Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-09-10
DR.. Anna Shaw's
Powerful Speech
Noted Woman Philosopher and Cham
pion OF Equal Suffrage Ad-
dresses Local Audience.

the aus OF equal suffrage that the
people of Watertown have listened
to in the pending campaign was the
address OF DR.. Anna Howard Shaw
Monday evening AT the court house
square and at the Congregational
church following the outdoor meet.
ing, The speaker was introduced at
both places by Judge G, II. Marquis,
formerly of the state circuit court
bench.
This was NOT DR.. Shaws first ap,
penrance before a South Dakota as
semblage. Old timers recall that a
quarter of a century ago. Dir. Shaw
and Susan p, Anthony "stumped' Da-
kota in the same cause/ Al that
time Miss Anthony was the more not
ed, but her fame as a public speaker
has since been eclipsed by hat Of
her younger contemporary. and to-
day Miss Shaw stands as the recog-
niEed leader In point of fOrceful logic
on general principles she stands away
women; indeed. il may be said that
in general principles she stands away
up at the top AS a platform orator.
Miss Shaw, 10y the way. is sixty
seven years OF age-and she admits
it, In contrast with her brown
tresses Of q quarter Of a century ago,
there appears a wealth OF silver
which impresses n as a pleasing
background for her clear complexion
and sparkling eyes.
While in the city Miss Shaw was
the guest of MIR. and Mrs. c. c. Rec
ord, SIG 4th st \ w.
"Won1ar's Sphere"
Miss Shaw wasted no time in pre-
liminaries. She plunged at once ill.,
10 the subject upon which she was
to speak,
we hear" she said, more or less
10 the effect that the place for women
is in the home and among the chill
dren. The first requisite for being at
home is the home 10 be in, and no wo-
man can remain in her home, pro
yidtng she has one, when necessity
compels her to be cut earning a ltv-
ing for herself and her family"
In the olden time. said the speaker,
women had some employment in the
home other than attending to the
OF household duties She it
was who spun the yarn and made the
and then the clothes worn by
the family.
Mas inventive genius has so
changed those conditions that she
must now do in the shops and in the
factories what she formerly did in
the home.
The great factors that have forced
into the labor markets of the
said Miss Shaw. are two: the
invention of iabor-saying machinery
and war. These have been more
potent in compelling women to eli
in labors hitherto regarded as
belonging solely 10 the domain OF
man than all other factors combined.
War ard Women.
what was the first message TO |
women after the outbreak of this aw-
fnI war now pending in Europe9"
asked the speaker. ut was an appeal
the women of the nations ingolye I'd
10 go forth and save the crops IN
order that the men may be provided
sith food while they are butcher!ng
5ne another.
And who knows what this was IS !
I'll venture to say that not
me in a thousand engaged In this
conflict knows what he is
for-knows the causes that
ed up to it and why he is trying 20
desperately to kill somebody with
whom he never had o controversy
md towards whom he never enter
aimed any enmity other than what
las been instfiIed into him through
systematic effort on the part OF his
military superiors.
Civilization Set Back.
Through the declaration OF war
the past two months ciyiilsa.
ion has been set back two hundred
Fears, and through the energy ex-
pended. the wastefuiness resulting.
he killing of the stronger and moro
'orceful. for they are the ones who
20 TO the front in such times as
;hese, leaving the weaker n the
ess fit to perpetuate the human race.
his war will cost the world a thou.
,and years of progress.
Who is it that suffers most as q
.esult oil war! I know that the raei
undergo great hardships. realize
hat many of them will be slain and
hundreds of thousands OF them MAIN.
I'd FOR life. but when all is said and
lone the greater deprivations TAI
apon the women and children who
must take the place OF both fathers
brothers In the support Of the
whom war has rendered
Who pays the cost OF war; Not
Nanderbilts. nor the Morgans,
nor any Of the pampered sens 81 so7
,iety, but every dollar Of the expenses
of this horrible butchery must pc
paid eventually by iabor~-by the Wo.
and children. and the men, VIII
procure their bread by the sweat q
their faces. Every farthing o. AZ,
must be- met by tho toiling r1asses.
regardless Of temporary taxes OF Of
or Of measures OF exped-
iancy. Ia the and labor DAYS the
Bill. and the whole Of IT. II VIII take
the soldiers of this world ave hun
a-.a a nor+ fnn axraAaaR which