The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-06

through her own EYES and add hes
verdict 10 that of men npon the thiRgs
, OF life which affect her and her chill.
dren often more poignantly even than
they affect MIN.
See how terribly deep some u
these commonplace problems cut
these problems that women cannot
help 10 solve, but from which they
suffer This excessive cost OF living.
for examplc--lt often means not oRiy
intense difficulty and sacrifice 10
make both ends meet-it means that
both ends cannot be made TO meet
without fatal rent IN the fabric. IL
means the difference between the
child I'm school and the child in the
factory: between the care and noar-
ishing food that would have saved Il
frail and beloved life and the hard
ships that lost e., Il means the dlf.
ference between the young daughter
shielded and protected, or thrust out
10 the competition and temptations of
commercial. and concentrated lifN
What is conservation which does not
count these as the most priceless
things 10 be conserved?
But what do women want? 10
they want all the Offices, or half OF
theme No, not tenth of or hun
dredth part of them. They want TO
be taken seriously They want a
means of impressing their point OF
view concerning the things which
vitality and INCREASINGLY affect them
and their home. We are different
from men. OF course. That is the rea-
son we need To be heard The home
is our especial sphere. That is The
reason we plead that our sphere shall
be recognized and affairs of he
world arranged more in its interests
mot our interests as women, but the
interests OF the home. which is the
sacred trust that women hold, but
hold today in bound and crippled
hands. We think that il the laws pro-
posed and the privileges and fran
chises granted In all these past years
had been reviewed, not only with the
eyes business but with the eyes
home as we'll perhaps there would
not be today such need for 'conserva-
ton congresses. And we think that
when women have due part in shap-
ing educational systems more atten-
ton will be paid in the schools to the
common, everyday things that make
for good living and health and thrift
and general happiness.
In commenting on the woman suf-
frage bill. defeated in the Michigan
this week, Mrs. Crane adj
vised the women not TO be discourag-
ed saying the showing made on the
vote was really encouraging. She
told the members OF the club to con-
time their fight, and that success
would yet come to them. She her
self would also do all In her power to
get the franchise for women in this
state. she declared.
Mrs. Clara b. Arthur, who presided
in the absence OF Mrs. Hinton r.
Spaiding, who was i'll. told of the
work done by women in behalf OF the
bill in the Michigan legis-.
lature. She said that the measure
was not yet killed; that IL Is now in
The senate, and might be returned to
the house for another vote, should
the senate pass favorably on II. She
advised the club members To read the
speech OF Rep. Flowers. in behalf of
the bill. saying q good report of tx
had appeared in The Detroit Times.
Vocal numbers were given by Miss
Louise Gillies. of Flint. Miss Mabel
Greene was the accompanied.
In the evening Mrs. Crane spoke
before the Twentieth Century club.
her topic being, The common prob
lem OF American cities" In a forceful
manner she dealt with the question
Of sanitation, among other things, as
it affects big centers of population.