Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-17
SUFFRAGETTE COMES QUIETLY
Emmeline Pankhurst Arrives in
Omaha a Day Ahead Of Time.
DOES NOT APPEAR MILITANT
Distinguished Visitor Speaks ut
Boyd Theater Friday Evening
aud ON Saturday Luncheon
win lie Given for Her.


Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst, originator Of
the militant suffrage movement in Eng
land slipped quietly into Omaha yesterday
morning, q day sooner than she was
expected She has apartments at the
Rome hotel
! Mrs. Pankhurst is not in looks or man
ner the least bit militant She is the
gentlest and most femnene OF women.
She is Of medium size. and has an album
dance OF gray, fluffy hair, which steals
| from under her snug, black, phimed hat.
Her grey eyes are large and her face
soft and gentle. / err navy blue serge
| tailored suit fitted to nicely and she
carried heavy outing coat OF dark
green. which was lined with plaid. OF
course, on her coat lapel was bow OF
| green, purple and white ribbon, the coors
OF the Womans Social and Political union
which She and her daughter Christabel,
started eight years ago. Mrs. Pankhurst
has two other daughters.
Suffrage writer Companion.
with Mrs. Pankhurst is Miss Pethck
OF the staff of the Votes For Women"
the suffr agette magazine. Miss Pethick
has refused to dlvulgo her first name or
to have her picture taken in every city
since she and Mrs Pankhurst arrived In
the United states, in october
Miss Pethck Is "A large, business-like,
tailor-made woman, with swapping brown
eyes and an air Of good nature and cap
ability. She wore black suit and, OF
course, button with wv. $. y. u" and
Votes for Women"
q The English suffragettes arrived at
= $50 from Minneapolis, over the Greal
: Western and were met by Mrs. w. II
Shafer, president OF the local society
Mrs. Nancy Common, treasurer, and Mrs
Charles l. Vollmer,
= All the way from the station Mrs. PanK
b hurst kept up a rapid fire OF questions
as to the status OF suffrage In Omaha
l Mrs. Pankhurst and Miss Pethick ate
hearty break fast and then went to thei
rooms TO get settled and attend TO TN
= affairs in connection with their Interests
IN England, where their suffrage bill Il
T. soon 10 come up for third reading II
Parliament.
Mrs. Pankhurst will lecture at the Boy'
=, theater this evening on The Enshsi
Woman's Fight for the Vote Satur
dav a luncheon will be given for her
. the Rome.
II THROW SNOuSHH ~
: "If uu,oter means prove ineffective
$ then throw stones said Mrs fahNnuie
5 to a gathering OF newswrtters at tn
/, Rome at noon.
= she declared that the means justif
|. the end; that the British cabinet Woul
e not pay any attention to the suItrasette'
l. petitions, and that they had 10 throN
p, sones to attract attention,
e I'VE wrapped our petitions around III
g stones and threw them through the win
IS dows into their midst We also broK
II the windows with stones when we wer
imprisoned in order to get fresh air
Mrs. Pankhurst denied the curren
opinion in the United States that ia
English suffragettes are freaks, strong
| iawed women, old maids and old wOme
In their dotage anud said that not onl
Al the most charming women in the countr
e but also their men folk are actively IL
5 terested In the movement,
y I'VE do not hide Our light under
S. bushel," said Mrs. Pankhurst. I'VE Il
n people know that we are around. w
II think. live and breath suffrage. We tai
1t IL at our receptions and teas, on
lie charming young girls talk it to the
= partners at dances"
Mrs. Pankhurst said that the Woman
Social and Political union which wa
- formed but few years ago was starte
around her dining room table and nun
bered but thirteen womenn. There al
now thirty other strong suffrage o.
CARNATIONS,
Mrs. PaniIhurst declared that q
woman suffrage movement in Englar
has been great factor in stirring up Il
revolutionary movements in China, Ind
and Persia.
Many of the men who have startC
these revolutionary uptisings have bee
students in England, At all of OF
meetings there are Chinese, Indians al
Japanese"
She said that woman suffrage Ina
4 grown greatly in the United states SIM
she was here two years ago and "a
that the conditions here arc much mo
favorable than in England.
yours is q new country. We i'm En-
land had centuries of prejudice to fight
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