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laws governing those conditions under
which she lives.
ANNIE +. SLAUGHTER, Dover, Del.
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A dUmmm at their
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SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT PART of sTATE,S HISTORY
By MISS NJ. R. Dev0U

Bowser, Drusilla G.. Barlow, II. J. Krebs,
Margaret T. Hin, Hannah NJ. Thompson
Mrs Milligan, } r. Milligan, NJ D. Mac
donald L. b. Macdonald, Josephine Ho-
gelsberg, Wilhemina r. Slocomb, Edith
w. Thompson, Henry Thompson. David
Ferris, Florence n. Fisher, Dr. Hans
Hogelsberg, Theodore A. Leisen, Alexan-
der r.. Bowsef. Margaret C. Stock, Sarah
W. Leisen, John p. Edwards. Jr., Alice
NJ. *. Reid, David c. Reid, Anna G..
Kent, Phoebe c. Thomas, Mary II. Tat
nall, Margaret S. Hilles, Margaret S.
Berlin, A. G. Thatcher, Mary H. Thatch-
er, Mrs. w. A. Walling, Lindley C. Kent
Alice p Smyth, Mrs. W. II. Hancker,
Elizabeth G. Robinson. Catherine Hast
ings, Lewis W. Brosius, Mary A. Pier
son, Lizzie X. Shoup, Samuel Shoup,
Clement b. Smyth, $. S. Smyth, Mrs.
r. +. Powell, Rebecca Archer Lore, An
ME w. Sellers Ann Good.
Two months after the founding of the
Wilmington club, on January IL and
lS, 1896, Rev. Henrietta G. Moore of
Ohio and Miss Mary Garrett Hay, now
president of the New York State Fedora
tion of WOmen's Clubs, assisted in a
convention at Wilmington, where a
state organization. the Equal Suffrage
Association Of Delaware was formed
Since the first convention. in Janu-
ary. 1896, the Delaware Equal Suf-
frage Association has been on the
alert TO assist both morally and
oil In rTh A
fostering suffrage sentiment in the
State at every promising oppor-
tunity.
That suffragists had not been asleep
during the II years of their existence,
was proved, when, at the hearing
given the suffrage bill before a joint
session OF the Legislature on Febru-
airy 26, 1913, to quote the report of a
daily paper: Without exception, the
crowd that packed itself into the
House Chamber, to be present at the
Joint session of the General Assem-
bly, to give advocates Of woman suf-
frage an opportunity to voice their
approval of the suffrage bill, was the
largest delegation before the Legis-
lature at this session.
The feature of the occasion was the
splendid address by Or. Anna How
ard Shaw, president OF the n. A. w.
S. A. Or. Shaw proved to be one of
the most eloquent and interesting wO-
men speakers who have ever appear
ed before the State legislature"
The bill went to defeat In the Sen
ate by a vote of IL nays to 6 yeas. A
new measure introduced in the House
won eight votes, the nays being 23
The total OF IA votes for the bill IN
the Senate and House was regarded
by our State executive committee as
gratifying for a first attempt before
our legislature. Counting only our
gains we fell to work with renewed
courage to prepare the way for a
still more favorable reception OF a
suffrage bill by the legislature OF
1916.
Aware that a little leaven was al
work, leavening the whole in Della
ware. the Congressional Union in
Washington opened up headquarter.
in Wilmington in September, 1913
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Deplores Indifference Of the
Church
By YRS. FLORENCE BAYARD HILL Es.

contrary that they take lively interest
in the political life of the country. Let
them do this, provided they do not for.
get their homes. tLeir duties towards
their families, and provided that their
interest in politics be at all times dig.
nifed, modest and in agreement with
the dictates of their consciences. Let
them shun blind partisanship, beware of
demagogues and hold fast to the ideals
of Christian motherhood, Christian
maidenhood and earnest citizenship"
Ida Tsrbell sounded a keynote when
she said in an article entitled: "Ths
Business of Being a Woman" "Democ-
racy is not a shelter, a parment, a cash
account; it is a spirit. The real test OF
its followers must be shown in their at
titude of mind toward life and their fell
lows"
II government is to be bettered IL
must be through higher and more hu-
name motives than exist at present, and
as I believe that women are morally su-
peiior to men. SO / believe that their
entrance into affairs Of government will
tend TO better laws and consequently
better conditions for humanity at large.
7 feel sure that this is the goal for
which we suffrage women strive, and IN
the name OF justice we ask for votes for
women
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In this movement for Equal Suffrage
which is fast sweeping over this coun-
try and which must eventually have so
far-reaching and vital effects upon every
woman who will vote, a thought Which
strikes me with great force is the ap--
parent Indifference of the church on the
subject. j have looked 10 this quarter
almost in vain for a word of advice or
encouragement land surely women do
make up the great majority OF the con-
gregations) as TO how and in what spirit
this great educational movement must
be met, but the only clear voice that
has rung out Officially that J know of is
that of a Catholic-Bishop Paul +.
Rhode Of Chicago, who has had the cour-
age and good sense TO address the wo-
men of Illinois. j quote his words,
for they apply equally TO the women Of
Delaware. Catholic and Protestant alike,
as well as to those Of every state of our
Union;
Catholic women OF Illinois in complete
harmony with the teTchings of the
church, should accept the new preroga-
tive of their citizenship with which they
have been invested in the extension OF
suffrage to them by law. Conditions de-
mand that they be not reluctant to ex-
ercise the right OF voting, but on the
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Celebration OF
THE SUFFRAGISTS
IS NATION Wide

