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quarters one og the oficlais he'd aid that
Mrs. Philip snowdsn was not the type
that spoke FROM the tall Of q cart or went
to jall for the cause. With this In mind
II IL asked II My. 5nowden would be willing
that his wife should be Imprisoned as
Miss Pankhurst and soorss Of other women
have been. and DR.. Aked follows her
"oh. perfectly willing by asserting his
belief that the English Government would
hesitate to arrest and imprison the wife
of Philip Snowden, even though her
picture does adorn Scotland Yard In COM
pany with many photographs Of the
militant members OF her organization.
II the portrait does justice to the
original 1t shows very pretty woman Of
81. OF blond ooloring and dainty gowning
as far removed from the fashion plate
and shop model fashion as It is from
freakiness. Mrs Snowdenss appearance
is a refutation of the belief that to be
allied with this question Of the hour one
must have been born without any physi-
cal attractions or must have lost them.
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$ saorlhoe forgotten in the szultatIon
of achievement. fs<
sour women are reused n q white heat
OF indignation by the insults and antego-
nism thoy have reused. More or lesa
humorous accounts have been written
OF the memorable occasion when the
woman behind the grille at the gallery OF
the House Of Commons interrupted the
dscorous proceedings. For tho first time
the pillars Of English conservatism that
had trembled bit hitherto actually
rocked. ..s.-.,.-- .-..-, t -. 10. b.
"You. here. without that tremendous
substructure Of tradition can hardly
appreciate that moment. II was his
tory making time. I have not seen.
however. In the American press the final
word that precipitated the panic.
at was q very mild word In comparison
with some that have been spoken. The
speaker Of the moment merely announced
that he thought he knew enough about
women; he'd buried two wives.
"A young and popular member of the
House, a Liberal member. remarked to
me that he had absolutely no sympathy
with the cause and that he believed he
represented the intelligent men Of the
country.
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al consider my wife. he added. the
ideal type of femininity. She is quite
domestic and knows that her only. duty
is to stop at homeland keepthe cradle full.
He wished all women were like her.
Another said that IL his wife and sister
should show any active interest in the
suffragist agitation, he would lock them
in a room until they got over It. A third
admitted that .the-s was no real valid
argument against the I. granting of the
suffrage to women. but, added. We've
got the power and we intend to keep It.
.The most violent insults OF all were
hurled at our heads by a Mr.. Cremer, one
Of the. members of the House, whose
antagonisp was Of such virulent nature
that uohe. who had followed his wonderful
career and his ,attitude toward ali other
questions. which was progressive, intelh-
gent, and. humane, could ever account
for it~exoept ton, some Psychological
grounds that eluded detection. : so >
'His'particular brand OF insults were Of
so shocking aenature that even Balfour
said. in reference to them, that human
nature had limits .iof endurance which
Cremer seemed to forget. His influence
in the House on this; question was tre-
mendous, and it has not died with his
death. unfortunately.
DR.. Aked interpolate@ 'Cremer was a
good man and just on every other topic
but this. On the woman question he was
a beast and say it with the ordinary
belief that de mortuis,' which is often
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put his back asalnst ths door and kaid
Gentlemen. we are divided into units
now. but when open the door there
will be only one There must be only
one mind. and that one mind formed,
then the next move will be for the Min-
listers TO present bill for woman suffrage
to Parliament. and as the members have
the support Of the Government, on the
Ministers really rests the onus Of this
affair II is not a question Of majority
but OF unanimity. you see." t
1T is really. then, case Of feminips
nagging brought to the nth powerg' 4 ~
DR.. Aked laughs himself into the con-
versation.
sThe " oman suffrage campaign In Eng
land has done more than overthrow the
accepted beliefs In regard to the owner-
ship Of women: it has attacked sonis Of
our cherished blunders. one of which ID
that woman is the superior nagger.
why, she doesn't know anything about
1t. she Is q tyro. novice. a beginner
with everything to learni We have all
known for long time that when IL came
TO gossipping woman cannot hold q candle
end TO man. whose gossip is of 80 much more
malicious and constant character as
TO handicap women at the start so that
they are practically out of the contest. The
masculine nagger. as he has shown him.
self in his true oolors in this campaign,
has established record that women
must acknowledge, whether they want
TO or not. as being practically invincib!e,
IL not unassailable.'
