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Mrs. Riddle, in common with oi
truly worthy characters. has an aver
sion for the personal pronoun |, but
she yielded the other day
81 was born i'm Siiesia, Germany
she said Il attended High Daush
ters' college before / came to this
country, at the age of sixteen My
first efforts to become natufalized re-
suited in two years study of domes-
/ tic science in st. Louis. After that
entered a training school for nurses
and when / received my diploma took
up the active service of my profess
sion.
"Then George Riddle came wooing
and winning me away from my chosen
work. Twenty years ago / came to
Glendale a bride and since that time
the dairy farm has been the center Of
the universe to me.
y have not known the joy of tying
baby shoes for my own children, for
no little ones have been given te us.
but | have raised family of tell
said the statesweman. 81 have taken
to my heart and home the children OF
my two sisters, one of whom died.
leaving family of four, another leav
ing six. / have tried to do my duty
by them, but they are beginning to
grow up now, so viii have time for
new interests. While | never asfired
to public Office, have been interested
in world affairs since my girlhood
when my father held official position
In Germany, and | am glad to have
the opportunity to work for tile bet
terment of the farmers.
Carried Democratic District.
Mrs. Riddle represents Adams. Arap-
ahoe and Elbert counties in The
Eighteenth general assembly Of Colo
RADIO. These counties comprise an
area as large as the state of Rhode
Island. She drove all over her district
during the campaign talking plain pol
ities to her constituents, and was en-
tertained at nightfall at the home Of
friendly ranchman When the votes
were counted in this Democratic dis
trict Mrs Riddles personal popularity
gave her a very comfortable majority.
Although Mrs Riddle belongs "a The
minority party in the house, tile mem
bers of both parties never lose nm ap-
portunity TO show their respect for her
opinions upon tile subjects in which
she is interested They regard her as
authority upon scientific reforms for
the farmer. She has demonstrated
that she Is n practical woman hv tho
program she made out for hprseff aud
which she hopes to ser. put into effpct
while she is iii the Legislature
As d member Of the advisory board
of the State Agricultural college sin
understands It's needs and its methods
and she advocates IN appropriation for
that institution which shall provide
for corps of teachers who shaft
travel about the state to teach the
farmers wives and daughters rs well
as the turner's the simple lessons of
sanitnry living aud nursing and who
shall also teach them how to relieve
the dreary monotony of ranch life by
harmless social pleasures
Such course of training, Mrs. Rid
die believes. will check the mad rush
Of the boys and girls from country
homes to the pitfalls Of the city.
Advocates Cream Testing.
Another hobby Of Colorado's remark
able woman legislator is the establish
ment OF a bureau Of cream testing. Ac.
cording TO Mrs Riddle, each county
should have a supervisor or inspector
to look after the cream testers She
claims this protection iii behalf of the
farmer who receives only II ee1tH for
the gallon of milk for which the dairy
man gets 35. This injustice. It Is said.
IS due to the cream tester. whose de
cision is final. This condition Of af
fairs Is driving men out Of the dairy
business in Colorado aud favoring the
shipment Of milk from Kansas. Mrs
Riddle hopes by proper legislation 70
right this wrong.
The other members of the legislature
may not know that this quiet but de-
termfned woman with IDEAS has not
waited for any one to SCI her good
example. but has taken The initiative
on the anti-pass question ard has
promptly returned all the passess she
received at the opening of the sessifsa
The advocates of woman suffrage
taking stock Of Mrs. Riddles good
qualities are tl'iumphantly pointing 10
this vital German dairywoman with a
talent for politics and are proelaimlng
her the woman of the hour IN Colo
RADIO.
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