Never, in the history OF the suffrage
movement, has an idea spread with such
rapidity as the proposal to hold today
suffrage demonstration that will reach
from the Atlantic TO the Pacific, and in
clude every state in the Union.
Originating with the Congressional
Union for Women Suffrage, the chair
man of which, Miss Alice Paul, accom-
panied by Mrs. Lawrence Lewis, Jr.,
early in January made the FIRST tour OF
organization for the demonstration, the
proposal everywhere met with enthusi-
astic response. The National American
Woman Suffrage Association agreed to
cooperate with the Congressional Union.
The Congressional Union has sent rep
resentatives into every state in the
country 20 put the demonstration on
foot. Mrs. Jessie Hardy Stubs covered
certain states of the Middle West. Mrs
Minnie Brooke undertook TO cover many
of the southern states; Dr. Emma Smith
De Voc, president Of the National Conn
ell of Women Voters. and Senator Helen
Ring Robinson agreed 20 organize tn,
demonstration In the suffrage states
i Miss Mrbcl Vernon, organizer of th'
Congressional Union. is now in the fai
west after a most successful tour OF the
south and west. Mrs. Crystal Eastman
Benedict is at present touring the states
of the northwest.
There is no doubt that the demonstra
tion will be the greatest suffrage rally
ever held. and viii unquestionably great
iv advance the causa OF suffrage every
where. il win be especially valuable II
those states where suffrage campaigns
are being carried on.
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b. Lundy Kent, vice-president: Miss
Emma Lore, secretary: Miss Rachel
S. Howland, treasurer. Later, Miss
ore became treasurer and contin-
ued to serve the association for four
teen years.
The following list Of original mem-
bers recalls some most interesting
and notable personalities long iden-
titled with Wilmington. who have
passed ON into the great unknown,
leaving fragrant memories and re-
cords distinguishing to the movement
with which they were identified
The names of charter members appear
in the minute book in their own hand
writing, in the following order Mary
A. Fulton, Mary r. deNou. Emma Wor-
rell. Emma Lore Mary II. Askew
Mather, Elizabeth C. McCaulley, Mar
garet II. Kent, Mary S. Preston, b.
Lundy Kent, Emalea p Warner, Daniel
W. Taylor, Helen n. Clarkson. Edith
Newlin, Mary b. Pyle, Elizabeth L.
TAYLOR, Matilda Ferris. Gheretein Y
/ Pyle. Elizabeth W. Mendnhall, Mary
/ Wilson, Sarah I. Wilson. Rachel S. How
land Anna Il. e. Hilles, Gertrude w
! Nields, William II. Weeks. p. +. Martin
I r. c. Marks, NJ. j. Darlington, Frances
A. Mather. Emma NJ. Wainwright. Anne
X. Pusey. Susan b. Griffith, Rachel l.
! Fairlamb, Ella V. Krebs Adelaide X
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IN MANY STATES women
HOLD public OFFICES

