San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-21

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and ignorance through training for
| citizenship is the announced objec-
/ tive of the state convention of the
| convcnes in San Antonio in the ST.
Anthony Hotel. October 30. An cSti-
mate of the strength of the attack
may be based on the fact MAT the
! program contains the names OF four
Of the nations most prominent lead
eNs who are respectively described as
+ Southern comfort dynamo of
energy, worlds greatest woman
| orator.
Being human. the interest of the
I women Owe the state is Somew hat
centered on the two feminine leaders
I of tit nations big political parties.
Mrs. Emily Newell Blair.> who will
( speak on the evening oil October 23,
/ is the vice chairman of the National
! Democratic executive committee. Her
! announced purpose is Ito mobilize the
! Democrats, 10 convert the indcpen-
dents, and to corral the Republican
sheep into the Democratic fold
Mrs. Blair is not only a woman
of distinction in public affairs. but
| is also Il writer of charm. For more
| than year she las on the editorial
staff of the Ladies Home Journal.
and is the author of many shor stories
and political articles appearing during
recent years in some of the leading
magazines Of the country. including the
Letters of Contented Wife"
serial which attracted wide attention
when it was published in the Cos
| mopclitan several years ago. Her
first essay in the field of political
writing was an article some years ago
in The Outlook She reported both
the Republican and Democratic Nation
al conventions in 1920. for the New
York Times Current History Maya
zine.
Another Party Leader.
Mrs. Blair is member Of the
Daughters of the American Revolution.
OF the Missouri Federation of Wo-
mems Clubs. the business and Pro
fesSioral Womcn's Club. the National
Pen Women's League. the Women's
| City Club of Washington. d. C., and
other organizations.
The announced purpose Of Mrs.
Harriet Taylor Upton. chairman of
| Republican women'S organizations is
10 mobilize convert" and corral
in much the same manner that Mrs.
Blair suggests. but at the expense OF
the Democratic and in behalf of the
Republican fold.
Intellectual. "a dynamo of energy"
and ''radiating good humor" she never
| theless spells Democrat with a little
Cd and Republican with 4 very large
canital r."
Mrs. Upton was president o. ine
Ohio Woman Suffrage Association for
! twenty years. and treasurer of the
| national association at the same time.
She served as her fathers secretary
for the thirteen years he was n mem
Der of Congress, She has been in
every national fight for suffrage and
fought straight through with Mrs.
Blair and other Democrats for ratifica-
ton OF the suffrage amendment in
Tennessee.
They Need "lIOrse Sense"
She says that the woman who would
be a successful politician must have
horse sense and plenty of it; an
awful lot Of patience. and a strong
and lasting sense of humOr. BUT she
| warns that any woman who goes in
for politics must remember that she
has lot of grief coming" They will
he misjudgel and sooner or later, n
politician always gets a card put on
him.
Mrs. Upton is said to bear close
resemblance in personality TO Dr.
Anna Howard Shaw. and many Of the
earlier suffrage leaders. Large and
impressive in physique, she gives n
| sense of great power. and makes an
impression of unusual charm Mrs.
UptOn's formal speech to the conven-
ton will he made on Tuesday after
noon, October 23.
In speaking Of women in politics.
Mrs. Upton points out. 1.-THE ideal
work for women in politics. is ward
and precinct work. Then they can
run home every so often and look
after the children. The charge that
women will neglect their homes for
politics is all rot. But this much
IS true: # women put as much time
in politics as they do i'll bridge. we
would have n perfectly grand govern
ment. The percentage of women who
work in politics is very small com
pared with the percentage Of those
VINO pursue pleasure outside their
homes. Women have n lot of fizz in
them that needs 10 get out. They
feel that things ought TO be done. but
they take the lines of least resistance.
quite often and 90 TO a movie instead
OF 10 a political meeting"
Mary Harris ArmOEis coming 10 San
Antonio primarily ON account of the
W. {. T. L. convention. 4 striking
illustration Of how women are CO.
operating i'll their organization rs we'll
as personally will be found in the
manner Il which officials of these two
hig conventions. having the same dates
IN the same city are planning 10 as,
= SiSt one another and TO exchange
. speakers.
Will Talk About Peace.
Mrs. ArmOr's appearance on the
league program promises to be a treat
indeed for dozens of American news.
, paper notices have referred TO bel
as the greatest woman orator il
America" "She confused her au
\ dience with laughter and moved II To
: applause by her eloquence' is typica
: OF other press reports.
But the little lady whose subiec
!. comes nearest the heart of PRACTICAL,
q every normal woman. is Katherin,
: ludington. Of Lyme. Conn. who will
: Speak on international Cooperation
TO Prevent War"
Apart from her very unusual nor
sonality and the charm of her manner
Miss IudingtOn's visit is of unusua
: interest, as she is the first membe,
;, Of the executive board of the Nationa
Q League of Women Voters to visit :
n Texas convention. She arrived in Ga,