The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-23

OF the mind instead OF mere muscu-
lar force has dawned to correct Ger
tain evils which have grown out Of
these conditions.
She spoke Of conditions in the United
States. where, she says. the work of
womankind remains unappreciated.
After housewife has done the fam
lily baking. the washing and the IRON
ing, perhaps. the scrubbing and the
general cleaning; after she has seen to
the children and ordered her household
generally, the United States census
speaks Of her as having mo occupa-
toni"
Speaking of the various classes of
women and their various relations to
society in the broad and correct sense.
Mrs Zeh commenced with the pro-
fessional woman.
The Various Types Of Woman.
The professional woman, the lawyer,
the doctor, the lecturer, the theatrical
star, the newspaper woman, tire music
ian, etc, according to Mrs. Zeh, are
doing great deal Of good in bringing
about better and more generally salts
factory conditions for women.
This sort Of woman has thoroughly
emancipated herself, and is here to
stay.
She has proven her worth and many
of her" do not marry because they
prefer economical independence to
economical dependence.
The society woman was handled
rather uniquely.
Mrs. Zeh said that she could not
find 1t in her heart to blame her for
her frtvolities and her So called useless
goings-on. because her natural work
had been taken away from her in this
mechanical age. and as woman has al
ways been known as the original
worker. 1t is perfectly natural for her
to work at something, whether that
something be useful or not
She is naturally going to work hard,
too, according to Mrs. Zeh, If at moth
ing further than trying to have a good
time.
Queens used to spin. with their la
dies in waiting.
That sort Of thing has become un-
necessary now, in the present age of
highly perfected labor saving devices,
when they have taken much of wo-
mans rightful work away from her.
Speaking of the club woman, Mrs.
zeh spoke of the Chicago Woman's
club, perhaps one Of the most impor-
tant of all public bodies among the
women.
At first, she said, the ladies' start
ed out with a firm determination to
do nothing particularly alarming, and
to see that everything was done in a
beautiful and womanly manner.
The work, however, soon grew be-
yond the kindergarten venture into
which they had at first entered.
They became absorbed by the school
system Of Chicago,-and because the
scope of their work broadened out so
perceptibly before them, they could not
but see the need Of a more concerted
and more widespread effort,-and they
ali became suffragettes!
The working class Of women, accord
ing to Mrs. Zeh, form the most i'm
portant class of all, in their work of
bringing the cause of womankind to
the front. Their influence will be
greater because they are brought into
closer touch with the actual conditions
Of life, and 1t will be through their
need and their awakening knowledge
of conditions which surround them
that will finally bring the ballot.
The woman of the slums came in for
Just such womanly pity as she should
always demand from women who know
the world and who are fully aware of
the conditions which surround the
white slave traffic.
Mrs. Zeh truthfuIly said that so long
as one of these unfortunate creatures
be allowed to remain in bondage, the
sex as a whole is degraded, and it
remains for women to get together
upon the matter OF correcting this
great evil. because they alone are the
ones to effect such a correction.
She furnished statistics to show that
there are at present 100000 white
slaves in the United States.
The average life Of a slave" is five
years. and this necessitates $4,000 re-
cruits each year in order to keep the
ranks filled.
Mrs Zeh's plan is to have every
woman's club study conditions, and to
seek out some way to queI the evil, II
by nothing else, by a strong wave Of
influence and endeavor among the best
thinking women Of the land.
Yesterdays talk. in fact, was purely
in the cause Of woman In general
1t was interesting. appealing and
beneficial, and proved valuable from a
number of standpoints to every class
of woman.
Mrs. Zeh viii remain in the city un-
til Saturday. and has already won
many friends and admirers here.
Tue SHAKESpEARE