The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-29
Modern Woman
Two Political Parties, One In
Asia, the Other In Amenca. Favor
Woman Suarase-The Onent Is
Waxing Up :: : !: /:

form OF the Socialist party OA tAe cIdte
of New York. Among other measures
II advocates for all workers state In
surance against accident sickness and
old age, public ownership Of all means
Of transportation and, finally. equal
suffrage for both sexes. Last year the
platform OF the American Socialists
contained this same broad Suffrage
plank. It was q genuine surprise to
me few days after reading the Ameri-
can Socialists' statement Of doctrine to
see an announcement Of the aims or the
reform party Of Japan 1t IL party
rapidly growing in power. Japs never
do anything by halves when the light
once breaks In on them. The pro-
gramme Of the japanese reform party
calls for increase Of pay and reduction
Of labor hours for the working classes
and demands the adjustment of titular
distinctions at the very time when
American women are selling them
selves soul and body to get handle to
their names. The Jap party of progress
proclaims opposition to all monopolies
and, like the American Socialist party,
demands universal male and female
suffrage. What do you think Of that?
A woman's rights political party In
Japan, a party composed Of men, too,
for the little women Of Japan are only
beginning to awaken from their sleep
Of 1900 years! Even China now has
a daily paper published for women In
Picking, and it Is we'll sustained. Twice
the experiment has been made In this
country Of establishing daily paper
in which women's interests were large
" considered, and in neither case was
1t go. Verify, will not the almond
eyed heather female 60 into the king
dom ahead of the American woman,
with all her alleged enlightenment?
I have been interested, not to say
amused, at an announcement Of tn.
meeting of the national divorce con
gress at Washington. The delegates
hail from every state in the Union asn
consist largely of judges, lawyers ann
divines. There is no mention Of q soil
tary woman delegate in the batch. One
would conclude from this that women
have no concern with the subject; that
it is only men who can be married and
divorced.
London has new idea quite ahead
Of anything in America. It is musk
hall for women. A woman manages it.
and her purpose is to furnish place OF
amusement where girls Of any age
may go unchaperoned with perfect
safety. There will be nothing in the
vaudeville entertainments at this hal
to offend the most refined taste. Mel
are not admitted.
Take note A Philadelphia journal
sent reporter to interview a man
more than a century old and ask him
how he had managed to keep alive and
sound so long. by perseverance" re
piled the aged one. 81 jes' KEEP on liv
in" Thousands Of other people, too
would round the century mark in good
shape II they refused to knuckle under
to their troubles and ailments and Just
calmly willed to keep on livin'."
Bless the Lord for q sense Of humol
if you have it. If you have it not, cult
vate it straightway. 1t helps wonder
fully in this life.
Mrs. James Young writes, There ART
no selfish obligations in friendship, anl
the moment they enter into the com
pact the whole fabric will fall to the
ground, no matter how long it took tc
build it,
OF all the women I have heard of
think envy most those who have be-
come licensed guides in the Maine
woods. Among them is Mrs. Jennie
Freese, a mighty hunter, skilled In al
woodcraft. A woman ought to live and
be well forever who leads the free life
in the woods. So many women now
go on long hunting and camping trips
that it has brought about the evolution
Of the woman forest guide.
In recent address before the League
Of Amorioon 10 - ~.