The Holly chieftain., 1908-11-13

The politicians of Des Moines, Ia,
are wondering whether they are quite
as clever as they thought they were.
Recently the officials Of that munich
pality decided that they must have
new city hall. 1t was necessary to
hold an election to authorize the is-
suing of bonds for this purpose. Un-
der an Iowa law passed In 1894 women
have a right TO vote on questions re-
ating to the issuing of bonds and taxa
ton Some of the women of Des
Moines appeared at the polls and tried
TO cast a vote on the city hall ques-
ton. The election officials positively
refused to accept their votes. The
manner in which they were treated
aroused the ire of the would be voters,
and they sued to have the election set
aside as Illegal They lost their case
In the lower court. but the supreme
court of the state has now issued an
injunction prohibiting the city officials
from going any further with the city
hall matter until the question has been
definitely decided And whether they
win o. lose their case the women's
spunk In standing up for what they
believed to he their rights cannot fail
to have wholesomely deterrent effect
In city authorities not only In Des
Molnes. but elsewhere. The policy Of
the Des Moines authorities is likely to
cost them many nm anxious hour.
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Probably the most unpopular man In
New York city. so far as women are
concerned, is the Hon. Timothy Sulli-
van, who had the board of aldermen
grayely pass a law prohibiting women
from smoking in public. During the
progress of this bill from reading to its
final approval by this sage and august
body the city was divided between
feminine wrath and masculine mirth.
Finally Mayor Mcclellan, who must
have a saving sense of humar, vetoed
the bill, and the author of the bill hur-
riedly retired into obscurity. The Hon.
Timothy Sullivan has not been heard
from since the storm of feminine in
dignation raised by. the bill burst upon
his devoted head. Reformers should
be made of sterner stun.
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A photographer who knows the great
world of beauty In Paris says that one
Of the secrets Of becoming beautiful
is to be photographed often. Each
time she Is pictured a woman will
have better portrait, and once she
has decided on what her particular
type of beauty shall be her growth in
loveliness will become apparent. For
instance. when the Gibson girl came
In, 80 he says. every woman who
wanted admiration endeavored to be
Gibsonesque. and the consequence was
that she dressed and acted and
thought the part until she really be-
came Gibson girl. 1t is mental sci
ence applied to the realm of beauty
The theory Is that we may become
what we wish to be, and the prospect
is certainly sufficiently alluring one
to make it worth trying.
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In speech at Cooper Union, New
York, l. N. Stevens of Colorado told
AoW luc pOiltlcdl pdTtieS OF llS state
decided to refuse a denomination to
Judge Lindsey Of the juvenile court.
whose work had been singularly sue.
cessful, but who had failed to please
the party bosses" AS soon us this
became known the women voters of
the state Indignantly demanded his re-
nomination. and the political machines
were compelled to renominate him.
And yet some people allegs that the
ballot isn't Of any practical use to
women!
| It's wonderful how popular and ad-
mired We are when prosperous. and it's
pleasant to be prosperous and admired,
but one Of the greatest satisfactions
that that prosperity affords US is to
witness the discontinue OF the friends
who scampersd to cover in our days of
adversely and make frantic efforts to
crawl out Of their holes that they may
bask again in the sunshine of our good