El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-28
By 6. A, MARTIN.

enthusiasm in their work as they pro-
crossed, and this enthusiasm has all
been directed into making FL PasO bel
ter. While the club members have not
done much preaching" they have &C
cOmplished results While they do not
vote, the things they have learned,
the things they nave thought out and
told to each other, have been communi-
power behind the throne" has been
felt in the councils Of Ell Paso; the
Woman's club has worked quietly
without much sounding of trumpets OF
blowing of horns, but geuung results
The Men VIII Help.
It is entitled to the nelp of the peo-
pie of FL Paso in the work of erecting
its new home and I believe-and am
not alone among the men in this be-
lief-that when the women come out
and ask for help, if they do, they
will have no trouble in getting it. Most
of the men Of Ell Paso realize the good
that the club stands for-what 1t has
ACCOMPLISHED and what it can still do
and they viii be glad to help, am sure.
/ know they viii if they have ever
looked into its work.
The men of Ell PasO have no preju-
dice towards a woman's club; nowadays
few men anywhere have any\such pre-
JUDGE Most Of the prejudice exists in
the comic pages. Sucn prejudice as
once existed has vanished The women
club members have themselves been
the means OF wiping it out. They have
shown results in their deeds
The why of WOmen's Clubs.
Why shouldn't women have clubs?
Even if for pleasure pure and simple,
they have as much right TO them as the
men and it would be a tsafe wager
that the woman is not absent half as
much in the daytime at her CLUB as the
man IS at night at his club. But the
women have a, different motive for
81 "a 1rU1iFf nf their CfGfc-g
and the uplift of the community Ed
ucation" is the watchword. Maybe
some of the clubs have been the means
of spreading the suffrage idea in the
female mind. Again, what of it? There
is no reasonable reason against woman
suffrage. There is no more reason
why it should degrade woman to vote
than 20 uaV taxes. We don't say to her
that she can't line up with the men
at the tax collectors counter. We exact
taxes of her, whether she viii or not
She may not want a bond election for
more sewers or more WaterWorks, but
we vote it for her and she pays
If a woman has intelligence enough
to raise the money to pay taxes on her
property, she has sense enough to have
a vote on what the taxes shall be5 not
only has she. sense enough, but she has
a right The revolutionary fathers
and the revolutionary mothers suffered
their hardships with them-fought to
throw of the yoke OF England because
they were taxed without representation,
vet the government that they founded
upon their blood and their battles, taxes
another class of people without per-
hitting them representation.
But this is beside the question OF the
new home for the El Paso Women's
club The Ell PasO club is not a suf-
frage club; it has suffragist members
and it has anti-suffragists. It is a
club Of women of Ell Paso, organized
for education, for the uplift, and it
is succeeding 1t is helping III Paso
and is entitled to FL Paso's help in re-
turn.
A Need For the Home.
The need for new home was voiced
music department Of the club. "There
city where we can have concerts or art
exhibitions" Mrs. Pearce said, "and
there are only & few places where we
can hold meetings of any size. Then,
there are many women in Ell PasO who
would like to entertain, but have no
place to do so. Either they are crowded
at home or live in a hotel or roOming
house. The club would meet all these
needs. The clubrOOms would always be
available for private entertainments,
for club meetings and receptions and
for entertaining distinguished women
guests. The auditorium would be avail
able for musicals, lectures, concerts and
exhibitions. The clubhouse would fill
q real need in the city besides satis-
flying our ambitions to have a home
and to make it such 2 one as would
be credit to our home city