The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-05
eY ESTHER GRIFFIN WHITE.

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Despite the hoodlums.
1t was, in fact, one of the greatest
stunts the women have pulled off in
any cline.
Or in any place.
And was an indication of the
strength the suffrage movement has
over the country.
That the women should have been
subjected to annoyances and insults
from those denominated as hood
lums" is disgrace to the national
capital and to the country.
They were engaged in a peaceable
demonstration.
And one of great social significance.
Also a pageant of much beauty and
impressiveness.
That they should have had to endure
the treatment they received at the
hands of certain element of the popu-
lation is an outrage.
In this parade were included repre-
resentatives of almost every feminine
activity.
And of the opponents of the arts.
Famous actresses, novelists, poets
and artists were included, as we'll as
the celebrated heads of the suffrage
movement and feminine publicists in
general
1t was symbolical of the advance of
woman and her status in the life of the
day and should have been accorded a
respectful viewing.
1t was given this by the majority Of
the sightseers.
But there is always an element that
asserts itself on such occasions.
And it asserted itself Monday.
1t should have been at once checked
by the capital police.
But they were either unable or I'M
willing to handle the situation.
1t was one of those outbursts Of vul-
garity which is characteristic of a GER
tain type of the male animal.
In it's various phases and out-crop-
pings it is a thing every woman has
to endure at one time and another.
1t is this attitude which is assumed
by the "masher."
By the curb-stone connoisseur of
feminine charms.
BY the sidewalk chorus.
And the street corner gallery.
No woman escapes it.
In certain Latin-American countries
unattended.
She must be accompanied either by
duenna or masculine escort.
1t is the thing that causes a woman
to be the mark of unpleasant remarks
if seen walking alone, or in twos or
threes in the country.
1t is, in short, one of the slimiest
manifestations of human nature and
the enlightenment of people is mark
ed in the degree of it's presence or
absence.
In no country in the world are wom-
en- so free of this as in the United
States.
And still, at the first great national
demonstration of her political aspira-
tons, the worst national outbreak of
it's sort on record occurs.
1t is purely animal expression and
should be so regarded
1t is the protest OF the male over a
demonstration of the intellectual and
mental superiority on the part of the
opposite sex.
| 1t is, in short, wall over the threat
ened loss of the social strange hold.
| While the militant tactics of the
English suffragists meet with little
sympathy in this country, the animus
that projects their activities is not al
together without reason.
! Sometimes only the retort discount
eous is efficacious.
| A class, like person, must some
times be met on it's own ground
| There are individuals so discount
eous, so impudent, so lacking in any
decent sense of breeding that they can
~ be met on the plane in which they
rate.
+ Courtesy, consideration, disdain is
! lost on them.
The only way to DO is to hit them
back as hard as they give.
| In this way only are they made to
understand that the depredations of
their impudence and insolence will no
longer be tolerated.
| And it is only in this way that wom-
en- can command decent consideration
| in matter of this sort.
Take men.
! In their demonstrations of power and
strength, of whatever nature, are they
insulted by masses of women standing
on the curb?
Are individuals picked out for
special targets?
Are persons singled out for epithet
and innuendo?
| Let the women, some time when the
men are making public demonstra-
ton of their political prowess or de-
sire. line the streets and hurl insults
and low anathema at the unoffending
men in the line.
| Fancy this if you can!
Imagine the injured howl.
/ The indignant protest,
The grievous expostulation,
| Suppose, on festive occasions, or a
! fine afternoon when everybody was
out, the women lined the curbs, held
down the corners. occupied the places
of vantage around the cigar-stores and
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