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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-04-03
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Are there not in England among
the male population minds of far
lesser caliber than those of the women
who believe they should vote? There
is no doubt Of it. Yet we, who have
a greater grasp of the political side Of
life in his majesty'sl domain, are de-
MED the privilege. Is our condition
not like that which you Americans
fought back in 1776: taxation without
representation?
From reading the cable news from
America in the daily newspaper here
in London I learn that several states
of our former colonies have bestowed
upon their women the right to cast
ballots in rendering decisions as to
state and city officers. If the offspring
of England shall have so far prog
ressed as to recognize that the femi-
nine branch of the human race de-
serves a say in the affairs of men,
is it not time for the mother country
to cast from her back the black cloak
of unequal suffrage?
There is suffrage lesson in Amer
lea and well may England profit by IT..
The thought that voting is unwom-
anly is as obsolete as the old stage
coach system, to my mind, and some
day the eyes of our country viii be
opened to that fact. We women have
simply formed ourselves into a band
of leaders and we hope soon to see our
way clear to the voting booth
Our struggle commenced in humble
little mass meetings on the street
The success of these resolved itself
into the desire to do greater things
and to-day you Americans who read
the newspapers are viewing a fight
which is nearing the mountain top of
victory.
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extent than you Americans may imag-
inc. 1t was cunning mind among our
leaders who thought out the plan to
talk to the members of parliament by
having two of the women chain them
selves to the guard in the balcony.
Just that little incident gave England
the idea that the fight was a deter
mined one
Modern advertising methods were
used to circulate general knowledge of
the March demonstration and certain
ly if we believed that the power of
Drawn is needed to win this struggle
we would not have gone about it in
that manner. We could have hired
hoodiums to make far more startling
argument in line with the use of
brute strength
Another manner of unique advertis-
ing was the airship episode, which un-
fortunately ended disastrously. The
craft, upon the side of which was
pinned great banner bearing the
slogan, VOTES FOR WOMEN trav-
eled in the direction opposite to that
for which it had been steered, but the
moral effect upon the public was good
Though it is not generally known
there are great minds behind this cam
paign and through them eventual sue
cess is sure Every day new moves
are planned and the members of par
lament who are opposed to our creed
little know where to look next for an
outcropping of the emblem which
bears our little legend: equal suf-
frage.'
Male members of British nobility are
to be figured upon if the selfish would
defeat US, and that is why / say 1 be-
lieve l have good reason to argue that
within a decade our fight will be won.
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e. EQUAL .le1GA70 >4E@AL c4Ixe4leN~

IS too often attached? To my mind
that would be the result
l have said that l would deal i'm
partially in this article and so 1 am
giving the other hand of the ques-
ton Men have opposed equal rights
because they say that the influence
which a woman of evil intentions
could throw into political fight would
disrupt organization. / answer: There
Is now much evil in the manner in
which our male citizens are carrying
out their policies and it is a certainty
that the purifying Influences of woman
would be felt in national questions.
But woman has not the training
for a political career some of my
skeptical friends may declare True.
she has not had the training which
has been accorded to the men, but just
now she is not looking for political
office for she is after her primary
r1ght-the ballot. Then after that is
won the political training will natural
ly follow with the interest which the
woman must take in the affairs of the
country, which she will necessarily
help in deciding.
L do not suppose that enlightened
readers will want me to again go over
that thread-bare motto, which arises
to the uppermost part of the brain of
man whenever he is arguing against
equal-rights. viz, that ,'-woman's place
is in her home"
OF course woman's place is in her
home So is mans, but that does
not prevent either from participating
in the decision of who shall govern
the rights upon which that home is
built Think it over. sDoes it?
1t befell me to be a member of the
little band of women who. when they
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done the cause, for we were the mar
tyrs of our division of the great band
of women which is fighting for the
ballot in England.
True, the magistrate was good
enough to give US places in 'iail"
which were better than those to which
the ordinary drunkard of the dens of
Cheapside is sentenced, but the care
which we received was not such that
our lives in the confinement of the
Jail" was by any means comfortable.
One of our number was a member of
the British nobility and the grievous
wrong which We believe was inflicted
upon her station will not be forgotten
by our suffrage band for many years.
Yet we refused to allow ourselves
freedom
Men have laughed at our methods of
going about the requirement of our
right to the ballot
a male friend of mine said to me:
why do not you women go after
the suffrage right peaceably without
the attempt at making your point felt
by the use of brute streng:h2''
Think of it, sisters and brothers
brute strength" He called our efforts
the utilization of brute strength 1
laughed outright when he chose to
term our fight under that caption
Perhaps he gained his idea from Tie
fact that our vigorous prosecution of
the fight has been styled ..rioting' by
the sensational press But in my mind
it cannot be called that for to my
knowledge none of the women came to
blows with their enemies in this fight.
1t seems to me that what brute
strength" has been used was ON the
other side.
Brains have been used to a greater
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OUT OF THE ORDINARY

