The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-06-08
EQUAL SUFFRAGE MATTERS



anti-suffragette. not long ago. I was
reluctantly forced 3 admit that the
lady In question did look like q suffra-
gette, for she possessed three attributes
common to the thorough s~uffragstte ;
that is, she looked happy. independent
and Intelligent. The intelligent woman
is usually independent. and the inde-
pendent woman is always happy. and
the happy. independent, intelligent
WOMAN is nine times out Of ten o suf-
fragette. Now doesn't IL seem q pity
that q woman who looks so much like q
suffragette, should not live mp to her
looks.
Memory calls to mind . picture of
two world famous s~nffragettes. I will
paint it for you If / can. Some 10 years
ago / was so fortunate as to be in San
Jose, California, at the time when
Susan B. Anthony and the Rev. Anna
Shaw addressed a large and enthusiastic
audience on the subjeos OF Woman's
Rights.
Anna Shaw was the first to speak.
She was a woman Of splendid proper
tions. inclined. il anything. to be rather
fieshy. stylishly dressed and possessing
good features, bright. intelligent eyes.
q we'll shaped head Crowned with a
mass of snow.white hair, which es-
capped in little girlish curls wherever a
pin CHANGED to be loose, and q mouth
made for laughter. around which the
dimples continually came and went.
Altogether she was one Of those bright
lovable women who make the world
better for being in it, and she kept her
audience, composed mostly Of men. by
the way, in a roar of laughter from the
moment she began the brightest, wit
test speech / have ever listened to. So
much for one type of q suffragette.
Susan B. Anthony, on the contrary
was as tall, thin, angular, and some
people might say, rs homely as the
Press Chairman of our own local league;
but then, you must remember. she was
over rs years Of age at that time. while
the Press Chairman is not. She was
plainly, almost severely dressed. Her
smooth, iron-gray hair was parted in
the middle and cooled neatly at the nape
of her neck, just as III grandmothers
used to wear theirs. She had rather
prominent features and was chock-full
of substantial, solid statistics. So much
for another type Of a ~suffragette.
1t would be hard to find two women
more opposite in looks, dress, style and
manners, and yet both possessed in q
great degree the two great attributes
common to the s~uffragette, namely. in
dependence and intelligence. and both
were women who demanded admiration
and respect wherever they went. Any
woman. no matter what her station in
life may be. could certainly feel proud
to look like q suffragette, when those
two women are the models by which
we pattern.
l am reminded Of the little New York
boy who. after patiently waiting while
10, 1000 s~uffragettes marched by. ven
home in tears of disappointment because
he had failed to see the 'lantern-jawed"
women his father had told him about.
They were all just simply women
women just like mother.
No wonder he was disappointed.
Most any of as would wait . long time
to see 10000 who would look
like some people think the suffragette
ought to look.
the development. of jaw and muscle in
the members of our own little league,
but up to the present time ! have been
doomed to disappointment. They all
look just the same as they did six months
ago. Some of them are even wearing
last years clothes. some of them are al
most ridiculously girlish and feminine,
and it is just possible that they will ever
remain so.
The meeting of our branch society
held Wednesday afternoon was we'll
attended and as usual proved to be most
interesting. Miss Efie Father. vice
president, called the meeting to order
and the regular routine of business was
transacted.
The programme was excellently rem.
dered. and we were honored by the
presence Of a visiting young lady from
Ely.
Peace and harmony attend our meet.
ings. and good will to all. particularly
our opponents, seems to be the keynote
of our success.
The next meeting viii be held at the
home Of Mrs. G. NJ. Marteletti on CLARK
street Tuesday evening, June Is. at 2