The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-12-19

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try "telth enc cxceatici,, to quote Mr.
Martin tie best ana rgost west
Of 1hlcaso.r
Senator Froderick Innsont Smiths
iemarks or the sup5ec; Of wcnien and
the ballet were only Introductory toll
mis- main adarnss lie was sorry he
said that nc could not address, The wo
len present as Fellow citizens. bts
they bah not tie rieht to vote they
had almost perfect equality in Other
RESPECTS They had equality iefcre
he law and sometimes more; he was
certain that IL he were conducting a
oass in which a woman was cone
.ed he would much vrcfe~ heing on her
siie an1 would tonslder his chances
Of winning better thsn II nan we're
his client Aside from, the franchise.
he said YOU have rights superior to
men. You have more PRIVILEGES and
fewer oblieatioas. more rights and
fewer duties pci hsps you have fewer
liberties bur liberty is questionable
rrivileg. Tits hypothesis gave hin
IN oopor.urity u brmg his wife mtc
the discussion Cand everybody has
nctlccd what a h't u makes With ,h
women cor a pubha speaker 20 mon
ticn his wfel ia connection with the
cxpleoa'icn thai since the lacy WHO
shares roy JOYS apd C,mbles my ex
penses sailed fer Europe last spring
] have hat perfe.t liberty. absolute
freedom from he oNtortions ol dress
makers ami .he piracies Of milineIs.
Tut that he hai forri the state very
irEscme inCeed This MAY NOT seen
to have much TO 10 With the Z, latlons
of the club women and the state bu
most Ct the Topeka women know Mas
Smith. who visits here frequently and
has herself addressed the federation.
and are always interested in her AMI
their respect for their speaker ws.s
doubtless iacr=asod when they learn.
el that ne is one Of those model in
dulgont Anercar huFtards who stay
at homo and work ~hilo their wive-
do Europe thus 2artiy compcrsating
Them for the iaeb Of the ballet.
After Senator Smith dropped tac
Suffrage rrestiou ne talked ahout the
state historical, seciety--the federation
being the guests of the kis,srical So
cIcty for the afternoon and hoped
that the Kansas women world take
more interest in Il. 40 more for it and
gel mIre from it than they had for
nerly This led him to discussion
of history IN general and he wished
hat history niehi b. made a more a..
iractive subject Than the educational
methods with which he was acquaint.
ed had made il when | was in
school" he said. Il was so cramnled
with tho drv dust Of dates-l 4a2-the
g2nd Of February and l776-lhat did
not discover until long afterwards that
history Is romance II boys only
knew IT, or could be helped to discover
IT, he thnaght they would fnd the
early Kansas history great deal more
thrilling than the yellow baclied aov-
els Cl the Nick Carer series He
made a plea for the old historical
myths fast being destroyed by the
analytical school OF historians who
would not let ms keen sacred the men,
ory Of loan ee s,c tho dark lily Of
France. but declared her a disreputa.
lie camp follower. who say "Cld put
never rode down stone stairway and
that there wasn't cherry tree ca
Ieoree's Washington'n fathers farm.
we need scme of the beautiful lies OF
history said Senator Smith. Facts
or legends they are part Of the human
story
Fhe meeting was all in all. the hes
Of the year and one of the test the
federation has maraeed In a number
Of years Fol one thing the program
was short ami there wasn't a lot of
tir, some business at the start Sen
ator Smith stoke almost too briefly,
which is a charge selGom made against
pullic speaker Afterwards tho
1hamlnadc Music ollb served punch
and did the honsrs Of the social hour
very charm ingly. The meeting closed
with a .isit tc the state historical so
ciety museum right across frcm the
corridor wherc the program was Civ
s.n and au-bpro All tho choicest raffcc
we're on exhibit esI ecially In honor Of
the federation The club women have
reason 10 feel rather elated over the
courtesy shown them by the Historical
society which furnished the decora-
lions and the music istelnherg's or.
chestra) and made the meeting a thor