The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-22

TO WOMEN
Bite 81 FasA1os News, cAsioe
Recipes OF the season and
Household Hints.
Opposing Woman Suffrage.

Permanent headquarters for the
National Association Opposed to
Woman Suffrage has been opened in
Washington. A special train bearing
literature left New York yesterday.
a corpse of Washington's prettiest
girls will be stationed at the head
quarters every day to distribute leaf
lets with arguments against woman
suffrage. and later the literature will
be sold on the street.
Miss Minnie Bronson, who is in
charge Of the work Of the anti-suf.
fragists, announced that her orzani-
cations campaign will be almost en-
tirely different from that Of the suf-
fragfsts, because the anti leaders
Of the ~suffragists. Most of all, they
do not approve of the suffrage pro-
cession. which they look upon as an
attempt to steal the thunder from
the inaugural parade.
Mrs. Arthur NJ. Dodge, president of
the anti" association. went back to
New York yesterday to organize the
women for the "million-dollar'' spe-
cial. the train which will arrive in
Washington February Is with the
New York leaders in the a%nti-suffrage
movement. Riding on the train viii
be some of New York's wealthiest
women, who will come to participate
Tin the campaign.
I'VE would never have started this
opposition campaign in Washington.
bu We feared that some people might
think hat all women want woman
suffrage" said Miss Bronson yester.
day. That is the impression the suf.
fragists try to convey. Knowing the
chivalry Of American men, VIC real.
lied that II they thought this was real.
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give women the ballot. We want the
people. and particularly the members
of congress, to realize that only q
small per cent of women want the
ballot"
Elaborate preparations have been
made for the anti-suffrage meeting IL
he held in the Belasco theater Fehru.
AIRY %. Thousands of dollars will he
spent in decorations. and the stage
will be a. magnificent display OF
American beauty roses. ferns and cleo.
trio lights. Scores of very prominen,
society women are expected to be
present in beautiful gowns. The the.
ater will be decorated in the associa.
tons colors, which are black, white
and rose.
All men who attend the meeting
will be decorated with a beautiful
button made OF pure silk in a design
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women will have a. similar buttor
hearing the words opposed t;
woman suffrage"
Miss Benson emphatically denied
reports that the 'antis' would hole
a procession in opposition to the suf.
fragists. or would attempt in any way
to rival General" Rosalie Jones
pilgrims" She said that the women
opposed to suffrage simply try Il
show that the majority of women dc
not want suffrage. There will be alb.
solutely nothing militant or unbecom.
ing in the campaign against suffrage,
she declared.
The anti-suffrage literature is to be
sold on the streets by boys. Miss
Bronson said tha 'antis'' do not ap.
prove Of girls selling their literature
on the street. The girls are likely to
be insulted. she said. and men whom
they approach have q right to talk
back to them. Girls who do this work
have little right to he offended, she
said.