Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-05-03

MRS. GABRIELLE STEWART MULLINER.
Jar as appearance goes, she is well
TOomed, becomingly dressed and has
diplomatic rather than an aggressive
hammer Her mind is logical, her man
Per of argument calm and her person
llity magnetic, and she is anything but
nannish. The suffrage movement Of
Oday counts thousands of women
Who, like Mrs. Henry Willard, Mrs.
Clarence Mackay and Mrs. Gabrielle
stewart Mulliner, are noted for their
fOcial tact and charm as well as for
heir intellectual qualities.
The present suffrage movement in
his country frOwns upon the mascu-
Inc woman. 1t makes, on the other
band, an appeal to the mothers of the
and that it may help them do more
Tor their children and to the home
women in every state in the Union
nat they may be able to vote for laws
hat will protect the fireside and better
p1isting conditions.
Woman's suffrage wants the support
every wife and every mother, and it
hopes sooner or later to have the sane
Hon of every husband and every ia
her. The movement is for the better
nent of the entire human race Let
ne quote from recent speech Of Mrs.
Gabrielle Stewart Mulliner:
do not start from the mistaken stand
ONT that all men are uneducated, tricky,
lshonest incapable voters and officehold-
s' who have made failure of our gov
nment and that all women are refined.
pltted, educated angels who will reform
ne government and turn the United
Ates into forest of Arden or Utopia,
w | do say that there is something
rong with the present system when
allding on our constitution which prom
aes SO much. the people of America can
laboring under the burden of so much
rhine.
some one has made mistakes and some
ae has Incorporated the functions Of
~ government when there is q bread
ne and when there are supplies OF poi
med food, when the milk supply is dead
When children cannot get schooling,
uen people starve to death, when men
20 women commit suicide because life
50 cheerless. There is something wrong.
~ nave had the affairs of the nation in
I'll control now since 1T76. and they have
~ peen able to work out the problem TO
satisfaction of any one, themselves
have no desire for suffrage for women
the sake OF casting a ballot, but II il
Iat II stands for. II means that one
nave a voice in selecting the men
40 make and who enact the laws.
We women who pay taxes" says
us Henry Willard, ''who by ever in
Sfeasing hundreds Of thousands are
1mpelled to earn our livelihood In
aops' In factories and In ofices, are
aply raising the banner Of 1776, NO
aation without representation
ars. Clarence Mackay is devoting
large fortune to the advancement
tue cause. She has opened head
sasrters In the Metropolitan Life
sliding, New York. where she works
1taestly every day.
10 my mind" she said recently.
NE real importance OF giving women
o'es would be found in this-that a
,Au'ude Of practical questions which
- now left quite unsolved would be
-sn up and solved. We see our OPP
s,a'uhity Thefe are schools which
,-sea'e the children OF the women Of
~ and these need constant care.
- are the injusticas and the OPP
.ssSion suffered by these women who,
- 10 make living for themselves.
re are hospitals to be worked for
~ public charities to be improved.
- woman Of leisure should devote
$50, sntrgies to working with her sex.
liig shoulder to shoulder with the
-, earners. ready to help the cause
- - uhites all women upon a CON-
~ sIoend because they are women
ior the sake Of their WomanhOOd."
Maud ROBINSON TOOABs.