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different parts OF Anaries. 1'he wofnsl
| tell me how enthusiastical they are foi
the cause I represent In their country
and begging to know how they can de-
anything TO help. How shall We beginF
they cry.
II write them to begin by drawing room
meetings where women will discuss tht
questions Of the day, where an ntelli'
gSnce In this regard may be born and fos'
tered and made ready for the time when u
may be needed. No ono knows when
such crisis will come In America, and Il
Is well to be prepared.
sIflnd that the Western women are more
active in their partisanship than the
Eastern women. who are inclined, to be
too, content with what has been accom-
p1ished already. lectured five times a
Chaataaqua this summer 70 large ano
impressive audiences. The first two
lectures wore received. as 10 the custom
here, in slence-the applause checked
till the end. The third lecture was inter-
rupted frequently, and think ! am right
In arguing that had stimulated inter-
est into excitement.
II represent the organization founded
after John Stuart MIL introduced the
first woman suffrage bill. 1t Is called the
National Union of the Women's Suffrage
Association and has approximately 100000
members.
"We have many noted women among
its members and In that memorable pro-
cession OF last summer, just before ]
came to the United States. had the
honor of walking In the first row between
Lady Frances Balfour and Mrs. Fawcett,
widow OF the blind Postmaster General.
Another interesting participant was one
of the pioneers. Miss Emily Davis. who
founded Grton. the first woman's college
She is now 80 years old, but insisted on
walking and kept in as long as she
could-thFee miles In hot sun.
"The procession wound along through
the populous centres of London. passed
by the clubs. whose windows were filed
with curious men. through a mass Of
lookerson. but not one offensive word
was uttered, and oftentimes the men
uncovered their heads as we came dong.
1t was a most wonderful and impressive
demonstration
Mrs. Snowden has recently returned
from Washington. where she was received
by President Roosevelt. She admits
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that her chat. though charming. did a
touch on the moot question. W
Il have been asked since that recent
letter Of his II ! was not greatly dlsap.
pointed at his lukewarTnness on the sub.
jest Of woman suffrage she says. 'op
the contrary / was agreeably surphsed
that he went as far as he did
"We have always thought Of President
Roosevelt, lovable man as he certainly
ls, as being more interested In the ac.
tivity of the birth rate than In any oths,
subject connected with women. He V
like our Bishops of London. who get ira.
mendously excited over that neys,
bothering apparently about the i2ooo
children who need to be kept alive bv
proper food and care before their number
is added TO.
sFor man in the position Of the preal.
dent to say even a word In favor OF
movement Of this kind would consider
great victory. Think Of King Edward
admitting that he believed in it-but OF
course he could not say such thing
he simply could not. He is King. Nor
could Queen Alexandra. A Queen must
not have opinions.
"One Of the greatest blots on Queen
victoria's political record was the abso.
Lutte lack of any interest shown In the
emancipation of women; IL Is an otnis.
sion which the thoughtful woman who
Appreciates the opportunity she had to
make her name honored and revered by
the women Of every nation and in every
age cannot understand.
Instead she created type known &C
the early Victorian woman. which Is the
laughing stock of intelligent England
to-day. To be called Early Victorian Ii
to be ridiculed in the highest degres
The +. V. stands for harmless nonentity.
prim, precise. a cross between an angel
and an idiot II is type which domi.
mated art and literature and to which
the son who has accepted his religious
and his political opinions from his father
still olings.'
Mrs. Snowden ends the interview by
explaining the difference in the terms
suffragette and suffragist as used In
England to-day.
-The suffragette is one who opposes
the Government; the suifragist helps the
man who will promise to do the most for
W oman suffrage whatever his politics
may be-"
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paid on the same scale can they compete
on their merits and the best man win.
-But find two undercurrents OF feeling
not reason, in the man in the street against
equal pay. One Ii that il hurts their
pride to know q woman is getting as much
as a man. Another 10 that they dislike
the idea of women being independent Of
men
Il always open meeting by telling
them / want the vote, and as they will
not come to meetings / have to come to
the streets to talk to them. l say that
have right to speak in the streets and
expect them to respect that right as 1
would respect theirs.
