Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-05-14

ness, etc. These trips Of inspection
are made regularly and the public is
Informed which places have the high
est percentage.
Uplift Of Women's Clubs
Mrs. A. J. Tschumperlin of st. Cloud
gave short address on the social,
moral and spiritual uplift of the wom-
ans club. She said that big changes
have been wrought in the industrial
conditions among women in the past
few years and that they are new be-
coming independent, as they should
be. The woman's organization has
been permanently established and the
work which it has started is now be.
ing taken up by the municipalities.
She stated that many people criticize
the club women, charging them with
neglecting their homes and families.
This criticism is unfair, she said, as
most of the ladies who belong to clubs
of this kind are Of mature age and
their children are grown up.
This talk was followed by piano
selection by Miss Mildred Skange of
Brainerd and a group Of songs by Mrs.
Chas. Jensen of this city.
Woman Suffrage
Mrs. Wilbur Cobb Of Brainerd gave
the principal address last evening,
speaking on "Woman Suffrage.' She
pointed out it's historic and scientific
features and compared the organized
influence of women's clubs with organ
lied influence with the ballot. She
showed the results of equal suffrage in
the eleven states of the Union, and
mentioned particularly Colorado and
California, where the women have
done a great deal Of work since they
obtained the ballot. In California 80
public welfare measures have been
passed by the legislature and in Colo
RADIO A have been passed since the
women were enfranchised. Many of
these measures had been worked for
by the women for years before, but
they had never been able to get them
passed until they we're given the bal
lot. One of the most striking illus
trations given by Mrs. Cobb was that
of Massachusetts, Colorado and Cali
fornia, where the joint guardianship
law was passed through their efforts,
after they had been enfranchised.
Mrs. Cobb quoted Kate Barnard Of
Oklahoma as follows: "Women are
COuA1uS 1ACO pOAAVACS W uudhc Cuc COu-
servation Of human life the dominant
issue Of public life in our time.'' She
said that it is about time that this be
made the dominant issue. She also
spoke Of woman suffrage as connected
with war. People claim that the war
will continue until lasting peace can
be established. The speaker said that
this is impossible, that some sore spots
would always be left which would in
time cause war. "War will never
cease,' she continued, "until mans
nature changes or until the conserving
force of the mother instinct is given
such political power that it will be
able to counterfeit mans acquisitive. -
In the earlier days, when the children
remained at home, women did not need
the ballot as they could take care of
them, but when the children were sent
to the factories and mills to work,
the mothers began to feel the need Of
equal suffrage. In her closing remarks
Mrs. Cobb said that "when the wom-
en's voice is heard in, the council Of
nations, we may still have war to set
tie great moral issues, i. human wis
dom can devise no other means to SET
tie them, but there will be no wars for
conquest
The evenings program closed with
vocal duet by Miss Laura Brannen
and Mrs. Chas. Jensen Of this city.