Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-07

woman, he was afraid of her, and he
barred her But woman is smarter
than he is. She has outwitted man. and
in spite Of his opposition she stands his
equal today. She will be barred no
longer"
The applause that greeted Miss
Chambers was of husky volume.
The upshot of it all was the express
sion of a determination to go to Wash
ington and to take Georgia's part in
the parade March g. Georgia's section
in the parade will be marked by a
tremendous flag, made in the days when
only SO stars We're in the field. a tire
mendous banner, fifteen feet by twenty
five feet.
1--WE must have a man to carry it for
u.s. said Mrs. McLendon, in telling of
the treasure.
Brave Sims Volunteers.
John N. Sims, who said he was a
suffragist and proud of it, volunteered.
But I'll have to ask Mrs. Sims" he
said. You see, I'm real believer in
Squdl IlBHIS,
Then Mrs. Brewer offered sug-
gestion that took the assembly by
storm.
The idea of needing men for all the
work." she said. We ought to have
Il man and a woman to carry the flag
That would be typical of our cause"
Mrs. Laura NJ. Walker, 81 White
hall street, VOLUNTEERED. She, too.
scoffed at the proposition of a man do
ing all the work. Mrs Walker is a
suffragist from Texas having come to
Atlanta with her husband recently to
make her home here.
That settled, came the matter of in
sigma and uniform. Mrs. Mcclellan
chairman of the regalia committee, an
nounced the distinctive badge of the
Georgia delegation 1t will be a MALT
sash, to be worn from the left shoulder,
across the breast, and pinned at the
side.
One Wants a Uniform.
1t will be a jonquil yellow shade, the
color of the woman suffrage cause, with
black star at the left shoulder, and
with streamers hanging from the star
Votes for Women, Georgia, 1913" will
be marked on the sash and on the
steamers.
Miss Chambers advocated a uniform,
and display worthy of the cause.
~ would not want to go If l thought
Georgia's showing would look like the
tail end of nothing, if 1t were not
worthy of the state and the cause" she
said.
What kind of uniform?" asked an
interested voice.
1--WE are women. and women stand
for purity said Miss Chambers Il
think we should wear pure white And
we live in Georgia and in the South,
where cotton is our sign We should
wear white"
Spoke a voice:
Il like white"
Oh, woman, woman.
Two Men Asked to Speak.
And so that was settled
Then, because there were two men
present who came with ardent express
sions of woman suffrage faith. they
were called on to speak. John n. Sims
and DR.. Simon L. KatZoff were the two.
You've got the power. if you only
knew IT," Mr.. Sims told the women.
You are the greatest force in the
world And it is not right that YOU
should keep silent and without voice.
St Paul wrote that women should keep
silent in the church, but that should not
apply to our free. intellectual, equal
woman of today"
Yes, and Paul was an old bachelor
when he wrote that" declared Miss
Chambers
You should awake to a sense of your
own power" continued Mr.. Sims.
Mrs Walker agreed with him. She
said:
1T is time we had done with suppl
eating and entreating We should de-
mand our rights"
Greeted Cordially as Co-workers.
Dr.. Katzoff recounted tho history of
suffrage, which, he said has grown and
has developed as every other great
ultimately successful
The two mere men were