Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-05-09
CONSERVATION
OF FOODS BY
WOMEN URGED
WOMAN SUFFRAGE SPEAKER TELLS
WHAT PART WOMEN May PLAY
IN THE WORLD WAR-TWO
PARTS TO EVERY WAR.
PREDICTS THAT WOMEN OF UNITED
STATES WILL EMERGE FROM THE
WAR WITH VOTE, AS IN THE
SEVERAL OTHER NATIONS

SEVERAL OTHER NATIONS
"Noman'S Part in the World War" was
the subject of an address last night by
Miss Lavina Engle, organizer in Texas for
the National Woman's Suffrage party.
Miss Engle spoke on the same general lines
a those employed at the afternoon ses-
sion Of the Valley Federation meeting. The
speaker prefaced her remarks by the state
ment that there were two parts Ia every
war and that that which s~ustains i equal
~ important with the armies in the field.
The sustaining. would be the principal
part of the woman'S work and could DO
best fulfilled by causing he increase IN
food production and in food conservation.
Miss Encle related how III February the
woman's suffrage leaders were called 10
Washington Ia discuss wonan's work and
decided that among the necessary duties 10
he performed was To impress upon the
amcrican women the necce>ity Of saving.
Mss fnglc said that the American peo-
rlc tccauSc they were the richest. are tn.
most t1iraNa.ant in the world. She urgs,
80 W ~ INV tAliiittlN Uii~.
no, only of cash but of effort under three
hca"-' necessities, Injuries and waste. and
10 eliminate the last two items. The
speaker then touched on the habit Of the
American housewife to over supply the
tables and urged that this be- abolished.
She urged gardens and canning and drv-
ing of surplus garden products.
Miss Engle paid tribute to the women :
clubs OF the nation who have nj last been
recognized "a a factor in the national life
by the government for their usefulness in
gathering and spreading information and
for their ability 10 accomplish a. clubs
what women "a individuals could not. The
speaker warned against the fitting Of
square pegs in round holes and urged the
women not 10 leave some useful spher, FOL
some phase of war work for which they
were not fitted. She quoted General
Pershing a. saying anybody that has a
Job should stick on il and do it twice a
WELL She said that there were million,
Of women in the United States who did
not have jobs and that the clubs would
find something for these women To do.
The second part Of Miss EngIe's speech
was devoted to the suffrage question and
IN a clear, connected manner the speaker
brought up the arguments employed by the
antI-Suffragc leaders and answered them
Miss Engle sand that during the war the
suffrage party has laid aside its propa.
ganda work, considering ii a duty n.
would-be citizens that they do SO. Til,
speaker said that a. the women of Eng
land since the outbreak Of the war ha,
walked through the muniiion factories d
the ballot and that in France. Russia and
been assured of the ballot so would tn,
women of the United States emerge from
the present war. The forecast of an in
iernational worlds peace conference thai
would follow the war and through which
the voice of woman would make war for
ever impossible.
Miss Fngle dealt rather severely Will
certain members Of the Texas legislator.
and the reason, some gave for oppn-iuc
suffrage. She said that one Snuth Tcxn.
congressman had stated his reason for on
church the home and The state. III,
quoted Representative Baghv of Invac:
county ~ opposing il on the ground tina,
u would open the door for imtcr-racia
marriages aud Representative j. r. Ga.
males Of Brownsville a. stating that will,
he personally was IN favor of equal sui.
fra"c hi~ constituents were - strongly Oh
posed to IT that he felt il hi~ duty 1,
vote against the measure.
"llow many of YOU communicated vouI
sentiments On this q~ucStI>n Ia Mr.. Ca
%nalc~r she asked.
The speaker branded ~ a fallacv thai
politics i 20 dirty that women should
not he allowed Ia NEEDLE in il. At i not
politics, but the politicians who are dirty
declared the speaker.
In relating an incident Of Il candidate
In a certain western state amusing the ba
bles IN front of q polling place while the
mothers were inside voting. the speaker
painted a word picture Of Il time when
Governor "Jim'' Ferguson would be wheel
ing baby buggies To solicit votes.
Miss Engle spoke in the Board of Cit,
Development rooms Ia an audience that
n point Of size. did Justice neither to the
sneaker nor TO the interest of her subject
The speaker was introduced by W. X
Jones.