The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-11
By MYRTLE MILES

Seeing the hundreds of men who stood in line to vote on last election day brought forth in one of the literary clubs a dis cussion on equal suffrage and what con stitutes the hackneyed phrase, a Wom- ans Sphere.
 The consensus of opinion seemed to be that womans sphere might be politics, frt, business home-in fact each or all much as a mans sphere is.
 "This discussion reminds me of Mir. Brand whitlock. and recalls little talk 4e gave while minister-designate to Bel 4ium at the Pen and Brush club, where
 was a guest one Sunday afternoon, a fhort while ago." said a Birmingham Woman who has recently returned from New York. During his address. he said, There is really more being done by the pfn and brush than in politics" and utged those of either craft to keep their wbrk well between sentimentalty on one hand and cynicism on the other Also assuring the members that their work would endure, and go down through time long after the influence of any present. day measure or reform.
 ''Mr. whitlock is many sided, but he is mostly politician-would that there were more like him." she continued. His books on the subject fully show his truthfully analytical mental scope along this line. Naturally. was anxious to |, know his views on the commission form of government, which was summed up by his saying the people who voted for the commissioners really instituted the reforms if, as citizens; they do their duty after election.
 "As mayor of Toledo for eight years his chances were many to observe places which needed reform. One was over hearing the cook tell the maid that as her husband was sick, too sick to work, she hoped to get him a job with the city, possibly as overseer. There is noth- ing adds to the luxury of lazlness like seeing someone else work.
 ''At one time. while in office, MT Whit lock said a delegation of 10 called upon him. The spokesman said, after stating the grievance, that some of them were taxpayers, and the four arouse to their full stature while the other six yislbly showed their feeling of inferiority. When the taxpayers were seated MT. Whitlock ascertained that the men all lived on the same street and in much the same kind of houses sc he assured the men who rented homes that they, too, were tax payers unless their landlords were fools of phianthropist, which was not at all likely For the city of the future, he said, educates the child, boy or girl, a citizen, with civic pride and duties
 ''4All of NIT. Whitlocks stationery bears the slogan, Votes for Women,' and while his remarks along this vital &sue did not receive unanimous applause he said he found it so in most women's clubs. but he felt eventualy-in the near future-in- this subject.
 MT. Whitlock is one of the best type of true Americans. He begets confdeIfce by his candid forceful simplicity; on all sides men and women of note were saying, Isn't he splendid, but I said. Mustn't Mrs. Whitlcck be wonderful woman" and she is. Mrs Whtlock is a petite, beautiful woman, unaffected, feminine, almost girlish. She has been an integral working force in her husbands success, and has also taken a big part in the municipal affairs of Toledo.
 William Dean HowellG was also q guest, but l have not the tenerity to speak of him, more than to say that his very presence seemed to hallow the rooms.
 "The president of the club introduced the now minister to Belgium. She was noticably embarrassed, not always find ing the right word In speaking to the members relative to the next meeting, she said she hoped they would hn be president, instead of present, and plush- ingy corrected herself.
 '.When she finished I gave her my chair. Nervously she held and squeezed my hand, and reassuringly I squeezed hers. Later, over the tea cups, we were