South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-15
EQUAL STUFF RACE
SPEAKER s PLEA
Discrimination of Man Against
Woman is Shown by Lecture
of Dr.. MCCuaig-"Care of
Boy" This Afternoon.

Powerful arguments for equal suf-
frage were given by Dr. a. +. NIcCuaig
IN an address upon "The Ethics Of
Marriage" az the Presbyterian church
Monday afternoon. His talk dealt
largely with the franchise question
upon the basis Of the relationship of
the sexes.
care OF the Boy" was the subject
OF DIR. MCCuaTg's address at o'clock
this afternoon at the g. cstminster
Presbyterian church while selection
III Mateship' was the topic al the
First NJ +. church at $3.50 O'Clock. The
same subject viii be used in an address
before business women at the y w
L. a at 1880 O'Clock. while Fools
Will be the topic at the evening adj
dress at the First Presbyterian church
In discussion or ne discrimination
OF man against woman in the making
OF the laws of the land, Dr. McCuaig
referred 20 the fact that in over 90.
per cent OF the states of the republic.
mothers are not legally equal guard
iaus with fathers of their own child
rem. For 80 years it was stated, the
women Of Massachusetts fought "A los
ing battle for the amendment of this
unjust law, but not till a tragedy en-
phasized the injustice did the men OF
Massachusetts concede the wrong.
In Family OF Six.
The story as ! have IL. said Dr.
Moeuaig, els that a woman was mar
ried To a worthless man. They had SIX
children. The man was unable 10 pro-
vide, SO the woman had To go out and
10y washing and scrubbing provide for
the children. The time came when the
increasing needs OF the little ones
made demands for every cent she
could earn. and she had to tell the
man that she could no longer give him
a single dollar OF her hard-earned
money lie came back that night TO
tell her that he had arranged To place
four of the little ones in public insu-
tutions and the other two in private
families. She besOught him to have
mercy and leave the children with her
and she would give him anything he
would ask. He was Obdurate and or
dered her TO get the children ready
for the next dag. She consulted
lawyer and found that under the law
she had no redress. The next morn
ing she went upstairs and going from
room TO room killed every one of the
six children and then took her own
life"
Woman's Outreaching.
A graphic description was given Of
the evolution of wOman's Outreaching
toward better conditions for herself
and for her children.
I'm an eastern city there was re-
Gently on exhibition in the committee
rooms OF the suffragists of the state,
a striking picture. It represented
great. square. iron cage in which were
imprisoned three people; one a convict
i'm conVicts clothes another an idiot
with receding brow and elongated
head: and third a college woman in
college cap and gown Of queenly bear
ing She seeks escape. The legend
written below read: 'Convicts, lunatics
and women have no vote.
\ Companion Picture.
Beside that picture" said DR.. Nc
Cuaig. ct expect there will be placed,
within the next 90 years, a COM
paniOn picture. The cage Will be the
same: the convict Will still be there,
"a young man: the diminuitive idiot
with foolish smile viii be there, too;
but outside will stand a woman. Her