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The third annual Mississippi Valley
conference met the 30:h OF March at
Des Moines, Iowa. Prominent Wom-
en- from all the state organizations
were present. Miss Harriet Grim of
Darlington, Wis, presided. The Ma
tional Suffrage organization was rep
resented most ably BY Mrs. Sherman
Booth, a member Of the congressional
committee. Mrs. Booth is & most pop
ular little lady and her presence at
the conference has been most for
tunate, for in her own quiet way she
explained clearly the reasons for the
National Association advocacy OF the
new suffrage bill presented by Mr..
Shafroth. Every suffrage conference
hereafter will be attended by MEM
Der Of the national congressional
committee to counterfeit the absurd
and misleading sta .ements of the
small unorganized and unauthorized
faction who attempt to masquerade
AS representatives of the wishes and
policy of the $4,000 suffragists of
the United States, man; OF whom new
tr heard of their sol distant CHAIR
man. (and chairman-selected) "of-
ficers." On ascertairjng that the
militant policy of fighting the whole
Democratic party" was to be adhered
to, in spite of the strong protest of
the mother organization. many of
the Quarter members" have shown
their loyalty to the National by send
ing in their designations. "The quar-
ter members" as they are facetiously
ho 1io 1,,l-
paper members" Of tine decidedly in
tangible Union" who became such
by paying a quarter each. The only
privileges attached to membership so
lar discovered is to work for a policy
automatically decided upon by a triad
of ladies, admirers of Mrs. Emmeline
Pankhurst and her English adherents
who are attempting t. &c. American
women to follow the foreign methods
they imbibed abroad.
DR.. Anna Howard Shaw, president
Of the national association, has re-
fused to permit any controversy with
the so-called Union" who failed to
secure place as an affiliated body
by a decisive vote. As one OF The,
paper members" wittly said CON
finding she was not working for the
national association as she had mag
1ned, and had no vote on officers,
policy or management, or on any
hing, only permission to work and
raise all the money she could, al
shall resign my quarter membership.
I'm tired of robbing our National
Peter to pay the Union-Pa
New Parcel Post Order Pleases
Housewives.
Postmaster General Burleson has
made himself more popular than
ever with the women of the coun-
try by his recent order which makes
considerable saving. BY the new
o-der crates Of vegetables, fruits,
Eggs, and butter may be shipped by
parcel post. The president of the
Federation Of Women's Clubs, Mrs
Ellis Logan, expressed the view AK
en- by all homemakers when she said
This order of Postmaster Genera.
BurlesOn's is what we have been
working for. In opering the parce'
post to such commodities the post
office department has stl uck tell.
Ing blow a. the high price of liv-
Ing"
Law Against Mis-. egenation.
The house committee on the Dis
trio. Of Columbia mas reported ia
vorably bill to prohibit the inter-
marriage Of whites with colored in
:he district. The Clark bill holds
that any person hanng one-eighth
negro blood Is colored in the eyes Of
The law. Now If some fearless con-
Gressman would give US Jim Crow
cars" we will rise uI and call him
blessed"
ALICE LEE MOQUE.