The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-05-01

4 nattering references as being op.
posed to woman suffrage. All these
honorable titles he bore brayeiy
enough. but. for obvious reason he
thought the metaphor of the sturdy
oak and the clinging vine an unfor.
tunate one
Inc meeting progressed enthusi-
asucally. Meanwhile. where were the
surragists? Some OF them were IN
the audience of the "antis." few.
the active leaders of the movement.
were conspicuous by their absence.
; Yet. they were within earshot Di-
rectly above the hall In which Mrs.
Mlllicent and her sister antis were
holding forth was lodge room.
i Through a knot hole in the floor OF
THIS room. and a tiny opening in the
ceiling of the hall below made espe-
cially for the occasion. the words OF
the speakers floated up. There was
activity in the lodge room, too,
though so silent that not even a wills
per nor the sound OF football dis
turbed the affair below.
The final meeting or the anti.
suffrage campaign came to close
with butst of applause There were
the usual handshakings and the usual
dividing OF into little groups OF chat
| ting friends. The Sturdy Oak of the
, Hughes domicile stood meekly by
while the Clinging Vine. who seemed
TO have forgotten her role. lowered
above him and received the congratu-
ilations OF numerous admirers. The
audience was rapidly filing out SUD.
7 "A aV
breathlessly in and clutched at Mill
cents sleeve.
"Oh. Mrs. Hughes. come and see
what they've doLe'"
! The leader Of the "antis" suffered
herself TO be led outside. where she
found gaping multitude gazing al
1 something on the front OF the building
they had just left
: Clear across the buildings front
was suspended a mighty banner on
which was inscribed, in startling black
, capitals:
! THE ANTS SAY WOMANS
PLACE Is IN THE HOME. WHY
ARE THEY NOT THERE
! Beneath this inscription was the
caption: THE ANTI PRESIDENT
WEEKS CALENDAR. and the fol
lowing:
Monday aftcrnoon-Society for
the r. OF Y. * II.
! Tuesday afternoon-w. H. VI. :.
! club.
| "Wednesday evening - Prayer
Thursday afternoon--Aszn. for p.
Thursday cveninE-w. =. NJ $.
Friday afternoon--Soc. for the r..
| Of the y. !.
| Friday evening-Assn for the
/ Protection Of Delinquent Girls.
| Saturday afteruoof--W. =. 7. L.
sunday. all day-Rehgious ser
At LEAST ONE NIGHT A
! WEEK AT THE TfiEATEE AND
| ONE NIGHT \ WEEK Al THE
M'Nl p WHEN Is AN ANTI
Underneath this banner was large
I square Of white canvas displaying a
/ cleverly executed cartoon Of very
small man staggering under the
weight OF female giantess. who
leaned heavily on his shoulder. Inc
cartoon bore the legend:
WILL THE VINE PLEASE.
/ STRAIGHTEN UP AND GIVE THE,
| OAK A CHANCE TO GROW. 5000
loco SELF-SUPPORTTNG WOMEN
, WILL SHOW YOU HOW.
The "antis" became the victims or
tho most Gis? strous Of all weapons.
ridiCule. They had used Il effectively
against the other side. but never IN
such a spectacular and killing manner.
The morning papers contained humor-
Gus accounts of the suffrage coup. and
the election count the next night
showed that the amendment had car
ried by narrow margin and one
more scalp been added TO the suf-
frage belt
Five years later n travelling man
In Fairhaven. remarking on the ef-
hciency and capability Of Mayor MILL
cent Hughes. heard from a resident
the story Of the suffrage campaign.
Mrs. Hughes concluded the ma
tive. lis the first woman mayor OF
this town. and. by George. she's a
crackerJaCk. too. guess the women
here owed her the job She did
more TO advertise the cause and set
people 10 thinking and talking about
II than any one else. You see. she Is
temperamentally ftted for public
work. as she showed by her interest in
various civic and religious societies
before the franchise was won"
And the suffrage leader-what is
She doing" was tho strangers query.
Keeping house In the most cheer
fully domestic way imaginable. she
st"adfasNy refuses 10 run for Office.
declaring che was not cut out for n
politician. But she keeps right upto-
date on political questions and never
fails to vote az any election. She
has opinions on every question Of pun
IIC concern. and she yofsa and EnuWa
why she b. voting az she does
Resides. 10 is generally known that