telegraph of girl holding rose and
leaning out of a balcony, an arch
forming the background The girls
face was quite small, whereas my
fathers head was the size Of life, and
filed the frame"
Prince Duleep Singh adds that his
father had long been ont of health.
but not alarmingly SO. On the next
morning (Sunday) he told Lord Car
narvon In the evening Lord Carna-
rvon handed him two kilograms The
Prince at once safd- My father Is
dead" 1t was so.
He had an apoplectic seizure on the
previous Saturday evening at about
nine, and never recovered He had
often said he would try and appear TO
his son at death if they We're apart
Prince Duleep Singh is not subject to
Authorizations, and had only one sim
liar experience-as school boy
Lord Carnarvon confirms the ac
count The Mararajah died CT Sa1-
day, October %. 1899.
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Disease Cured by cuticura.

MY six year old daughter had tbs
dreadful disease called hives for two
months. She became affected by play
ing with children who had it. By
scratching she caused large sores
which were irritating. Her body was
a complete sore but it was worse on
her arms and back. We employed a
physician who left medicine but it did
not help her and tried several reme-
dies but without avail. Seeing the
Cuticura Remedies advertised, I
thought I would try them. I gave her
a hot bath daily with Cuticura Soap
and anointed her body with Cuticura
Ointment. The first treatment re-
heved the itching and in a short tins
the disease disappeared. Mrs George
L. Fridhoff. Warren, Mich, June &c
and July 10, 1905"
Potter Drug s. Chem. Corp Sole Props. Boston
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Piecinq Out the Prayer.

OF curious prayers writer says: Il
have heard a layman utter this petition
during the prayer: %, Lord, be thou
with us in our upsittings an our down
risings'-a variant of the text in the
psalms. Thou knowest my downsit-
tings and mine uprisings.' A minister
occasionally introduced a Latin SEN
tence into his prayer, and forthwith
proceeded to translate it. Another min
lister in his early days experienced con-
siderable difficulty with the long prayer
before the sermon. In nonconformist
churches this usually occupies quar-
ter of an hour, but long before this pc
riod had been reached he was wound
up. On one occasion, while in this di-
Iemma, he startled his hearers with the
words: And now, o Lord, 1 will re-
late unto thee a little anecdotei'
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Hungry Thespians.

They looked like actors, or rather
they looked as if they would have
been actors if some manager with
more than the usual dfscernmentw would
recognize their ability and give them
a job; says THE Stroller in the Port
land CMe.) Express. Just now they
were staring through the window of a.
popular-priced restaurant in Congress-
street absorbed in the unerring ac-
curacy of the chef as the gridd1e cakes
We're tipped into the air by him; only
to. fall gracefully back into the grease.
mark they had just quilted The tall
man jingled some keys in his pocket
and the little one pulled his belt am
other notch.
-Lord," said the big one; I'm hum
CRY enough to eat my own words
I'm in just as bad complained the
little one Il feel as though L could
bolt front door.
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Prince Victor DuIeep Singh's Ghos,
Story and Its Confirmation.

