Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-09
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ELIZA ARcHARD CONNER


was at least partly answered in the
elections in New York city. The Wo-
mans Municipal league was all on
one side politically, if it was question
of politics, this time in the great town.
The league was opposed to the party
In power for what the members con-
sidered good and sufficient reason.
They believed it was demoraliZing
municipal government, so they resolv-
ed to work against it with the linn
tied facilities they had. The first
thing, of course, was to raise money
to help the men whose side they were
on whip out the ins. When it comes
to raising money, that part is always
relegated to women by even the oldest
fogies, those who would die before
they would let woman vote or be or
dained as minister. But these fogies
patted the ladies on the back and said,
"Bless ye, girls, go on and raise money
for u.s." The league got together $780,
900. A bishop contributed $50, while
Mrs. Arthur Dodge, in behalf of the
Woman's Antisuffrage society-anti
suffrage, notice-gave them 500. Pret-
ty soon those antisuffrage ladies will
be taking so much part in politics that
they will no longer know ''where they
are at" The league women had a
pamphlet printed called "Facts For
Fathers and Mothers" They employ
ed twenty-five large wagons and a
number of messenger boys to distrib-
ute these "facts" through New York
and Brooklyn. They had them trans
lated into German for the Germans
They visited the wives and mothers of
voters and urged their cause. They
worked as disinterestedly as nobody
but a woman can do for months.
When at last victory crowned their
banner, they turned over the money
they had left to the mems campaign
committee to help pay its expenses.
But if those devoted ladies had had
each her good ballot to deposit as
well how much more effectively they
could have worked!
"Men has more self control than wo-
men," 1 heard a clubwoman say bold
ly and not ashamed. They has, has
they? 1t is also to be hoped that in
general they "has' better knowledge
of English grammar than this clubwo-
man had.
In a street car the other day | saw
a working girl holding upon her lap a
large parcel and intently studying q
book Of etiquette 1t was open at
weddings" and she conned it DER
and DER. Why not? If anybody should
know how to have llle correct usage at
her own marriage, it is the girl who
has earned her wedding dress. But at
the same time the girls teeth were un-
cared for and offensive looking. dam
druff and a long. hideous hair lay loose
upon her coat collar. and her bare
hands were not clean. Her book OF ct
iauette told not one word concerning
these first essential points that mark
the true lady. Where is the book OF
manners that will tell girls how to
keep themselves spotlessly clean and
sweet and tidy? Let US have it.
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Rev. Estelle Elizabeth Padgham has
been chosen pastor Of the Unitarian
church Of Perry, la. She had pluck
enough to take her own head for things
and study for the ministry against the
will of her parents. This alone proves
her young woman of forceful char
acter, and it is not surprising to read
that in a sermon preached not long
since at Des Moines she electrified
her audience with her eloquence."
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Here is something from the other
side of the house in reference to prop
erty laws for women: A rich man died,
leaving several hundred thousand dol
lars to his married daughter in her
own right His funeral pageant was
decorated with $155 worth Of flowers
to show how sorry the daughter was.
In due time the florist presented his
bill, which the daughter refused to
pay. He sued, and she still refused to
pay, taking the ground that flowers at
her fathers funeral were necessity.
and therefore not she. but her hus-
band, was responsible for the bill.
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I have seen the notice of book Civ
ing over 500 ways to make money. and
not one of them is newspaper writing.
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A legal decision has been rendered
which apparently will tend to discour-
age matrimony in Illinois. 1t is that a
wife is responsible for her husbanf's
debts. Under it a woman lately had to
pay her husbands tailor bill of SlO0.
Girls, look little out before you marry
and live in Illinois!
A girl lately lost her mind over writ
ing a novel, This is not surprising. 1t
is surprising, however, that more peo-
pie do not lose their minds reading the
novels girls write.
Speaking of the case of the kidnapped
Miss Stone. The Woman's Journal
says: "Bishop Vincent. DR.. Buckley
and other conservative gentlemen of
all denominations utter feryent appeals
to women to go as missionaries to re-
mote and dangerous parts of the earth,
but when it is proposed to let a woman
go five minutes walk from her domi-
cile to cast a ballot these gentlemen
object on the ground that a woman's
place is at home.'" Hear, hear!
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