Milford chronicle., 1917-02-09
VOTES FOR WOMEN!

The significance Of our progress lies in
remarkable fact. The editor Of THE
General Federation of Women's Clubs
magazine, is an ardent sufragist, That
she has been chosen for this office 20
lead to worthy effort. by means Of this
wonderful magazine, 100000 women, in
this broad land Of our, points most sig
nifcanuy to the fact that back Of her,
stands in a solid phalanX. the club wo-
men Of our country. What does this sig
Nifty? That women Of the greatest in
telligence, the broadest culture and the
deepest sympathies for their less fortu-
nate sisters, realize the Importance Of the
ballot in the hands Of women.
Let me quote from her
However, il is interesting TO note how
rapidly we are progressing, we women.
Even those Of US who still have the
shadow and the smell Of the cave about
us. dragging back from the inevitable,
like an unwilling dog on leash, are
forced into the vortex somewhat in con-
fusion. but eventually we float in smooth
er waters. We have one Of our peers
in Congress. and the latest news from
Washington Is that a Senator's private
secretary, a woman. Ia been appointed
secretary to the Foreign Relations Com
mittee, and now has the freedom Of the
Senate floor. The most that women has
been permitted to expect, at our citadel
OF government, has been TO look down
from the gallery, upon our men. We
have regarded them with the critical
motherly eye. and wished that we could
brush them up a bit, send trousers to be
pressed and discard certain inharmonious
neckties. or else a change Of striped lin
en- that clashed with compilations. We
women have always felt that we were
needed on the floor where the law-mak
ers keep house. We have pried open the
door and now we shall see what we shall
see as soon as we have got it across |
TO our men that they need feel no fear |
Of shining in the rehe ted light, and they |
have at last. banished the care from con-
sciousness, then we shall gain results"
Yes everything is passing into our ,
hands. and there will come "a generation |
IF women who will be the mothers Of
such men as the world has never known.
Things not worth fighting for. are not
worth having, and it may be that all
sorts of obstacles have been placed in our
path Of progress. in order that we might
Measure our determination, all the world
1t hand, TO view the tournament Of a
slow race.
Against all sorts Of opposition, we
ought our way into the halls Of learn
ng, past bolted doors past the prejudice
# the ages, pulling down bridges and
burning them behind us that the weak
learted might not return, measuring our
'rains against standard brains Of men.
moving forward, inch by inch, till now
We serve everywhere.
jeanette Rankin, our Representative in
congress. has filed the expense account
f her election with the Secretary Of
itate. and we learn that ii cost her
6S7. 50 to gain her reserved seat in the
Iouse. Montana put her there. Great
for Montana, mountain peak
las been named for Edith Caven and
mother mountain peak mas been named
or Inez Milholland. the noted suffragist
{ certainly means something when wo-
nen have mountain peaks named for
hem not waiting for one hundred years
efore sainting them. Mount Inez,
lount Edith Cavell,"
This summary Of the forward impetus
+ women by Harriet Holt Day. editor Of
Federation of Women's Clubs" maRa-
inc, means much. It represents. not only
he sentiments Of Mrs Dey, hut those Of
Of other club women back Of
er.
Among the picllets on guard around the
White House on Saturday last. were 40
)llege girls. Many Of the suffrage lead
RS in the Congressional Union are col
'ge women. The broad and unlimited
isiou is theirs. When such women.
omen who have been guarded and shell
'red all their lives, are willing to be
Iade the butt OF ridicule Of the loafer,
he ganester and the gun-man, what
nall our opponents say
LAURA &. POLLARD.
ember Of the Congressional Union for
Woman Suffrage.