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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-04

States Fl years of age, hereby petition your
honorable body to submit the legislatures of the
several for ratification am amendment to the
national constitution which shall enable to
vote"
thirds majority refer the question of womans
suffrage the legislatures of all the states and when
three-fourths of these have ratified it, the of
the entire country will be enabled to vote exactly
the terms men, This is the shortest and most
direct method but congress will take such
action until directed to do by the people.
The object of this petition is to prove to its
members that public sentiment demands that
women shall have voice in the government Let
it be signed by every and who believes
in political liberty and equality of rights.
Now in this state trying to carry this
petition into every of the S. counties for sigma
lures The names of and will be en-
tered the same petition and all signers re-
quested to enter their full and postofce adj
dresses The petitions will be classified by counties
within this state. Let every interested in he
welfare of this state sign this petition and with a
strong pull long pull and a pull Altogether" we
will bring the results desire.
have been asked why believe in woman's suf-
frage One might well ask why believe in the
the stars or the ocean. | believe that women
should vote because they women, just believe
that men should vote because they are men.--Brand
Whitlock
To have voice in choosing those by whom one
is governed is of sef-protection due to every
Under whatever conditions, and within what
ever limits, admitted to the suffrage, there
is not shadow of Justification for not admitting
women under the safne-John Stuart Mill.
After all democracy is not matter of sex, any
more than It is matter of race, color previous
condition, but matter of people. The perfect
the recognition OF the common rights of all people
the more perfect and the just the democracy.
truly enlightened and democratic form of
would of course recognize the equal rights of women.
Tom L. Johnson
If we could manifest little animation about the
antique injustice that still do to woman perhaps
we should, IN time get tired of being ruled and robbed
by pirates, thieves, bosses, boodlers illionaires
swindlers, prisoners pckpockets, railroad senator's
and other criminals. But so long as we keep out of
the suffrage the element that would purify it don't
know but we get about what deservc.-Charles
Edward Russell.
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one is! How all sufficient one finds i'll How being
in possession of the false object of life one forgets
the true object duty
This will from the pettiness of selfshness
and induct into the true largeness of living Not
to think only or mostly of ourselves and how mat
tiers affect individually, but how they may affect
the larger outside world-the majority. This would
make truly but "a little lower than the angels"
This has ever been the greatest need of the world,
love for our neighbor- toward those not
so well situated as we ourselves may be- Then we
shall not hear often from those self satisfied peo-
pie who tell they have all the rights they want.
Speaking with and for women of the present day
with whom hold and dearer relations than
ever before in these glad days of emancipation
from the restricted duties of the past look about
for new way in which to express our surplus
energy and thanks to the independent press of the
country, it points out numerous duties and ways of
employing the time that has heretofore been spent
IN arouslng and interesting women in new lines of
duty which to replace the old and out sys-
TENS OF the past. New occasions teach duties.
Now it behooves to study the structure and ma
ture OF our government from its ince ptlon to the
present Politics-the part that women were sup
posed to know and to nothing about.
They have learned that affairs of/government
touch their interests at every point, and II they do
not look after them else will do it for them,
and they will continue to suffer wrong they have
in the past They do not like our one sided govern
ment, all done by onehalf of the people
They have experienced and studied it enough to
know that it is not good, that it lacks an element
which women alone supply. They know or be-
lieve that this nation will die of its rot
tenness unless that part of it which has had no
voice in its councils comes to the and that
speedily.
Women not altogether ignorant of the de
fects of this government.
Let teach and tell what know for the good
of the community at large.
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The Object Of the Petition
By MARY SIMPSON .SPERRY

