The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-02-16
To HOD MASS MEETINGS. OF
NEW PEACE PARTY ON THE
BIRTHDAY OF WASHINGTON

MCCOTIil1Cks MIS-. AutOtlSlIS K Ilh |
and Mrs. Sherman Booth. the famous
trio of feminine politicians who secur-
ed, by their knowledge of the law,
splendid business judgment. and in
defatigabIe efforts, the passage of the
bill drafted by Mrs. Catherine Nc
CullOugh, by which the women of Il
linois secured presidential suffrage.
Mrs. Funk, the able Chicago law
yer, is also the originator of the idea
embodied in the justly famous Sha-
frotl--Palmer amendment, which per-
mits each state to decide the Ques-
ton Of giving equal civil rights to it's
women citizens when 8 per cent Of
| the voters desre to nav the ques-
ton settled by popular vote. Mime
sofa, Maine, and Indiana are now
planning to follow the lead Of ILL
nois in asking for presidential suf-
frage.
"The Jitney Bus Idea Has Captured
Washington.
observation-disclosures have for SO many
years been Strap-hangerS every day
in the year that the Jitney Bus idea
has been welcomed, particularly by
the army of government employees
who suffer bad marks and are dock
ed" and eve denoted if they are not
at their desks promptly at nine
o'clock each morning.
Already the plan has been per-
fected of giving the Capital City a
Jitney auto service, 200 machine
owners having become interested in
the new enterprise to not only fur
niSh a meanS Of conveyance, but also
to provide the now rare luxury of a
seat, as we'll, for the sum of five
cents.
; A pretty little dark-eyed widow in
the city of New Orleans, Mrs. B.
Malczewski, by name, has proven that
Southern women are as quick to take
: advantage of the Jitney idea as the
? men of the country. Last Thursday,
: Mrs. Malczewski, having purchased
= an automobile, startled the slow-act-
! ing citizens who were considering the
project by taking her first jitneymo-
bile trip down Canal street. New Or
leans. Mrs. Malczewski declares she
will be ready to transport her custO-
merS from $50 a. m. until dark or
after, it is said, and strongly advises
every working woman who has the
necessary capital to purchase a car
and give the j~itneymObile idea due
= consideration. A long, brown cloak
- and a plain untrimmed felt hat con-
stitute all the uniform the feminine
proprietor requires in the new bust
ness. 1t is believed that the cour
= lanlan will be soon emuiated not only
by the progressive ~Wage-earning wO-
Oa men of Washington, but also Of other
=. cities.
IT The House Fails t o Endorse "Made
In America Idea.
lie Much disappointment has beer
Of felt at the recent action taken by thu
n House Of Representatives in voting
at down the amendment of Represen
y, tative Moore of Pennsylvania. TIL,
to Made in America idea, planned
if here n So diligently advanced b,
he Miss Genevieve Clark, the Speaker
ii daughter, and her numerous youn,
friends in the social set, as we'll a
high officials Of the government, re
u ceived a decided set back by the ad
at verse action or Mr.. Moore bill, whic.
was planned to limit the purchase b
,e- the Navy Department Of ship build
lat ing materials to A~merican-mad
DIS wares.
e. Representative Ian reminded tn
p House that the officials of this admin
he istration had joined in the made i
ter America" movement, n hat he VIZ
in Of the opinion that in these days {
nd dired istress" it might be a goo
thing to let American workmen e.
no the benefit Of goods to be made fC
- the navy. But unfortunately the pa
riotic proposal was snuffed out /
two members, one from New Yor
::ws an1 the other from Ohio. who d,
co clare the amendment was "for tt
benefit of the trusts"
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