..On Saturday, October 81, 1893, 1
was in Berlin with Lord Carnarvon-
We went to the theater together and
returned at midnight" quotes a writ
err in the Strand Magazine Il went to
bed at once. leaving, as / always do, a
bright light burning in the room (elec-
trio light. As L lay in bed, 1 found
myself gazing at an telegraph which
hung on the wall opposite my bed l
saw distinctly the face of my father,
the Maharajah of Duleep Singh, look
ing at me, as it were, out of the pic
ture; not like a portrait of him, but
his real head The he'd about filed
the picture frame I continued look
ing and still saw my father gazing at
me with an intent expression Though
not in the least alarmed. i was SO puz-
zled that | goo out of bed to see what
the picture really was. It was an
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-04-03
LESS MEAT
Advice of Family Physician.

Formerly people thought meat nee
essary for strength and muscular
vigor.
The man who worked hard was sup
posed to require meat two or three
times a day. Science has found out
differently.
1t is now a common thing for a fam
lily physician to order less meat, as in
the following letter from n. Y. man.
Il had suffered for years with dys-
pepsia and nervousness. My physician
advised me to eat less meat and
greasy foods generally. tried several
things to take the place of my usual
breakfast of chops, fried potatoes, ETC.,
but got no relief until I tried Grape
Nuts food.
After using Grape-Nuts for the
cereal part of my meals for two years,
1 am now q well man. Grape-Nuts
benefited my health far more than the
$4,000 worth of medicine 1 had taken
before.
My wife. and children are healthier
than they had been for years, and we
are very happy family, largely due to
Grape-Nuts-
I'VE have been so much benefited
by Grape-Nuts that it would be un-
grateful not to acknowledge it,
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich Read THE Road to Well
ville.'' in pkgs. There's a Reason
Ever. read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true and full of human
interest.
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TURN ABOUT FAIR PLAY.
But Somehow Mrs. NewIywed Couldn't
See the Point.

a young friend of mine, a jolly, con-
vivial sort of a chap. got married re-
Gently, and at the end Of the first
week, upon receiving his salary Of $40,
he went home, gave his wife SIS, and
kept two for himself
OF course, she thought that was love
ly, but to her establishment at the
end of the second week he handed her
only two dollars, keeping $40 for him.
self
Now, see here, john she said, In
dignantly, how do you suppose I an
going to manage on two dollars q
week."
Il don't know, 1 am sure, my
dear" he answered, sweetly. '1 had
terrible time of it last week. my
self
Gee, but wasn't he the mean old
thingi-Seattle Argus
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struggle which we have been conduct
ing in our own way, but let me say
right here that votes for women" is
in my mind a certainty within a de-
cade.
The idea has been driven home
among the men who are the ruling
powers of Great Britain and they can
not help but see the beauty of our
arguments. This opening of a vista
of light in the stubborn minds of the
men who construct English law is to
the suffragettes a certain indication
that if the fight is carried on in the
next few years with the same vigorous
measures which have marked the
pursuit of votes by the feminine Brit
ish of the past few years, our cause
is won.
1t is an enlightened age. The wom-
an who spurns the thought of partici-
pating in the political activities of her
country has not yet reached a plane,
according to my belief, where she can
possibly appreciate the benefits to be
derived from the little ballot Why do
woman dislike politics? l answer sim
ply because they believe the political
side of a country's life is the degraded
one. They connect politics and votes
with drinking, graft and other evils,
which, l may say, beset the safety of
political government to-day.
And let me ask the woman who
does not believe that she should vote:
Would not the introduction of the
feminine into government affairs serve
to cleanse them of the stigma which
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COVER UP DEFECTS
REASON FOR CLOTHING THE nU.
MAN FORM DIVINE.
according TO Writer in London Pert
odical, Vanity Is Responsible for
Garments Prescribed by
Present Fashion.

