The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-14
QUEENS OF CUISINE
HAVE A GRIEVANCE
No Occupation? Absurd
Housewives TO Rebuke
Bold, Bad Census Man.


ats really the women's fault after
( all
/ These are q few OF the miIdest views
+ directed by a number Of prominent
woman suHragists this morning
I against the census enUmerators-
{ These heartless men viii begin to-
morrow TO record the thousands Of
dutiful American housewives whe
stay at home and keep their hus-
Z hands houses, as women having
/ no occupation and the women OF
! the country, especially the suffraSists-
G resent IT,
( Indeed. it is not unlikely that the
Irrational board OF the American Won
! an Suffrage Association, now cOnVen-
/ ing in Washington, viii administer TO
( Uncle sam the rcbuke they declare
/ that old gentleman deserves for over
loOkinE the services OF the haTdWOrk-
I ing hOusekeepers Of the country
/ No Occupation
When II was called 10 the attention
/ OF Mrs Rachel Ezekiel. the secretary
/ Of the woman suffrage petition work
there at national headquarters, that a
woman who gives her occupation tc
icensus enumeratOTs as that OF house
/ keeper VIII shave mo occupation
written opposite her name on the cen
sus sheet. Mrs. Ezeki - notified the
members of the board OF the national
organization and asked them to take
action on il at the present convention
I Isn't Il worth Just as much 10 the
} country to make the bread as 70 raise
I the gTainZ asked the Rev Anna How
{ ard Shaw. president Of the Nauona1
/ American Woman Suffrage AssoclatloIl'
/ pertineutl-- when discussing Ile EndtltI
. this morning Really II Is the fault
OF the women. and the fault OF free
D. labor. When they are ali good SuIifa-
gisIs demanding equal rights Win men
; refusing TO be regarded IS less SlSLllil-
/ cant than minors even, by the law
{ makers OF the land. we can guarantee
{ that the census takers VIII have more
! Mrs carrie Chapman Gait, the fore
most woman suffTa-lsJ OF the world
/ president Of the International Woman
{ SunraEe Alliance. in which are tedeT-
/ ated the s11ff-agists Of tWeuty-0ne COun-
( tries predicts this IS the last time the
/ Census office will pcTpetrate Sucn an
! indiEnity upon the women OF the
/ -'F5v the time the next census is taken, -
( SAYS Ms Gait. II believe the women
I of the country viii have made q con-
/ certed protest against this degrading OF
1 a profession which IS recognized oy Us
all not only as the nOblest, but as the
I most useful known TO CIVILIZATION
Mrs Emma Maddox Funcz- president
/ OF the MARYLAND Woman Suffrage As
! ISOLATION. agrees with Dr. Shaw tllsiJ
unless the housewives OF me cou1LIS
insist on being recognized by the Gov
/ eminent as women holding an oCcupa-
tlon, they never Will be
Blames Women
women are in the wrong 10 submit
20 the indignity,'' she declares Then,
TOO II is their fault, because women
have. until within the past fifty years,
been both afraid. ashamed. and lSnOT
ant OF work 7 think the women OF
this country a.e iUstihable IN making
a strong protest in this matter Then
Mrs EunCk adds that the sooner wO-
men are in a position TO control their
own dualIS InIouGll ieslsldtioLl. ne o.,
ter Il VIII be for them and the counJry
Women are in the wrong 20 submit
I 70 the indiEnity. she declares, and
sftfOn to control this matter through
legislation. the better "I think the
women OF the country should protest
20 their state legislative bodies against
this matter said Mrs FUnCk this
morning. and that If necessary they
should petition Congress against it
! Mrs Ella HaWley CrOsSett. Of New
York, president Of the woman suffrage
association Of that state, and the vvo-
man who heads the largest delegation u
the convention says that the inferior
IS largely responsible for the fact tha-
she gets netth3 pay from her husband
nor recognition from the Government
for her services as hOusekeeper.
( 'I tell thee. il IS a shame-" This &
the way IN which Mrs Mary Bentley
Thomas. president Of the Friends Euua
Rights Association. and a Quakeress Who
I Is also 3 militant suffraEist, character
lies the census takers trea tnent 81
the American housewife t VIII IN.
dsTSe any movement OF protest tht
women Of the country NAV make
; Mrs James r McAfee, president NJ
.rIe West Chester County. y Y WoT7ar
Suffrage Association, said:
{ Z know all the sufra gists want II
go on record as believing that a vvo.
mans highest sphere IS in her home
think an ideal ARRANGEMENT is for :
husband TO give his wife half his sal
Z any and 10 assist her in her woman
I suffrage work as mine assists me-
. { The Census Director e5ypIa ms tia
housekeeping is tabuIated bv the Gov
eminent no occupation becaus Or1,
DODey-gettinC vocation. are set dou-T
on the census sheet. DIT. Anna HoV-a n
shaw Mrs Funck. and others say that
the trouble all arises from the fact fh7t
free labor IS never valued BY a man.