Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-07-12
81. PAUL suDoErARiAN.

L,idently the wom.n nowadays,
when womans suffrage 10 being ~
widely agitated, are trying TO 40 ev.
erything man does, even at the coss
OF her llle, Tor instance IN the case u
Miss Harriet Quiniby, the hrst WON.
an aviator, granted a license. VINO was
killed in Massachusetts,, july l.. =,
Mrs. Lula B. Chapman IS quite III
from nervous breakdown. her pny'
stefan has ordered her taken to 81.
Lukes hospital for rest and treat
ment ,,r w.,
ans Suffrage" read at the session OF
the state Federation OF Womens
Clubs last week created quite SUIT
among the gentler sex, many VINO
were not in sympathy with the move
ment heretofore, are now aroused "
such high pitch over 1t that we rear
the men will stand very little snow
In their homes in the way OF being
cared for. Several have expressed q
desire to 20 out stump speaking. we
believe in q woman getting all tnat
in due her and vet the first essential
In the making Of a race Is homebui!o-
ing. The common acceptance OF the
word home is a house. we may have
a house artistically built, furnished
with all the conveniences known 10
modern SKILL, and yet not have a
home. II may be paradise from OBJ
seryation, but when questioning the
inmates they may tell you they are
unhappy. Alas, it was not home.
trnly there is mo place like home.
Yet when our women take upon them
selves RESPONSIBILITIES that rightfully
belong to man we think they step
little beyond their boundary line.
Men want sensible, lovable, sweet-na-
tured. womanly women for wives,
They prefer domestic women, the
home maker, the home lover and not
SO much lobbying and masculine
stump speeches.
Mrs. Ada Mathews of Duluth was
delegate to the Federation and a guest
Of Mrs. Matte R. Hicks, 463 Thomas
St. She returned home Sunday.
Mesdames s. l.. Maxwell and J.:
Watson have moved into a beautitul
new duplex fat on Thomas st. near
MacKubbin.
Prof. l.. C. Jones is expected In our
city soon, in the interest OF his school.
The Afro-American womens state
federation just closed very success
fully their eighth annual convention
at Pilgrim Baptist church.
We have been informed that Mrs.
7 aura Claiborne was recently married
to Mr.. ]. Floyd. We wish them sue
cess.
Mrs. Jas. Wynne of st. Anthony
Ave. was hostess to the Ladies Cath
olic club Monday afternoon. The clun
Melted something over $4,000 at their
last entertainment and presented the
.. same to Father Theobald. Father
Theobald is the first negro educated
in a northern seminary to be elevat
ed TO the priesthood. He has charge
of the colored parish of our city, ane
is a very deserving young man.
Rev. H. P. Jones was back IN MI
pulpit Sunday at st. James A. NJ;
church after a three weeks vacation
granted by his officers and members
He was the same Rev. Jones SUNDAY
saying just what was in his mlnd' re
gar1less of where 1t lodged.
Wonder why this government doe
not take some action looking to tn
protection of the Announcements INK
It does for other races. Shame o.
America when they allow women Z
be dragged from their homes an
lynched rs was recently done l
Georgia. 1t makes US many time
wish we were in Siberia or some OIL
er country where the black man ma
equal protection as we'll as the white
Mrs. Gertrude Alexander Is conva
escent after q severe illness. She ns
been moved home from the hospital
Mr.. o. C. Hall is in Milwaukee
tending District Conference and s.
Convention.
Nine. l.. A. Porter, formerly OF Da,
export, Ia, is in our city to local
permanently and is stopping at tn
residence of Mr.. Fogg, 427 Rondo 5
Mrs. Porter is chiropodist, shampo
er. hairdresser and manicurist.
Lawyer F. l.. McGhee in a speec
before the Federation disapproved
having Miss Edith Leonard. our
w. c. A. secretary acting in the
pacitv of a probation officer. II v
remember we'll, Mr.. McGhee recol
mended Miss Lennon for the positit
and has never tried to secure son
one TO fill her place. which Miss lie
non would gladly give tc successc