Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-01-07
Jury Service of
Women Calls for
NeU Facilities
COurth0uses of State Must Be
Made InhabitdbLe for
NeIU Citizenry.
Rr JULIA c. HENDERSON.

BY JULIA L. ENDEhSON.
A strange situation has developed in
more than one county in the State, which
tends to debar women from jury service,
and that is the lack of proper facilities
In the courthouses for the comfort and
convenience of women. Since the feeling
is strong among women that they should
accept all the responsibilities of citizen
ship, among them jury service, they
will see to 1t that temporary arrage-
ments are made for their comfort with
looking forward to making of the county
buildings all they should be for the new
citizenry that must occupy them.
Early in the life of the late suffrage
endeavor in the State one of the prin-
cjpaI things advocated ty the State or
ganization was the cleaning up Of county
courthouses and making them habitable
for women. Where new courthouses were
built every effort was made to see that
they were supplied with everything need
ed for women's comfort; restrooms were
established. library tables were supplied
and such reading matter was placed
thereon as would appeal to women No
longer did the tired farm woman have to
wait in the dry goods store or grocery,
as in former years, until the husband
was ready to HE himself homeward.
SITUATION IN
HOWARD COUNTY.
The Jury commissioners Of Howard
Comfy. William Miller Of Clay Town
ship and Mrs. Jennie McCune Of Center
Township. while both strongly in favor
of women Jurors are reluctant in sell
getting women for this service on account
Of inadequate facilities for their comfort
in the Howard County courthouse. Since
women were not drawn for jury service
last year on account of a lack of these
facilities they are determined to get
busy and make arrangements so that
thev will not be debarred another year
for the same reason
similar condition prevails in Allen
County but announcement has been made
there that the commissioners will re-
model the jury room to accommodate
z&G This decision came in response
request from the League of Women
SSSers that such provision be made. It
- be the first time in the history Of
Iilen County that women will serve as
Jurors in the county courts.
COMMENDs WOMEN FOR
ASSUMING OBLIGATION.
The Fort Wayne News Sentinel, in an
editorial, commends the women for as
suming all the obligations Of citizenship.
Jury service, the newspaper editorial
the newly enfranchised voters should take
their part an dadds:
an seeing to 1t that they do so, the
League Of Women Voters is carrying out
the whole hearted policy that marked It's
efforts to secure the ballot in the first
place. Then, not content with the mere
possession of the right to vote, the mem
bers of the league carried on q praise
\ worthy campaign of education among
their newly -enfranchlsed sisters, teach
inSthem not only to use the ballot, but
how 40 use it."
While women are not anxious to gain
public attention by asking that they be
selected as Jurors, 1t is their desire that
they be given the full duties Of citizen
ship and the right to help administer
Justice, which they believe oftentimes is
misplaced.
The calling Of women to this service
may, while yet new calls forth many I'M
favorable comments from both men and
women who are not as yet converted to
woman's participation in governmental
affairs. That the women Will prove their
ability and worth in such service can
not be doubted by those who have fol-
lowed their efforts along many lines.