The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-03
NORTH SIDE NEWS.
Mrs. Monroe Makes Suffrage Speech
at Garfield Park

| AnOIner speech was made at Gar
| field park during the Labor day cele-
bration Monday afternoon in addition
! to the one made by Governor Hiram
Johnson of California. The uther was
| extemporaneous, on equal suffrage by
Mrs. Lila Day Monroe, president of the
Good Government club. Sne had been
| driven to the caroussel by tre ram.
While waiting for the rain to stop SIZE
remarked to a friend:
II wonder if these people would like
to hear an equal suffrage speech
while they are standing around -
After some hesitation Mr. Mon1oe
climbed upon the railing o. the ca
rousseI
Ladies and gentlemen" she SAID,
Il have been wondering if you would
like to hear a speech about equal suf-
frage while you are waiting
Two mothers who had been trying
to hush their crying babies Looked up
interestedly. Mrs. Monroe continued:
Il will take your silence ls an af-
firmative. I have been working for
the cause of women for 20 years.
Then Mrs. Monroe glanced down at
the two or three mothers in the group
and continued:
''MOther Got Only the Wing
I'm the past the mother has been
neglected. If there was chicken on the
table, mother usually got only the
wing
Two tired looking women in the
crowd exchanged glances ind nodded.
Others crowded closer.
Tt is time that women oeraan their
rights" went on the speaker. "It is
no use to try persuasion. have been
trying persuasion in the legislature
halls for several years Ti,e mothers
have a right in making the laws and
in voting for the right men to enforce
them"
More mods from the two women.
For instance, there are pure food
Y-fe rI4k n
see that the food products which their
children eat are pure
Mrs. Monroe closed her short talk
with an appeal to the men 10 remeTn-
Der their duty at the November cleo
ton.
Then as the woman stepped from
the railing she found herself in an ar
gument with big man who couldn
quite see her point, but Mrs. Monroe,
who never lets chance go oy to work
for what she believes, stooc by her
guns.
Il left him thinking about my side
of it, any way" she remarked as she
left the scene of battle,
Notes and Personals.
A V. Lindell, assistant Cashier OF the
Shawnee State bank, has raised some
fine liberia peaches on MS property
at 1884 South Fillmore street. TWO
specimens of the fruit weigh six
ounces apiece and each measures about
ten inches in circumference. The
peaches came from a four year OLD
tree from which two bushels of the |
fruit were gathered this season.
Miss Edna Billings of Granville Will
return in about a week from Dodge
City where she is visiting friends
A. NJ. Petro, druggist.
Miss Florence Rowe who is visitir g |
relatives in Kansas City is expected |
home tomorrow.
Mr. and Mrs. L. w. Smith and
daughter, Freda, of 1908 Central ave-
hue, returned last night from a two
weeks visit in Colorado.
Miss Cora Croul who mas been
spending several weeks in western
kansas and Colorado IS expected
% return hime September 8.
The big elm tree in front of the
IanIey property, 1925 North Topeka
venue, was broken down by the wind
torn Monday afternoon. The top part
vas broken off, leaving about fifteen
Get of the trunk. 1t is one of the
argest trees on the North side.
Miss Lille Seibert of 504 Paramore
treet left last night to sperE vaca-
ion in Chicago. H
Robert Anderson of ST. Louis spent
donday with his parents, MIR. and Mrs
-ameS Anderson.