The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-10

Who holds the money bags OF the
militant suffragettes? asks a writer
In the London press 1t seems clear
who are the cause of so much anxiety
on the part of the nation have many
thousands in reserve-else the work
would not be fostered with the facility
which is its characteristic. The i'm
portance of money to the successful
propa ganda of the movement was en-
phasized by Miss Christabel Pankhurst
in a striking phrase at an Albert hall
meeting in the spring of 1908. Hard
cash makes more difference to the
government than all the eloquence of
which we are capable, she said as the
contributions were pouring in. And the
cause certainly is not languishing for
the lack of financial aid.
The Woman's Social and Political
union, a London organization, is a big
organization with a large paid staff,
more than $4,000 being required last
year to meet the charges under the
head of salaries, and that the work
goes on after recent police raids shows
that funds are still available"
to the possibilities of a raid upon their
funds by the police and have taken
precautions to circumvent 1t is indi-
Gated by the following passage from
''Votes for Women" of some time ago
After giving the latest contributions
to the million dollar fund.- which the
leaders of the movement sought. the
article proceeds:
"We have received some inquiries as
to whether the government is going to
attach these funds. We can as
sure our would-be subscribers that
should the impossible be attempted by
the government, they will have the
Womens Social and Political union to
reckon with--a body of alert business
women, armed with the experience the
wit and the resource acquired by five
years of successful conflict and CEN
turies of repression"
1t has been explained repeatedly that
The huge sums of money which are un-
uoubtedly in the hands of the organi-
cation are 'in safe hands,"
What is the average woman's in
stinctive action in the face of danger?
If women are to enter the arena of
life on the same footing and with the
Same privileges of men, questions like
this viii have to be answered and
they are daily propounded. How does
woman in comparison with a man
lace crisis where prompt coura ge
and action are asked for? In nine cases
out of ten, have been told, she does
not face it at all; she shuts her eyes,
picks up her skirts and runs away
l was told a story lately that quail
flies this statement; it is certainly an
Interesting Psychological study. The
teller of the story was illustrating the
point of this argument-that woman S
instinct in the face of danger is fright
and flight. Anyway, she witnessed a
street accident of tragic aspect while
walking along the street in New York.
trying to decide whether Gimbels or
Macy's would be the best place to buy
lingerie-from some scafrolding erect
ed outside shop she was about to
pass a man fell, hurtled through the
air and landed deathly still, mani
, mate figure in front of her. He fell
on his back, face upward to the sky.
the seeming stiffness of death already
unfolding him and for one second only
my friend stared in paralyzed horror
at his face Then, she admits, she has
very little notion of the motive that
stirred her, clutching her purse and
umbrella close against her, she turned
from the place and ran, nor did she
stop her headlong flight until she dis
covered that the traffic across the road
was obstruetng her path.
Then she stopped and considered her
action and the fact that she herself was
a past Instructor in the art of first
aid to the wounded, smote on her re-
morseful mind. Why had she not