The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-11
Mes. rxErrA JEWELL BROWN Elk
PRESSES INTERESTING oP1N-
ION-CANDDAcY A SUR
PRISE EVEN TO HER-
HAa Received Both Criticism And In
oouragernsnt-Says the stage AP-
peals Only TO Vanity.
fsy HELEN sHERIpA-D

Mrs. Junior Brown. the charming
Democratic candidate for Cn:tro S's''S
senate believes that the time - r'''
In West virginia for women I" en'sr
tho political ring seriously and - very
hoperu! over the outcome ot IN" Aug
INST primaries politics needs women
mst as much as religion does. she
said. Can YOU fancy n church WITH
out women In IT. Women Will be 20
politics what they are 20 the cnurcn.
MY announcement OF my candidacy
FOR the United States senate came
a. n bomb from a clear sky. II was
rather surprise even to mo. II was
all done so quickly. and Immediately
after. felt the strong iron wall or
opposition arise II came like thun-
der cloud Letters poured in TO me
from Mi rarts Of the state The gen
eral burden OF their song was-'How'
how could YOU. n woman. dare to 90
such n thing" Some were ktTd. They
said wait. The time is not yet ready
Hor women IN West Virginia. Don't he
the one 20 blaze the trail. Think OF the
opposition you must overcome. THINK
Of the prejudice. all the old out worn
ideas that have not been discarded.
Many Encourage Hot.
But In n few days the song had
changed the reaction had set In. l
from people telling me 20 go in ana
win. Men whom had never seen
wrote TO me encouragingly and offered
helpful suggestions. And l am IN II
heart and soul I am in II for the
sake Of principles. the basic tunda-
mentals Of all that IS right and Jus''
Those things will be my platform.
Fifty years from now Mrs. Brown
continued. what I am attempting 70
fro n
any way unusual thing. 1t will he
the accepted thing just rs II has be-
come the accepted thing for women TO
vote. Perhaps the strancenesS even OF
that has not worn OFF here. but II
has In many communities In the west.
Had I been a western or northern
woman, my candidacy would not nave
mad so much OF the element OK the
unusual. but the south Is slower 70 &C
cept the changed view point.
VIII Not Return To stage.
Mrs Brown being Of an artistic and
ldeallstIc temper. the question which
naturally occurred TO her interviewer
was: why do you not return TO the
stage?
because. 7 have outgrown all 81
that" was her quick response. It's
appeal IS only to ones vanity. II -
SELF expression. not service. The pow
der and the paint and tho flowers ana
the applause would be meaningless 10
me now. II has no further appeal
Pr re"
Mention was made OF her voice,
which she said thank Heaven" had
stood the strain very well. Her light
clear speaking voice. trained 10 the
stage. IL one OF her most valuable
assets.
~ do want to keep Il feminine" she
laughed. To my mind there is moth
ing more dreadful than the masculine
type OF woman"
WIN Try To Keep ideals.
DO you think It possible for worn
AT 90 DO = :,hns wo'E and re'an her
feminine outlook on ltfs? To carry
Aer IdealtsU. over tho heads OF thou
pand or more wills. raised IN oppo-
sItton TO her. without conced!ng a point
here and there. for the sake OF the
general good. OF course. without De-
ginning 70 accept mans outlook on
litc~'
yves do" she declared emphatic
ally. Il think II Is possible TO retain
YOUR ideals Men have done It. | am
humble about Il. feel that II WI De
. great prlv!lege-and that Il Is q
tremendous thing for mo TO try 10
do But az the same time l have
courage because II one is tundament-
ally right. they can succeed In the
big as we'll az the little things or
life"
Back Home Today.
Mrs Brown was on her way 70
Wheeling from her home IN kingwood.
where she Is conducting her campaign
With Major Larell OF Tunnelton. as her
campaign manager. She had Intended
making a tour OF this section or the
state. but found that late arrivals OF
trains so often interfered with her
schedules that the impression some
times grew in the minds OF her audi
ence that she was late instead Of the
rains So she decided TO abandon the
idea OF visiting the towns IN this neigh
borhood.
Mrs Brown expects 10 return to
KinSwood today. where her campaign
headquarters are situated in her home
with her little daughter and her Worh-
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