In answer 70 this question there fol
lows partial list OF women holding
Offices throughout the country.
Five Of the western towns have women
bling the office Of mayor.
City reasurer-Thirteen
County treasurer-Two.
City Comptroller-One
Audiior-Three.
City Clelk-Six
County Clerk-Two.
judicial Offices Seven.
Aldcrman-One
sheri1-0ne.
Deputy Shcrif-One.
Nomen police are no longer a novelty.
There are more than thirty-one names
given on the list from which this state
ineht is compiled.
They also serve as matrons, members
Of medical boards and on boards OF
health. I'M civil service work. as fac
tory inspectors ~ In which Delaware
leads with Miss Malone IN office; mar
kot inspectors and street Inspectors,
also members of State boards of agri-
cnitUre There are over ninety women's
names on this list. ln school work wo-
men are occupying positions of author
ity in ever increasing numbers.
And last but by no means least there
are four OF the western States that
have. women legislators numbering one
dozen including:
Coload0- Seven, lSenate); one,
OHousel
Washineton--two, lhousel.
Wyoming--Two (Housel.
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under the leadership of a former
WilmingtOnian, Miss Mabel Vernon.
Moved by the eioquence and inspir-
alton of her words at the State Fair,
Mrs. Florence Bayard Hilles, daugh-
ter of the late Ambassador Thomas
+. Bayard, Delaware's most distin-
guished son, heard the call to cham
pion to this phase of the new free
dom for the women Of her native
State, and lol as if in answer to
prayer. the suffragists Of Delaware
welcomed a new luminary on the
horizon of their endeavor whose rays
have penetrated paths before un-
reached.
Delawareans delight to hear from
their own home people on matters of
import to the State, therefore as Yer
gil has It, they have listened with
ears erect" to two such eloquent,
jealous and convincing speakers as
Miss Mabel Vernon and Mrs. VIII
liam S. Hilles.
The parlor meetings instituted by
Miss Vernon have proved most sue
cessful and valuable adjuncts of the
work in Wilmington, while meetings
held through the State wherever op-
portunity offered with Mrs. Hilles
and Miss Vernon as the speakers,
we're beginning to tell as entering
wedges to changing sentiment, when
the latter was. unfortunately for Del
aware, called away on a western tour,
and for an interim, headquarters we're
without a head.
Rising TO the emergency, our wom-
en- rallied their forces, named Mrs.
Hilles as chairman Of the Local Con-
gressional Union in Miss Vernon's
stead. formed central comm ttee,
appointed chairmen of the various
sections and proceeded to push the
parade for May I'd, as part of a con-
certed action on that day all over the
the United States.
The project was a big one, and Mrs.
Nina e. Allender, Of Washington, ID.
c., was sent to assist IN the local
Office during April. With Mrs. Hilles,
has addressed parlor meetings here;
she held several south of Wilmington,
and furthered the work so far as lay
in the power of a stranger in the field
for so brief a time.
In January. 1914, the state Asso-
citation published its first organ --
the Delaware Equal Suffrage Bulle-
tin"-which issued from the press of
Mr.. Frederick L. Steinlein, of Arden,
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Equal Suffragist
Must Be OptimiSt
BY
MRS. ETHEL HALLoCK DUPONT

The first qualification for being an
enthusiastic Equal Suffragist is TO be an
optimist. An easy matter for one liv-
ing in an orderly, prosperous country
where only an occasional unjust law or
custom directs towards Il storms OF
criticism because of its contrast 10 the
majority of good and Just laws and Gus
toms by which We are governed.
This happy condition is brought about
by the cooperation Of men with in
tellectual and trained minds, together
with those as earnest, though less culti-
waited. What logical reason have we to
fear that their sisters, born and brought
mp in the same home and taught in the
same private and public schools and col
leges. will not give towards public ser
vice the S me proportion OF common
sense and desire for public good,
The path was blazed for Equal Suii
rage when the matter of education was
made universal anu not masculine.
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From January, 1897, when the
Equal Suffrage Association OF Della
ware memorialized the Constitutional
Convention to strike the word male"
from the new constitution then in
process OF framing. and SO place the
sens and daughter of our beloved
Ettie state on an equal footing be-
fore the law, to January z, 1913,
when a bill of the same purport was
introduced in the upper house of the
legislature, the Equal Suffragists or
delaware have been sowing invisible
seeds by the wayside, which, lately
have begun to sprout.
As everywhere the world over. the
movement in our state is broadening
and assuming a political aspect. The
interest generally aroused by the re-
cent suffrage oak tree planting I'm
Wilmington. In response 70 Cover
nor Miller's Arbor Day proclamation,
is one Of the signs of the times.
City Council, in response TO an in
vitation, appointed a committee Of
four to attend the exercises and rep
resent council. IL was declared by
Mayor Howell, to be an act of good
citizenship, and an occasion upon
which, as head of the city govern
ment, he felt II his duty to be present
The tiny acorn and the mighty evo-
luton from It, of the oak, are splen-
didly symbolic Of the slow but sure
growth OF the movement inaugurated
by the men and women, who on No
vember rs, 1895 organized in VIII
mington the first suffrage club in
Delaware, with Lea Pusy as chair
man, Mrs. b. Lundy Kent. secretary,
and Mrs. Mary A. Fulton, Mrs. T..
Allen Hilles, Miss Mary r. deVou,
the committee on constitution.
Mrs Rachel Foster Avery, cores
ponding secretary OF the National
Association assisted In organizing
the club whose first officers were
Miss Emma Worrell, president; Mrs
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Congressional union
FOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE

