The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-10-11
WHITE RIBBON
COLUMN
Edited by Mrs. Thos. Weir

Motto-tIealth, happiness and good
cheer.
All the bright sunshiny days have
come, cheerful throughts make cheer.
ful faces. Are you sure you are al.
ways that? Get the habit of cheerful.
ness. 1t leads to\ happiness. Never
criticize unless you can suggest some.
thing better than that with which you
md fault. You may win love. happi-
ness and good cheer if you are these
three things yourself.
Beginning with September the To
ledo Weekly cut out whisky advertise.
ments. Good for the Blade and the
State w. C. T. U. commends you and
sends their congratulations quar-
ter of million circulation with pure
advertisements will go long ways
to set all classes to thinking when
they read your excellent paper.
Mrs. d. X. Abbott says in the daily
there is letter from Washington
quoting from statements made by D..
ii. Lopham, Colo, in regards to wo.
men voting. He says you can bet
your last dollar that there is not a wo-
man in all the state who would go to
the extreme Of being jailed as was
Mrs. Pankhurst, and says he does not
believe his mother, wife >and two sis
ters value the ballot as among their
most priced possessions. | wonder If
he does. | wonder how he would feel
II living under national constitution
as he does, which declares there shall
De no taxation without representation
He should be deprived of the privilege
OF the state and nation by withhold
ing the ballot from him. The fact that
it has been conceded that but for wo-
mans work and woman's votes right
and intelligence might not have pre-
vailed in the reelection of Judge Ben
Lindsey in Denver, is proof that wo.
men do care and do prize the privil-
ege of speaking where it counts. An
other thing he says is that one of the
worst features of the voting privilege
for women is the way bad women are
rounded up under the conrol of the
political boss and voted solidly for
anything crooked or corrupt. This is
surely dreadful, but did any one ever
hear of bad men being rounded up.
given drunk or the price of many
and thus their votes secured for the
undoing of civic righteousness? Let
men be fair to women. If they are citi-
zens in every other respect amenable
to the same laws as men and suffer
the same penalties for violation of
the ballot.
Woman is surely great in some
ways. Angel of Crimea, Florence
Nightengale, is dead, but fates were
kind to her. All England loved her.
Hers was resignation of self for a
cause of humanity, Hers was true
greatness; born lady, yet she chose
the bedside of the dying, to sooth and
cheer the lonely. Grant we may have
many more.
Are you grateful for work being
done? Do you believe it? If so, say
so! And say so right Don't be afraid
to tell any one when you think they
are right and doing right. A word of
cheer goes long way. Be sure to give
it.
w. G. T. U. met in the regular ses-
sion at the Vine Street Church on
Tuesday Mrs. Nixon in the chair.
Scripture by Mrs. Walker and song
by the society. Various business was
transacted. Mrs. Workman was add
ed to the list of program committee,
programs to be gotten ready immedi-
ately.
I Delegates urged to be ready or their
alternate by Friday morning on Oct.
IA, going by way of Monroeville,
thence to Lorain, making sure way
of going and getting there by noon on
Friday.
A motion was made we take up 1S
departments this year.
Mrs. Tilton was elected music di-
rector.
The following superintendents were
elected:
Anti-Narcotics- Ida Mason.
Contest-Mrs. Maggie Mitchell.
Evangelistic-Mrs Lola Walker.
Literature-Mrs. Potter Sockman.
Flower Mission-Mrs. Foust.
Mothers Meetings-Mrs. Beamer.
Press Work-Mrs. Thomas Weir.
Literature and Art - Mrs. Mary
Schnebly.
Railroad-Mrs ID. M. Dorsey.
Scientific Temperance-Mrs. ]. H.
Beach.
Social Meetings-Mrs. Byron Ward.
Sabbath School-Mrs. Barnett.
Fair-Miss M. Fordney.
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