The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-29

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Christmas Day this & an Washing
ton vas clouded By the fact of the
suffering in Europe consequent TO the
raVages of the war, and at the White
House there was no other sign OF the
usual festivities out OF respect to the
of the late Mrs. Wilson, than
the simple wreath in the windows.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sayre arrived q week
ago to spend the holidays, and Mrs.
Sayre, it is said, expects to remain q
month or So with her father and Sis
ter, who feel keenly her loss at this
joyous season. Only a year z the
wife and mother was with them on
Christmas day and added to the
happiness OF all by her CHEEKY pres
ence.
Up al the capitol but few OF the
solons remain to do business, the
"call of home having taken many of
them back to their own fireSides Tor
the holidays. No poorer time could
have been selected to discuss the SUI
frage question than at this season,
when everyone is away and the bust
ness Of the old year being wound up
to may way for the new.
The National American Woman
Suffrage Association reaftirms most
petrtinently their resolution, unani-
mously adopted at the annual owen
ton at Nashville last November.
This resolution reiterates the non
partisan policy of the association and
asserts that it is absolutely opposed
to holding any political party respon-
sible for the opinions and acts of its
individual members, or holding any
individual public official, or candidate,
responsible for the action of his
majority on the question of woman
suffrage"
Surely. to any man Of unbiased
mind such a broad and able statement
mo but tend to open his eyes to
the justice and strength of Women's
claims, and convince him of the
reasonableness of equal suffrage. Ev-
en- in the halls Of Congress a little
leaven, leaventh the whole lump
Already the more astute politicians
see "the writing Upon the WALL and
everything points to the increasing
demand for justice for women. The
millions Of women who have beer
granted the rights OF citizenship il
the equal suffrage States are incron
trovertible proof of the a~bsurdity o
claims OF those who prognosticate'
all sorts Of awful results should fe
males be permitted to nave the right
Of people"
New Use of Motion Picture "Scen
iarO."
A pretty story comes from the Yves
of the happy reunion of a husban
and wife which was made possibl
by n film shown in Richmond, Ca
Back in 1911 a man named Robin
son was injured by a mine explosio
near Scranton, Pa. Before the acc
dent the wife had gone to pay a Wis
TO her mother. On learning Of tn
catastrophe the poor woman on he
way to her husband lost her min,
For two years she was immured in a
insane asylum. After securing h
freedom she Immediately began
systematic search for her husban,
who had for years been eagerly tr.
ing to discover what had become
her.
Fate brought Mr.. Robinson and h
lost wife to the same picture show.
film depicting n min explosion w;
shown at the sight Of the fatality I'll
woman shrieked aloud. The ligh
were turned on, and explanation
We're made. Soon after, to their m
tual joy the long separated pair we
locked in each others arms.
Recognizing the powerful influen
Of the picture play and it's value as
educator, Mrs. Medill McCormic
chairman of the Congressional Cor
mittee of the National American w
man Suffrage Association. mont
ago set about reaching the gre
American heart by opening the ey
of the people, her aim being to she
the women and men Of the land t
justice Of equal rights by PRESENT.
to them the injustice Of the laws
the country. This might have be
attempted by means Of a cheap see
aric and an ordinary producer. 3
this Is not the s%uffragist way Of dol
things. Mrs. Mccormick determin
to give the people the best play tn
had ever had for their money. S
looked over h whole field and
lected the best. Mr.. Selig, the "
eran producer. brings out the sple
did scenario written by the author
h Kathlyn series. From the fl
frame" TO the very last Of the p
Your Girl and Nine" to be prod,
ed early in January, nothing was l
undone to produce a p%hotoplay of l
equalled brilliancy which 'once 81
% never will be forgotten"
THE World Film Corporate
which controls the distribution
Your Girl and Nine" think so m,
OF the worth of the drama that N