The Washington times., 1913-02-14
FALLS CHURCH TO
HEAR WOMEN TALK
ON EQUAL SUFFRAGE
Congressman Tom HefIin Is
Specially Urged to Appear
and Answer Arguments.

On invitation of the mayor OF Falls
Church, a votes-foT-wonen meeting
will be held In Falls Church either Mon
.ssy or Tuesday evening iE order that
the feminine suffrage advocates may
answer CONGRESSMAN Tom Heflin- This
was announced at a suffrage meeting
held last evening in the nome OF MIS-
Fred c. Berger, in the MENDOZA, the
meeting being one of the parlor gata
inss which the Suffragists are holding
every evening in order to interest more
ard more women and Carry their mes
sage to women friends of each hostess'
whom they would not be able otherwise
10 reach.
If Congressman Heflin cares to at
tend the Falls Church melting he VIII
be welcome, in the sense at least th4t
the suffarge advocates have lew re-
marks to make which they are eager NJ
should rear. and. IL he is willing TO en-
gage in debate, there may be CIVIL war
among tAe suffragettes-so many are
desirous< of the chance to make reply
Insinuations Which Vex.
1t is Mr. Hefiin's statement that Sd
per cent of the votes-for-women advo-
Gates are divorced and the rest the
product of unhappy homes that has
stirred up the suffrage proponents. The
charge that they themselves are neg
lectinC their homes to work for suffrage
is an old one and does not SO greatly
grieve them.
Mrs. owen kildare was the principal
speaker at the meeting al the home OF
Mrs. Berger. who is the wife OF the
manager of the Columbia Theater. Mrs.
Kildare began her remarks by attacking
women's fashions in dress. saying that
until woman had emancipated herself
from tight lacing she might thank her
self largely for domination by the other
sex.
THE physiological effects of taut-
strung corsets and other binding gar
Hients are clearly known" said MSs.
Kildare. They tend to prevent the
circulation of the blood. and this
physiological condition is directly con-
nected with psychical one Everyone
knows that clear thinking depends upon
an adequate supply of pure blood to the
BRAIN
Women's Fashions Attacked.
Feminine fashions came in for atten-
tion of the speaker otherwise.
'Women's dress for ages has been
n odeled so as to accentuaIe the parts
OF htr figure. which is thought will
most appeal TO men, said Mrs. Kildar".
Our fashions have their origin in styles
worn by certain women of Paris, women
of the demi-mcpdaine, of whom many
who ape the styles they wear would not
speak or think -.
Love OF fin-ry was charged by the
speaker as being responsible in degree
for the white slave evil, although the
primary cnus for the existence of white
slavery was charged to mankind Spe-
cfhcally pleading for the ballot for
women. Mrs. Kildare said: Men have
been running the world by themselves
Tor long, long time and on their own
admission baNe not made a complete
success of it None can say IL is n
complete success when white slavery.
child labor, and the social disease are
Permitted TO exist -, -
Mrs. j. Q. Stevenson SPOKE briefly
sf,er Mrs. Kildare had concluded.
Place aux dames," cries Congress
nan Hefiin. 81 am in deep sympathy .
With the suffragettes. ! have no doubt
they have grievances. but think they
are adopting the wrong way to change
conditions. My speech at Falls Church
has been twisted, more or less. l did
not attack them for their procession.
but for their action in chasing all over