Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-21
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Speaking Of Nuts, the Man From the
South Got to Discussing the Woman
In Politics and Her Social
Organizations
BY SARAH ID. LOWRIE

presented them 10 the tnree dihers VI our,
party.
He announced cheerfully that he was re-
turning from New York, where he had just
sold this coming years crop to well known
grocery frm--sOld 1t on the trees down on
his Georgia plantation-and he mentioned a
big sum even to our ears, though It was
considerably under dollar a pound, where
as We pay retail considerably over.
He confessed that pecans were a surer and
SFqp than no tSsoas and ss ne nse
ations on his family plantation and gone
into their culture, dropping cotton COM
plctely. He spoke of the county seat near
his place and described it as having taken
with the change in markets. Apparently
most Of his neighbors had followed suit as
to their crops. Curiously enough. no local
growers had been the Originators OF the Idea.
Some Chicago SPECTATORS had come down
and made the experiment. proved their point
and eventually gained the local producers
over to seeing that there was an even better
market for eatables in this country than for
wearables.
7 ASKED him how the rise in prosperity
had made itself felt politically.
well he said, 'just about the time
that We began to feel the war imitation and
the nut success the women got the vote
Well. they certainly took an awful interest
in politics in my town. Members Of two
historic sects belonged to the lot that run
things pretty much to please themselves
they were the original old families there
abouts and accustomed to saying what Of
fees they wanted and what they wouldn't
have. Some Of the newcomers had been
there fifty, seventy Ave, maybe a hundred
years, but they were members Of other de-
nominations, and, Of course, some had come
or another. Well, sir, these Joined together
and fought the women Of the older sects.
Why, I tell you It was hot in that town
round election. and especially in the churches
and on the steps after service. The women
sort of put the ruction up at fever heat.
I'm the end the newcomers beat US to q
frazz!e; they had always had the numbers,
but had never fought 1t on those lines
before. had to laugh at one old cousin
OF mine who was SO angry that she said
she would move out of the county where
interlopers were permitted to wrest the gov
ernment from the rghtful owners because
they were able to poll a few more votes!"
And his memory Of it made him laugh
again as he told it to US.
T WAS interested later to have a Southern
L editor tell me very sravsly that that town
was no exception, and that throughout
Georgia and Alabama and Mississippi and
even Louisiana the rallying places polti-
cally for the women were their church Or
ganizatiOns in the matter of local candi-
ehh ah.esi ne @ said IL never occurred e. 10 the
another candidate, and he remarked that 1t
was part of their strength.
Of course, had been brought up on just
the opposite theory. viz, that it would be n
point OF weakness and probably ruin If
en- masse for any one candidate or any spe-
enc !ocal or even stare measure
Mixing religion with politics" has been
troWned upon ny my generation as mixing
business WIN pieasure was TABOO IN the So
ciety OF our grandparents.
since women got the vote they have even
4chleved areater 1eat OF singiemindedness.
~ ccr.nin atowtuiy pol.ticai CLUBS ana Or
ganizatiohs they nave We refused to mix politics
Win part!sansniP. ihat Is, they teach their
Mciliosrs 10 thlnk aia 10 act pohtically. but
.nrE a3 n1C aiiGw tnem TO act collectively
pohtlcaily Dy lndorslng candidates or party
measures. AS q consequence, oil during the
year Detwetn eiections they are building
uachihe WHICH during electlons cannot func.
Ncu; os A..
sihn! VI me women VINO were political
Delorc % .ne irnnGn'se ana, indeed, who
w. f.a,osisn h, "a any successfully 10 get
the t, ltancn'se Sc nave IN tnls curious way dis
iIuhGnissu .nensces py topping themselves
OF al value poiiticaliy until the morning
Wneh as private cltizens, not as leaders OF
tMu.!r M poiticai, non phrtlsan organization,
ty tney SecretIy sned thelr vote. For the very
1act thas one Is leader makes partisanship
Oh ah entct'Ve dafe 10 DE Daniel sort
against tne rules IN these between -elcc.
t'ohs pohtlcal podies.
-
YNHEY remind mo Of verr ,oorrod AL
i diyniicd nrofessor wbo urSortoo,. =. ~ CIV
49,. ms,h 80 % 80 =, Tuo io 9nuer'ook TO saw
adiuring, and still later nitv;n1 hin, A"'''
To all her warnings he continued to saw:
marion, I know what I am about,
until he had quite sawed himself and the
end Of the branch upon which he was poised
with such assurance onto the lawn at her
Fellow citizens. we know what we are
about" is the dignifed announcement NJ
the non partisan political lady leaders ~
clubs and fedcrations and leagues that we're
organized to move mountains of political
reform by a minimum Of partsanship. Well