South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-08-24
Democratic Nominee for Con,
gress Speaks to Lions and
Rotarians.


Service. that which is given by
the women of today and which has
been given By women since the be-
gi9hing OF civilization. WIS the sub
ject OF an Illuminating address
even by Miss Esther O'Keefe be-
fore the members of the Rotary and
Lions clubs Wednesday noon at
the Oliver hotel.
The moutos OF your orsaniza-
uons." said Miss O'Keefe He
pronts most who serves best. and
Liberty - Intelligence, our nations
safety. show exactly what YOU
stsnd for. Both mottos reflect a
social attitude of very high order,
ana you are 20 be congratulated on
accepting as our working philOsO-
ply ideas that have been the actu-
ating motive and primal urge in the
everyday life of women since the
dawn OF civilization
Indebted to Women.
Modern and classic art are in
debted TO women for the beginning
CT landscape gardening, poetry and
homo music. textiles. laces. and
largely for free hand drawing and
paintings The story Ok primitive
woman. therefore, should be an in
tegral part Of every universal his
tory.
To-day this idea OF service so
permeates the warp and wool OF our
economic life that we have in this
country eight million women in in
dustry. all real women because
they care about real things"
Striking examples of the success
OF modern women who have invaded
fields hitherto worked only by men
were cited by Hiss OKeefe. among
them being Susan b. Anthony and
Elizabeth Cady stanton
The best loved woman IN Amer
lea continued Miss O'Keefe, lis
generally conceded TO be the child
less mother of thousands Jane
Adams Believing that the world
IS rot a nj place for any child 10
live in. unless it is first made "A MT
place for all children 20 live in,
Miss Adams has devoted her life
20 he spirit of real neighb0rLness.
TO tEe bettering of social and eco
nOnuc conditions FOR the young nm
How truly might the motto of the
Lions club be applied 20 her life.
Women Succeed.
Perhaps 20 YOU practical-miud-
ed men If affairs the cases I have
meutoncI may seem too visionary.
too far removed from the usual
Let me mention two or three names
out OF the great army of women
who. guided by an ideal Of service
have succeeded in the business
world
I'VE are al familiar with Mrs
Snyder, the woman n Chicago who
has sold so much candy. but l won
der how many of us know Of Mrs.
Knox OF JOhnstOwn. New York:
head and brains of the great gelatin
mauufacturing company Fourteen
years ago az the age OF go. Mrs
Knox was left a widow She at
once stepped into the position left
vacant by the death of her husband.
and under her management as ac-
tive president the business has
more Than trebied in volume.
Perhaps some OF YOU may DE in
tcrested n the fact that the ANA
dor-CentraI railroad Of California.
which earns its own way. and has
never asked a cent from anyone.
mas woman president Mrs. Meta
Erickson u IS :rue that this rail-
road which is capitalized at $780,
Gee. and g in a mining community
5 cnly - miles in length; but the
president u.s. AZ The present time
perfecung plans for eularging D..
Judge Allen First.
In the legal profession Judge
Florence T. Allen Of Cleveland. mrs
woman judge OF the Court or Com
mon Pleas in this country. deserves
first mention. Hiss Allen was nom
mated by petition. and in the cleo
ton on the non-partisan judiciary
ticket she ran some 10000 votes
ahead OF the field
Judge Hortense Norris magis-
crate q the city OF New York. au-
thority on probation work. and a
weIi-known figure in the legal field.
Is also deserving Of merrion- Left
. widow az % she took up the study
CT law and graduated from New
York university with tina degrees OF
J. /. g. and l. L. 81.
For ten years she engaged i'm
civil service and was for three years
president Of the National Woman
Lawyers ASSOCIATION before she
went on the bench in 1919. After
several months OF temporary ser
Vice she was appc5nted in Ian