The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-22

ment through a wOman's eyes" She viii
give some telling facts IN regard 70 the
question Of woman suffrage In England.
Pays Her n Tribute.
Mrs. SnOwden IS q woman OF twenty
eight, and is said TO be the most
eloquent OF English women now on the
lecture platform. Harpers Weekly. IN
It's Issue for November Is. 1905 describes
AIRS Sn9wden as follows:
NOT since Frances Willard has there
been an English-speaking woman with
such gift Of oratory. 50 much magnet
ism. or such persuasive sweetness Of man
ner and ability 10 move great bodies OK
men and women.
The first impression yoa get when you
see Mrs Snowden IS one Of beauty and
grace But aside from that. you cannot
be in her presence for two minutes with
out realizing that she is a parsonage.
You feel her quiet strength, her reserve
force as palpable facts. and from the
very first you are Influenced by the charm
or her simplicity and sincerity. True sin
certify is the most potent factor known
90 mankind In securing attention and
Difference. and that IS the chief charaC-
teristic OF Mrs Suowden aside from all
her eloQuence. 4 mass of fair. wavy
hair surrounds a face al once placid and
gentle and luminous To an unusual de-
gree she is possessed Of that personal
magnetism that Immediately enliSts sym
pdtEy. and no one. In her case. can feel
any incompatbilIty in a handsome woman
defending and urging great causes.
Clergy man Denounced England.
- To was during the distressing
period Of the BOer war that Mrs Snow
den entered public life. Dr. Aked. per-
Haps the ableSr Baptist divine. was I'm
those days a good deal Of a storm center.
So firm was the position he took ia the
matter Of the war that his opponents
were naturally bitter and numerous. Con-
.Uoversy ragged about this Baptist clergy
man who denounced England with 50
much force and vehemence
"A meeting was held in Pembroke
chapel for the purpose Of attesting the
loyalty Of the congregation to the pastor.
On that evening. 10 the surprise Of ali
present, but chiefly TO the surprise Of
Mrs Snowdeu herself, she arose before
all that assembly and made a wonderful
speech OF defense OF Or. Aked. II was
then she realized that she possessed the
gift Of elOQuence. That constituted the
beginning OF her career as a public
speaker. and since then she has been al
most constantly before the public
Upon her graduation from the Liver
pool Training College she became a
teacher I'm a school at Leeds. but her
scholastic work did not long hold her
exclusive attention Very soon she be-
came identified with the labor party. TO
which she has been Of great assistance.
one of the very first movements she was
identified with was in the nature of
housekeeping IN the very bodies she was
champiOning. She led a vigorous crusade
against the heavy drinking Of those DAYS
In labor and socialistic clubs. This work
brought about her acquaintance with
Philip Snowden, whom she married IN
1905.
Known Among Legislators.
Ever since their marriage Mrs. Snow
den has virtually lived in the House Of
Commons She has a wide acquaintance
among legislators often she has taken
her husbands place before audiences,
whom through invalid!sm he could not
meet. and it IS recorded that on the
evening after the Snowdens were married
Mrs Snowden appeared before a large
audience at q meeting 70 which be could
not come Since then Mrs Snowden las
spoken I'm almost every Industrial center
OF England. Scotland and Wales. She
even breaches a sermon now and then
In 1907 when Dr. Aked's congregation
at Pembroke was saying farewell to its
pastor. who was going away TO America.
Mrs. Snowden preached a remarkably elo-
Quent sermon in the church where only a
few years ago she came as a young girl
and listened in the gallery This time
DR.. Aked and Philip Snowden. usually
able speakers themselves. sat spellbound
while the young woman OF I'VE and
twenty was preaching 10 them London
newspapers sent men down % Liverpool
20 describe those farewell ceremonies. and
the London Daily Mail reported that
crowded congregations assembled 10 see
and hear the woman preacher. and Mrs.
SnOwden gave an exhibition Of pulpit
eloGuence, depth Of thought and purity
Of diction that WOULD have done credit 10
the best-known ecclesiastic
In this country she delivered lectures
at Chautauqua last August and daily
filed the amphitheater there. which seats
5000. She has also lectured at colleges
and universities all the way from Min
nesota to Louisiana. Invariably she COM
mands large audiences and # Is said az
her that no man or woman In England
since surgeons day has come to the
front 50 rapidly"