El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-19

ssh exists .srhe White Rose League. %
the object Of which is to restore the
Stuart dynasty in England And up
to the beginning Of the war at least
habit of heaping white roses at the
base OF the Charles ] statue near
In Republican France today there
are several Royalist societies. one OF
which supports the Bonaparte CLAIMS,
the other the Bourbon and q third
those OF the duke Of Orleans
eWeRk Women
So we nay expect quite bit OF tea
drinking and card playing on the
part Of professional weak women,
who. declining 10 do their own think
ing. object 10 other women exercising
that right
But there IS no woman earning her
living who can afford TO let some one
else think for her these days. She
owes il to herself to know all about
what is known as the woman oues-
toni II has TO do with her pay en-
velope. her hours OF work. her hol-
days and the sanitary condition under
which her work is done such i'm
portant questions as the minimum
wage. child labor, the increased cost
OF living. old age pensions and teach
ers' Inadequate salaries are directly
concerned with votes for women
There is absolutely no excuse Tor
informed on these subjects If she does
not marry. and II IS highly probable
considering the overbalance OF the
sexes due to war that she may not
marry-her whole future happiness.
peace and prosperity are bound ID IN
the woman question This is certainly
no tire to farm out your thinking
All the antisuffrag ists have known
have been rich WOmen-lac1es enjoy
ing ease as the result OF some onei
rHr4 Trf he's r~
anomalies as self supporting women
who are ntisuffragists. but ] an free
to confess have never met one.
have known wage earners TO plead ig-
norance Of "the cause" or. in few
instances. to claim they were not VI
tally Interested. but I have never
known, personally. any working Wom-
an actually opposed TO suffrage.
Opposed to Freedom
And # some Of them do happen 70
mean any more than did the petition
OF 10000 negro slaves signed during
the civil war and pleading that free
dom be withheld from them Or the
petition OF east Indian women 10 the
British government begging that Sui
tee be not abolished
The war with the CONSEQUENT sweep
ing changes it has made in the posi-
ton OF women. forces every ccnScien-
tious woman to think seriously Of her
woman too indolent 20 think these
days is a distinct menace 10 the coun-
try Responst bilities are piling up at
her door. RESPONSIBILITIES that she can
no longer shift to some one else's
shoulders.
And II the war has really taken
some OF the Door. spineless. purpose
less. anbiticnless female molluscs
and shaken them into A semblance Of
energetic. efficient womanhood il viii
have done something- at least. TO
atone for its world wide suffering.
One OF the most vital questions OF
be considered is that Of child labor.
the tainted money we acquire through
exnloiting these little ones viii be
treblv expended later in fostering the
wreck CT them 10 survive IN insane
asyiums. homes for the feeble minded
and tubercular- And what about the
absurd salaries we have been paving
teachers2 We entrust the care Of fu-
ture citizens to these women. demand
much Of them in the way OF culture
and then deny them a living wager
\ What about the increased cost Of
lfving. and the vanishing Dower Of
the once almighty doli7r2 What about
food lost BY. lack Of railroads. Do you
know that hundreds Of tons % veRe-
tables rot on the ground within ten
miles OF the nations capital because
the roads are SO had they cannot be
hauled with profit7
It has been said OF US that our chief
vice as a sex IS mental indolence. we
adore mental ease. and Il REQUIRES he
rolc efforts to make a woman read
ANYTHING IN a ueWs0aDer but the So
ciety news and the death column. II
this be true. please let rs mend our
ways. and take a normal interest in
the questions Of the day. The Turkish
women have discarded their wells. and
are studying notifies. according 10 the
latest from Constsntinople. Let Us at
least keep pace with the lady Turks.