The Detroit times., 1910-09-16
mrs. OWENS READY
! TO TAKE STUMP
FOR HUSBAND
I'm Willing To Do Anything To
Further His Chances Of Success
and Will Make Speeches II They
Want Me TO-" She Says.
We've Cried and Laughed and
Pulled Together Ever Since the
Day We Married"

Mrs. Proctor Knott Owens stands
ready TO take the stump" In behalf
OF her husband. the Republican nom.
inee for mayor.
i know nothing OF politics md have
never made a speech In my life, but
II Mr.. Owens needs me In this cam
paign. | am ready to stand by him "a
! have tried to do In every other par.
ticular during our life together" saio
she, Thursday morning, as she laid
aside a plate she was decorating in
her little studio next 10 Mr.. Owens
law Office on the sixth floor OF the
Hodges building TO talk about her hus-
bands campaign.
II am not suffragist. because |
have never looked into the question.
and not having any property. have
had no occasion TO STUDY equal rights
for woman taxpayers" she continued
1T seems to me. however. that women
should have right to vote, and be-
lieve that would stand on that side
OF the question IL ! entered into IL at
all. believe, however. that a wife
should stand by her husband through
thick and thin, and that Is why an
ready TO do anything asked OF me to
further Mr.. Owens chances of success
at the polls. II meetings are arranged
for men and women, | will attend them
and speak IL they want me to, and. on
the other hand. II thought his
chances were better without me,
would leave Detroit within an hour"
Has Faith In Husband.
Over and above all else Mrs.
Owens has an affection for and faith
In her husband that shows itself in
countless ways. They stand shoulder
to shoulder, good comrades and trust
full partners in adversely and sue.
cess. Judging from the tale OF their
married life. Mrs. Owens has lived
out the true meaning Of the word
'helpmate."
Because | am ready to do every
thing In my power for my husband
In this race | do not want the public
to think that | am trying TO run the
show or, that |, to use a homely eX-
preston. wear the pants in our
family" she said mfr. Owens has
. mind of his own, and has always
run his own affairs, but neither of
us has ever done anything in our
IL years of married life that We have
rot talked over with each other,
frst.-His interests have been mine,
and mine his, and we have cried to-
gether and laughed together and
pulled together ever since the day
we married.
IL do not think some of the news
papers have been very kind 10 us in
making fun of my china painting and
other things like that" with little
break In her voice. but it is just that
they do not understand. Unless "A
lawyer Is big. successful man in
his profession, money is not plentiful.
and we have met with many reverses
in our day. For years taught
school, before and after my mar
rage, and then four years ago |
came down here to be with Mr.
Owens and opened my china paint
ing studio. We have no children
and had no home, just boarded, and
] could be of much use to him here
in the office. so | decided to do my
painting and teaching here instead
of I'm the boarding house. | have been
quite successful, I am glad TO say,
and have class of seventy pupils
now. IL I had been blessed with
children, would have remained at
home and taken care of them and my
house Just the same as any other
normal woman and been glad of the
chance"
Began Teaching at IS.
Mrs. Owens began teaching school
when she was Is. She was born in
Mexico, Mo-, but when an infant re-
moved with her parents to Harrison
Vile, Mo- which town sh. has always
Gale, hume, many OF her relatives
residing there now. including her
mother, to whom she Is greatly de-
voted. Her maiden name was Mollie
Prewitt.
my family were all Ren:ucKians.
the same as Mr.. Owens and lived
near Lexington" she explained. MY
father taught In the state university
in Lexington until We moved to Har-
risonville, where we had farm.
went to school in Harrisonville. and
after finishing high school | went TO
the Warrensburg state normal. |
taught district school while ! was