The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-10-11

work for the betterment OF the entire
human race. The ballot 10 woman s
due. that Is ALL" she said.
Homer Warren introduced Miss
Adams at the Board Of Commerce
luncheon. He said he was glad 10 see
so many OF ''the better half OF the
Board OF Commerce" present
Talks on Suffrage.
II am going 10 speak about nv
own experience, which led me to be-
lieve that suffrage for women Ia
necessary" Miss Adams began.
Hundreds and hundreds OF things
in America are passing out OF tho
hands OF philanthropy into the activity
of politics. The particular, things
which women have started are pass
ing into the hands OF men, and men
are not always as capable OF handling
women's problems as are women
themselves"
Miss Adams explained how women
OF Chicago provided for school nurses,
who finally became employees OF the
Board OF Health. They were then put
In charge OF doctor who had always
lived In comfortable part Of tho
city and who knew little OF the need
OF the nurses in other places. Tho
usefulness OF the nurses declined.
while the women who were respons!-
BILE for the original enterprise we're
unable 10 make effective protest be-
cause they had no vote.
She spoke of the Chicago Juvenile
court, In the establishment OF which
women were largely instrumental. All
the early expenses were paid by wo-
men. Cook county has now taken
over the court. To save the children
from riding In patrol wagons, the wo-
men bought an omnibus. In time, a
man was chosen head OF the county
board who wanted no interference or
help from women, and who tried to
make the court cog In a political
machine. The women who had work.
ed so hard again felt the need OF the
franchise.
Miss Addams talked very rapidly
| and earnestly, used few gestures, and
stood bent slightly forward, resting
one hand on a table.
Why should men know so much
about the care OF people in fnstitu-
tions?" she asked. Men know goth
ing about these things in their own
homes-this is the case OF women.
But when this matter goes out OF pri-
vate care and into state care. isn't IL
absurd that IL becomes suddenly un-
womanly for a woman to have any
thing to do with II.
What Is schedule X, but something
that concerns the price OF wooden
clothes and blankets? What Is the
pure food law, but the proper label
ing OF food which woman buys for
her home?
Woman Needs the Vote.
The domestic woman needs the
vote more than anything else In the
world. The food she eats, the water
she drinks. are all controlled by out
side political sources over which she
has no influence unless she has the
vote"
Miss Adams said that the Unborn
/ objection to woman suffrage might be
traced to the custom OF the old Ger
manic tribes OF declaring war by the
clashing of shields at a meeting OF
the fighting men. This led to the
| growth OF an opinion that women were
not concerned In voting. She point
ed out that the question of war Is not
decided by popular vote nowadays,
and that this inhibition does not ap-
ply. She said that one of the first
questions taken up by the new par
Lament of China, In which there are
women members, was the sale OF chill
dren, a practice in vogue for cen
turtles. but which now bids fair to be
stamped out.
| "Of all Anglo-Saxon nations, the
women of America are farthest be
hind" she said This Is a reflection
on the men of America.
| The state which hns the lowest d.
lyorce rate is Wyoming, where women
| were granted the franchise in 1859"
| Miss Addsms spoke OF the possible
loss of chivalry" II women were
| granted the ballot.
| when the Titanic sank, and &C
many men nobly gave up their lives
six women were saved who had the
VOTE" she said. II cannot imagine 9
man standing at a life-boat and ask
ing: Madam, have you che voter be
fore letting her get on board. Chivalry
goes far back to the very beginning
of things, and does not depend or
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