The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-04-05
SCENES AND EVENTS AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
By Alice Lee Moque

panied by the secretary. Miss Wilson
occupied a box at one OF the theatres
while her sister Miss Margaret and
party of friends appeared at another.
We judge Miss Eleanor not only be-
lieves in the old adage of being IAN
old mans darling" but also that the
lovers maxim is true that two is
company" even for presidents
daughter.
The Latest Trousseau.
Mrs, sayre's trousseau was a mod
est affair to the one which Is being
secured by her sister. In fact 1t was
whispered that a certain dark com
plexioned-not to say black-dress-
maker on L street made many OF Miss
Jessie's gowns, but 1T Is safe to haz-
ard that the youngest daughter of
the president has very different views.
She recently visited New York and
selected ten expensive creations"
suitable for the attire OF the wife OF
a wealthy and prominent Official and
the rest of her trosseau 1t is said will
be selected with a view to the high
social position she expects to FILL" But
some wise old folks are wondering
a plain American home in her quiet
domestic way, may not after all be
quite as happy and content in her
married life as her more ambitious,
society loving sister.
May End Wonnan's Independence Day.
Not only Washington women but
women all over the country are eager
ly awaiting the presidents reply to
the letter sent him by DIR. Anna How
ard Shaw, president Of the National
American Woman Suffrage Associa-
ton, requesting that the first Satur-
day in May 'be set apart for a pub
lie demonstration throughout the ma
ton to be known as Woman's Inde-
pendence Day, in recognition of the
loyalty of women to the spirit and
claims of 1776 that the foundation of
all just government rests upon the
consent of the governed"
DR.. Shaw in her letter points out
that year after year, one nation after
another has recognized the Justice of
this democratic demand for self-gov-
citizens equal political right with
men. and that in our own country at
the next general election women Will
vote in ten states and one territory.
Already extensive preparations are
being made to insure the success of
the suffrage celebrations scheduled
for May 2nd. II IS proposed by the
board of the national association to
have a, simultaneous celebration all
over the country. In Washington all
the women will dress in white and
carry armfuls Of spring flowers as
they march up Pennsylvania avenue
to the east portal Of the capitol where
a mass meeting will be held Ger
U1Llnly bIllS Will D6 q more pressing PIC
ture-these white robed American wo-
men bearing fragrant spring flowers
than that presented by their militant
English sisters whose weapons are
not flowers but bricks. Wise indeed
are the officers of the national asso-
citation who insist that their followers
adhere to the non partisan, non-mil-
liant reasonable American methods
inausurated by it's founders half
century ago.
New Ruling of the Supreme Court.
No less authority than the Su-
preme Court ofethe United States has
by recent decision abrogated the fall
lacy centuries old which has survived
under the English law, that a wife's
identity is swallowed up in that Of her
lord and master. Only in recent years
in the United States has a woman
been permitted to claim the right to
an independent domicile. But by the
recent ruling Of the highest court '+the
ancient fiction is declared to be van
tshing- Mrs. Katherine Osenton, Of
Fayetteville, W. Va, not only had the
judgment Of the lower court approved
giving her SIS, 900 for the alienation
OF her husbands affections by q Miss
Margaret Williamson-but by the de-