The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-20
MISS SARAH FAREWELL ELLIOTT
 Photo by "Thuss" Nashville

I they are the ones after all, who de- termine a boys college course and are
 that sort of thing.''
 They are indeed the ones who ponder
 most deeply the future of their sons,
 said Miss Elliott, and praying as they
 ever do, to minimize risks it Is to them
 that this appeal should make its mark A place as free from temptation as com
 munity composed of human beings can be. is the environment which Sewanee offers"
 In regard to Miss Elliott's work, one of the most gracious tributes to her, has
 been penned by Mir Theodore Roosevelt, in a recent number of ''The Outlook. ' In an article entitled ''The Conservation l of Womanhood and Childhood, MT. Roosevelt says:
 ''I recently received a pamphlet which seems to me, a tract that should be in the hands of eevry man and woman se- | riously interested in the effort to secure | fair play and justice for the men, women and children of our country. It hap pens that 1t deals primarily with men and with women and children only as | affected by the deaths of their husbands and fathers; but the fundamental prin- clples of justice and fair play are the l same everywhere, and every one inter- | ested in the betterment of conditions of work and life among women and children 1 must of necessity be interested in the betterment of the relations between labor | and capital: the betterment of condi- | tions of the breadwinner of the family upon whose welfare the welfare of the women and children of the family largely 1 depends. It was Dr. Rainsford, whose infringement of St. Georges church made | that church a factor of high importance | in the social work of this city who sent men this pamphlet. It was prepared by Miss Sarah Barnwell Elliott and issued through the University Press of the Uni- versity of the South at Sewanee, Tenn a University which has always been hon orably prominent in practically working for justice and honor and ,decency and the betterment of mankind. ''The pamphlet is called An Epoch- Making Settlement Between Labor and Capital"
 | In conjunction with her work of the | Sewanee Auxiliary, Miss Elliott's eleva- ] tion to the leadership of the Votes-For Women, movement in her own state means that her life is that of a very busy woman, the accomplishment of the two fold duties meaning eternal vigilance and untiring energy.
 | As Miss Mary Johnston has taken hold in Virginia, and Miss Eellen Glasgow with many other distinguished literary women, so Miss Elliott has entered upon new duties with equal determination. Tn allying myself with the Suffrage Movement,' said Miss Elliott in discus sing this phase of her work 1t is not so much matter of the vote for women | that l encourage, but the fact that women always rise so generously to their responsibilty-and if given the vote they will discharge their duty to the best of l their ability. Suffrage means to me, | higher things for women: their education i along higher lines and the moral uplift of | the sex. Politically, I have nothing to | gain by Suffrage. l live in an educational | institution, where there are no taxes; therefore, it isn't taxation without rep resentation that moves me in the matter but mainly do I want the Suffrage to come into it's own because women have been (espeeially in the upper classes. where there is wealth and to spare) more or less parasites. In a country as rich as America, where with all, except those In abject poverty, life of leisure Is led by women, they are becoming more and more parasitic, and 1t will be very hard | for the next generation of men, for para sitic women make parasitic men" When l heard Miss Sylvia Pankhurst, :" continued Miss Elliott, 'I formed an entirely different opinion of the English Suffrage--Militant Suffragettes they are
 
 from her distinction as leader has a mentality and capabilities which admir- ably qualify her for her duties and she is a wonderful woman-very different from the manner in which she is pie tured."
 And the Status or Suffrage in Alaba- ma,' I asked. How do you find condi- tions?"
 Most encouraging said Miss El- liott ''I think there is much earnest sin cere interest in the cause here Mrs Solon Jacobs. the president of the Equal Suffrage League of Birmingham, I be- gard as one of the most able inteli- gent and well informed women I have ever met. No better selection could have been made. The quicker Alabama starts a campaign for the organization of State Association. the better it will be for the cause. The Alabama State laws for women, by the way, are far better than in my own state-Tennessee. I pre- dict great awakening for Suffrage in the South. We are trying to organize a Mems Equal Suffrage in Tennessee and the same could be done right here In Alabama"