The Washington herald., 1920-04-25
;AID:SUFFRAGE,
. AUTHOR URGES
Women Ask Mary Roberts
Rinehart to Boost Cause
In Delaware.
MANY LUKE WARM
Failure Of Some to Cooper
ate Said to Jeopardize
Ratification.
MANY LUKE WARM
By CONSTANCE DRExEL.

Mary Roberts Rinehart. noted
writer. has announced herself as a
candidate for delegate at large
from Pennsylvania to the Republi-
can national convention. Suffrag-
ISIS are delighted, but they wish
Mrs. Rinehart had come into the
cause little earlier.
With her brilliant talents ana
personal charm she could have done
much to have made establishment
Of woman suffrage in this country
less hard and less bitter. In fact.
the struggle Is not over. There is
work to be done in Delaware.
II Mrs. Rlnehart and other wom-
en- Who are jumping into the politi-
cal .limeifght really want to try to
make II possible for women to take
their part in politics, they can aid
-ths few intrepid women who are
stumbling through kpee-deep mud
from farm to farm in Delaware OBJ
tanning petitions that the Delaware
legislature may change defeat to
victory.
Aid for Politicians.
It is a. fact that women through
out the country who never lifted a
finger TO aid the suffrage cause are
clamoring for places on political
scommittees with men. 1t is right
that all women should take an in
terest in the vote. and it is the aim
of those who shaved and bled for
the. cause while it was so unpopu-
lar that this should be so.
But one must not overlook the
truth that the Nineteenth amend
ment needs a thirty-sixth State TO
make woman's power in politics ef-
fectiye. SunTagistS ferventIy wish
that brilliant ard charming women
had seen the light a little earlier, or
that they. would come to the rescue
in this. last lap Of the struggle.
Mr. Daniels Selected.
The announcement that President
Wilson has asked Mrs. Josephus
Daniels, wife Of the Secretary of the
Navy. to go to the convention OF the
International Woman Suffrage ALI
ance in Geneva, June to l2, as an
official representative. of the gov
eminent Of the United States adds
-Euster to this congress of women.
Prince Lubomirski. Minister Plen.
ipotentiaFy of Poland to the United
States, when in Philadelphia i day
or two ago, said that he intended
cabling Immediately to Warsaw
suggesting that the Polish govern.
ment send an official representative
TO the congress. He thought that
this would be a means of further ac'
quaintiug the world with the prog
ress and aims OF his country.
II is very lJsely that the Polish
government may select Mime. Bal
icka. of warsaw, perhaps the most
prominent of the women deputies in
the Polish diet. One session will bv
devoted to speeches by women MEM
bers Of European parliaments.
Women Seek Advice.
The societies OF countries affili-
sted with the International Woman
Suffrage Alliance have been asked
TO send proposals to headquarters IN
LONDON concerning the future of the
organization. This is one OF the
most important questions to come
up at the congress. The proposals
of two of the countries, in each of
which women have full suffrage, are
as follows:
The Danish women propose that
the alliance should
cd Develop tie capacity of wom-
en- for the responsibility and work
Of citizens of full aSe.
(b) Promote the establishment of
the complete equality OF women and
men in the family, society and
state.
Cc) Improve the lot Of women and
children, especially by means of leg
iSlation.
The Netherlands proposal for the
Of the alliance
(a) Further enfranchisement of