The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-21
Reply to aRecentArticlein
the Sunday Issue Of The
limes-Dispatch on Suf-
tragists Holding Public
Meeting on Sunday.
BY a social-Scrvicc Worker

or inc so-chlled political meeting by
tue National Suffrage Convention in
sho,,sI ON Sunday In October
issue 'u Of ny" TSc I shnearGi IN Sunday;
inc writer of that article. I'm the zeal
or protest. has lost sight OF severa!
h1s 10 which should like to call
~, MS or her attention. AS FOR the mat
ter 81 holding meetings on Sunday. no,
IpcGihcaliy religious meetings there
~ inc precedence OF many vel known
santEatlonS, such as the Womafi's :,
hils.ihn temperance Union. Colonial
Daines: "A l.: V. a.. u. 4. r.. u. d. O..
e &c; several weeks ago the virginia
rsocraiion Of Labor held. in the Biiou
Theatre. a mass-mccting for the dis :.
Cusslon Of their Legislative program.
Iii, inns program as part OF it. ~ the
III 20 DC introduced int" the present
session Of the Virginia Assembly ask :
ING Tor equal suffrage This meeting
~ss opened with prayer and was at
s snued by some Of the best known min
I ,,,,e rtcently was held In the
lunch room OF the y. W. G. A., on Fifth
bn1 trace streets. the meetings which
rraHe resulted in the formation Of the
Council of Social Workers Ministers
OF several dcnominations were pres
ent ~ these meetings and on the eX-
eeutiyG committee OF this federated
council are four ministers OF Protest
AM and Catholic faith. The meeting
~ LOUISVILLE, 10 which the article IN
tne sundays paper has referred. vas
Rnishcd clergyrnen OF that city we're.
present ana took part in tho discus
SONS following the several addresses
~ every annual meeting Of the Ma
tonal Conference o; Charities and cor
rcciions there Is Sunday session Al
the conference held in this city three
n2dy VAS held in ST. paurs Church
Win Miss Fanny Curtis presiding Tn.
topic was child labor In It's mani.
ii,iIa ASPECTS. som. Of which are po-
L. INN
"adhma. Miss Jean Gordon. Mrs Bar
hard and Mr.. Mckelwily. seated near
me speakers At this gathering was
Inc late iainenicd rector OF ST. Paul's.
". Forsyth. and many other minis
tcrs OF MANI denominations
IN Your article YOU say: III Tcrtul.
nave changed his views. if he had
attended this mass meeting on sun
uay, conducted by women at Il local
theatre Ii YOU were ever aware
OF the fact. you have lost sight OF il.
thHt Tertullian Was ouc OF The earliest
Christian fathers. His writings laid
IN" foundation OF Latin Christian liter
uturc and he was tho teacher %; Cv-
pr!an who was in turn the prcccptor
o: the great ST Augustine. orc .: the
m"Et intH!:!nG cnhractCrS In the carly
u Tcrtullian could hear the cloGucnce
Of such speakers as MISS Addums Misc
BRECKENRIDGE. Miss Johnston aud D...
Shaw whose nhdrcsScs were aot pure.
hltcd humanitarian lines. he would
hnve revoked his statement that No
mIn are ths gate % heil!'
E"causc two officers OF tic Suffrage
League were in Europe last year. the
one with her husband. whosc busi
ness Kept him IN England for ive
months the Other travelling with her
entire family tor less than three
months, the Work OF the Suffrage
League neither expired nor sITCrct.
weekly meetings were held through
Z h.s If rrRts
I.eaGue was inarBuratcc. ,uembc rshil,
steadily Increased and interest in the
cause never Jagged.
This reiterated and wcli-nlch thread
bare wall about The home appears a
sort OF dos in the lnauScr proposition.
!or one home In tho trucst sense OF
IN" socks and rock!n. the baby ard
making husbands favoritc dasscr,.
there arc AT least TWO homes, 50 call
cd. where there Is never any dessert,
factory than III tho house, where chill
drcn OF from i've TO ten mind the
baby. cook the meaSre food do tho
washing. sometimes with several
members OF the family in bed. ill
the one set OF garments can bc washed
and dried. There are girls who ought
TO he having soinc littic share IN the
things of life that the girl holds most
dear. who lodge in "A dark room with
inttered wall paper and put on shabby
clothes In the nIurity iigh, OF bleak
cold al factory Doors ill the o'clock
whistle blows and they are admitted
to stand FOR ten hours in dust and
dirt, amid the din and roar Of machin.
cry, and then, In these winter months
crawl back through the darkness IN
their unhomclike dnmcilc for slcep
iii another work day dawns Their
wages are insufficient for decent living,
their hours Of work too long. with but
rare very rare exceptions. their places
of work badly ventilated. lily lighted
with lack Of decent toilet facilities II
they are girls At the most critical age
they are exposed through labor Ia
"rereNcrtion. which is n physical
strain, resulting IN conditions uniting
iicd women and mothers, they work
too often under conditions thai injure
both the mother and the unborn babe
There Is no law in Virginia which
provides Tor the protection against
industrial accidents; that dangerous
machinery shall he so guarded thai
those employed will in some measure
be protected from injury while work !.
ing. The only provision made is that
children under fourteen who. have been
given permits for labor. shall not be
placed where they arc liable 10 incur
Industrial accidents.
You III your homes of ease and com
fort. sheltered by Il good mans love
and thought for your we'll being you
common Father. Maybe vol, earnest
~ believe there is nothing for wo-
men 10 lcgislatc for but YOU are the
dog in the InanScr. wSr,n, comfortable
protected: your time is comtor;ahIv
filled by your daily round and trivial
ask; you do not want To he burden.
ed ana bothered by the wnilnpcr OF
the poor cur on the outside, hui, oh,
believe nc, there are those who need
the thought. the fostering care the
sympa thy, the broad big help only to
he given in tho broad, big world out
side your hom" We suftrG cisls know
becs use il has been proven I'm other
fragc obtains, that these conditions
have been amelioratcd. We claim no
perfection, no millennium. hut women
can help men In the individual home.
therefore they can help men outside
the home ns We'll and that one home
The Master Cure for