The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-26

! beautifully improved. $4,000 aTmory
is projected, assured is perhaps the
word / should use Work VIII soon
begin on the city water works and
sewerage system, and d cement com
pany has been busy for months lay
ing public and private walks, until
the old town has put on a smile that
means to stay.
The Woman's Town Improvement
Association is most active in a work
ii has not before undertaken. and I
believe never has been undertaken
by a woman's club. II supports an
advertising secretary" and furnishes
advertising mater for this use
Through this secretary il is in COM
mu1ication with people in all parts
of the country who are looking for
permanent homes, town and country,
or for new lines of business, or for
heaithful resort for the winter. We
expect much from this work. The
association is also in communication
with the agriculture department sec
rotary that has charge of the Rookie
celler demonstration work on south
ern farms hoping that through this an
impetus will be given to the agrtcUI-
turaI interests of this section.
I forgot to say that among our
should be mentioned first Is the can
ming factory established by r. F
Noyes. II is small as yet, though quite
large compared with yours il Pensa-
cola, but the results are SO good. IL
is only a question of time wren it
wi. become a valuable asset to tItS1
section.
A friend of ours, NJ NJ Mangase-
Tian, lecturer of the Independent
Ethical Society of Chicago, sends this
graphic picture of the suffrage demon
stration in London. 1t seems weird
and strange to me. but / have no
criticism. They know what Is hest
for them and have the courage to
do it:
Ten thousand women. with han
ners streaming were marching
through the streets of London, when
| stepped out of my carriage, on my
way to the hotel from Easton station.
National Union of Woman's Suffrage
Societies and the Womans Freedom
League had planned tlis public dem
onstration to demand votes for wo-
men. Beside the many-coloTed flags
representing the various sections and
countries of the empire, that had sent
a delegation to London for this unique
occasion, the women carried stand
"
letters some favorite motto, a crisp
sentence from some eloquent speech
in favor % their cause, or the names
of women known to fame.
1T was a picturesque sight, to
which music lent an added charm.
The women themselves held aloft
their banners as they marched about
ten in row, between two solid col
umns of spectators, mostly of a semi
deTisive character.
Among the marchers were women
representing all grades of society,
and drawn from all the professions
in which they have conquered place
for themselves. The lady doctors
and those who had graduated from
university appeared in their academic
robes, watch lent color to the great
procession The names of women
like George Eliot, Charlotte BrOnte.
etc, famous Cor genius or goodness,
were aTtistiCally displayed on the nU-
merous banners which opened and
closed like the folds of a great fan
''One of the prominent women in
the demonstration was Emily Davies.
a lawyer, and over 90. She wore the
robes of a doctor of law. 1t was this
lady who in 1885 handed to John
Stuart Mill in Westminster hall the
first petition for women'S suffrage
Other noted women among the stand
ard bearers were Madame Sarah
Grand, Mrs. ZangwiIl, the wife of the
Jewish author, and daughter OF
Jenny Lind, the singer
The parade was followed by a
monster meeting at Albert Hall. which
was thronged to the streets. and over
which Lady Henry Somerset preSid-
ed. She called herself an old-fash-
toned woman" believing in modern
ideals. Mrs. Shaw, the American wo