The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-07-21
A Mistake Corrected.
DEAR BROTHER KNIGHT K

DEAR BROTHER KNIGHT know yoflS
are fair-minded man, and always glal133
to correct mistakes. In your last week.
issue the statement made that Dr.. lMaI44
Walker "is woman sufragist" Is mt
take. speak from personal knowledke
on this matter. was at Washington 93s
c., in attendance upon the National M0k
man Suffrage Convention, In which wer.
delegates from nearly every State IN the&
Union, DR.. Mary Walker, poor freak
made her appearance on the floor OF tn43
convention and wished to make speech
She did not belong to our Organizations
and we, by the vote of our body, refused
to let her speak. It is grave injustie9
to represent women suffragists as aMeAE
ing trousers" or desiring to wear them
I am heart and soul in favor Of the ta1s
paying women of South Carolina, and naa
ny other Stateshaving the ballot, bat hANe
never done an unwomanly act myself noE1
countenanced one in others. It preJusS
dices people, who do not stop to reas0n
to give the impression that women su
fragists are "mannish'' or aggressive.
I often have visitors who express suts
prise on coming in and finding me at mr.
sewing machine, or attending to my chick
ems, or busy putting up fruit or vegeta
bles for winter use.
Why should anybody imagine that boz
cause I claim the right to to be repre-
sented by my vote in the goverment t0;
which pay taxes, that l am therefore,
ignorant of any OF the houseWifely artey
The fact is, no woman on earth 10ge9s
home better. than I do or takes greate1
delight in domestic pursuits.
No, sir; DR.. Mary Walker is no won1a,Is
suffragist, but person somewhat unha1s
anced, like that foolish colored man, who
few years ago went the rounds OF th1g$
neighborhood dressed like woman au6E
seeking place as cook. That was Juyc}
his individual fool. ihness.
Nor am I, as woman sufragist, pe4
culiar in my devotion to home and des
yotion to domestic matters. Susan HsS
Anthony, one of the famous woman sutss
fragists of the world, who lately was heHs
ored by the Empress of Germany, being
the guest of the Empress at receptions
given to the International Council OF
Women at Berlin-Miss Anthony, ! say
is an excellent housekeeper and sewls
beautifully. DR.. Young and I visited hegl
at her home at Rochester in 1893, when
we made the tour of the Thousand Islands
and Canada,
Then my friend, May Wight Sswell
the organizer of the Woman's Counea
and a most distinguished woman's rights
advocate, is one Of the very best Of housa
keepers in the United States, and no Wos
man can beat her, very few equal hef, ius
making fruit jellies
It is as much an innovation in South
Carolina for woman to practice medt.1
icine as to vote, yet they are beginning tos
do it. We have DR.. Sarah Allan, daugh-
ter of the millionaire jeweler of Charles
ton, in charge of the woman lunatics atss
Columbia, and DR.. Mary Baker, Of my
own county, is practicing medicine in tho
State, and they have woman doctor at.
the College for Women in Columbia and
at Winthrop, and two new woman grad.
uates from the Medical College of Charles
ton.
Then people of this section know Miss
Kate Maher, a noble Barnwell woman,
who is clerk of the State pension board.
When I addressed the legislature I felt
very much comforted by the presence Of
Miss Maher, who sat at table on the
floor of the House quite close to the spot
where I stood to speak. There was e.;
large audience of women in the galleries.,
but here was one right at hand, with as
good head for business as any of those
men legislators. And truly she was q
living demonstration of woman's right to-,
a place in that hall and the benefcent
effect of a woman's presence.
The Saturday Evening Post, one Of the
most widely read papers in the United
States, says in this weeks issue: SIN ails
domains women are coming to prove their
ability as efficient executives"
MRS. VIRGINIA D. You've.
Fairfax, s. c., July Is, 1904.