"They listen to every word. Mrs.
Borrmann Wells. who Is used TO the English
street audiences. says lt is almost terri
flying the way they listen. You never
can tell whom you are going to convert.
One night man was carrying our banner.
After the speaking a policeman came up
when ! saw the man with the banner, >
said he, 4 said to myself. there's the
women after their rights with q man to
do the work. But after heard your talk
said well, as longs the men are keeping
it from you 4 guess they ought to help
II think we convert quite as many
women asmen by the street work. and they
are quite as important. We reckon that
every woman II she's any good at all can
bring over at least one man to her way Of
thinking, and since with the man In the
street. anyway, the bedrock Of the OBJ
lection to suffrage is feeling, not reason,
the only way to get him Is through his
feelings.
sOh. / forgot the heaviest brain argu-
ment, Every now and then soma man
tells ua oman ought not to vote because
her brain isn't as heavy as mans. The
answ er TO that In that the elephants brain
Is heavier than either. Some one always
calls out Bring on the elephant and then
the crowd laughs,
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out Of one of Adams ribs2' said he
Il was staggered. 1t had never oc.
curred to me that anybody believed that
rib story any more. Now Of course
you can't argue with a man who really
believes women ought not to vote because
Eve vas made out Of Adams rib. So !
just said:
-'Well. perhaps they we're made that
way then. but know they aren't made
that way now
"Then OF course I had them going,
said Miss Malone rehectively, "and they
were all with me.
"The man was terribly hurt and grieved
because l wouldn't accept the Bible
authority. and he went of and got him
box and got on II and began TO make
speech himself. That's one OF the
best things about our street meetings
They start little street meetings all around
the rim Of the crowd.
Sometimes I've left half dozen ora
tors all talking woman suffrage, for or
against. That's six meetings a night
without any hall rent
Il took leaf from the Salvation Army q
Ilesson book when began" she contin-
ued.. Il noticed they'd built up a great
organization with nothing but street
meetings at first
"The Socialists. too. have carried on
their propaganda largely by means OF
street work. / noticed that few people
would come TO suffrage meetings held
In halls. and those who did were almost
all suffragists already. decided that
IN we wanted the vote we had TO 20 to the
people and ask for 1t,
"fhe crowds In the different parts Of
the city are quite different. AZ Madison
Square think the meetings did the least
good Of any. We always had plenty to
listen, employees and employers too from
their look, from the big buildings.
They listened In perfect silence. But
! have heard them say in resentful way:
business here. Our women are ali right.
They don't need the vote Some other
method Is better suited TO those people.
"The lower East Side is used 70 street
meetings and thinks nothing Of them.
The crowd there is solidly foreign and
made up Of people who feel the pressure
Of industrial conditions: have found
that there Is only one plea that has any
effect with them, but that plea has It's
effect every time.
I, 1T is the need Of the working girls for
the ballot. One must never mention the
older women to them. They think Of the
older women always as In the homes.
But all the young daughters and sisters
of that locality are at work II they can
get the work to do, and the fathers. and
brothers will stop and think when you
speak Of their right to the ballot.
If you speak Of the women in the
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is seldom a second cutting Of the hay
For that reason after the fourth year
plough up the peppermint and plan
something else.
'For planting peppermint the land II
prepared by deep ploughing and thorough
narrowing. 1t is then marked with fur
rows about three feet apart. The roots
selected for planting should be sound ano
vigorous. lusually take only those thai
are from one-eighth to three-quarters OF
an inch thick and anywhere from one to
three feet long.
These roots are set in the burrows In
such a way as to form one continuous line
In setting them out have found that the
easiest and best method is for the workers,
men. women. boys or girls. to carry the
roots in bag swung about their necks
and to cover with their feet as they set
the roots in place. This method covers
the roots as soon as they are taken from
the bag and does not leave them exposed to
tne air for the moisture 10 evaporate.
"The bags l use for this purpose are
different from any l have ever seen or
heard Of elsewhere. They have a light
board about foot and a half long by six
inches wide tackled in the bottom and a
fan that falls over the top. This pre-
vents mashing and breaking the roots.
and when once q setter has learned to use
IL he prefers it to all other bags.
