Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-03

what the exercise OF suffrage has done
for the Idaho woman. Educating her
along the line Of civic interests and
responsibilities, emancipating her from
the trammels OF prejudice and tradi-
ton, freeing her from the tyranny OF
fashion, partyism and selhsm. SUI
frage has opened wide to her the door
OF mans world, and given her DIG
outlook on life.
1t has been truly said OF women,
they lack a sense Of humor, conse-
auently take themselves too seriously.
The petty grievance or disappointment
that causes a man to smile, Will make
a woman weep After exercising the
right Of suffrage for twenty years. sne
has ACQUIRED a sense OF proportion
that enables her TO ignore her petty
hurts and personal ambitions and re-
gard life as something too big to Do
dominated by her personal wishes. IN
other words, she takes herself less
seriously and life more so. Let me H.
lustrate: A recent news item IN your
paper told Of split in the women 3
clubs at Sioux City. A bunch OF
women refused to attend because 2
prominent woman from the OUTSIDE
had been asked to discuss the sur
fra &c issue. and later, withdrew tnen
membership because the majority
nresent endorsed a suffrage resolu-
ton.
such an incident could not nave
happened in Idaho nor in any STATE
where for any length OF years, women
had used the ballot. Why! Because
they would have been too Dig 10 per
nit such cause to break up their cup;
Those ladies took themselves 700
seriously when they took as a personal
afyront a mere incident in the lie OF
their club.
In the first tplace-had it been an
Idaho club-our women, no matte, !,
how much they may have di1Iereo
from her, would never have refuseo
an audience to a prominent woman
Iike Miss Stafford Policy as well as
courtesy would have dictated diner
ont course. Life is made up OF mutuai
courtesies and concessions, and un-
less we grant hearing to the otneI
fellow" he may at some other ~
decline to hear us-a fact the aSeIase
woman seems Unable to grasp. rre-
cisely the opposite course was taken
nv orr Idaho women when the con
eressional union" branch OF the Ma
t;onal suffrage Association visited
Roise. lately. Knowing. full well they
had come to inject sex into politics
and launch the womans poiitica'
Marty. and differing from them N
methods used. we yet gave them q
Iroyal welcome. packed our iarees'
theater listened to them respectfully
even applauded their bright and WHY
speeches. gave them the freedom o.
the city and the best OF everytnnE
our democratic. governor whom they
came TO fight extending the glad naho
NJ welcome, and making their stay as
pleasant as he could.
! 0;sr.-wnnid those women IN tna'
Sioux City club have given them
hearing? ).
In the second place-to return 70
that sioux city incident our Idaho
women would have been game cleai
! thru. swallowed their hurt with
smile. shook hands with their OPP
ponent and braced themselves for the
next deal. -.
| How Do Women Vote?
Do women vote Independently or as
their husbands do? Some do. AS q
rule. women have less party bias than
, men have and you can depend on the
club woman to exercise her own Judg
/ ment when it comes to voting She
cares less for party. more for prln-
ciple, and especially this true O