Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-15
NOTES FOR WOMEN.
rho Woman to the
. = of the Child.

bui he true that we once were one,
IN 5h1 mine was this yisage smiling
mi me- where has that high look gone,
Ntfb It's innocence pure, beguiHng?
n.ar rttle girl. with the brow serene,
p,"d HE radiance all unshaded,
,-g~s WIS a beautiful SOUL | ween,
W. has its calm faith faded2
90 II be true that so long ago
shared your Visions glory
MI me 4 & | those fancies know
Tbar make up a child's pure story:
n.sr little Girl. with the ideals high
pFacfug iife's struggle brayely,
"a / snoil your faith as the days went by
Thar your eyes search mine so gravely!
fsn II be true that in me you died
TEough your memory may outIive mel
rbar YOURS was the nature my tired years
Deaf little girl. forgive me-
Ethel Colson
7uige Lindsey's Victory.
interesting sidelights continue 10
he thrown on the reelection of Ben
r Lindsey as judge of the Denver
igyenile court The New York In
dependent wrote to Judge Lindsey
asking him to see that it got a good and
trne account, and in consequence it re-
eeiyed the following, from Mauchlin
Muir:
The story of Judge Lindsey's re-
election to the juvenile court of Den
yer is the tale of a city's determination
IA save a good mans work i'll spite of
strong and sinister influences that had
condemned it. Ever since the father
Of the juvenile court system took office
eight years ago, he has attacked fearless
II the forces of evil which continually
I,a CTR Of littla Ho1i r.,
that poured into his court. The keepers
Of the wine rooms and the saloons,
backed by the utility corporation forces
in Dolitical alliance with them, long
since determined to replace him with a
wardheeer who could be depended upon
10 be conveniently blind to the causes in
dacing youthful crime
Judge Lindsey has told in his lectures
all over the country how the first at
tempt was foiled by the women of Den
YER They held a mass meeting of pro-
test. and told the machine politicians
that if Judge Lindsey were not renomi-
mated. they would elect him independent
IL. The politicians yielded. They re-
nominated him ''amid oaths and curses, -
and his name appeared on all the tickets.
This year the political machines made up
their minds to defy the mothers of Den
yer. as they have successfully defed the
mothers and the reform element among
the men in most of the large cities of
America in which women cannot vote.
Mauchlin Muir tells what followed:
Not without considerable hesitation
did Judge Lindsey decide to make an in
dependent race. Most of his best friends
advised against it, taking the position
that to run and be defeated meant that
he was discredited. 1t was believed
almost unanimously in Denver that at
best he could poll few thousand votes.
In a presidential year, with a state and
4 thought that a plurality of the voters
could be induced to search for a single
name on the immense ballot for the pur-
pose of scratching. But the judge felt
q that he owed it to the people Nho had
q always supported him so Loyalty to pre-
sent his name to them. He did this as
matter of principle rather than with
4 any real hope of winning.
The campaign lasted scarcely longer
than week. From first to last it was
triumph over difficulty. Originally
without money. without organization,
without any backing other than the
vague support of weil-wisheTs, all OF
these were secured readily from sources
not usually considered in political
II campaigns. Sufficient money was raised
among friends, one of whom, woman
"A l't iA NiOuSl9 hHONn 10 lllC JuuSts III
n sisted on contributing the greater part
for the sake of the cause An organiza.
ton was quickly effected, every pre-
clnct Of every ward in the city being
carefully covered. Around this organ
H3tlon rallied the supporters of the
KIDS Judge A preliminary canvass
showed that about 10000 voters were
willing to pledge themselves to vote fol-
hln, but II was a question how many OF
lf 4,.I4 4a1- lf %t--.1r
4 Rie actually to vote their conviction re
sardlng the juvenile court,
The professional friends of Judge
Lindsey were willing to give him then
vote, but not TO work in what they con
aatred a hopeless cause Wherefore he
went boldly direct to the common PEG
F-A lie knew they knew about his worl
lloln actual experience Of themselves ol
lt"r friends. BY great good fortune III
4 Interested labor leaders, and every nigh
addressed one or more union meetings
Il burlng the week he spoke to thousand!
'l workers, and won them almost to ;
Ahlt. BarlOr meetings, as well as bll
4 rallies famed the growing enthusiasm
Some OF the city pastors went stumpin.
WIN the judge. Others spoke for hin
from their pulpits. Diners worked pr
laie.y The Christian Citizenship unioI
4goded the churches with literature show
llg what Judge Lindsey had accom-
Pushed in tangible figures during his in
e8mbency. Figures could not show wha
moral force he has been in the com
munlty, but they could set forth SOM
lartS about the system he has inaugu
rated ana the laws he has had passed fo
tAe protection of the children. The re
suit of this was that the church anC
@hor marched together to the unexpect
et victory.
1t was to have been expected tina
Women both as voters and workers
would be strong for this man whom tn
enemies Of society had marked for dc
It4t Many of them were tireless in tn
&d which they gave, and of these
large proportion were working women
q considerable percentage from the mid
we classes, and a very small minOrit!
!fom the clubs and the Weather part 0
the city.
One unique phase of the campaign
was the part taken in it by the boy
4 themselves Several of them-nearly al
beWshoys and court probationers-wen
IN IN The stump for their friend, de Judge
4 lAey spoke in parlor meetings, at labo
assemblies, in the slums, and in tn
tAaEehes. Wherever they could get
seaFug these little boys, running in az
ron. thirteen to fifteen, went out int
1 agftl4