The evening world., 1909-01-22

MIs. JONES, WIN is 'els laii
pair of kind blue eyes, while the b.
negaton. Beneath her gaze felt m
sembance Of a determined but misg
which Mrs. Jones for my own good We
Nevertheless, ! plead for the sugar
| bowl
| But when you base the bestowA OF
the ballot on the liability to fight for
ones country, have you considered" I
asked, that n woman OF exceptional
earning capacity might send twenty sub
st!tutes TO war? Applying that argu-
ment Of liability. irrespective Of sex,
don't YOU know that you would have
| disqualified from voting Grover Cleve-
| land. whom many people consider one
OF the creates. Presidents We ever had?
Mr., Cleveland, for good and personal
reasons, sent a substitute TO fight for
| him. | could do as much"
But suppose" interrupted Mrs. Jones
Suppose you could not, what them"
There would be other women fight
ing" replied There would he. for
/ instance, the Red Cross nurses with the
armies. And there would be the wom-
en- at home caring for the children.
Who made possible the victories of
| Napoleon? The women who bore sons
to feed the guns"
Motherhood, said Mrs. Jones, has,
| fortunately nothing to do with the
sucrage question. The law has recog-
I nized the difference In function between
man and woman, and the distinctions /.
makes point everywhere to the fact that
the essential point to be fostered and
protected is TIE function OF mother
| hood.
Gives Her Advantage
Because OF this function, the law
| gives woman every advantage-support
dover rights. compulsory seats In de-
partment stores. alimony.
| You sulfraglsts want all these priv!-
! leges and the ballot also. Isn't that IN
/ reasonable'
The law must protect women and
men protect them.
You see 1t in the highest and the
! poorest society, the swells In the opera
| box where the women are given the
shops, where the women have the light
est work There was never q better H.
lustraton OF II than the recent earth
quakes in California and In Italy. The
women and children were herded to-
gether In the safe places and the men
the neutrality-suspicious. the streets to
protect them"
But surely, Mrs. Jones'" said as
meekly as possible. earthquakes hap
pen too rarely to constitute an argu-
ment against woman suffrage. Let me
urge still another point upon you. Men
say that the suffrage question Is one to
be settled by women, They declare that
the moment the majority Of women
want to vote they will do so. l want
TO vote You do not. Granting women
the ballot would not compel you to vote.
but 1t would enable me 10 do so. The
Suifrag!sts could not Impose their will
on the ants because voting Is not COM
pulsory. AS things are you seek TO
impose your wishes upon me-"
But II voting were legal for women
should feel 1t my duty to vote said
the anti-sufrragist. 1T would be com
pulsory. My conscience would make
me-"
Well, in ngal aspect consclences
are not compulsory" l rejolned.
THE richest woman In Colorado,
Mrs Jones added. wrote me the other
day that she voted because she felt II
to be her duty but that she regarded
suffrage for women as great mis-
take"
The richest woman In Colorado! Here,
thought, Is the crux OF the whole
question. Before me saw Mrs. Gilbert
smoke colored velvet in the drawin!
room OF lovely home on fashionable
avenue,
Earlier In ths conversation Mrs. Jone.
had mentioned casually that she en-
ployed seven women servants. Why
should she not approve with every ar
gument a distinctly able mind coult
furnish social system that insure.
Yer these things? And then In my m!nd'i
eye | saw Rose Schneiderman. the cir
president Of the Cap Makers Union
making plea for woman suffrage
puny girl. strong and intelligent. face Il
face with the sternest realities Of life
knowing the sorrows and the .injusticei
Of working women. asking In their nam'
for voice In our laws.