Il employ as many half grown boys
and girls on my farm as can get. Mint
setting is not heavy work, and besides
the STOPPING over makes il especially
adapted to people with young, supple
backs, As l pay for the work done re-
gardless Of whether it is done by man,
woman or child, as rule get as many
boys and girls as are necessary.
xIf the land Is thoroughly prepared
mint will pretty much take care of itself
after it is planted. The only thing required
is to keep IL free from weeds. especially
smartweed, fireweed, ragweed and horse
weed. II these weeds are allowed to
mix in with the mint it will seriously
injure the hay from which the oil Of
peppermint is distilled.
1fhis wedding must be done by hand,
and for that purpose again prefer women
feet and more nimble with their fingers,
and II painstaking do as clean work,
covering more ground than men.
"The first crop Is cut about the middle
OF August, when the mint is In full blossom,
The second crop comes usually a month
later and never is as heavy with oil as
that cut first. With me the first cut
ting is done with a scythe. because my
land is soft, but where upland is used
a moving machine may be used with just
as good results. My second cuttings are
has been no recent cultivation and the
land is more firm and easier for the ma
chine to travel over.
at requires about S2S pounds Of drv
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more honored lin the breach than in the
observance.
my wife wrote him after his fragrant
talks against woman suffrage that for
years she had followed him, she had hon
ored and loved him for his work in regard
to peace and other vital issues. but that
now she was ashamed ever to have uttered
q word in his praise Personally should
be glad to know that Cremer was either
drunk or out of his mind
DR.. Aked is asked. while Mrs. Snowden
arranges some correspondence, why the
men In Great Britain should balance the
indifference of the men In America on
the subject with such fierce antagonism.
He replies.
"Heredty dies hard. There was a
time In the history of England when a
man could put halter about the neck
of his wife and take her 70 the market
place, and IL he succeeded in selling her
that constituted legal divorce.
"The reversion to type is easy. and it is
difficult for him to eradicate the notion
that woman is his property. The brute
wants to dominate woman and the gentle
man wants TO protect her. and woman
ought TO 10 in a position where she
cannot be dominated and does not need
protection
Mrs. Snowden looks up.
"Of course" she says. prejudice Is
keener over there and tradition sinks it's
roots into a deeper soil. but even in Great
Britain believe that the fine, intelligent
man Of to- day who opposes US does 30
from n sense of chivalry,
Il was asked little while ago when
made that assertion, Toward which sexP
and said that l believed it was chivalry
toward ours. While his sense Of the
ownership of women is just az strenuous
as that of his brute brother. 1t is sense
that brings to him only an idea. Of re-
sponsibility and desire TO protect and
care for them
And your husband, Mr.. Philip Snowden
what is his attitude?' -
Mrs. Snowden glances proudly toward
the mantelpiece. then. rising. takes a
framed photograph and shows it while
she explains the rather harassed look of
the picture.
.-I1e kills himself with work. but very
girlishIy, 'aisn't 1t a fine face2'
1t certainly Is, a thin, eager face. with
broad brow and iluminative eyes, the
face Of the militant student. Mrs. Snow
den looks toward DR.. Aked to furnish the
footnote for the illustration, which he
does with great enthusiasm.
sPhilip Snowden Is one Of the finest
men ] have ever known or ever expect
TO know. he says. He is a Member OF
Parliament. the prophet of the labor
movement. and there isn't town in Great
Britain where he hasn't, an enormous
loyal following.
He is known as the great protagonist
of the labor following and Is an accepted
authority on all important economic and
socialistic questions. II there is ever
Socialist Cabinet formed, which is not at
all an unlikely situation. Philip snowden
would undoubtedly be selected as Chan
celior Of the Exchequer.'
It is recalled that at suffrage head
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peppermint hay to produce one pound
OF ell. III the land is not kept up TO the
mark there will be decided difference
in the yield Of the first and the succeeding
years Of cultivation.
1T is my theory that when il is found
impossible 70 keep the yield up to the
and the land brought up by the ou1t-
walton Of other crops. Practising rota-
ton OF crops for five years will usually
be sufficient on good upland, and less
time Is needed on good low grounds,
l let my land rest anywhere from three
to ak years. mean by rest that plant
other crops-anything that will keep
the farm going.
my method Is to farm twenty acres
to furnish supplies. for our home con-
sumption and twenty acres for money.