President California Equal Suffrage Association
u Y unanimous vote the National American Wo-
\ mans Suffrage association agreed at its recent
- annual convention to make national petition to
congress asking the submission of federal amend
ment, it being of the chief lines of work for this
year.
For the first Is years of the organized suffrage
work in the United States such petitions pre-
scented annually to congress.
For the last 20 years national petition of this
nature has been attempted In 1896 the women of
England presented a womans suffrage petition to
parliment of $4,000 The year the
suffragists OF New York presented petition to the
constitutional convention of 100000 individual
signatures Last winter the women of Sweden, a
country with small population, supported their re-
quest for full suffrage by petition of 100000 names
The petition now undertaken, to be of value to the
cause, must not only surpass all previous woman 5
suffrage petitions in point of numbers but it must
be the largest petition presented to congress
upon any subject
The petition reads as follows:
I'VE the undersigned citizens of the United
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| have never seen an argument against woman
suffrage that fmsy. Men much disposed
to exaggerate the difficulties of voting ntellgenty
when they talk of voting. By the time pub
very simple question that requires little more
than honesty and common sense to vote upon IT. II
our mothers not fit to vote they ought to stop
bearing sons.-George w. Cable
"If Molly Donahue whit to vote in livery stable,
tn first thing she'd do wud be to get broom, sweep
up tn floors, take tn harness from tn walls, an hang
up picture iv Niagara be moonlight; chase out tn
watchers an polls, remove TIL seegars, make tn
judges get shave, praps invalydate IN ilicton.
It's no job FIR her. an tolu her so.-sMr Dooley Of.
p Dunne)
The weapon of Christian warfare is the ballot,
which represents the peaceabe assertion OF conv1c-
ton and will Society everywhere is becoming con-
verified to its Adopt it, oh, you women, with
clean hands and a pure hearth II manhood
suffrage is unsatisfactory it does at all show that
suffrage would be. On the contrary, we
might make it much better by bringing to it the Gml-
nine mind, which, in way, compliments the mascu-
line and completes the mind of humanity-Mrs-
Julia Ward Howe
If we are going to have state of society
must be through woman suffrage. Apart from the
justice of the right conceded the practical part must
appeal to most men of unbiased minds.-Hon. Thomas
w. Palmer
Woman must be enfranchised 1t is mere ques-
ton OF time. She must be slave or an equal; there
is no middle ground. Admit, in the slightest degree,
her right property education, and she must have
the ballot to protect the and the other. And
there objections to this, except such would
equally hold against the whole theory of republican
government-T w. Higginson
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Republican Government as 1t Is
is 1t a Failure?
By ELLEN CLARK SARGENT
Honorary President California Equal Suffrage
Association

The opinion of the writer of this paper is that
women will do we'll henceforth if in their
general meetings they make it point to educate
themselves to the mysteries OF government
what it really is and what it will to them when
they become part of the body polite as they are
likely to be unless the signs of the times are
misleading We need to educate ourselves to make
the best use of our powers of citizenship
We must step out into the open and make our
selves well acquainted with government in all its
bearings that we will be considered authority upon the
points shall have investigated and thus command
the respect of the most intelligent people men and
women.
Our watchword should be duty-not what we
individually want but what will be for the general
good Victor Hugo has we'll expressed this sentiment
in his admirable book, LES Miserables-I quote:
ct is a terrible thing to be happy How content
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power Tor evil is enfranchised and fully organized
Not one will deny that the pubic school is the
greatest force Tor good in country but its vot
ing power is practically nothing. as the women
teachers outnumber the men 10 to 4
Next IN value, the church. with all its allied So
cIeties OF Sunday school, social science service
Christian Endeavor and philanthropy Iii an The
women connected with these diverse organizations
stepped out and folded their hands, the whole fabric
would go TO pieces like house Of cards TIE
kindergarten association, the Womeu's Christian
temperance union and many others too numerous
vote W "a"
Against these We must place the raeetrack the
saloon, the prize night and all forms OF Organized
also wish to vote because OF the insistent CIV
OF the children and their tired. overworked and
able TO cope with this situation W
i, wish to vote because desire to be a part of
the great moving force around us
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Why | Wish to Vote
Corresponding Secretary California Equal Suffrage
Association
By MRS. NELLY SCOVILLE

\VI HY do l wish to vote? personal question,
M but l will answer it.
w In 1776 my grandsires shouldered their flint
locks and and fought the British finish
in endeavor to establish democracy. My grand
mothers stayed at home. knit yarn stockings,
nodded bullets, held the pillow in the fields, while
the little brother, young 70 go war, trudged
along barefooted and drove the oxen
Eighty-hve years later, a young boy of 10, who
later became my own husband went and for four
years fought IN heart breaking war; to perpetuate
that same democracy, which we have yet achieved.
have had and will have until men and
women alike stand free and equal before the law.
good in country is disenfranchised, while every
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-04

