Evening journal., 1913-01-17
CALLS WOMEN
TO SOCIAL WORK
Mrs. BIOOr Tells SuffragiStS
Time Has Come for
Real Effort

Declaring that at times she thought
Americans had ceased to be Americans
because of their inactivity toward the
social evils. Mrs. Ella Reeve Bloor, of
Dayton, Ohio, and formerly Of Arden,
stirred the members Of the Delaware
Equal Suffrage Association at meet
ing in Science Hall last evening. Mrs
Bloor, who participated in the recent
campaign in Ohio was accompanied
here by several Ardenites and despite
the rain, the meeting was well at
tended.
Mrs Bloor said "The red bars in
our flag do not stand for freedom, nor
the white for purity, nor the blue for
truth as long as we have six million
women and two million children
slaves in this country. These are not
the slaves of the South but are our
children, your children and while
these conditions exist, we are not
safe"
1--WE want the vote as intelligent
beings, because we see the value of
that vote for women and children in
the changed industl lal conditions that
have come about The motherhood
of the race feels instinctively this
need. The feeling is a racial one;
not confined to mothers alone, but to
all who have the father and mother
heart How about children l. mines,
in match and tobacco factories?
1--WE can no longer put the respon-
sibility of child labor on parent and
employers, but on society itself
I'VE went up to the legislature at
Hartford, Conn, at one time to try
the effect of this motherly influence
through indirect methods for q bill
forbidding little girls to sell news
papers on the streets. We we're told
that If the children were not permit
ted to do this, then their mothers
must, and so the bill was lost. Its
supporters had neither votes nor
money. Hence we were of no conse-
quence.
"In Ohio we have $4,000 work ne
women and girls; working under con-
ditions which they have no voice ia
remedying. Yet we are told women
have nothing to do with politics; that
men are fully equal to politics, un
aided.
1T is not true Often factory WON
en- are compelled to sign a petition
against an eight or a ten-hour bill b,
the pressure Of employers in order
to keep their positions. 1t is far
cry from our grandmothers, whose
work was all in the home, to the
laundries and the sweat shops and
factories of today.
six millions of women and girls
/ today have left their homes to follow
their work which changed conditions
have taken from the home.
Take the white slave traffic. Men
engaged in this neiarious trade are
let off with mere nominal fines, ano
why? Because We women have no
voice in making the judges who pass
the verdict
For these vital reasons, and they
are vital we see the close relation or
politics to social conditions
Selfish and Indifferent are those
who hang back in the ease and COM
fort and protection of their homes,
and say they care nothing for woman
/ suffrage.
Mrs. Winfield b. Quigley, president
of the club presided and following
the address Of Mrs. Bloor many ques-
tions were asked relative to the plan
OF work carried out in other states.
The question of holding street meet
I ings was also considered aud it was
stated that none of the members OF
Association in this state had volun
| teered to do this work.