The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19
:. People and Things

The International Suffrage society.
which evidently does not believe that
women suffer enough and is determin-
| cd that suffrage shall not be put in
| the background. has issued a declara-
| ton of principles, which is a plain
statement Of its platform in no uncer-
| tain words. 1t begins by saying that
! men and women are born equally en-
dowed with talents and intelligence
| (Which is more than men should have
| hoped for) and that they are equally
| entitled to the free exercise of their
| rights and liberties. Fur
| thermore they aver that self govern
ment in the homo and the state should
! be the inalienable right of every nor
NAL adult, and in consequence no in
| diYidual woman can "oWe obedience"
to any individual man, as prescribed
by old marriage forms, nor can women
as a whole owe obedience to men as a
whole, as prescribed by modern gov
ern1nents. There, masculine oppres-
sors, how do you feel now? This cir
cular which is sent out by COM
| mittee OF women of which Susan 3.
Anthony is the head, and Carrie Chap
man Gait q member, is calculated to
make every man who reads it feel like
a coin of small denomination. There
IS not the slightest doubt that the
days OF masculine rule are numbered,
and if there are any measures which
they especially desire to see put
through, they would better attend to it
soon, for the effect of that declara-
ton of principles is certain to be far
reaching and it is only a question of
time when husbands will be thorough
ly subdued. 1t is rumored that Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Gait is much inter-
ested in scheme for husband rescue
which is being inaugurated by the
victims of suffrage.
The women Of the federated clubs
who met in Albert Lea this past week
discussed, among other things, how to
keep the servants with happy smile
upon their faces all the time. One
valuable contribution to the discus
sion was made by Minneapolis wom-
an who told OF her own personal eX-
perience and with absolute joy reigned
at all times in her kitchen. She said
that she kept one maid and when
ever she saw that she was a trife de-
pressed She went out to her kitchen
| and began conversing about the girls
winter wardrobe, how she should have
her walking suit made, or what style
of hat would be most becoming to the
| maids style of countenance. Fur
thermore she said that she went down
town with her maid, helped her to Sc
lect her costumes and gave her the
benefit of her advice in her pur-
chases. Thu convention being too
paralyzed with admiration of this dip
lomatic woman to get its breath, she
went on and told of birthday party
she gave for the aforesaid maid. She
turned her house over to the friends
Of the domestic, taking her husband
out to dine and to a theater, leaving
not only the house at her disposal, but
leaving her two daughters to entertain
the party with music and ~recitations.
When thu Minneapolis woman sat
down the discussion was ended. There
Is no problem too abstruse for our sis
ter city to solve.
The public will learn with regret
that Mr.. John w. Gates has lost forty
two pounds. This is regrettable be-
cause the more we have of Mr.. Gates
the better. This interesting piece of
information was flashed over the wires
together with the announcement that
Mr.. Gates had returned from abroad
and had STEPPED on the pier looking
the picture Of health" Whether Mr..