The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-05
The PENSACOLA
SUFFRAGE
BASE BALL GAME
TO BE PLAYED FRIDAY AFTER
NOON ON EAST HILL PLAY
GROUND FOR BENEFIT CHAR
ITY.

The love of children is implanted
in every heart. Somewhere, some
how, the hardest may be reached
through the love of a little child.
And yet so cruel, so strenuous, so
implacable is the comfnercialism of
the day, so difficult are industrial
conditions, 80 widespread is crime, in
competence, and poverty, that today
thousands of little children all over
the country are suffering, hungering,
growing to manhood and to woman
hood, SO terribly handicapped in the
struggle, as to be beaten almost be-
fore the fight with the world has be-
gun.
This, more than anything else, has
drawn women into the suffrage ranks,
for that vast army that is fighting
for Woman's Rights considers her
greatest right and highest privilege
to fight the battle Of the children.
And because the children are so
close to the hearts of every suffra-
gist, the president of the Pensacola
Equal Suffrage League, Mrs. Walker
Ingraham, conceived the very beauti-
full idea, after having seen an appeal
in the local papers for help, of hold
ing a big baseball game under the
auspices of the local suffrage organi-'
zation, the fund to be devoted to those
who are so sorely in need.
A gentleman, in speaking of the
conditions in Pensacols, said last
night:
TOO much cannot be said as to
i the great need. There are many who
are suffering who have rever needed
before"
The sad part is that this is not true
only in Pensacola. Times are hard
and the suffering is great, all over
! the country-all over the world. Not
only in Meicox and in Europe are
there starving children.
1t is way of suffragists to face
facts squareiy, not to eluele the truth
The Woman's Cooperative Associa-
ton has made an appeal for help ia
control conditions in Pensacola. The
Pensacola Equal Suffrage League was
the first to respond. As soon as the
call was made the president of the
Pensacola league announced that the
league would organize big baseball
game for the purpose Of raising a
fund, to be turned over to the Wo-
mans Cooperative Relief Associa-
ton.
An officer at Fort Barraneas sent
the president of the Woman's Coop,
erative Association five dollars fol
the fund. A dear school teacher, whc
always loves to help in any good worR
contributed $2.10.
Letters have been sent out to tn.
merchants in the city, for regular
contributions. But there are many
who cannot give a five dollar bill
many who cannot give one dollar. But
there are few who canrtot give Z
| quarter.
Have you any, little children OF
your own? Do they have plenty tt
eat-gocd, nourishing food 1t il
hard for you to believe that thers are
any hungry children, isn't it?
| 1t needn't be hard For it is the
truth. In every city today there il
suffering and want. In our own cit,
we have our share. You can spar,
quarter, easily, for a hungry child
You would, if you saw one, wouldn'
| you? Well. you would not have fal
to go to find one.
And one thing you can do. Toda,
when you drop in to buy your cigar,
or your cold drinks buy baseball
ticket for the sake of the hungry
| for the needy. If you are an anti
Suffragist, buy one to show hoy
broad-minded you are. If you are
Suffragist, buy one to show. your
colors.
| The game will be played tomor
row afternoon at $50, on the Eas
| Hill playground, between pickle,
team from the city and the Marin
barracks. The tickets are on sale a
| all of the local drug stores, and at TIL
Imperial Cigar Stand.
| o, yes. Of course, anybody VIII
is willing to do so, can hang aroun,
the outskirts, and witness the gam
without paying.
Only, somehow, it would seem Xix
taking bread from hungry chile
wouldn't it,