The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-20
-~-1HAT THE WOMEN
INV OF THE WORLD
41 ARE DOING > ,

Much>i is being said for and against
the coming women's exhibition in Ber-
lin this month. There will he ONE
doctors. wouen lawyers. bankers. poll
ticians. authors. manufacturers. minis
tiers. managers Of big businesses, con-
tractors. stenographers. etc. in fact.
a representation of every profession in
is to show won1an's progress i'll the
world. The question has been asked
t'N those who do not believe In public
work for omcn as to what Is being
done to train girls to he mothers and
homemakcrs. IT is claimed that send
ing girls out into public life binders
tho development Of the race and re-
suits in most of the domestic, unhap-
piness.
Mrs. Grace Putnam Pollard OF Min
ncapolis. president Of the Liberal
known in suffrage circles in this state,
says that very little is being done to
train men to be:proper fathers. Mrs.
| Pollard says:
The question Of woman's present
fitness for motherhood |. raised In
such a way as to call for protest from
one interested to secure better social
conditions. particularly in the home.
l would like to ask If the present in
terests Of men are fitting them for
fatherhood. What is tho dominating
element in mems interests in this city
today? 1t SCENE to be the acquiring
of wealth. and through wealth social
standing and political power. Of what
benefit is this commercialiem to the
children? Tho well-to-do are loaded
with comforts and luXuries. and snob-
bishness grows apace; the children are
weak. self-indulgent and mere para
sites in the social structure.
But what of tho children Of Uom-
en- who. through circumstances. arc
forced to develop their latent talents;
arc they weak. are they parasitic?
They have before them the example of
hard struggle of persistent effort, of
adverse circumstances. They are like
ly to be strong and to he of economic
value to the community.
Women have developed through
stress of circumstances. Emancipa-
ton is the result of untold tragedies.
and who r to be the beneficiaries?
The generations to come. Happy will
be the man who will marry a woman
Of brains. who has capabilities Of pro-
bring virility into the now decadent
race. The development Of woman, her
emancipation from sex slavery. and
the absolute equality Of the sexes and
an equal share in the responsibilities
of pa%renthood are the only u of
saving the race. Why do not men
help women to go forward instead of
pulling them back and making the
struggle all the harder?"
Mrs. Edgar II. Loyhed, president Of
the Minnesota Federation of Women's
clubs. has Issued postal cards to club
presidents of the federation In which
she suggests a more concentrated
study of the reports OF municipal in
vestigations of Mrs. Caroline Bartlett
Crane. Probably the fact that but
few club women responded in the af-
f,rmattve to Mrs. Loyhed's question at
the annual federation breakfast in ST.
Paul last month, How many Of you
have studied and read through the re-
port of Mrs. Crane?" has prompted
the issuance of these suggestions. The
recommendations which are sent out
by Mrs. Loyhed read:
Il should like to recommend that
your club buy Mrs. Caroline Bartlett
Cranes report on her investigation OF
municipal conditions in seventeen
cities and towns in Minnesota.
Also to study It, using It as a hand.
book in municipal improvement as ie
being done in other states.
Try and have your city officials
read 1t. Put a copy in your library
dh0 At0sC tCStC~S0 Wy yVOS' SOWh Q6.
pers.
ut can be purchased from DR.. H
NJ. Bracken. secretary Of the state
beard Of health. St. Paul.
1t will arouse your enthusiasm TO,
better civic conditions"
At the midwinter meeting Of thu
federation. held in st. Paul, Mrs. c
g. Higbee. former president Of the
federation and chairman Of committed
on charities and corrections. preached
the cause of equal suffrage to the
federation In the following terms:
obviously there IL increasing need
OF woman's work in the development
and care Of dependent children: fol
the protection Of young girls: in the
regulation Of public charities; in th<
elimination Of dangerous social condi.
tons; in securing Justice for wage.
earning women, and. in all measured
relating to the welfare of our sex.
1T IL inevitable. that thoughtful
women realize that this work nigh,
be more easily and. fully accomplished
II women were balloting. instead OF
begging. Our boasted Indirect infu.
ence' Is found to be Of very huctuatinl
value.
Therefore. as Chairman Of tn.
charities and corrections committee. !
now five notice that this federation
will be asked. at its next annuil meet.