The sun., 1916-10-08
7MFNTS-WOMENS CLUBS BEGIN ACTIVITIES

than It would II its members had ben
Of the class that has influence WITH
legislators.
She formed tho hrst Req Cross &c..
ciety in Nevada-Nevada was her
homo when. ~ Miss Helen Guthrie
she met DR.. Miller at Reno and "a,
married to him. She served on he
tuberculosis committee Of the 0ov.
ernor Of Missouri. and was the editor
q this committees report She IL a
good example Of the higher education
Of women. for since graduating frofu
Putnam Seminary in Gainesville, OhI1
she has done special work at the Uni,
versity Of Nevada, the University "A
Missouri and Leipzig University. an
10 not too proud to learn Of her con.
for she often tells at suffrage meet'
ings how they have taught her ths
value Of team work as exemplned n
football.
With all her experience she 4, A.,
woman Of the sweet faced tyne AMI
wins her audience quite as much ~.
the charm Of her way as by arr.
ment. She says she il a dress r..
former. but her clothes look as II shs
had never heard Of the thing.
Three college girls. Ella Koop. Mar.
guerite Koop and Margaret Torrison.
graduates OF Smith. arc enlisted undo,
Mrs. Miller's leadership to campaIr,
for suffrage as her special bodyeusrd
and corps. and New York will see and
hear . lot Of this quartet when tho
SUNS begin to wake UP the State In
the 1917 campaign for the Referendum,
Rose Falls Bres IL probably the on,v
person. male or female. in New Yort
who goes out and leaves her once
with tho door unlocked. Mrs. Bre,
leaves II not only unlocked but wild,
open.
"Oh. WE'LL" she says TO friends WI,
express surprise at this co%nfdlngres,
in wicked old New York. There ism,
much in nv office that people would
want and IL they want 1t more than
I do. why, let them have IT,"
Then she hooks her arm in the arm,
Of whoever happens TO he around and
sweeps them OF to lunch. Mrs. IRE,
10 preparing to publish a woman law
yers' monthly Journal. to be called
Dyes. The hrst number viii appear
October I, and Irwin Cobb. who come,
from Paducah. too. has written an en-.
probation Of women lawyers for r.,
pages. In recognition Of this abou,
100 Portals. in zap and gown. VIII
attend the hrst night OF Cohh's now
play. "Cnder Sentence" October .
Mrs. Bres worked as a cub reporter
Under Henry Thompson OF the prdn.
cuh Netcs, the editor Tompkirs' &.
Cobb's stories.
The women Of Springfield. Mo.
wanted a clean town and clean food
and the politicians wouldn't give them
what they wanted. The politician,
stayed out mending their fences and
let flies and dust work their will with
the grocery stores and dairlcs AMI
streets and 20 on. So the women 60,
on the fob.
First they adopted a set Of RUE, fcr
storekeepers. Doors must NJ screened.
refrigerators scrubbed. garbage re-.
moved In covered cans and employee,
handling food must he not only per-
sonally clean but FREQ from all d!seas.
Now. having sown Springfield WITH
these rules neatly printed. the womo,
are making periodical tours OF ,nspcc.
TON to see whether they are ohevsd
s~torekeepers who obey are r rewarded
with nice little white merit cards an.
what Is more TO the point, the patron
age OF the women. Bad storekcer.-,
who won't observe the rules md ,re-
trade falling of and will probably CON,
to their senses and clean I'D.