Association
ONE hundred and thrty-three years ago the
l declaration of independence drawn up by
- Thomas Jefferson and adopted by the representa-
tives of the United States of America in congress
assembled. Year after year, each succeeding an
niversary, the people of this country listen to its
reading and hear that all created equal and
endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable
rights, among which are life, liberty and the pursuit
of happness-to which governments are
instituted among men, deriving their Just powers
from the consent of the governed, and that when
ever any form of government becomes destructive
of these ends it is the right of the people alter
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as woman nor a man as a has any special func-
tons but the gifts equally diused in both sexes
Plato
go for all sharing the privileges of the govern
nlent who assist in bearing its burdens by no means
excluding women.-Abraham Lincoln
believe in the rights OF the woman just as much
rs do in those of the and, indeed, little more
She can do the best work in her home if
she has healthy outside interests and occupations
addition.-Theodore Roosevelt
Because women consider the government mems
affair, they have become confused i'll regard to
their traditional business in e the rearing of children
that they bear with complacency statement made by
the Nestor of sanitary reformers that half of the
tiny lives which make up the citys death each
year might be saved by thorough application
OF sanitary science. Because it implies the use of
the suffrage, they do consider il women's bust
to save these lves.-Jane Adams
IF the women Of New York city had the ballot
would be compelled to put up its best candidates
stand any chance of winning | would like TO see
the ballot in the hands Of every won1an-Mark Twain.
Suppose, for the sake of argument we accept the
inequality Of the sexes of natures imnutabe
laws; call II fact that women are inferior 10 men
in mind, morals and physique. Why should this set
tie or materially affect the subject of called
q reason why every advantage should be given to
the weaker SEX not only for its good, but for
the highest development OF the race?-Huxley.
1t is very cheap wit that finds it droll that a
hands of a half brutal incorporate population,
think it but fair that the virtues, the aspirations
should be allowed full voice an Offset through
the purest of the peope.-Raph Waldo Emerson.
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Some risks her life whenever a soldier is
born into the world For years she does picket duty
by his cradle. Later she his quartermaster and
gathers his rations. And when that boy grows to
a man shall he say to his mother, IF you want to
vote you must first go and kill somebody" 1t is a
towards argument!-Lucy Stone.
| have never regarded the desire (now wide
spread as civilization itself that should take
her share in the duties and labors of the national life
as in sense movement of the against each
other but rather as great integratve movement of
the sexes toward each other.-Oive Sehreiner.
Just woman in literature, both authoress and
audience has effected radical REFORM an eln1ina-
ton of the obscenity and harshness from literature
and art in the will avail TO eliminate
the rigors of law and much of the corruption in poll
tics that now preva ls.-Prof. William T. Harris.
When you were weak and I was strong / toed
for you. Now YOU strong and | weak. Be
cause of my work for you / ask your aid. ask the
ballot for myself and my AS stood by you. l
pray you stand by and mine-Clara Barton to
the Soldiers.
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go for all sharing the privileges of the govern
rlent who assist in bearing its burdens by
excluding women-Abraham Lincoln.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-04

ss a woman nor man as man has any special func-
tons but the gifts equally difused in both
Plato.
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If women can stand side by side with men IN the
halls of learning, why not in the life outsider Our
educated women pouring out OF our institutions
of learning in long professions. Why not open the
larger doors of public usefulness and let them help to
solve the pressing problems OF the time?-Dr VIM
E Huntingdon President of Boston University
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1t fills me with JOY when | think OF the many
changes that will be brought about when women have
the right of suffrage They will defy the politicians
and vote as any Christian should and would vote
if he had the moral eourage-Bishop Bernard J. Me-
Quad (Roman Cathoic).
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The What Is 1t?

By MARY -MCHENRY KEITH
Second Vice President California Equal Suffrage
Association
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helieve in the rights OF the woman just as much
IS do in those of the and, indeed, little more.
She can do tie best work in her home if
she has healthy outside interests and occupations in
addton.-Theodore Roosevelt
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| can state from experience and observation that
(muncipal) woman suffrage is satisfactory IN its re-
suits in every respect.-Former Chief Justice Albert
H. Horton of Kansas.
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In quite early life formed the opinion thai
women ought because it IS night and Tor tne
best interests of the country Years OF Observation
and thought have strengthened this oplnion-Blshol
Bowman.
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In my opinion suffrage for women is bound to
come. There many arguments against it, but no
reasons-William Dean Howells
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Il HE wage earning woman needs the ballot be
cause her every gain in the past has com
through her own effort, and every future victor,
81 r,,r,c4 ,.-,r To- nerrelf
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? HEN. with refreshing prodigality,
a young society woman of New
York presented a half dozen fall
brides with trousseau chests, rich
ly sculptured, the work of her
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SOCIAL AMENITIES FOR THE. SCH0OLGI

