The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-11
WOMEN MUST CHANGE
IE THEY WOULD RULE.
BY Marguerlte Moores Marshall.

BY Marguerite Moores Marshall.
Votes for women are not >going to
fegenerate the world, II women re.
mains the same; II she stays 10 years
old for rs years: II she continues to
spend 10lcents carfare to ride down
town TO buy something at a bargain
for . cents; If she remains the same
taflor-made woman who spends SO
much time fpowdering her face.
Vt 10 nonsense TO say that the vote
Is going TO do any great good In it.
self while the higher class woman
rsmains largely toy and partly a
divinity, and the poorer woman re.
mains q little toy and a great deal OF
aslave.s
All Of which is Meyer London's
way Of stating an obvious fact which
the Wiser suffragists fully recognize
that the vote Is mercy II yeginnlns.
not an end in Itself, and that the
millennium won't be upon us with any
embarrassing suddenness even II the
suffrage amendment is passed next
fan.
Socialist a suffrasIst.
But IL the only Socialist in Con:
gress said q few hard things about
women In HIS discussion OF "The
Woman Question" at the Pabst Colt
scum the other night, It was all for
their own good. When talked with
the thin, keen-eyed, feverIshly oner-
getic young man In his office at 302
Broadway, u found that he had an in.
dnitely more real respect for woman.
hood than is felt by many OF the men
who chirp most chivalrously about 1t.
First OF all, want it perfectly
clear that / am suffragIst," began
Mr.. London, bringing the four closely
grouped finger tips of his right hand
down upon the palm of his left. ~
was brought up and l have always
lived among women, whom consider
my equals in every sense of the word.
liam not one OF those who consid.
arthat woman is an appendix TO man,
OF that she is domestic fixture. like
. piece OF kitchen furniture. simply
should be ashamed to say to my wife,
or my sister, \ am man and there.
fore I can vote; you are women and
therefore you can't That would be
about as sensible as to declare that
the right eye should have superior
privileges over the left.
Too ilpnorantt to Make Laws.
tIf all the women In the United
States. save one, were Indifferent to
the vote, and that one wanted 1t.
would give 1t to her. 1t seems to me
as absurd to argue about the suffrage
question as st would be to get up and
talk to "a lot Of union workers on ths
duty, OF labor to organize.
"But assuming once for all that
women have the right to the vote, the
question remains, Are they gong to
use It for foolish legislation, one OF
our worst ldangers? And the answer
isB that II they are going to improve
on mems handling of the ballot they
must be better educated than men
and better educated than they are
now
Mr.. london got up, walked across
the room with his hands clasped be-
hind his back and eyed me half-de.
family from this new vantage point.
He looks more tired and he is dc.
cidedly more nervous than when !
saW hiIn ulrectiy altef MS ELECTION
last fall.
"And you think the woman who
persists in clinging to sweet 16 ought
not to voter" asked.
u doinot believe that woman can
vote wisely IL she desires to remain
always a toy, II she devotes all her
time and thought to making herself
look young and girlish,' he replied.
women should be proud OF advanc.
ing years instead Of ashamed of
them. They mean, or they ought to
mean. more wisdom. Why does a
woman lie about her age?'
Whenever been able to answer that |
question. Personally l think it's so
much nicer. to tell the exact truth and !
then hear the inquirer say, IL never
would have thought It: you look so
much younger" An inquirer with
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