Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-02

worth knowtng) he cited Baconian
/ verse, as follows:
''Ye monsters OF the mighty deep.
Your Makers praises spout:
Up from the sound. We codlings peep.
And wag your tails about"
| Notwithstanding Dr. Bledsoe's scath-
| ing sneers at the idea of women gain
Ing womens rights alongside of mems,
this country has staggered bravely I'M
| der exactly that burden. ever since
/ August. 1920. when the nineteenth
amendment started II on the downward
! slide leading 10 some future history of
the kind relating the Rise and Decline
Of Rome" And a woman gave Us the
| apple!
Ever since i84s. when the first con-
vention ever called to discuss civil and
political rights OF women met In Seneca.
| N, Y. Uncle Sam has been ION the
| toboggan." so to speak. and the women
who called that convention-their call
being a paraphrase of the masculine
Declaration Of Independence from King
| George ITI-those women are TO this
| day frozen in the snowdrift OF Italian
marble In the basement Of the National
| Capitol, Let the women who are now
making the rafters and skylight OF
Continental Hall ring with their So
| prano eloquence "chercher les femmes"
In that Capitol cave" or "abri." and
take warning. Men concede their eour-
| age. however they deprecate foolhardi-
| ness
Recently. another party OF women
met III Washington to instruct the
Government how 10 end wars-on pape:
| and they came TO the conclusion.
after long discussions. that they did
not know what caused wars; therefore.
| being unable 10 agree on the diagnosis.
they could not safely prescribe REM
edy. Was not Thackeray right? We arc
all growing Older every day.
| But these patriotic women now In
session mark the adjective In this
latter cas".--do not undertake 10 tell
| the President and Secretary Of State
how 10 handle diplomacy; they are
readers OF history. and they. too. ike
| Senator Tillman and DR. Bledsoe. view
! with alarm" the trend of events. They
find public sentiment fabby on the need
Of patriotic example and teachings. In
the churches. the schools and colleges
They are alert 10 point out that when
| the ancients refused To listen To women
of intelligence they lost battles and en-
pires,
Long before Rome was founded.
| 5000 years betore the Christian era.
Queen Hatasu, wife OF King Amenoph.s
| induced her royal spouse To outlaw
| war" so tar as he was concerned. and
| thereafter, II Egypt. religion rose 10
higher state, art. music. education and
| industry flourshed. Read the hiero-
| glyphics and see the result Of womens
| influence 5000 years ago In Babylon
Queen Semlramis guided King Lush ILL.,
and there was rest from war
History tells that King Cyrus found"
| ed Persia. but II oVerlooks the fact
that Cyrus was down and out after
defeat of his 100. 900 men by the Army
OF Million. led by Astyages, Then
rose his Queen, and she inspired Cam
byses To lead ieinforcements To Cyrus
army. and victory made Cyrus King OF
the Medes aud persians That race Is
noted for It's never changing It's mind,
but that doea not Gust woman from It's
foundation The great Cyrus almost
met his match when he went against
a Woman Queen Sparethra
When Darius and xerAes prepared
To invade Greece, they were rash
enough 10 deapise the council Of Queen
Artemiaia, IN u certain battle maneu-
YER, Result. defeat, so that xerxen
cried out. My men are women today
and my women ment
Who adorned Babylon with It's ta-
moi,s hanging gardens The King
No, II was by and tor Queen Anyitts,
Tho King merely gave his check Tor
the hill
Who made the Roman uraeehi great
but their mother, Cnrneliaa Compare
The influence tnr good In Rome eSefted
~ Oetatis with that ct Mark Antany'
Compare pnriia with nrutus.
When Moses Mas led by the pillar 0t