Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-06-27


ed from suffrage societies all over
the world.
The Scottish Chuch League for Wo.
man Suffrage was recently organized
in Edinburgh and Lady Frances Bal.
four elected president. Rev. r.. j,
Drummond, Rev. ]. D. Hunter. Miss
MAR and Lady Ramsay were elected
to the official board, and an advisory
council was formed of % ministers,
IA laymen and 20 women of all demo
limitations throughout Scotland.
Several hundred Catholic women of
San Francisco have organized the
Golden State League, an association
10 take up woman suffrage and initiate
an instructive campaign among the
women on how to vote. The main
pLrpose of the organization is to i'm
press upon the Catholic women of the
city the value of the ballot and the
necessity of making use of the newly
granted right to vote.
An active statewide campaign is
being planned in North Dakota, and
legislative work will receive the first
attention of the leaders of the move
ment, who have outlined a progressive
program for the coming year.
From Ohio comes the following de-
inition of an anti-suffragist: A lady
who goes into politics to keep other
ladies out. In Oregon, where oppon-
ents of votes for women have come
all the way from New York to WORK
against the suffrage amendment, they
define an anti as, A lady who travels
5000 miles from home to prove that
"Woman's Sphere is the Home"
IONA Gale, the we'll known Wiscon-
sin author, who spent the winter in
California, writes in The Woman's
Bulletinas follows: 81 wish that
every man who is ever to vote on COLI
stitutional amendments which shall
extend the franchise to women. might
go to California before he votes. For
it seems TO me that he must come
away with one of the things that
make for citizenship: wide, new
sense of justice. And that he must
come away, too, with one of the things
that make for humanity: a better I'M
Outstanding Of the nature of all the
human race"
DR.. De Gi, the Chinese delegate to
the General Conference Of the Method
ist Episcopal church, says it was the
men who were the first to advocate
the movement to enfranchise the Wo-
men of China, and" he added, "a
consistent and perfect republic mus
accord TO woman the same rights 1t
accords to man. 1t demands the sam
LOYALTY and obedience to its laws
from her and she should have the
same share as the man in enacting
these laws"
That women shall be represented IN
the Board of Trade of Onset, Mass1F
was the action taken by that body a.
its last meeting. The members OF the
Board voted to strike out OF the BY
laws the words "males" and insert
males and females" admitting wo-
men to membership on the same terms
as men.
The recent admission of the women
of italy to a Masonic lodge, declares
Signora Troise, the celebrated writer
of Milan. removes the SANDER on
woman that she is incapable of keep
ing a secret. Signora Troise is one
of the leading advocates OF woman
suffrage in Italy and has helped to
organize clubs all over the country
"Votes for Women" is the name
amblazoned on a pleasure boat at Buz-
Yards Bay owned by Mrs. Thomas r
Curtis. one of Boston's social Leaders
and an ardent suffragist.
In Denver, Colorado, the Board OF
Education has instituted course LOT
girls above the age OF twelve mat Is
intended to fit them for the perform
-ance of housewifely duties. Inc
course includes cooking, sewing, laun-
dry work, general home management
and care of children. Equal suffrage
has prevailed in Colorado for nine
teen years.
Ground is being broken at Winnelo
L. l., for a school for women wnere
plumbing, building, masonry and otner
trades will be taught. The school Will
have room for $50 pupils and over
sixty applications have already Deen
The Government of Panama has
appointed Miss Agnes Ewing Brown,
an American, to the Office OF Director
~ cchool for Girls at