1t was the opinion OF Cetaw-ayo. q.
noble African monarch who despised
all garments, that we took to clothing
to keep ourselves clean, because we
were too lazy toswash ourselves. This,
however was an error on his majesty's
part. The simple fact Is that we
adopted clothes because we were
ashamed of. our appearance, says a
writer I'M London Ideas.
To begin WITH. leg coverings were
invented to conceal bony knees and
shapeless calves. Boots were artfully
devised to- curtain off ugly feet from
the public gaze and silence loud Jeerss
The hat, it is easy to sees was the
crafty invention of some frivolous
patriarch with bald. head, who was
anxious to hide it in order that he
could cut a, youthful figure with the
ladies.
Gloves were devised by pretentiots
women of the lower middle class in
Herculaneum, who wanted to pose as
gent1efolk. Having to do their own
Homework. they hit upon this ingeni-
Gus plan of covering the redness and
roughness of their hands. Thus they
were able to cut a dash and delude So
ciety into the belief that they kept
servants Hence the name kid"
gloves
Socks derived their name originally
from shocks: as desert bling the effect
frequently produced on the mind by
the spectacle of feet in their naked
size and simplicity.
Shirts, and, after them. doublets and
coats, were resources to cover pigeon
breasts hollow chests and curved
spines. The collar is a.development
of the si1ken scarf or bandage, first
worn by that hideous old porcupine,
Rameses l., pharaoh of Egypt, to con-
ceal a boil on his neck.
Coming to the face, we find the
veil This was introduced owing to
the annoyance occasioned to King
Ptolemy by the countenance of one of
his ladies. She developed a squint,
and one day the king, being uncertain
whether she was cycling him or not
shouted furiously: Cover that wom-
ans facet" The offensive countenance
was instantly obscured by a window
curtain torn down by a resourceful
courtier. And thus wells for OBJ
jectionab1e faces rapidly became pop
ular.
Now. we have been told and are.
constantly being told again, by count
less scientists, that in strength and
beauty we are a deteriorating race
Our forefathers-and mothers-had
their little flaws in figure, but, COM
pared with US, they were perfect
Venuses and Adonises.
A high authority says that scarce
ly one man in a hundred is properly
proportioned. and most women would
be shapeless without the cunning
curves of their stays" Another stern
authority says: I'VE are physically
degenerate people, round shouldered,
sunken Joined, narrow chested, crook
ed ribbed, splay footed, knock kneed.
short winded and weak backed"
So, on the whole, clothes are not
only desirable, but Indispensable. To,
cast them off and permit an astonished
universe to see us as we really ara.
would be a great mistake.
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Some Resemblance.

A little girl in California public
school complained to her teacher that
a Mexican boy had struck her The
teacher took Joe, the only Mexican
boy in the school, sharply to task for
the offense, but the boy denied it.
Mary" said the teacher, Joe says
he didn't strike you"
"Oh, no." said Mary, 'twan't Joe !;
twuz that tother boy over there and
she pointed to the blacklist of negro
boys in the school.
But. Mary, that boy isn't a Next
can said the teacher
We'll, anyhow" said Mary, hes
very much tanned"
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wANTED-A SOUVENIR.
Kansas City Priests of PaIIas offer
Prize, for Best Suggestion.

Kansas City, Mo--The Priests or
Pallas have decided to offer a prize or
$50 in gold for the hest suggestion OF
a souvenir to be given in connection
with the annual festivities, commence
ing in Kansas City October 4, 1909
The contest is opec to the world, and
the stipulations are that the souvenir
must be beautiful, and must not ex-
coed five pounds in weight one
poznd preferred All suggestions
must be written out in full with COM
p&ete description of the, souvenir pro-
posed, and il possible. drawing or
model submitted. The first person
suggesting abe design adopted will re-
ceive an additional SIS if satisfac-
tory drawing or model is sent.
The inscription Priests of Pallass
Kansas City 1907 or -P- o. P" may
be used for decorative effect. The en-
blems of the Priests of Pallas are the
head of Pallas Athene ard the figure
of an owl.
The contest win close at O'Clock
| D. m. Thursday, April To-
Those desiring 10 compete may re
/, ceive all information by addressing
| the Souvenir Committee. care Jack
son. Kansas City, Mo-
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asserted their rights verbally in front
of the house of commons in February,
were dragged into the worst excuse
for a court of justice and sentenced to
one month in the workshop because
they had nerve enough to tell the peo-
pie of London their ideas on rights of
men and women
The mental agonies which we wom-
en- were compelled to undergo were
compensated in the good which was
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OTES for women. The
peer who could have
been apprehended ut
tering those words 100
years ago in England
would have been ostra-
cized by society - by
men and women alike.
But scan the situation
to-day and you will find
that we SuffragetteS
have nearly won our
b a t tt e. Perhaps it
seems far from victory
to Americans who have
b e e n following the
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INADEQUATE.

