The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-10
THE SOCIAL SIDE
1I11ATs ALABAMA WOMEN ARE
DOING IN LEGIsLATION

# DOING IN LEGISLATtON.
 -0h. Ye croakers of the past age, who
 were. 50 affrighted by the approach of < W6>z<S<1ss independence and action in
 the affairs of importance to human
 kind, What think ye of the part she 2 iz.. taking in Alabama's most serious
 movement?
 And think ye that she is injured
 Thereby? Would you prefer the simper-
 ing. dependant, opinionless barter of
 his joys and sorrows that was man's
 ersfvhlle ideal? Perhaps you would. 4 but She has become almost obsolete. and when you find specimen, treasure. her as an ''rara avis Keep her az your very own. and your right to the
 16s of Your possession let no man dare dispufe
 The woman of today in Alabama is ~ and doing. prompted by the moth- V instinct in her, the very instinct for tke sake of which man pleaded she sbould lie throughout all the ages
 Asleep in the wilderness The wo- man A.xis narrow whose mother ieve does not reach out beyond that Mspircu by her own offspring, and the woman whose mother instinct reaches only as far as that of the un- raasob5ng animal. is still bound in the ne1ldexness as found by such women as Olive 8chriner. for she only brings her rhildren into the world. nourishes tAem at her breast. wcans them. and ne more. She is not thoughtful oT the generations to follow, for whom her act of motherhood is responsible.
 The cohvening of the Alabama Leg tStature was to the women of the State 6f more importance than ever this fSrm. as the errors of omission and cSmmissson for which the members are ffsponsible must be lived under and HP to for longer period than hereto- fore The evil done and the good left nrdone win mean more than ever be- fore. So the thoughtful and indus txions women have been preparing lines of work and gathering their fvrces for the past four years. Move 1nents have been decided upon. plans nf work have been laid out. and ways and means of influencing members of fho Legislature to lend their aid in hAttering the conditions of man. wo- 1aany and child have been discussed sNhereNef organized women nave gath- eFad together
 &The movements before the Legisla- tflre in which the women of the State are specially interested have every one been inaugurated by women and worked up to the present point hy w9sifen braving the disapprovai of the faa1oritst of men. Are the movements enpoused by the women of the State w3se? Are they ennobling? Are they @rff hA aF ybo ra t9ffix thes laws for the good of the | pkopie theA serve? glance at tho l list oEkcauses for which the feminine | pbliticians are working before the | Iekislature will show.
 @The Alabama Federation of Women's | Clubs is tho strongest organization in | xhe state. and one of the most impor- | t&nt committees of the body Is the leg | iAhtive committee, appointed in con- vAhtion some time ago. The duty of tnk committee Is to bring before the | nf9mbers of the Legislature the causes id which the Federation is working This committee is composed of tho of aesrs and all the ex-presidents of the FAsieration, and naturally of a number oaltha most brainy prominent. and in- ftlentlai women of the State. glance aeithe list of causes for which these wltIncn are working by instruction | fTdn the Federation. Yill show the afathers are working for the ultimate axlweiI as immediate welfare of their | children, the peorleH os Alabama.
 n JUVENILE COURT.
 1.-Two years ago. the members of the | Mothers Union were awakened to the | need of some action in the interest of svavwArd youth. and the wish 10 es- tablisk a juvenile court grew into | n{dveTAent toward work for it. Untir- fiIg ahd unfaltering has been the ef- lott fh this line and the result has heen an awakening through tho State t9s the crying shame of forcing the wayward child to become the confirm ed criminal through association with fHS hardened adult criminal under wfiose. influence the majesty of the law places him.
 s.Reading of tho work of Judgo Lind say brought enlightenment on the snbject of how to obtain the desired esd, and speeches from prominent men add women before the Mothers Union kept Che enthusiasm up to highest and nsiJst substantial pitch. The bill sug- g&stedl by the Moth ,rs' Union was pre- seritedi to the Bar AssC clatI0n, and was feartiIy endorsed by them. It was read before the Federation of Womens Clubs in Selma. and was endorsed by them as what the women- the moth- CTS of Alabama--wanted for their wANwaFd boys.
 Hhis bill provides that the dividing liAe between the child who should bo gAarded, reproved and put on proba- -. -