The Washington herald., 1914-04-26

six wards SIS per cent Of the registered
women voted. but in 1913 only 40 PEI
cent. In 1911 the percentage Of votes Cast
to registration in the city twenty-five
wardsD was 49-1 per cent In 1913 II was
% per cent"
All in ALL survey Of the returns oi
votes by women in Massachusetts and
Boston seems to warrant the conclusion
that the school suffrage is but lightly
esteemed both by the women at large and
the women who register. The percentage
of women interested in the school vote is
only another instance to prove that les:
than ~ per cent are Indifferent to wOmeT
voting.
1t has been authOritatively shown in the
suffrage States where there is full suf
frage for women. as well as in the male
suffrage States. where women are granted
partial suffrage, that this is true. II
women will not vote on so vital matter
as the education Of children, would II not
be folly to grant political suffrage. tbs
purity and suCo s. OF which depends upon
the training inCulCated during the early
Years in which the schools play so in
trinsic a part?
SoIon Is Disappointed.
To grant women the vote on large
scale before they have shown what they
II
is like putting the cart before the horse.
Representative Taylor. Of Colorado. in
his speech before the House on April "a
1872. said
The day is soon coming when they (the
womenl will take the place belonging to
them. squarely beside the men in the set
tIement Of all public matters.
The public school is a public matter Of
the greatest Importance in our country
today. and vet only 5 per cent of the
women. in thirty-siX States have any
desire to take their places beside the
men upon this question. and this is true
in tho face of a thrilling and most ap-
pallinC series Of articles which appeared
in the Ladies' Home Journal Iast year.
should Do Their Fart.
While these articles were written and
signed by principals Of schools and
teachers throughout the country. they
may have referred more or less to local
condition. and. as one knows, magazine
articles must be somewhat startling TO
attract. IneffiCiency seemed to be the cry.
Thousands of pupils were going forth
from our schools yearly unprepared for
successful and specific work-girls well
drilled in the finishing touches. with no
idea of hOme-making or practical de-
mands: boys ignorant OF the Industries
ana tTdue N1lCn many VI cu
upon their leaving school This is
question which every woman ought to
take time to study: for in successful edu-
cation and the developing of trait and
abilities which nobody can more COM
pleteIy discern than the mother. the state
its highest development through
good and efficient citizenship.
Only IL per cent of the women Cor
the entire State OF Massachusetts voted
on the scheel question. The percentages
given below are only on the number of
women who have cared enough about
the question TO register for the school
elections
Women who really do the duties Of
woman duties which no one else can dol
perform eight-tenths of the work of the
world now. Why should the remaining
or thereabout. be piled upon
their shoulders?
MRS. JOSEPH NJ. STODDARD.
Member of the executive board OF the
District Association Opposed to Wom-
an Suffrage.