The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-22
EQUAL SUFFRAGE NEWS
Edited By the Local Branch Of the
Equ.I Frznchise Society

g1sf. according 10 the ~"ChrO1icle, o
~ has gathered information from 9
great many different so8roes. there 10
nothing that the sudrsgist 10 not good
at They are famous cooks and "sev.
srnl cook books have been written BY
women who believe that they can vote
As vel n they ~ prepare table dain.
fiea."
Their Disseminating Judgment in the
matter Of clothes is beyond reproach.
the Chronicle" says:
TO the 1nkDowing and nArrov-mind-
ded person who scorus the woman's suf-
frage movement the woman who dres.
ses ike . freak, asa safirzglst !" Then
1T dwslls 81 length upon the simplicity
and extraordinary good taste exhibited
By the Is 900 sufrszists who marched
last Autumn IN New York City. The
people who were looking for freaks
had 20 confess that they had never
seen an assemblage of oetter dressed
womso."
Ooe of the prettiesi sights San Jose
had 10 offer last Fall was night parade
Of both men and u They marched
together and carried lighted japanese
lanterns swinging from the end Of little
carnival canes. Their way vas illnmi-
mated with colored lights. and the
ome added TO the scene Just the
touch Of light and color that has always,
heretofore, been lacking 10 the rather
somhsr parsdes Of men alone. These
women. also, were dressed with fault
less taste
The masculine woman is % passe,
WHISTLER she is a s~nffragist or not. This
is not clear to many people for they
think that because a woman wants TO
vote. she wants TO wear trousers or the
nearest approach 70 them. an Alpine
hat, stif liuen collar and fourth hand
tie. What DonseDsel" That reminds
me that the only woman / met in Cali
forniA last Fall who didn't want q vote.
didn't believe in il and who wouldn't
even talk on the subject, dressed after
the model described by the Chronicle"
She even went il one better because she
wore her hair short and parted on the
side.
In speaking Of the moneyed, society
women. the women who represent
American plutocracy In our great cities
and among whom are many prominent
advocates Of the cause, who devote { il
both time and money. the Chronicle"
calls attention to the fact that sit is in
the very smartest of these sets that
suffrage finds many adherents. No
woman could have a more enviable
position socially than Mrs. Clarence
Mackay, wife Of the president of the
Postal Telegraph, and yet she devotes
a large portion of her time to the cause
which she believes in thoroughly and
is president of The Equality League"
Then the Chronicle" offers a glow.
ing eulogy. TO the real home woman.
The woman who is more familiar to rs
IN reality than she is in literature. The
woman that we Eureka people all know
about. and this is. in brief, what that
great San Francisco daily has TO say in
behalf of the class of women to which
we belong.
THE love of home Is ingrained in
every woman. worthy OF the name, and
- - honanaa ~ fhair Iog;x1 - -0oh1 L..
ter, purer and happier homes in this
country that many of our prominent
and brainy women are doing their best
TO help along the cause of universal suf.
frage.
Quite contrary to the popular belief,
which Is founded largely on cartoons
and the efforts of the funny men in the
would-be humorous columns of the
newspapers and magazines, there is no
class of women more devoted to their
homes and the welfare of their families
than the s%uffrsgette.
From the president ard various other
officers down to the humblest members
euio uOius soOu- IL IS common tQlDg
for q woman suffrage orator to ask to be
placed last on the list of speakers at a
meeting because she has to put the
baby to bed and wash the upper dishes
before she can leave home.
Miss Susan B. Anthony. the suffrage
pioneer. whose memory is dear to-day
to all her followers and who is affection
ately referred to as Aunt Susan" was
one of the most domestic Of women.
She taught all her nieces to darn and
Aunt Susan's dsrns were such beauti.
full examples of this useful art hi no
member of the present generation has
been able to approach their neatnes
and perfection. She was an excellent
cook and such a devoted nurse that her
niece said sit was a joy to be an inva.
lid when Amt Snsan Was aronnd -