The Washington herald., 1913-02-02
BALLOT NEEDED
TOSAVE women
Miss E. H. Lord, Pioneer Edu-
Gator and Sufragist,
Makes Declaration.
INACTIVITY CURSE OF SEX
William Mex. Clayton Makes Plea for
More Police-Federated
Citizens Meet.

Women must be given the ballot to
save the race from degeneration" so
says Miss Z. II. Lord, one of the first
women to attend college. pioneer suf-
frage worker, and prominent educator.
in addressing the members of the Fed
GRAFTON Of Citizens Associations at their
meeting in the Chamber of Commerce
rooms last night.
I'm former days woman did all the
work Of the household. She spun. knitted
and made the clothes worn by her family.
She prepared the foods. In pioneer days,
she helped to build the homes and as
sisted in the fields. Her work has been
stolen by you men. The factories now
perform the countless tasks once the
subject of her care. In modern times
she has nothing more to do.
I'VE are standing now where Rome
stood before its fall. Our women have
nothing but the pursuit of pleasure, and
this means the decline of the race. II
means that womanhood is being corrupt
Fed through lack of responsibilities. Some
Of them are losing their very souls
through inaction. Too much leisure. too
little responsibility. are two curses upon
the modern woman, two forboding as
poets of our modern civilization
Inactivity Curse of Sex.
ooAic "olhtils MISS are De-
coming SO degenerated through inaction
as to be a shame to the honorable tradi-
ton of their sex. No graver care than
that OF killing time. no more serious re-
sponsibility than that Of seeking pleas
ure. weighing upon the modern woman,
she insisted. pointed to inevitable decline
and final destruction of the race
Miss Lord concluded her eloquent plea
for equal suffrage, saying:
Il want equal suffrage to give back to
the modern women their sense Of duty and
responsibility; to develop noble mothers
Of the race of the future through their
assumption OF broader responsibilities,
and their worthy fulfiliment in this
broader sphere of duty"
Miss Lord prefaced her address to en-
list the sympathy and cooperation OF
the members OF the federation in the
suffrage pageant, by telling them that
she had lived more than three-quarters
of a century, and that during almost
this whole time she had been an active
worker for enfrenchisement OF women.
Mrs. Colby Speaks.
Mrs. Clara Bewick Colby, who made
the argument at a recent hearing given
to the Federal Woman's Equality 'Asso-
ciation by the House Committee on the
Election of Presidents on an equal sur
Jrage measure pending on this measure's $
constitutionality. followed Miss Lord and
expounded her argument made at the
hearing to the federation.
The suffrage workers spoke upon the
invitation of ID. A. Edwards. president of
the federation. who explained TO them
that the men TO whom they should speak
represented thousands of the citizens of
Washington. and that they valued the op-
portunity of hearing the women state
their side OF the case.
When the business OF the federation
was resumed, William Mex Clayton
made a heated denunciation of the action
of the subcommittee of the House Com
mittee on Appropriations in not allowing
the urgent demand of the $4,000 people
of Washington for an increased police
force to weigh in the least with them in
consideration of the Commissioners es-
Inmates.
''Our police protection Is so Inadequate
that our women fear to venture out onto
the streets after dark he said hotIy
"Depredations and assaults occur with
shameful frequency. The hundreds of
miles of built-up streets In the sections
OF Petworth. Brightwood. Brightwood
Park. and Takoma, are guarded by about
one-eighth OF one policeman.
''ln the face of these bad conditions,
anu despite tne demands Oh the thousands
of taxpayers of the District. the state
ment of the superintendent OF police to
the effect that a larger force is needed
and the demand made by the Commits
sioners In their estimates for increased
police protection, despite all this COM
mittee dares not only to throw out the
Item for the increase, but We have no
single friend In the House who will take
up our demands upon the floor OF the
House"
Mr.. Clayton presented a resolution re-
affirming the demand OF the federation
for provision by Congress for an in
creased police force, and calling for the
preparation of a memorial Of the fed
eration's demands, and the grounds