El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-19
By RUTH MoNRo AUGUR.

has TO say. and her manner of saying
il. must be deaf. dumb and bind
POrtia is the person Mrs Ramer most
reminds one of; but Shakspere iaiied
TO record Portals pockets, II she hau
any. and Mrs. Ramer's pockets are
fascinating element of her velvet ana
fur raiment which Portia might wen
have thought OF first. Mrs kamei
remarks might be briefly. and not 100
appropriately summed up IN the olc
adage. Money makes the mare 20
You have got to have u. plenty o.
Il" said Mrs. Ramer. before you an
expect TO realize your dream OF equdL
suffrage. Emancipation rs an ideaI /,
we live in an age Of materialiSIn. ana
the ideal cannot be completely reail z'
until q material foundation mas oeeH
prepared for it
or the fact that present day society
as a whole demands evidence OF ND
rerial prosperity in persons and thlel
prises before il viii lend itself toward
their interest or support. Mrs Kramer
is convinced. and her emphatic auNlce
TO the league was to cease reitsstiI tlils
among themselves the very Soou ieh-
sons why they want suffrage, and pend
all their energies towards auNet Us
especial stress being lal9 on Iils
word-to the outside world Whdt tnSN
desire and expect The camp must De
conducted on q big and cosuY scaie
in order ID attract attention and tne
quality of support il must nave II IL
is to succeed. The fact tnaJ TINS Is 4
bitterly narerialiStic age must be raced
and fought with its own weapons she
said. and il is Mrs. Ramers convlc-
ton that the first step toward TINS
end is the acquiring or adequate Iuhos-
That the purely ldeal Phase OF me
movement he temporarily displaced ny
a determination TO WIN I.m IMAM
ciaI footing was her final plea
4 most interesting discussion fol-
lowed. i'm the course of which several
Of the women present sat up and took
r,otfce~ when il was learned that 2.
-,,.,---f,5 woman in Texas is classed
with infants and imbeciles so far as
her mower TO enter into contract is
concerned. Mrs Ramer called attention
OF this absurdity with Porua-esque
sarcasm, Of the sort that must have
taken the final kink out Of Shylock.
and one felt almost glad that no mere
man, however guilty was present 10
wilt pitiably under the lash.
AIRS. Harvey r. Leonard read a paper
on the evolution Of woman. from the
exciting cave days when her lord and
master woOed her with a sledee- ham
rer to the no less exciting. If some
what more humane present. when he
* content TO merely tantalize her with
Ire withheld ballot Again, male
Of the species inadvertently straying
into the arena. might have felt at least
embarrassed under the raining blows
Of Mrs T.eOnard'S gentle irony Ihat
. mans promise TO endow his bride
with all his worldly goods as per the
marriage contract. proves too often 10
be simply n figure of speech. Mrs
Leonard pointed out. and as an Illus
rratfon OF the unsatisfactory dlStribu-
lion of funds in the average family,
she drew an amusing picture Of this
phase OF family life. with the positions
OF husband and wife reversed Ad-
vancement in all her lines OF endeavor.
economic independence for woman. ana
the abolition Of war by means OF her
influence expressed through the ballot
were hopes for the future held out
OK Mrs Leonard. and among other
extremely clever and interesting points,
made M the substance of her paper
Mrs Lois Martin. who has been for
many years prominent in suffrage ana
public welfare work in Michigan, gave
"a short. impromptu talk on methods
at present in operation in Michigan to-
ward improving sanitary conditions,
and told in a very interesting manner
Of her personal relationships with many
well known women of the country,
among them Dr. Anna Shaw. Mrs
Martin will later address the league
NJ greater length IN the subjects OF
which she is particularly well able 10
speak
One Of the features Of the occasion
was the distribution OF Miss \ Louise
Dfetrfch's penny bags Miss Dietrich
secretary or the league. made the bags
and had intended giving them 10 the
members present TO be filled with PEN