The Washington herald., 1912-02-19

you will publish them on the woman's
page, as / have not seen many items
Of interest on this great subject lately
outside OF your splendid articles want
TO thank you especially for the one on
the Problem Plays Yours sincerely.
ANNA Z. HENDLEf."
Extracts from Speech.
''The race degenerecy from which civ
ilization suffers and the problems of
which puzzle the brightest intellects In
Great Britain, Is cnly beginning to be
felt in this great new country. The
product Of crowding together, as people
now have to in the older. poorer coun-
tries, Is one OF the chief menaces
now needing to be dealt with.
Woman is told that her place is at
home. But she isn't told this by her
employer II she Is working in a factory
for less than he would have TO pay a
man for the same kind OF work The
men who go to the theater and enjoy
the play do not say to the charming
actress that she ought TO be at home at
tending TO her housework. instead Of ap-
pearing in the play. II you are hurt
and taken to a hospital. you don't say
to the nurse who attends you: You
ought to be at home attending TO your
housework, instead Of nursing me- Do
you?
'It is only when women try to do
something to make this human world
more habitable that they are told 10
go home and stay there and attend TO
their natural duties Mrs. Pankhurst re-
marked she had been assured conditions
in America are not nearly so bad as in
Great Britain. but declared that some
laws still are standing upon statute
books of American States were terrible
stigmas upon any civilized community
In a few States the law gives the mother
a 49, a
the father. In most of them. however,
as In England, the child. in the eyes
OF the law. has only one parent-the |
father. Thus In England the only parent |
OF the child born in marriage Is the |
father, while with equal precision, the |
only parent Of the child born out of
marriage is the mother, and the actual |
father goes free. Mrs. Pankhurst goes |
on 10 say that while she was confined |
in prison she heard the stories OF many |
Of these poor girls. who were condemned |
TO death or to life Imprisonment for In |
fanticide while their partner in wrong
doing goes unmolested. 1t is to protect /
the home and society, and make better |
conditions for the home that women are |
asking men to give them the ballot, that |
they may assist in compelling the en-
actment Of proper laws in controlling |
these matters and the election OF Off
cials who viii enforce those laws.
Physical force does not rule the /
world, else We should all be ruled by /
elephants or tigers. The world Is ruled /
by force, guided by intelligence and
with the consent of the governed. II |
will be good for men and women to have
an equal moral code. and another thing
which the women will accomplish will
be the suppression OF the white Save
trade. And IL will mean a better and
more beautiful home for human beings
thar the men by themselves or the
women by themselves would be able TO
make. Women do not want to be men,
as Mr.. Waters, tr., thinks. nor do they
even want to look like men. All they
want is a chance to be Just plain, real
women, and to the self-respectfng men
the granting OF the suffrage TO women
would not lessen. but increase. the re-
spect Of men for women. 1t is a. good
thing for men that women have their
own ideals of women, and one of them
Is this: That her proper place is where
'he Is needed most and do what she Is
best fitted TO do, for women are begin
ming more and more TO realize their
capab'i ties, and they can only prove
heir ability when given opportunities.
Not the Poem She Wanted. l.
Ny Dear Mrs. Mantz:
II thank you most heartily for your
70 lne poem Tor me
untitled Fifty Years Ago. am ashamed
% tell You after seeing the request in
rhe Herald twice and then the publIca-
Ion in to-day's Herald that It is not q
he one want.
/" Fifty Years Ago. Is of a young mar I
fed couple who left Boston for California I
n a wagon and returned by train after )
ifty years, when they were nearing the .
nd OF Hfe's Journey. and wondered at
III the changes time had brought. No
Ioubt there are a number Of poems with n
he same title, therefore I am very sorry {
took up so much Of your valuable time. I
{ is because your Woman's Page is so {
'aluable that subscribe for The Herald
Il am very gratefully yours G
IN. v. MATTHEWS" n
There are many other letters on my :
esk containing requests for talks on GER :
ain subjects. appeals for advice along h
arious lines, some of them presenting 4
notty problems for me TO solve, others :
mering generous suggestions and helps '
or Every Woman's Page. h
An expresSion of the opinions Of NV | !.