The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-23
DR. H. W. WILEY PRAISES WOMAN ID SUFFRAGETTES Use Soap, Treat Women Right and Eat Sugared
 Bread" Says Expert | MISS JOHNSTON TALKS TO THE CONVENTION Makes Suggestions for Improving the "Gate of Hell'' As Tertul-
 Han Styles Women--Men
 Attend Sessions

| Louisville. October 22.-n country
 treats it's women right and eats more
 sugared bread ard uses more soap than
 any other country, then 1t is great na-
 tion. declared Dr. Harvey W. Wiley,
 chief of the governments chemistry bn-
 reau in his address this afternon to the l National American Women Suffrage con- vention.
 l He had been introduced by Dr. Anna 1 Howard Shaw. president of the associa-
 tion, as ''the man who is trying to give us a fair chance to live.'
 1 Dr. Wiley began by enumeratng the things that make for q eountrys great
 ness, narrowing the test down to the three
 requisites named. By these tokens, he
 concluded, America is first.
 | Dr. Wiley, Miss Mary Johnston of Rich rlond, Va, Miss Sophronisba Breeken- | ridge of the University of Chicago and 1 Mrs. Caroline Bartlett Crane of Kala- ! mazoo. Mich, were speakers at the meet 1 ing held at Louisville theatre and at
 tended by more than 2ooO men, as well
 as a number of women.
 1 Numbers of the city's leading profess 1 siona men were seated on the platform. Tonight the officers of the association
 held reception for the delegates.
 Women Never Wrong | In the light of his opinion of womens preparedness for suffrage. Dr. Wiley de- clared he never had known of an organ | ized band of women being on the wrong
 side, though he admitted perhaps he was piejudiced in their favor because they
 always had supported him. 1 'Women,' he said are a tower of
 strength to every public man who is try | ing to do his duty. I don't know why i she has been kept from the polls. Surely not because of lack of intellect What we need in politics is more ethics rather
 than more intellect"
 He referred to big American problems. | saying they needed both the men and the women to solvesr He declared lle has
 favored womarf suffrage for nearly D years.
 Miss Breckenridge, herself a Ken 1 tuoltian, devoted her attention to tho suf- 1 frage question from the viewpoint of the { worlngwoman. She expressed her con
 viction that the ballot is at present
 domestic necessity and that housekeeping | is public function"
 | In a measure she blamed woman for
 failure to assert herself and demand what ! Is her right.
 Enlightened cities must be gov erned enlightened homes are joint I ly by enlightened men and women, for the benefit and trust of the rising gen eration,' declared Mrs. Crane, whose address dealt with immediate and prac- | tical municipal problems of direct and important interest to women. Politics at It's best" she said, .is a noble profession In which we would fain engage. Woman's interest in pub | life affairs by reason of her age, long 1 experience in home making and moth ering of children. has fitted her for politics just as well as mans activity in trade. When trade needs atten- | tion. trade gets it. When women get the ballot all else will be regulated 50 as best to promote the home"
 Miss Johnston Speaks Suggestions for improving the Cate of Help were outlined this afternoon before the national woman suffrage convention by Miss Mary Johnston, the author. of Richmond Va. Miss John ston prefaced her suggestions by qua tations from Tertullian. lilSening her sex to the entrance to the internal re- gions. In part she said:
 "'Woman,' exclaims St. Thomas Aq- uinas. Woman is a rapidly growing weed, an imperfect being, Her body at tains maturity more rapidly than mans only because it is of less value and nature is engaged less in her making Women are born to be eternally main tained under the yoke of their lords and masters who are endowed by na- ture with superiority In every respect, and therefore destined to rule!
 "'Woman! exclaims Tertullian. apI tg1,f tr .1,I in mourning and in rags. your eyes filled with tears of remorse to make us forget that you have been man kinds destruction! Woman. you are the Gate of He'll
 What wish to do for a few min utes Is gravely to consider how we can improve the Gate of Hell. Archi- tecturally speaking it is matter oY carrying aloft the wicket which hA done duty for so many ages, of <h- larging and adornng it. of giving 1t height, nobility and splendor of achSey- ing in short lofty and beautiful DOT tai. Tertullian, of course. was con tent with a somewhat low and narrow gate, carefully planted in the shade But times change and I submit that even so fixed an institution as Hell Gate shows tendency to change too A New Gate I've will have our ideas as to how the new gate should be built, it's general appearance, beauty and utility. Probably every woman in this audience is busy nowadays making mental blueprint of q new he'll gate. I have the floor how ever. and am going to give. very rough ly and discurvisely. my own blueplint.
 Miss Johnson described how she thought the new gate might difefr from the old physically, in sweep and power, fine and strong grain, clean, noble lines: mentally, in education, the adornment Of mind. the larger brain, the greater intel lect; spiritually. with the nober and wider heart. the true mother and lover of Humanity"
 Keeping the old name for moment, we may say that the production of a newer and greater hell gate differs from other architectural propositions. Gates of stone and marble are made from with out. Hell gate will be built without hands. and the architect lodges within She can do what she will; and now the thing of all others 10 be desired is that she will it! The time has passed when indifference will be tolerated. women must arouse themselves to action the crying needs of the time demand it.