1t IS your place to defer to your chaperon IN all
things 1t any little dispute her to settle
it. and never pout otherwise display dissatisfaction
over her decision. If you wish to separate yourself
for few moments from the of the party to stroll
about, always ask her permission to do so When it
falls to lot to sit beside her or otherwise be her
particular companion, the matinee theater party
do not ignore her, as some bad hammered girls are
seen to do but respond eompanonably to her convcr
sation and make her part OF whatever merriment IS
going on.
If you arc giving matinee party and Your mother
does not chaperon, the older woman asked to take
the mothers place has particular claim to your
courtesy. Etiquette requires that carriage be sent
tor her to bring her to your home where your party
assemblies to start for the theaer Under no crcun-
stances is it permissible to assemble party in. tn,
foyer OF theater. Whether you give your party i,
the afternoon or in the evening the proper mode of
conveyance is an omnibus which holds the entire
party
The chaperon, of course. carries the tickets and
under her protecting wing she conveys You all into the
tneater ahead OF her When you get inside YOU must
not go on IN an independent fashion but wait together
until she nnds the usher, when she conducts YOU down
the aisle Even though you are the hostess il is not
proper Tor you to attempt in any way to lead the
party That is the duty of your duenna She walks
down the aisle frst and stands at your row Of seats
assigning each Of you to your proper places. The
seating OF theater party all arranged by YOU Ne
iorehand at home, and your chaperon has famiarized
herseif with the matter that snc KNOWS preciselv
where to put each one of YOU
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all forms Of social lire courtesy should be in
stinctvc as to be automatic and nowhere is the
opportunity greater to exercise this charming quail
ity than in ones attitude ones chaperon. A
chaperons post sneeure, but the difficulties of
the position greatly ameliorated when young peo-
pie under her charge show her the little attentions
and the general consideration it is her right to ex
pect
There was a time when the ehapcron did not play
important a part she does in social life,
where her presence has become established Gus
tom it is i'll the European world, and those young
people who are sometimes inclined to resent the du-
enna idea and to regard her superhuty are sad
ly wanting in knowledge of propriety and the ele-
gancics of life
chaperon has their pleasures at heart is constantly
studying ways to contribute their enjoyment and
if at times she finds it necessary to chide this or
that for some trifing indscretion it should be
taken in good part There is no way in which a
girls good breeding makes itself more manifest than
in her gracious adaptabity to what is expected of
her
Some girls have most dscoufteous way of en-
deavorng to elude the chaperon of the party They
seem to. think very clever sit as far away from
her as possible, to sneak out of her sight whenever
occasion permits and to show general spirit of in
dependence which expresses their defiance of her
authority Such conduct not only. indicates depor-
able lack-of breeding but it betrays seishness and
assertveness of disposition which are sure to make
girl most unpopular
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criticism. She broods publicly. If she is feel
ing depressed she takes long, brisk walk, even if
rain is falling, for she realizes that anything is better
than wandering about the house looking though
one had just buried lifelong friend
To cultivate the bright side of life is rule which
little Miss Tact made because she not only wishes to
keep cheery herself but make other people happy
by force of example As you know, her reward is a
host of friends of all ages, scores of attering invita-
tions and countcnance that reflects sunny nature
and sweet soul Such an expression would render
the most irregular set of features attractive
Never have seen her sullen or poutng, but occa-
sionally she remarks that she is feeling cross
from overfatgue or overeatng that she is going to
tell her troubles to the family doctor, who probably
gives her strong dose of advice and weak pre-
scription. But her ches claim to admiration is her
placidity. She remains calm under the minor annoy
ances which to be upsetting to the temper of
the average girl that she will be quite likely to
degenerate into state of chronic rritabty by the
time she is forty. assure you that Miss Tact can
wait several minutes for delayed streetcar without
wrnkling her brows biting her lips or otherwise dis
torting her features. Convinced that peace of mind
does not enanate from strife she steadfasty rerans
from taking part in argument or gossip and is ex-
ceedingy careful not to say do anything for which
she may be forced to apologzerealizng tinctvely
that such excuses embarrassing listen to and
frequently net believed"
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BEAUTY TALKS sF ssA15nd4asR 5Ha a5s!R

EGT AIRY TACT must have presided at that girls c
birth" The April Grandmother's voice was i
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sc A4NA 4taCA must nave presided at that girls
birth" The April Grandmother's voice was
expressive of unqualified approval as she
waved farewell to the yotAgest of her departing
guests "She has gift which, from social view
point, IS OF more value than beauty or wit and one
which. like true courtesy is based upon sympathe-
tic, unpreudiced and unsehsh nature would like to
have her at all Of my house parties During the
course of this visit she conhded to me that several
years ago. when her mirror and her nearest relatives
had convinced her that she could never hope to be
pretty she determined to cultivate her manners The
result IS that she has SO many charming wavs
that no one ever thinks OF her as plain looking One
of her chief attractions desire acquire infora-
ton and to broaden her mental horizon-impeIs her
to unoonsoiously hatter elderly men and women by
asking for their opinions, form Of tactfuness all
ways appreciated and which in her case never
generates into toadyism.
Whatever may be the woes and disappointments
Of Miss Tact she is invariably cheerful and if it
sometimes seems to her that the whole universe is
indigo tinted and this mortal coil a burden to be
speedily shued of she has the grace to temporarily
avoid society. realizing that if she not present
smiling face the world she would best present none
at I'll In circumstances is she ever seen going
sboEt with a frowning brow, for she knows that no
expression IS more repecnt more certain to reap
harvest Of social fsres in the shape of unhattering