Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-12

might have obviated the wrecking of
precious lives. Mr.. R0e's accounts Of
| these cases show plainly where the re-
/ sponslbiiity rests, but the assistant states
larterney was not willing to make his
indictment one of inference. Experience
with many white slave cases has taught
| him the necessity of impreSSing upon the
| minds of fathers and mothers that they
must forearm their daughters Il they ex-
| lect them TO come stainless through
| world experiences. The prosecutor says:
w ny do | ask parents To bring into
| the midst of the family circle facts thar
are so black and ugly? 1t is because fl-
Tiers and mothers are often morally re-
sponsibie for the downfall of their daugh-
Jers by not taking them into their con-
| haence at the tireside They should cast
aside all fanciful notions of modesty. 50
that their daughters may know the truth
about men and women. which to them is
hidden in mystery. 1t is far better that
the girl should learn this at home, under
proper tuteage, than that misinforma-
ton should be picked up on the streets.
Are fathers and mothers willing to
profit by the extended experience of 9TH
ers or are they SO blind to the truth
placed under their very noses and SO
careless of the best interests of their own
children that they must learn for them
selves, at first hand, through the
wrecked lives of their own daughters the
pitiful facts that other parents have had
so cruelty brought home to them.-WOm-
ans National Daily.
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Typical English Woman.
Mrs. Pankhurst is now 81 years old.
In appearance and manner she is typi-
cal Englisnwoman of the upper middle
class. She has wavy dark HAIR, with
few streaks of gray to belle the youthful
outlines of her face. Her eyes are blue
gray and somewhat tired looking; she
has a modified Roman nose, a slightly
dropping mouth and chin inclined to
squareness. She is of medium height,
with square shoulders aad possesses no
superiluous flesh. However, she could not
be called slender.
She may be militant-she insists it is
the only way to win a campaign for
freedom-bul she isn't unwomanly. There
are many conclusive proofs of this. She
likes to be well gowned, she frequently
goes to church, and she is a good cook.
Moreover. Mrs. Pankhurst processes a
peculiar regard for the sanctity of the
marriage tie. In various ways too. she
has manifested tendencies to conserya-
tism of thought.
She says the difference between the
American suffragettes and the English
act. She is going to teach us how to
act She is coming over to help us fight
for our rights. Benjamin Butler, she
tells us, years ago expressed his opinion
that under the fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments of our constitution women
in America already have the right to
vote. One woman to whom this infor-
nation was impaired, gasped in amaze
ment: Fifteen amendments-the con-
stitution has fifteen amendments? How
patched up it must be- Another wom-
an. more practical, overlooked the artiS-
tic deficiency and regretted that thirteen
amendments had preceded the after
thoughts which might be construed into
granting her certain rights which really
belonged to her.
Mrs. Pankhurst's methods are depored
by two other great organizations urging
votes for women in England today and
the popularity of her personality is held
! responsible for the rivalries and internal
connections which exist.
This peculiar personality. however. is
| powerful. 1t seems difficult to account
! for. but it enables her to issue commands
/ to women all over England and Scotland
| with perfect confidence that they will be
| obeyed absolutely. She is so deficient
| in magnetic personal qualities that some
! insist it is only her gift for command
and the dominating instinct of her char
acter which enable her to maintain her
| present boundless influence over the
| thousands of women who obey her with
| positively blind devotion, even to the
| point of living in prison on bread and
water. Her dictatorial exaction of this
! implicit obedience is well known, and
| it is even insinuated that she has an I'M
| affected contempt for every opinion but
| her own.
| She is not great orator by any means
she does not claim to be, but people
crowd to hear her and they stay to lis
! ten, too. People have denied that she
has a charm or magnetisn-then it must
/ be her peculiar personality. One Of her
| devoted fsllowers said it was her voice,
that it always made her feel like crying
even when she didn't catch Il word she
said. Whatever it is, it is true that
when Mrs. Pankhurst is talking, either
| indoors or out. those who listen to her
are sure that women really have wrongs
and that the ballot will right them.
Perhaps the most logical reason for
| her influence and her ability to hold the
attention of her hearers is her unques-
! toned sincerity and the evident fact
! that she is not thinking or acting for
| herself, but for those who need her sacri-
| fee.
However. these are all other peoples
| opinions, hearsay, and conjecture. but
we shall soon have a chance to judge
| for ourselves.
Our slumbers will soon be over but
troubled dreams will doubtless disturb
the 1eeting hours that are left to us.
as already we have heard the message Of
| the leader Of the English suffragettes-
Il am coming to wake up America, -
Record Herald.