The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-09-07

result of which Miss Lavinia Engle.
field secretary of the National Equal
Suffrage Association, was induced to
come to Pensacola and remained in the
city for nearly two weeks.
The first meeting addressed by
Miss Engle was held at the San Car
los hotel. Thursday. March y. in the
afternoon, and was OF an informal
character. Those who attended this
meeting were deeply interested, and
it was decided to hold the next meet
ing in the evening in order that a
greater number of men might have
the opportunity of attending. On
Friuay evening March Is, in the par
lors of the Y. NJ. &. A, the young
national organizer made second ad-
dress to an audience largely COM
posed of men. and was introduced by
Mr.. Frank l.. Mayes. editor of The
Pensa cola Journal. The splendid wo-
manly character of this gifted young
speaker her fine Intelligence and her
wonderful insight into the questions
of the day so impressed those who
heard her on these two occasions that
when the Universalist church threw
open it's doors to her on Sunday, March
Is, there was a large and thoughtful
audience present to hear her. AS at all
the meetings addressed by Miss Engle
in Pensacola following the splendid
talk. the meeting was thrown open
for discussion, and many questions
were put to her, and ably answered. ON
Monday evening, Miss Engle spoke at
the Y. W. c. A. and on Friday aft
Groom at the San Carlos hotel a
meeting was held, at which it was
decided to organize an equal suffrage
lCagIe on the following Monday
evening.
This meeting was held in the city
nall and the chamber was crowded
when Miss Engle by the mayor of the
city to an audience at least half OF
whom were men. The young organizer
and lecturer was listened to with the
most marked attention and respect,
and was constantly applauded by the
men, not only during her address,
when she made some telling points,
but afterwards when, the meeting
having been thrown open, she ans
wered questions put to her by those
present, the majority Of these ques-
TONERS being men. AT this enthusiast site
meeting officers were elected. about
forty members enrolled, and a con-
stitution submitted and adopted.
The organization is now rapidly
growing, and has more than one hun
dred members.
The result of the visit OF Mrs
Stoner and Miss Engle TO Pensa cola
has been instrumental not only in
organizing an equal suffrage league
In this city, but equally as important
has been the effect OF the addresses
of these able women in the oyerturn-
ing of fallactes attributed to the suf-
frage movement, by persons not in
formed, and in awakening a desire
for information. Many Pensacola
women have been deeply interested
in public questions for years, but
have fought shy of woman sutfra sc
from an erroneous impression that mil
itanCy must prevail in such q move
ment. AS women come to realize. as
they wiz when they educate themselves
on these questions, that these meth
Cds do not prevail in America. and
that milItancy is not Countenanced by
the national association. the movement
will spread as rapidly in the South as
it has in the East and West.
The Southern women have only re-
Gently come to realize that wOrna MS
work must lie outside of the home as
we'll as In the home, in order that the
home may be protected. The southern
men do realize this, and will not with
hold the ballot from the Southern wo-
men. If the Southern women want il.
When the women of the south come 10
realize that there Indifference affects,
directly or indirectly, their home. their
daughter. or their son, either through
the schools. through sanitation.
through civic righteousness. or some
other phase Of life. then will equal
suffrage sweep the South, burning up
old prejudices, and worn out gar
ments Of tradition and the South will
take its rightfuI place as a part OF a
progressive nation.
CELIA MYROVER ROBINSON.