Excepting coffee. sugar and tea, we raise
almost everything else we consume on
the farm. By such management 81, 900
year goes o long way and seems pretty
snug sum to my mother and me. now
stocked the farm.
when the mint Is harvested it is thrown
in windrows to dry, after which 1t is run
through a still to extract the oil. use
my own still now. but when first began
to grow peppermint hauled the hay TO
the nearest distillery. which was ten
hihcc away, WuSfc u Cost me tWtHty NV
cents pound to have the oil extracted
THAT may not seem very much. but
when. mint farmer has more than l0o
poundD OF oil 1t pays him to do his own
distilhng. Besides the rate Of rs cents
there is the labor and time Of both men
and animals for hauling both ways The
peppermint hay from which the oil has
been taken is both q good forage for
stock and a fine fertilizer meyer lose
q pound of IT,
women in the East talk to me about
all had to do was to sit indoors aud
direct hired man once or twice day.
l. wish they would come out West and see
the women farmers that know.
we 60 into the fields as regularly as
the hired help. and often we lead them.
The word help here In the East may have
lost its Significance. but with us it stu
means help. not servant, When we
began my, mother and | worked along
and day out. Now that things are
getting easier and my mother ia oie'er
she never comes into the fields except as
a lookeron.
AS am my own manager am seldom
able to remain long in one place. but
must be here and there, wherever work IS
being done Instead of sitting in the
house and reading and doing fancy WORK
as some OF these women ] have met m
and 20 to bed with the whippoorwill.
We make a good income and We now
have a high priced farm free OF deb',
but both OF us, my mother and |, have
had TO work for IL. Every year that
passes we are thankful that We stuck to
our land and didn't try boardere and ths
shop
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homes as working longer hours than any
body who works for wages and getting
no wages at all they simply laugh at you
| I do not think that that crowd ever thinks
in her own home. don't think it ever
occurs to them that she earns her keep
and more. They regard themselves as
giving her her living.
There is not crowd in the city, not
even the lower East Side crowd, that
doesn't hurl The woman's. place is at
home at me. When i speak Of the low
wages and hard conditions Of the working
girls they call out. IF they don't like It
why don't they 60 homer And this In
the sort Of crowd that must know that the
girls have to work to eat just like them
selves.
'On the wages question the Socialist
meeting yet at which Socialist didn t
open discussion and ask me to join the
| Socialist party. In fact both the So
cialists and the single takers want us to
stop working for suffrage and work for
their parties. claiming that that Is the
Quickest way 70 get women's rights
when we have human rights woman's
rights will be settled. they tell me.
NRut these men aren't disfranchised
themselves. II they were they would
sing different tune.
AN auxiliary grew out Of our meetings
on the East Side. noticed q number Of
them to meet In an offioe and form a So
ciety. They did 80 and IT has been grow
| ing steadily and holding meetings.
1T is formed entirely Of young wage
earners and professional women. Down
there il is the young girls who take an
interest. Their mothers. most Of whom
cannot speak English, care nothing about
us and are even antagonistio.
-In Harlem, on the contrary, it Is the
married women who show an interest.
We never hold meeting that some. Of
them do not come up afterward to say
they are with us.
from an East Side crowd. II 10 moro
prosperous and more American. It is
more light hearted. The lower East Side
crowd Is deadly serious.
The Harlem crowd catches a Joke
like fash. II interpolstes its own jokes
too II you can answer them and turn
the laugh you're all right; II you can't
you've got to stand It, that's all.
There is a good deal of disturbance
In Harlem meetings. but all from boys Of
about 10 who are trying to be smart
The older men are never unpleasant.
The only women in the city who ever act
disagreeable are young girls 10 Harlem
Sometimes they will litter and grin.
1T is q curious fact that among all
sorts and conditions of men / find an
undercurrent OF dislike for the idea Of
equal pay for me n and WON n who do the
same work. / should suppose any rea-
coming man would see that he cannot com
pete fairly with women 90 long as they
undercut him; that only when both are