Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1913-09-26
A Case of
WOnan's Rights
Involving a Case In the
Courts
By MARTHA v. MONROE

OOooOOOOOOOOOOO0OOOOSOOsOS
Margaret hlwood was new woman
in every sense of that term. She be-
lieved in the ability of woman to do
ANYTHING that man can do, but ad-
mitted TINT since woman Ind been
hon+ IN q suhordino+o nos,tion from
80, s,ss ,o, 49,
u''io '''''"e'''"''" 'n0
anu opportunity W ueNeiop any p"A
ucular racuity "A muscle she ar-
gued, becomes flabby and weak from
disuse Exercise 1t ana 1t becomes
hard and strong"
But Miss Elwood believed In the
home and the family. She recognized
that 1t was woman's mission to Dear
children, but she denied that this was
all of woman's mission
Edmond Blair was equally noerai
minded, lie was me man ana IL ne
married would require me woman
Tor his wire. What no meant py
nne woman was not snowy Wolnan'
put one win nead on her shouiuers'
one VINO couid thihK out problem III
eVeryuay me ana execute IT, nc I"u
no use ior what Ii commonly caiieu
sIiarC Woinhh'
These TWO met ana We're mu.uaily
pleaseu WIN each other' MISS Hi"oou
auniireu MI. p'uir reusonapie way VI
iooAihs upon euuJe'''' ""'
"Wyer Wy pioicssion anu u'1u " o9
tupliSiiihs HIS points pelolo insisune
upon 'noh ~ AnoW 'n s,i.
De'~eon u o. a.. . 80, CIV" r,Dns ~
no was tne ii,s' nun N,iss i . uuu
". me- W." nv 1
W. nei W., u NV p-ope- SP'-
&c g. son ~ nooao srSan,o,t enS g.
IT,. $500 az nannIo haoo~,ao
e. til - 1919 o. -
o,p"ss Mauortho,oa, that thon ,nIuht
80 49,. ' sno, 'n" 80 81
pTp 49,. nos a. 800 20
.ne .Do' 10y "e-ou ~ P"' "t
'- ~ ln,ii,"e I'i olo ye";
Douy, 10 SUI, 10 lno onsuso,
nion' was "hhounoeu' iein"'Nou 'ii''
""S an oAe1'ien' inu.on' sou'
VINO were no'ou iol cuu'ion uhu ioro-
Inousht s"iu th"I IL niairl"ses were
"i"ays nhuue up III 'luI why "leie
wouiu DO no uiVorco' Ane,e wns Due
one person VINO preuic'eu INT tho
nl"Ich wouiu 10 " Iaiiure' lint was
inc i"uy l"'her' lie iiuu peeh Ut Inc
nenu oI " urge lil"nulucturihs plant
.or 'hi,y yc"is "nu uurinB MS i"euln-
neney huu peen oiio nun power. nc
ueei"iou '""' niS u"usn'oi "nu hei
i"nce were 'ncn qui'o cnp"p'o VI ieuu-
ing III "ny e"'e'piiSe' ne sa" ho'hinB
more ie"sip'o III TWO ncuus u iulAly
'hah '"o MENUS u his pusihess'
IL was not 10 DE expected mat
man whose judgment had Ior three
successive uecnues peen warped py
ruhhg u shiall army Oh employees
would take an unbiased view OK CIR
cuihsthhces arising from Il union OF
hearts Mr.. Elwood simply gave MS
opinion. lie did not attempt to en-
force It. When an old friend twitted
MN ny reminding MN that democrauc
principles cannot ma faVor In des-
pot ne replicd' III am despot my
daughter Is quite likely to DO ono
through heredlty"
One DAY MISS biwood called at the
office OF her fiance and, being admitted
to his consulting room, said to him:
Here are the papers In the case Of
the Mercy hospital (of which l am
managing directory against tho CITY,"
81 thought you told me 1t was case
of tho city against the hospital"
at doesn't make any difference.
There's n suit to be tried, and l wish
you to act for us. The city ordered us
to put down n sidewalk surrounding
our buildings, which occupy n whole
block. at a cost Of over $1,000 The
matter has been I'm dispute between
the city and the hospital for several
years. and | am perfectly familiar
with all that has TRANSFERRED Conse-
auently ! am the one TO present the
points ut issue and Indicate the po-
sition II is desirable that you should
take. The city engineer told me re-
peatedly thnt"-
al beg pardon, Margaret, for inter
rupting you, but when our firm takes
a case we make the necessary invest-
CATIONS and decide upon the course to
pursue ourselves"