The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16

not capable of deciding whether or not
they want it; they have not the time
to think about it; it must be won for
them.'
Mrs. Murdoch is an exceptional speak
er, one who is fluent, well informed,
easy and possessed of the assurance
necessary to the enjoyment of her hear
ers. Her talk was one of the fullest.
best rounded arguments in behalf of
equal suffrage ever heard in this city,
for without reiterating the points al
ready familiar to most of her hearers,
she touched upon every phase of the
subject, every reason for an adoption
of the suffrage belief. She spoke of
child labor history, mentioning facts that
are told outside of Alabama to the
shame of the state; of white slavery and
of laws indifferently made by law
makers whose selfish interest has not
been aroused. To the American man
Mrs. Murdoch paid a gracious tribute,
dwelling in the beginning of her paper
on the excellence of the laws which
have governed the country since it's in
fancy and of the watchfulness with
which the interests of the women and
children have been protected, but bas-
ing her belief in the Justice of an equal
share of privilege and responsibility
in the making and keeping of laws, she
treated the general topic of woman suf-
frage with the broad mindedness and
conservation which are among her
many splendid characteristics.
Miss Helen Benners talked of the need
of suffrage in the home. Her argument
was carefully thought out and beauti-
fully presented.
Mrs. Jacobs home was arranged to in
dicate the best sentiment of the parlor
meeting, Which banners and suffrage
colors in evidence in the living room
Ia 1Har cf tha
We're seated. 1t is a charming house and
one that certainly expresses the person.
aHty of the clever president of the Equal
Suffrage association. Femininity ex-
duisite taste and artistic appreciation
are noticeable characteristics of the
charming place, but fundamentally the
most delightful thing to be said about
her home as the home OF the leading
suffragist of Alabama is that it is so
We'll ordered-that il is so perfectly full
fills every ideal of good housekeeping
and this is plain to any observant eye.
Across the shelf of the rough stone
mantel in Mrs. Jacobs living room yes
terday was drawn golden yellow SASH
bearing the legend, Votes FOR Women"
and caught at one end with a huge
rosette. Stretched between portraits in
oils and pastel landscapes were posters
telling In terse phrases the demand for
equal suffrage, the injustice and inequal-
OF the power to cast vote. One clever
poster pictures two fowls, one feeding
from n bowl marked "The Vote" the
other some distance away. Beneath is in
scribed what is sauce for the gander is
sauce for the GOOSE Some are humor-
Gus. others picture the ragic side of the
situation. A woman, gauns, needy and
cut of employment, stares at an an
nouncement telling of laws regulating
the wage for Woman'S S work. and she re-
marks that nothing has been said to her
about It, Some are humorous some pa
thetic, but as Mrs. Jacobs rapidly pointed
them out they made things plain in very
short order. The suffrage map, showinA.
the states which have received the fran
chise, others that have been granted il
partially and still others that are with
out it, was also shown by the hostess
just before tea time.
At the conclusion OF the programme,
the party met over the tea cups In Mrs.
Jacobs dining room, where at a pretty
table garnished with wild honeysuckle
Mrs. Harry Jones poured tea.
Among the women listening earnestly
to the arguments presented by Miss Ben
ners and Mrs. Murdoch were Mrs. Frank
FowllIes, Mrs. Eugene Brown, Mrs.
Nathan l.. Miller, Mrs. Felix Drennen,
| Mrs. Shipnan, Mrs. Frances DeBarde-
! leben Mrs. j. l.. Drennen, Mrs. George
| Connors, Mrs Richard Johnston, Mrs.
| Bradley Saunders, Mrs. John II. Minge,
| Mrs. Felix Drennen. Mrs. ]. ID. Kirk
| patrick, Mrs Oscar Hundley, Mrs. John
| M. Caldwell, Mrs Edward Tutwiler, Jr.,
| Mrs. Crawford Johnson, Mrs. !. c. Maben,
Mrs. j. A. Levert, Mrs. Frank Crockard,
| Mrs. Webb Crawford, Mrs. Buck, Mrs.
| Gordon Crawford. Mrs. John Sibley, Mrs.
Frank II. Lathrop, Miss Amelia Worth
| ington, and others.