The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-27
Are Washington Women Dull!

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we have been hearing SO much about the
brtlliance of Washington women that we
take it for granted.
Not only are they brilliant Of mind;
they are brilliant of conversation as
we'll That is what we have long be-
lieyed.
But are Washington women really bril-
liant the women in the diplomatic and
official set?
MIR. James Hays new novel THE Man
Who Forgot contains a passage that
would indicate that they do not always
deserve this reputation True. it is that
the women who make up the official So
cietv here do not achieve their enviable
position through their own efforts usu-
ally. 1t is almost never that a man
rises to Congress or the Cabinet because
Of the briIliance of his wife, and 1t has
often been observed that brilliant men
chose for their wives women who
are not of the brilliant type-the COM
Portable. home loving, adaptable women
rather than the women of genius.
To quote Mr. Hay: washington Is
, city famous for its men rather than
tor its women. The women, surrounded
nv affairs of state, immersed in flood
OF political gossip, breathing always the
atmosphere of national analrs. seldom
make an effort to study and understand
III. very thing in which their HUSBANDS
,,,.. and move and have their being.
,,,i,h was one of the two women in
WASHINGTON who read the Congressional
Record every morning. Her mornings
she kent for herself Senators and KEEP
resentatfves charged with the framing OF
legislation affecting the humanlties-
hotter working hours for women, better
,o.,b conditions legislation affecting
food thu, betterment of children's condi-
tiors-found her a valuable ADVISER
sought her opinions on details winch
MANY hours OF public hearings had not
made clear.
SISTER susie Is not sewing shirts for
soldiers down in South Africa she Is
,,,,kiue wells. for next to ammunition.
tho continent that Gen. Botha's SOL
Al or
-,eils to protect their faces from the
attacks Of tho mosquitoes and SAND mes
thai bring pestilence and contaGeon with
their bite.
At the tea parties in South Africa YOU
do moi see tho knitting needles flying
or even rlying gently. You see the wom-
On nr leisure making wells. wells and
n
I'll the yelling will soon be used up
in this project and for woman her
self to wear veil in this time would
be Il rlost unpatriotic act. The soldiers
need them all.
spain will soon Join the lists Of Eu-
rppean countries having a defined move
rnent for woman suffrage. This purpose |
has been announced by Emilia Pardo
Bazau. who will organize national
campaign. Sonora Bazan is the fore
most woman writer in Spain. her lit
crary achievements having won for her
the title Of countess, which was con-
fcrred upon her by King Alphonso
in 1905
The Vice President speaks thus Of
woman suffrage: Il sincerely believe
that the mothers of this land should
be allowed to vote on public questions.
but | do not hold the belief that equal
suffrage is a cure-all for everything bad
in our society.
No reasonable man or woman re-
CARDS suffrage as a panacea. but it is
the one remedial agent for legislative
conditions which react on the social
body
1T Is reasonable to infer that the de
mand of men and women voters can
bring about better conditions than the
vote OF one sex alone
The stars incline. but do not compel"