The Washington herald., 1914-04-06
DAILY SHORT STORY.
A FAIR SUFFRAGETTE.
By LOUISE OLIVER.
CCouyrirht. leli1


Beatrice bit absently into peach with
out first removing the skin, then. pro
voked, wiped the fuzz from her lips
Its beyond me- she burst out i'm.
patiently.
'What?' inquired Bob, her brother.
THE State Federation has written &c
our suffrage society for more funds
And at the meeting yesterday somebody
made a motion that We earn the money
ourselves. And now all of US girls have
to dig down and get the money som.
way without any outside help. never
earned a cent in my life"
You might collect soap coupons-they
are redeemable for cash"
Beatrice looked her contempt. "lt
isn't a laughing matter, Bob
Getting money never is. Why do you
girls belong to a suffrage society when
you don't know how 10 do anything? II
you ever get ballot the State is going
to remove all the laws which compel
men to support women"
I'VE girls have heard that until We are
tired. That is exactly the reason why
we are doing this. We will show people
that we can earn money. and earn in
honestly. We've got to scare up SO
apiece"
Bob whistled. How"
Never mind. BY our wits, perhaps"
"Humph,' Bob put on his Panama
and went to work
Beatrice finished her toast and went out
to the shady front porch to look over
the morning papers.
1t was then that she saw on the first
page of the News that a prize OF SO was
offered to the person who could Identify
a certain Mr.. Blank. He was described
as being five feet eleven inches high,
weight $50 pounds, dark brown hair.
gray eyes. clean shaven and about
thirty years of age.
That is a very general description and
might fit anybody" Beatrice frowned
as she noticed the age. Il might try to
60 after this wonderful prize man il he
were twice as old-but thirty. And the
News says he will be on some of the
downtown streets today. No, thanks!
There will likely be somewhere between
ten and 2O,oo1 men downtown today, and
at least one-tenth of that number will
fit this description
On another page were more complete
directions for the finding Of the mys-
terious Mr.. Blank. Certain words must
be used in addressing him. Below there
was a rough sketch of the back Of the
gentleman's head. with the hat he was
to wear that day Beatrice scrutinized
the picture SedICnlnBly. lneGe was nOIn-
ing here to help identify him, either, ex-
cept that
Down in her heart something stirred
consciously. and a flush dyed her cheeks
What was there about the blurred
newspaper cut of the back of a mans
head that made her think of the time,
whole year before. when she visited
the Dalzells at Long Beach? Was it
because, in q general way, il reminGed
her of some one whom she had known
there? As she looked long and steadily
at the picture she thought of the long,
happy days and evenings at the summer
shore. and David Dalzell, Janet's broth
er who had been her almost constant
companion.
1t had been to David that she had
aired her first views on suffrage, having
become a convert to the. cause shortly
before her visit. He had outwardly
sympathiZed with her, even when she
had gone still further and declared that
she would never marry. 1T is only silly,
weak schoolgirls who think Of love and
marriage nowadays" she had said. Real
women are finding out that they are
needed for better and higher things. 1
am going to devote my life to the eman-
cipation Of my sex"