The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-14
CINCINNATUS IN SKIRTS
A NOTABLE IN COLORADO

~ COLORADO halls Cincfnnatus
10 petticonts in the person Of
49, Mrs. Agnes L. Riddle, recently
elected to the legislature in
that state. The only faw in the com
parison Is that Mrs. Riddle has not
left her pillow and still keeps in
touch with farm duties when not legis.
lating.
Many women have been honored by
election to the legislature In Colorado
since the adoption of woman suffrage
eighteen years ago, but with few OK
ceptions they have been, like their
brother lawgivers, of the machine
made variety. The three other women
elected to SIT with Mrs. Riddle in the
house of representatives have no TN
usual characteristics One has for Il
number of years presided over the
destinies of d small family hotel. An.
other is a professional politician, who
has secured Job" for her husband
through her allegiance to the organ
ization." The third has won laurela
as worker and has been rewarded
by the Denver Tammany.
These women, like most of their pred
ecessors, are residents of Denver. As
is the custom. to conciliate the women
voters three OF the eleven places given
to Denver on the legislative ticket
were assigned to women. They were
not pitted against man, as was Mrs.
Riddle, who was nominated on the
Republican ticket in farming district
which was normally Democratic. Ad-
ans county, the largest county IN the
district, went Democratic by 600 votes.
but gave Mrs. Riddle, the Republican
candidate, $40 votes
Up Before the Lark.
This sturdy German woman. who
has spent the last twenty years of her
life on a dairy farm. is the most .pic-s
turesque figure seen on the political
horizon of Colorado in many years.
Since her election as a legislator Mrs
Riddle finds # necessary to prpcede
the lark by several hours in the mat
ter of early rising. At a. M. nc
cording to her daily schedule, she is
busy preparing breakfast for dairy
hands. AIT 4 she serves them at table
Five o'clock finds her cleaning up the
breakfast debris and planning and pre-
pairing luncheon for her family aud
help for their consumption at the noon
hour, when she must ba absent at the
statehouse
BY 6 the shining faces of the chill
dren are made ready for school. and
an hour later she speeds them on their
way equipped with hooks and lunch
con baskets In search OF education
Seven o'clock Is the appointed hour
for outlining the day's duties for her
employees. Dobbin Is harnessed By
TO d light buggy, and the woman solon
starts on d six mile drive from Glen
dale to Denver, where from 10 a. m. tn
s p. m. she takes a hand In holding
the affairs of state.
Six o'clock Is the hour designated for
the evening meal at the Riddle ranch
and Mrs. Riddle is always there 10 aid
IN It's preparation. At 8. after the
children's hour. they say their prayers
and are put to bed as in any well reg
uIated household
In addition to her duties as house
wife and legislator, Mrs Riddle has
been secretary of the state grange FOR
six years. and she frequently rounds
out the routine of her daily chores by
attending to the duties required Of her
by that organization, which she has
seen grow from twenty circles to fifty
four. with membership Of 1000 farm.
ers.
Her position as secretary places her
III practical control Of this body of
ranchmen and keeps her alive to their
interests and progress. 1t would be
regarded MS extraordinary for a man
to do these things What kind Of NO
man is this who can compass them 50
satisfactorily to oil concerned7
Has Never Been In Jail.
She Is not a brilliant suffragefte. She
has never saluted a policeman in the
eye with her strong right or prostrat
ed cabinet member with an upper
cut. she has never been In jail. She
is just a modest, unassuming. right
thinking hausfrau who has by hard
work secured practical education
When a little child II Germany she sat
up far into the night and studied By
candlelight, wrapping the book about
the candle to keep its light from being
seen Through the grange she gained |
a knowledge of economic questions and
as is natural ID q suffrage state. dis