The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-10
WOMEN LEADING IN ARTS AND
SCIENCES.

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NEW YORK, April 1O.-"The smoke
VIII curl from the chimney, children
Will gather around the parents knees
n woman will be the full-blown rose
N the garden of mans heart"-wheu
she has the vote.
That was the figure of speech with
which Judge William H. Wadhams
finished q strong suffrage speech be-
fore the Equal Franchise society at
Its headquarters, No. s East Thirty
seventh street. Judge Wadhams had
end OF O busy day in court of general
sessions. He told OF the founding OF
the republic, the need OF an intelligent
electorate and of the school house
with the key in the door to admit.
ct first only boys, then girls two hours
p day. The girls were keen for educa-
"They went forth and challenged
the world he said, and now there
are more educated women than there
are educated mon. Women came into
the school house thinking and doing.
~ IL impossible to deny them the bal
lot which is merely an expression of
opinion. We have given them an edu-
cation by the state, there are more
women graduates than men and It
follows that the power they have &C.
qutred must be expressed and it AN
not long be delayed.
Women in Business.
1--WE have admitted women to bust
ness, there are veritable rivers Of
women going to their work side by
side with b men. We have per-
mitted them to go into the learned
Professions, to be doctors and law
yers, They are teaching men in law
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they be denied the right to say what
the law shall be? They earn money
In business and turn it over to. the
state in taxation and cannot say any
thing about the use of that money.
Have we SO soon forgotten the Boston
Tea Party? They must obey the law
and pay the penalties of the law.
Those who have the penalties imposed
SHOULD have the privilege of citizen
ship.
They say women differ from men.
SO they do. Their ideals are geneI-
ally higher, they commit fewer crimes.
OF the offenders who daily pass be
fore me less than 1 per cent are
women. They do lot rebauch their
ntellects with strong drink, SO they
have clearer mental processes. Do
they lack in reason and logic? Yes,
as compared with men. Less than
A0S y0aAA NEONL4Oh BdNS IuGIIl as euu-
cation Just p little reading and writ
ing. But women have charm, ideal.
ism and virtue which make up for a
little lack of logic, and without it they
Rre stilk useful. Without them the
state is nothing but bachelor barracks.
Not only do we want the women,
but we need them now in the state
of New York. 1t is because of the
difference of women that / favor
woman suffrage. We in the state live
In barracks, bachelor barracks. We
want b women to come in to make
the home-beautiful and lovely.
ITO do away with chivalry? Is
that a pretty phrase of speech and a
bitter word In law? To give women
long rous of work and no rest On
Sundays, al was advocated by men
of the state, for the cannerfes, when
! was on the DOR of the legislature ?
/ am glad 1t was not permitted"
He told how the were
classed with the children, criminals,
and lnnatics.
True chivalry says come from
such a place and sit with me, come
into the realm of intellectual power"
be said. II would hand woman up
Ind have her sit with me as a queen.
So / would have the power and virtue
of the state made up of men and
women together. Women would re-
ceive more respect, greater admira-
ton. There would be more sharing
of power and more real companion
ship
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