Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-02
Results Attained in Twenty
Years in New Zealand Cited
as Example.
INFANT MORTALITY RATE
LOWEST IN THE WORLD
Mrs. Anderson Hughes Drew, Visit
ing Here, to Speak on Sit
uation on Island.

That woman suffrage is a good thing.
and that all of the so-called arguments
of the opponents of the movement fall
down in actual practice, is proved by the
| results of twenty years of voting by
women in New Zealand" is the state
ment made last night by Mrs. Anderson
Hughes-Drew. superintendent of suffrage
| work of the Womans Christian Temper
| ance Union for the world. and a well
known New Zealand lecturer, who was
a delegate from New Zealand and Aus
tralia to the recent w. c. T. u. interna-
tional convention in Brooklyn. n. Y.
Is Visiting in Washington.
| Mrs. Hughes-Drew Is now visiting in
Washington and IS to speak this after
noon at the home of Mrs. j. G. White,
240S Massachusetts avenue northwest, on
| the results of woman suffrage in her
home country. She is better known as
Miss Anderson Hughes, and has been
married only three months.
| In New Zealand women are barred
| from becoming members Of the legisla-
| ture. but several years ago Mrs. hughes
| Drew was requested to stand for election
TO the Australian legislature. She re-
| fused. however, being q native or New
Zealand. She said that efforts are now
being made to remove the bar to women
being elected to the New Zealand leglS-
| lature.
| L have been voting ever since l be-
came Of age" continued Mrs. Hughes
Drew, land have travelled in all parts
of New Zealand and Australia, and
| therefore know whereof / speak when
| say that woman suffrage has been a
great success. Any one who proposed
that the voting right be taken away
| from our women now would be consid-
cred candidate for the insane asylum.
New Zealand Noted for Homes.
| The opponents of votes for women
| say that suffrage will make women un-
womanly and break up homes. That is
wrong. New Zealand is noted for its
homes, and yet its women have beer
voting for twenty years. That Is proof
Our women are great home lovers, and
almost every family has home of its
| own.
THE differences in political meetings
and election scenes before and since
women got the ballot in New Zealand
| IS remarkable. 1t used 20 be that dis
| political gatherings. Now such things
never occur. The candidates realize
that the meetings must be made such
| that respectable women can attend, and
| politics OF New Zealand has been the
result.
The actual act of voting is much like
dropping a letter in the mail box. Yet
the opponents of the movement pretend
| that such i great deal of work is con-
nected with it that woman cannot
vote and still keep up her home and
other interests. OF course, voting calls
| for thought and careful consideration.
| but it is self-evident that this kind OF
| thought broa6enS women, and is good
for the general welfare of the state.
Smallest Infant Mortality.
Just one thing in New Zealand shows
| the success of woman suffrage. Our In
| FAINT mortality is smaller than i'll any
| other country in the world-in the world
| remember-and has been growing smaller
| for several years. Now. there is most
certainly a connection between infants
| and women and IL fewer children die In
New Zealand in proportion to the popula-
| ton than in any other country 1t proves
| that our women are caring for the chill
dren better. They cannot care for chill
| dren as they should unless they have the
ballot
| Mrs. Hughes-Drew said she has been
much impressed by the character of CAM
paign being made in the United States
| BY women for the ballot, and declared
| that she did not see how the movement
| could fail to be successful.