The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-05
-~-THAT THE WOMEN
w ,OF THE WORLD
1901 ARE DOING D > >

"California is a complete demOc-
racy at last" said Mrs. Mia Upper
Maynard of Los Angeles in an inter-
view on woman's suffrage.
ut is a new sensation not to feel
that the public must wait for the leg
islatnre to act" she said, but that
is the case in California. The wom-
on in California are particularly for
tunate. They came into citizenship
with greater power than the men have
ever had elsewhere since tho initiative
referendum n recall have put the
entire field of political action on a
new plane.
The women of tho state have taken
hold with enthusiasm and have work.
ed ~Strenuously in various campaigns.
Already a minimum wage for women
law Is under discussion and may be
put to referendum without waiting for
the legislature to act upon it. An
eight hour day for women in most
lines of business is also now in force
and ever those who worked the hard
est against suffrage have entered in
to the campaigns with enthusiasm and
have done a good share of the work
in bringing about the results worked
for.
AN important municipal election in
Los Angeles just two months after
the granting of equal suffrage. was
participated in by tho women of that
city with interest. There was an I'M
p~rccedented registration and 80 per
cent of the ome who registered vot-
cd In the final election"
Mrs. Maynard was for many wears
editorial writer on the Rocky Noun
tain News and is Well known i'm club
n political work in the west. She
is also Il good speaker.
Chas. Il. Van HIise. president of the
University of Wisconsin. says: Tho
school house and the town hall are
the property of the community: at
every center they should be available
to the largest possible numhcr of
people for the greatest number uf
hours in order that in those rcntcrs
should he accomplished the advance
mont OF the community's best inter
csts. If these buildings be available,
tho men and ONE from every walk
of lite who have a message to give
may freely hiring their Offering to tho
community. And. even more import
ant. these conters may he used for tho
self education oil the people, old and
young
Tho st Paul Political Equality
club which recently sent resolutions to
the California Equal Suffrage asso-
citation concentrating the women Of
$3.50 eA'F wa aitSii ttNNtS RI u
ceived h following communication
from Sarah c. Borlnnd, correspond
ing secretary of the California or
ganization:
Oakland. Cal, Dec. T.. 1al1.-
Theresa f.. Pcyton. corresponding
secretary Political Equality club, st.
Paul. Minn.-My Dear Co-I.aborcr:
The splendid resolutions passed by
your body we're presented at our
hoard NICOTINE nacnnhnr , aud I 1r,e
instructed to convey to your league,
through you. heir hearty apprecia-
ton of your action.
l believe we realized what our vic.
tory or defeat meant to the cause the
whole world over, and that was a
great incentive to us when we grew a
little tired or discouraged.
l am sorry for the delay in ac-
knowledging your letter. but our
president has just returned from her
eastern trip.
Miss Juniata l.. Shepherd, the head
of the domestic science work in the
University of Minnesota has been
granted a leave of absence for a year
beginning August 1. She will devote
the time to recreation, study and trav-
ell. During a part of the time she will
rearrange her work in the college and
revise and readapt her books on do
nestle science. She Is the author of
Domestic Science and Laundering"
two tex books which have had a large
sale and use in the agricultural coll
leges throughout the United States.
Miss Shepherd has been with the
Minnesota agricultural college for
fourteen yearS--ever since the coed
vocational feature was established.
During the coming yea Miss Shepherd
will contribute a. series of lessons and
timely articles on domestic science for
the Farmers Weekly Dispatch. These
lessons will be from ono who has had
i large training in presenting these
matters in simplified form to young
pupils and teachers. They will be in
teresting. instructive and helpful to old
or young.
The engagement has just been an
nounced of Miss Adelaide Craycroft
Wilson. daughter of Francis Wilson,
the famous comedian. to Robert
Bruce Wallace, Jr., Of Philadelphia.
Miss Wilson is now at the bedside Of
her finance, who ia at Port Arthur.
Ont, seriously i'll with typhoid fever.
There Is considerable difficulty in
finding the man, after his finger
prints have been discovered. as the
authorities at Ellsworth, Kas., have
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