The Congressional Union is composed
Of women in all parts OF the country
who have joined in working to secure the
passage of an amendment to the United
States Constitution enfranchising wo-
men.
Membership is open to all women who
consider Woman Suffrage the main issue
in national politics.
There is an entrance fee of 25 cents.
After that there are no other dues. as il
is known that every member viii con-
tribute 20 the full extent of her ability.
The colors adopted by the Union are
purple, white and gold. They float
from the doorway of Headquarters,
where they serve to attract the atten-
tion Of passing throngs to the pIacards
we have placed on view.
The Union was organized only last
May and now numbers more than 1000
members. These are located in all parts
of the Union owes it 10 her principles TO
in close touch with the work done here
by correspondence.
There is sufficient work TO be done in
securing the passage of the amendment
to interest every Suffrage sympathizer
in the United States. Every member
of the Union owes it to her prinsiples TO
engage in some form of practical work
for the end toward which we are all
aiming Find out that part of the work
for which YOU are best suited-and then
put your shoulder to the wheel.
ii You believe in the purpose OF the
Congressional Onion and in its work i'm
in the following membership blank and
forward IL with the 25 cents to Congress
sional Union Headquarters, 1920 +
street Northwest, Washington, d. c.
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HISTORY OF AMENDMENT


senae April 1918 by George Chamberlain
In April 2 1913 by Representative Frank
Wyoming
In April = 49, to Suffrage Committee
In the April Z, 1918, the judiciary Committee
Reported:
In Junei 49, 1918 favorable report
snae July twenty-five favor op
posing
September 49, 1913 Wesley Of Washington
o Arizona,d
the passage of th amendment.
unfinished business, 2,
Debated almost continuously until
Voted Upon:
thhty-ave trty.four
opposed
Rentroduced;
90 1914 by senator Brstow OF
In Senate April q favorable report
Status:
Senate; On Calendar senate
the judiciary
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to whose generosity and personal in
terest, this four page quarterly large
ly owned its being.
Such in general, is the record Of
achievement of the rs years during
which the earnest suffragists of Del
aware have been striving toward
goal which Is now in sight.
Officers Of the Delaware Equal
Suffrage Association are: President.
Mrs. John A. Cranston, Newport; vice
president, Mrs. Winfield S. Quigley;
recording secretary, Miss Helen
Cranston; corresponding secretary,
Miss Mary r. deVou; treasurer, Miss
Ella W. Johnson, OF Newport; audi
tors, Miss Mary II. Askew Ma.her.
Mrs. Frederick l.. Steinlein, of Arden.
State chairman for the Congressional
Committee OF the ~ A. W. s. A., Mrs.
Florence Bayard Hilles.
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Pending Amendment
to Federal Constitution

SENATE JOINT
LUTON NUMBER Proposing amendment the Constitution of the
United States extending the right OF suffrage
Resolved by the Of the United States
Assembled hein),
That the following
states amendment the Constitution the United States, which, when
legislatures part said
Constitution, namely:
shall not be
denied abridged by the United account of
section The Congress shall have by appropriate legislation to
enforce ihe proysions Of this aItieen
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Quotations from President
Wilson's Book New Freedom"

T any people to be they to have
guardians put them they be taken Of they
children patroned by the Government Why am sorry for it will
sap the manhood of Americaf-Page 65.
Liberty Is fundamental the human spirt."Page 29f
eve stand the presence Of silent revolution whereby America
upon recovering practice those ideals which she has always
posed"-Page
to live called free under kind
ters"
Page 22l.
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A little boy asked his father what
is meant by a stag dinner.
"Why, dinner where only men are
present" replied the parent
"Then "a nation where only men rep
resent. is that what is meant by stag
naticn st Louis Post-Dispatch.
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povER WoMANs vIEW

ii woman wishes 20 influence the So
rioi and economical conditions under
which she lives she must have the use OF
the ballot. That IL the silent word
through which medium alone she can
saiee her consent OF disannros1 u the
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q 90 a sharing privileges government
bearing excluding
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-08-07

g. @. Heathcote, OF. Harrisburg, a
draughtsman for the Carnegie Steel
works, is in Wildwood and s~ojourning
at the Sheldon. Other guests are Mrs.
J. VanAulen, of Waltham, Mass; Miss
H.. M. Dickinson, of Trenton; w. E.
McKissick and wife, of Baltimore; e.
V. Fawcett and wife, of Wilmington;
Miss A. E.. Grumley, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Griffen, of Camden; Norman
HI. Meyer, of Quakertown, and the fol-
lowing PhiladeIphians: John H. Kee-
ly and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. d. B. Nc
Allister, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert McAllis-
ter and son, May Bell Pugh, Mr.. and
Mrs. III. Hartley, Mr.. and Mrs. H.
Groves and A. J. Ewing.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-08-07
Dickson Guests on straw Ride

