South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-11-11


thing different, woman strong.
forceful and aggressive.
Her face was apparently once strik-
ingly handsome, Miss Porter says, but
she is now hollow checked and hol-
low-eyed. The countless lines that
seam her countenance tell Of the or
deals she has been through
Is Slight and Frail.
Her figure is very slight and she
seems unbelievably frail TO be still the
active general OF England's army OF
rebelliOus women, as Miss Porter de-
scribes her. In moments OF repose
her face and form fall into lines of
unspeakable WEAKNESS.
But when she begins TO speak all
her WEAKNESS is gone. Her enthusi-
asm for her cause buOyed her up and
gave her strength. Her voice from
the platform is clear and forceful and
reaches everyone in her largest au-
diences. She is among the most elO-
quent and telling speakers she ever
heard. Miss Porter says, and certainly
the best woman speaker.
Her figure Miss Porter described as
most graceful. Every pose, every
gesture. was full of grace. Her ges-
lures are few, occasionally she makes
a quick, nervous movement OF the
hand and arm at points where such
movements lend emphasis, but her
platform presence is remarkably quiet
and restrained.
Mrs. Pankhurst dresses becomingly
and even modishly. She wore black
gown at both OF the meetings at which
Miss Porter heard her. III was made
in the fashion OF the day and it's loose,
full lines partly concealed the pitiful
thinness OF her form
The most striking feature about
Mrs. Pankhurst Miss Porter says, is
her eyes. They are close set and
deep. They are filed with the intense
burning light of the enthusiast. Her
eyes reveal the spirit that has made
il possible for her TO endure and suf-
fer and still go on fighting for her
cause.
Won Chicago Over.
Mrs Pankhurst, Miss Porter says.
won Chicago 60 her cause. and did it
easily Whatever opposition there
was TO her at first soon disappeared.
FER influence was felt in her forceful
presentation OF her cause and in the
manifest signs OF her unfaltering de-
yotion TO it.
At her meeting q week ago Sunday
every seat in the Auditorium was filled.
Mrs. Pankhurst frankly avOwed her
purpose 10 obtain money for her cause
in America. She appealed for financial
support and her appeal met Immediate
and generous response. Miss Porter
saws she saw men all about her throw
ing bills into the collection plate as IL
was passed about At other meetings
in Chicago women took of their Jew
els and added them TO the fund.
Mrs. Pankhurst didn't attack men in
her Chicago addresses, Miss Porter
SAYS. The men Of England she de-
clared were with the suffragists.
Those who were against them were q
little group of politicians and IL is with
them that the militants- have their
fight The men who break up their
meetings are hoodlums employed by
the government TO do so.
She explained militancy in England
and why il seemed TO her necessary.
She explained the laws and conditions
in England against which the women
were in rebellion. She told how she
came TO be a suffragist and a militant.
Mrs. Pankhurst was lawyers wife
and through her husbands profession
laws and courts. Their unfairneSs 10
women and the lightness with which
crimes against women and decepcy
were considered reused her 10 her
present attitude.
Herd Sylvia Too.
Three years ago Miss Porter heard
Miss SYLVIA Pankhurst IN Chicago on
her visit 10 America. The daughter.
she SAYS. h a tiny little creature. not
nearly so large as her mother. She
is like her mother in some ways. both
OF them have a similar and striking
gesture that they use frequently. The
girl IS not nearly so commanding a