Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-11

suffrage for women in the last ten years.
l returned last year from three years
visit abroad and L was surprised at the
wonderful changes The movement is like
a small child. When you are away from
it for time it's growth astonishes you.
II cannot tell what will be the next
state in the Union to make the enfran-
chisement of women a law. 1t will not
be in Pennsylvania, my home state, but
the outlook appears very bright in Cali
fornia. There are host of earnest work.
ers both in San Francisco and here. They
have drawn great many young women
into the work and they bring enthusiasm
and vim with them which cannot be had
from older women who have borne years
of hard disappointment
Elders Keep Balance
"I am glad to see that they have kept
the older women at the head of the vari-
GUS organization, so that there are pru-
dence and good sense to restrain the i'm
petuosity of the younger generations.
although 1 have not been in Los An
geles long enough yet to decide, l think,
from what l have noticed In the north
that the California legislature will carry
the suffrage bill next winter. That will
be only the first step, however, and the
temper of the people themselves cannot
be determined until the question is put
to vote.
1.-THE greatest objections I have met
from the men come mostly from preju-
dice and sentiment. They think they still
like the old fashioned, pink and white
faint-away woman, but they really don't
In their mind they embrace the image of
the type of our grandmother, but they
are really loving and enjoying the new
woman, who can be their companion in
in everything.
Men have nothing new against woman
suffrage. They say the same thing they
did half century ago. We have to work
with the same methods we did years ago
and try to get at each man separately.
Although the big clubs and organizations,
in taking up the work, have been a great
help. individual effort is still of the
greatest benefit.
The East Lags
1.-THE west is far ahead of the east in
the work. The Rocky mountain and
middle western states have an immense
class of foreigners from the Scandinavian
countries and these men are already used
to the idea of woman suffrage, as they
have it in their own country. That makes
it easier to reach them In the eastern
states the foreigners are from Hungary,
Italy and Russia. They are bitterly op-
posed to the movement and will not hear
of it.
"Even the American in the east is more
conservative and prejudiced Out here
the people are more whole-souled and
ready for new things. 1 was disappointed
when / first came to California, as 1
found that the people are more opposed
to the movement than I expected, but 1
do not think that in general their preju-
dice is deep rooted
Suffrage is coming to woman in the
next few years, and 1t is the working
class and farmers from whom we ex-
pect it."
one of the prime objects of Mrs. Avery 8
visit to California is to arouse interest
and enthusiasm in the 100000 memorial
fund to Susan b. Anthony, from which
the interest will be used for the better
she has visited Portland, Seattle and
San Francisco.
Mrs. Avery has had many worthy
movements traced to her as the source
She1 was the corresponding secretary OF