talk, re- lated the history of the child labor btls as introduced in the last Legislature, ana briefly cited the arguments brought aeainst the proposed bills. cleverly and huuorously refuting these arguments.
 She was followed by Mrs. Nellie Pe- fers Black, who questioned whether 1eeislation was the right and most di- rect means of solving the problem A .aas