The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-10-30
GOTHAM GOSSIP.
BY Francis Phillips.

far better care in day nurseries. The
home into which the mother brings
outside labor is neither home nor fac
tory.
Many of the poorer families think
that as long as their children do not
actually die they are fulfilling their
duties as parents towards them. But
the child is entitled to something bet
ter than that, and if the something
better Is away from home, and in
a day nursery, then the day nursery
is the proper place for the child.
This does not apply entirely to
the families in actual want. 1t is
just as true of the small dressmaker,
or Of the women Of any of the minor
trades who bring their work into the
home. The moment this is done the
place is no longer a home. The beds
are half made. the rooms are in dis
order, and the meals improperly cook
ed.
II think I would be inclined to be-
lieve 1t would be better for the child
were the state to take care of it In
some way. l believe in many cases,
even were the wages of the man pro-
WIDER raised, the wife and mother
would continue the home labor: In
many homes now there IS the home
work of the mother and child labor
as well, although the family could get
along without either one. They are
probably saving for a home in the
country, or maybe simply for a bank
account, and as long as the mother
and children remain actually alive
they do not consider the work may
be harmful. From homes like these
it would be better if the child were
taken and cared for by the state
Hon. Phillip Snowden, NJ. p, and
his clever wife, who are here on
short visit from England, are taking
lively interest in the development
of the suffragist movement here. Mrs.
Snowden, who is an ardent suffra-
gette, holds that women are entitled
to recognition at the polls. Until she
acquires the full responsibility Of cit :
zenship her usefulness in the sphere
she ornaments and dominates the
world over will be circumscribed, she
says. Until she gets the right to
share with man in determining gov
ernmental policies, says Mrs. Snow
den, woman will never be able to
make her influence for good pay the
right sort of dividends, however help
full she may be otherwise.
1--WE rule the world because we rue
the child she says. The great ar
list, the great poet, owes much more
to his mother than to his father. He
is moulded by woman 10 mould the
thoughts of others. Man will never
be other than secondary. But wo-
mans influence, existing as it does
today without responsibility, is ruling
the world very badly
William T. Locke, author OF Sep
tinus,' says that the eternal enmfty
between the sexes is what makes
them so interesting to each other,
1t was suggested.
That's the crux Of the whole nt1ee-
ton" Mr. Snowden exclaimed. Glass
AGAINST class and sex against sex.
Those who believe in masculine GO
minicn over woman, who see her as
a chattel or a servant of man, are,
of course, opposed to the idea of sex
equality or suffrage"
. "Bult I don't believe men and wo-
men are necessarily enemies" Mr.
Snowden protests. of course Mr..
Locke. when he refers to woman's
power. means her sex power. / differ
entiate this quality from the influence
of love entirely. Perhaps where only
one exists there is enmity between
man and woman. BI:t love means
friendship and understanding. Where
it exists to speak of enmity is very
foolish. And love implies equality.
1t would be unfair to E1gEshmen to
take Mr.. Locke's views as typical or
representative. Look at the eror-
nous power of the Mems Suffrage
League in England"
Mr.. Snowden is a member Of the
Parliamentary committee, which