Doctor Monk-Did those mustard
plasters that left seem to relieve the
pains in your chest to any consider
able degree?
Ostrich-Well, no; / can't say that
they have; but (apologetically) I've
eaten only five of themI
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COVERED WITH HIVES.

Child Mass of Dreadful Sore, Itch
ing, Irritating Humor for 2 Months
Little Sufferer in Terrible Plight.
The Newtown bee., 1909-11-12

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The Newtown bee., 1909-11-12
SILVER WEDDING Of MT and Mrs Martin Swanson

MT and Mrs Martin Swanson cele- brated their 25th wedding anniver- sary at their home in Sandy Hook, November 6, 1909. Among those present were their two children and two grandchildren besides other rela lives and friends numbering 20. Their daughter, Mrs Carl Anderson, of South Britain, and family gave them a nice easy chair, their son, Oscar, of Mt Carmel, Conn.,, together with a brother and sister from the same place. large rug. There were silver, knives, forks, spoons, soup ladle, butter knife, sugar shell and other things, also two very hand some bouquets of flowers. The table was well ladened with all the good things, and special mention should be made of a very large wedding cake with the dates and fancy trim mings, made by Mrs Alfred Nelson of Flag Swamp, South Britain. Friends were present from New York, Mt Carmel, South Britain and Sandy Hook. The occasion was greatly en- joyed by all.
The Newtown bee., 1909-11-12

to Preston, this week. and will begin his pastorate there at once. The good wishes of the local people go with him.
 The C.. F. meeting cn Sunday even ing was well attended and was un- usually interesting. Henry French was leader and gave a fine paper or Huntington, it's narura., beauties and the influence which is constantly going out from it to larger places. Leroy Wooster, who was sent as < delegate to the c. E. convention at Willimantic, gave very interesting report of the convention and its WorK, and Rev c. M. Coulter was present and made short address on the topic of the evening.
The Newtown bee., 1909-11-12
The Newtown Bee.
 Newtown, Friday, Nov 12, 1909.
TOWN TOPICS.
MRS BRIGGS OF THE POULTRY
 YARD"
Entertainment at The Town Hall.

The Newtown Dramatic Club will present at the Town hall on Friday evening, November 19, Mrs Briggs of the Poultry Yard" This play is of three acts and is full of amusing situations and will keep an audience laughing from the raising of the curtain in the first act till the close An orchestra will be present 10 fur nish music between the acts; also to furnish music for dancing after the entertainment, which is included in the price of admission, 25c and 35c. The cast of characters will be as follows:
 Mrs Briggs, a woman of business,
 Miss Fannie V. Daniels Ralph, John c. Beers Jimmy, Herman Tiemann, Jr. Alvira, Miss Minor Melissa, Miss Marguerite Beecher i'>s Green. near relative.
 Charles G. Peck MT Lee, wealthy neignDor,
 H. N. Tiemann Virginia Lee, his daughter,
 Miss Ethel Peck Daisy Thornton, her friend,
 Mrs Wallace Mitchell Mrs O'Connor, with no liking for
 goats, Miss Carrie George Mandy Bates, Whose tongue will
 Stumble, Mrs H. N. Tiemann