Guests at the Dickeon-Pittsburg left
the hotel at 7.30 p. m. last Tuesday and
journeyed to the bay shore on a straw
ride. A marshmallow toast and a wa
termelon feast were the features. In
the party were Messrs. Lamont, Chaun-
dey, Bradshaw, Long, Roberts, Hoo
ven, Turner, McMichael, VIM. Schell,
Buckley, Krebs, Wilson, Hill, Glend-
ening, Bennett, Crawford, Ferguson,
aud the Misses Smith, Dearon, Half,
German, Craig, Link, Turner, Rieben,
Gibbs, King, Cummings, Echaubel, E.
Q. Dickson, Schoell. Rosenzwerg, Mrs.
w. G. Townsend, Mrs. John J. Sherne,
Miss Foster and Mrs.. Lervis.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-08-07
temperance society oillcers

At a meeting of the Scandinavian
Temperance Society, held in Anglessa,
last Saturday, the following officers
were elected for a term of three months:
Miss M. Olson, president; Hidden Pet
erson, vice president; Adolph Axelson,
treasurer, and Anthony Lendholm,
secretary. The meeting was very sue
cessful, their being more than 25 menu
hers present.. The next meeting win be
held tomorrow night at s p. m. in the
city hall, Montgomery and Pacific
avenues.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-08-07

City of Wildwood, N. Z.

Proposals Tor paving on a concrete base and
cement header. Sealed bids for the furnish
ing of all tools, labor and materials for and
constructing an improved pavement on q
concrete base and concrete header and work
incident thereto, on the line OF the work in
the City Of Wildwood, N. j., according to the
plans OF the engineer, in pursuance of q GER
adopted by the Board OF Com
missioners OF "The City of Wildwood. in the
County OF Cape May" on July I'd, 1914, entitled
"An ordinance providing for the Improve
ment OF Oak and Cedar avenues from Holly
Beach avenue to Park avenue with an APP
proved pavement and work incident there
to- WILDE received by the Board of Commits
stoners of said city on or before the hour of
city hall.
All bids must be made on the blank forms
furnished for that purpose and cover all items
therein, and to be accompanied by
a certified check in the amount of Five Hun
dred ($600.00) dollars, payable to. the city
treasurer OF the City OF Wildwood.
A surety company bond as approved b.
one-half the contract price will be required OF
the successful bidder. The work to be COM
pleted before Nov. 18th, 1914. Plans can be
seen at the office of the engineer.
Specifications and bidding forms can be OBJ
tanned of James e. Whitesell, city clerk, on
deposit OF $40 therefor, which amount will be
returned when the specifications are used in
bidding or surrendered prior to the letting OF
the work. The right to reject any or all bid
is expressly reserved.
F. e. SMITH,
RGW. RYAN,
w. c. HENDEE,
James Z. Whiteseli, City Clerk.
Harry e. Weir, Civil Engineer.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-08-07
Notice to Limit Creditors

Pursuant to the order of Edward l.. Rice,
Surrogate of the County OF Cape May, made
on the 28th day OF July, A. u. 1914, on the APP
piication of the subscriber, executor of said
deceased, notice is hereby given to the cred
itors of said deceased to exhibit to the sub
scriber under oath or affirmation their claims
and demands against the estate OF said de-
ceased within nine months from the 28th day
OF July, A. ID. 1914, or they Will be forever
barred of any action against the Subscriber.
Dated July 2Sth, A. ID. 1914.
CLARENCE 9. ELDREDGE,
Executor.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-08-07
Coal Bids wanted

Bids VIII be received by the North Wild
WOO Board OF Education until s p. M. Au-
gust IL, 1914, for one car OF IS tons, 2,240 pounds
per ton, screened coal, to be delivered in bins
at school house on or before October 1, 1914.
Bids to state the price at which either pea or
chestnut will be furnished.
By order OF Board.
#. H. HEWITT,
District Clerk.