The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-22

Amused interest is felt by the poll.
ticians and society prominents in
Washington in whether there has been
a change in the lineup on the woman
hood suffrage question in the house
held of Senator James ". Wadsworth,
Jr., since his state granted women the
right TO vote at the recent election.
There isn't any doubt about Mrs. Wads.
worth's attitude being the SAME now as
It was before the Empire state sur.
rrised the Nation by speaking up in
favor Of letting women have the ballot.
Eut now her distinguished and popular
young husband feels about it, since
the returns rolled in, is matter OF
the greatest curiosity here. Mrs. Wads.
worth, who is the national president
of the Ants, Is out with statement
ito arouse the people to the peril OF
woman suffrage" as indicated to hei
by what New York did. IAN analysis
Of the New York VOTE" she says.
Shows that suffrage was carried there
by pro.German and pacifists." The 10.
cal public is more concerned about
how the issue is going to affect the
Wadsworth family than it is over the
peril" that the beautiful and gifted
Mrs. Jimmy" warns 1t of.
An insurance company in New York
which has proudly and widely adyer-
tised that it floats from its building
The largest service flag ever made, is
about to have that honor taken away
by the employees of the War depart
ment. They are having a flag made
that will contain 800 blue stars in
White field enclosed by red border
the largest service flag Of record.
These 800 stars will represent that
humber of civilian employees of the de-
partment that are now engaged in ac-
tive military service against Germany.
II will soon be ready to be hoisted anu
flung to the breeze, and it will be done
With patriotic pomp and ceremony. Ali
the dignitaries from the President
down will be invited TO attend the ex.
crcises. The service badge is the lat
est. T. r. wears one decorated with
five stars-a star for every son of his
who has Jared forth to the colors with
bis Godspeed and blessing.
Westinghouse are getting ready
for another big paarde which will be
ali their own, for the purpose of it
has to do with an issue strictly local
to themselves. They want the right OF
suffrage, and they are going after it,
and one OF the ways they are going to
work for it is to fall in line and march
n a Iokk 81 ne
month to show Congress and the peo-
pie Of the country that they are very
much in earnest in wanting what they
want. There are almost half million
as good and loyal citizens In the Dis.
trict OF Columbia as there are to be
found in any state in the Union, but
they have no more voice in their gov.
eminent than rabbit. The highest
privilege that a citizen has, and the
enc that he prizes highest above all the
liberties conferred upon him by Ameri.
can citizenship, he doesn't have IL he
happens to live and work and do bust.
ness in the District Of Columbia. Now
this state Of affairs has existed long
enough. they say here. and they are go.
ing after the vote with no letup forth.
with and henceforth. Their campaign
will be inaugurated by the big parade
that is being planned. Suffrage for the
d.strit was agitated as far back as the
regime OF President Madison. He re.
Jerred briefly but fayorably to It in
one Of his messages to Congress.
For two weeks the Capital had wo.
r'en mail carriers. two of them, but
Mrs. Campbell and Mrs. McGath who
bad that honor and performed that ser.
vice most satisfactorily, have returned
to their old places Of sorting out the
nail inside the. postoffice. The two
are widows OF carriers who died in the
service, and they were Eut on routes,
Postmaster Chance said. as an expert.
ment. He also said that they made
good. Information cleaned from male
carriers does not substantiate his
claim, but then 1t Is pretty certain that
the carriers resented the advent OF fair
Ieminity in their ranks, and cannot
therefore be taken as unprecedented wit