The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-17

merely the addresses giveH~ by the
| women speakers out the characters
Of the speeches of women as d group.
In the fifty or more vi n neard
delivered by men, only a small per
centage of them stood out distinctly.
| One could fairly see the pages of gov
eminent reports and world almanacs
from which the inspirations OF their
| subject matter was draWn-and the
result was that in the long strain OF
many speeches, the same cycle was
frequently measured. But. this was
not true of the speeches OF n Wom-
en- before the congress and it's ses-
sions. Every woman speaker that L
heard had a distinct message n as a
woman I was proud to see that as u
| sisters begin to take their places in
positions of influence they do so
with an ability altogether surprising
without the generation of training
that begets ease of ACCOMPANIMENT
Mrs, Mead's address on Immediate
Issues and Public Sentiment-after
due and careful consideration, obtain
ed not only after listening but also
| after reading the proceedings OF the
| congress- consider the most con-
structive and most valuable speech Of
the congress. Mrs. Mead-leaving
appalling statistics and vociferous or
atory to the men of the congress-
calmly and in a dignified manner
stated the immediate question of the
peace problem namely, how to create
public sentiment and inspire the GOV
eminent boldly to take hold of the
leadership in world organization n
in the substitution of law for war.
Then followed her specific suggestion
as to how this could be done in four
c~lassifcations. Then divisions briefly
stated we're: First, by the establish
ment Of a popular illustrated journal
with colored cover to be sold at all
news stands; second, by the estap-
lishment of exhibits on national DAN
gers and national defenSes as enter
tanning, as illuminating as the civic
exhibit in New York in which a bell
buzzes every five minutes when the
land values increase every $l,00O;
third, money needed not only Tor clear
propaganda work, but also to provide
antidotes for the poison -sophistries
leagues Of the world to which an
army league in America a just been
added; fourth, the enrolment OF large
numbers Of citizens from Ill classes
Of people in the common walks or lie
who are the strongest asset IN any
national aus
on some Racial Bearings of War was
in the nature of a discussion OF the
position of woman as regards war,
By nature constituted unfit for phys
ical s~trife--in war, she Is obliged not
only to give up her natural protector
but she is also forced to give up for
her children the educational advan-
(tages in which they. were naturally
born-and allow her daughters. to
mate eventually with men OF a lower
order in the scale of society. Miss
Gills' conclusion was that wars
greatest losses are racial making in
roads in both bodies and character
and in this respect they strike mos
/ deeply at the women OF the nation.
Mrs. Fannie Fern Andrews was
heard twice at the congress--first in
connection with the programme of the
American Peace league upon the SUBJ
ject Of Organization Work for Inter
national Peace in the Public Schools
for the dealing with which subject ]
will refer those who are interested
to the proceedings themselves. Mrs
Andrews address to the general con-
gress was upon the subject of the
Progress Of the Peace Movement
Through Education. Made the state