The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-12-02
ENGLISH
TO NEWSPAPER WOMEN
Mrs. Pankhvrst, Slender Little Person, Is More MotherIy
Than Miitant-Would Enlist Pretty Yolnq Girls in
the Cause.

Outside a crowd gathered and the girls
stopped to explain their object.
The next day they were arrested on a
charge corresponding to our charge of
blocking the traffic. and sentenced to sew
eral ays In prison.
And how do you think l feltc" said
Mrs. Pankhurst, the blood rising to her
cheeks at the very recollection. You
nav heard people say that we did things
Tor notortety. Dc you think that / enjoyed
having my daughter In prison and some Of
my Oldest friends cutting me dead on the
streets-for that's what they did. Do you
think any woman would have gone
through that for notoriety?"
That was the only time Mrs. Pank-
hurst showed the slightest sign of weak
ness III speaking Of anything she had UNI
der9one for her beloved cause.
Her imprisonment.
OF her own Imprisonment she spoke
with entire Indifference. She has been Inn
prlsoned t~wice-Once for heading a depu-
tation of u women to the house of COM
mons, and the other time for putting up
posters inviting people to come and help
the suffragists rush" the house of COM
mons. Both times her health was SO deli
cate that she spent all of the terms in the
hospital ward Of the prison.
"A sentence suspended until a legal point
can be decided Is even now hanging over
her head.
"And aren't you terribly afraid 1t will
be decided the wrong way and hat you
will ave to go to Jail again?" 1 asked.
why. no." she said. sit can't be de-
cided wrong. Either way will help the
cause. II We win our point that means
that all the others lave been imprisoned
unjustly. And IL they decided against us,
we that means Mrs. Pankhurst and 80
other women. also under arrest-'will so
IN YoriSnn wi onI ~,o<o,S ~, ~. I-.--.
strike"
The hunger strlxe-be 1t explained to
anyone who is not familiar with that term
is a peculiar method of protest that some
OF the suffragets have put into practice.
Considering themselves unjustly impris-
oned, numbers of them have simply re-
fused to eat. One woman tasted six days
and five hours. When the women reached
q dangerous state, they were freed.
Lately. however. the government has
taken to feeding the strikers with a stom-
ach pump-that is, to pumping the food
down their threats. This method has been
known to result fatally and its use has
caused a storm OF protest in England
which was, of course, exactly what the
suffragets wanted.
If. on her return to England, the court
decides against her, and Mrs. Pankhurst
goes to prison. she, too, will refuse to
S1S AN "AA PAOooOAS Oc leu III Ills QAus
gerous way.
No Advice for America.
On only one suffrage question does Mrs
Pankhurst refuse to speak. She abso.
lutely refuses to give any advice as to the
way the suffrage campaign should be con-
Quoted America.
why, that would be as impertinent as
II I went into another wonan's kitchen
and gave her ADVICE she said. st only
came over here to tell you how we have
done 1t. not how you should do it. Condi-
lions are different and you know that far
better than l."
Mrs. Pankhurst believes that women can
help the suffrage cause by beauty and
charm as well as by militant methods.
9TH more pretty young girls we can en-
list to plead for us, the BETTER" she said.
h herself, both on the lecture plat.
form n on the street. is always charms
ingly gowned usually in some combination
of her club c~olors-violet, green and white.
Her street gown was a lavender cloth and