Arizona republican., 1921-10-30
AN 2 <&y IBE!1l(1s!Y11 !|I(s8

party, Democratic party or any parti- cular party, but women in the affairs of our country.
 The first step whereby women could have any tools to work with was to procure the ballot. We have it. Some of us treat the right as valuable gift and have put it away on a high shelf with great satisfac- ton, but it must not be used.
 True it is a great deal easier to sit at home in our comfortable chair and lets the men do the work, but how much more interesting 1t would be for us, and them too. if we would just go along and drive the machine together. Then we would not be so indifferent to the opportunity we have ! to help choose our government. In answer to a request of a politf- cal club in Virginia as to the duties of q citizen,' President Harding re- plied-"quite regardless of the effect on the fortunes of particular politi- cal parties, l am impressed there Is need particularly for a napped to voters to perform their duty at the l ballot box on election day. | Then if the result of full vote of 1 a state should prove disastrous to the | party of which you or 1 chance to be a member we would at least know l that we had heard the voice of the people, and would be more ready to acquiesce to their decision. There is no more important duty for the Citi- zen than this of voting on the one day 1 in the year when his vote means something
 Let us take the gift down from the 1 hidden place and put it to work. We | have no desire to rule over our men; we simply want to work fifty fifty with them.
 1 If is a recognized fact that women l are the economists. It is women who have watched with alarm the constant rise in the price of necessities, and the skillful way in which scarcity
 real or pretended, is made to coax high prices out of the public, To a
 man the increase of one cent on a
 bar of soap seems to small trifle to
 consider, but the housewife knows
 that these pennies become dollars by
 the end of the month.
 The business of housekeeping. and what is our country but our house. in wolves a myriad of details, each oi
 which demands expenditure. Prac-
 ticing economy rigidly at home vii
 make the housewife sean closely the
 expenditure of public money.
 True, it takes a little time to think
 of millions instead of pennies, but my
 friends, how many of you have looked
 over your tax bill with your husband
 for the coming year without the feel
 ing of our need for a more efficien
 administration?
 Bombarding with literature on tht
 need of thrift, even to the rinsing O
 the potridge dish, cannot make muci impression until all public service! are likewise administered with tn, greatest DOssible economy If the affairs of our country soundi too big, let us start with the Sommun ity in which we live. Let us look in to the next election. This is the yer. best type of political machinery fo newly enfrancshised women to study | Here we can watch the wheels g around, study the duties of our tow | officials, and the character of the me | who are coming up for election or re l election.
 | Every community has a local prob | lem of interest to women. | In one community it may be tn 1 school problem, water supply or fir l protection; in another, sewerage sys tenn, library or playground. In what ] ever case it may be your eommunit | needs your influence and your vote l There is no reason why women can | not have what they want if they man | lltSl 1lIlEI60lF AAiSAl StL AO5ttllCL t1t4 | follow their usual policy of stickin | together.
 There is another instrument tha | lays close by but we forget to use.i 1 This real sharp, clever little tool 1 publicity" And this can be use or abused. It is true there is virtu | in the bray of the publicity mal Many an artist has made his or he 1 way to the all important hearing an initial public attention by means ( | clever press work. It is also undeni ably true that an enormous amour of logrolling, wirepu1ling, favoratisl and intrigue enters into the conduC
 of an aspirant, but we do know or vote isn't getting enough of whe men call word of mouth advertis ing. We don't talk about it enougl Ii Any good merchandise man will te you that goods well displayed al