Evening star., 1936-08-16

0nLSLQnQlng panorama LN0L gree
schooners, fishing fleets, logging RATS
and sailing vessels.
To Miss Seattle all this spells ro-
nance. You see her pressing her
dows of the ships outfltter on Second
avenue, fascinated by the pioneering
Alaskan equipment, the deep-sea fish
ing paraphernalia or the picturesque
mountaineering gear. She enjoys a
stroll through the center Of the city
to admire the huge multi-colored
totem pole, a memorial to Chief
Seattle. and then on to "Skidrow." !"
Seattle's famous fophouse district.
Here she goes to watch the doingS
of the fioaters, sailors and lumber
Jacks in town to spend their stake,
or to learn news Of the stevedoreS and
hiring halls, where strong-arm VIC
tories crowd the gossip Of the front
page.
To the visitor Miss Seattle herself
comes in for a goodly bit Of attention,
for beautiful blonds are almost as
numerous here as in Sweden.
THE natives tell you 1t is because
many Norseman, Scandinavian
and English have settled here. And
that the excellent even temperature
and sea air has kept their COM
plexions pink and white, while the
gentle rains give them continuous
good health. No one will carry an
umbrella, for rain is regarded as a
blessing to those upon whom it falls.
After you remain here a few days
you agree with them, but you are
also likely to agree with the cynical
stranger who insists that the women
are slender, straight and shapely from
stretching to catch bit Of sun as
they climb the city's narrow, h1lly
streets.
Prior to the depression, Seattle
women devoted themselves 10 assisting
the menfolk in carrying through those
tremendous enterprises that In 50
years enabled them to build from a
community of $4,000 an important
industrial center of 100000. The
women themselves furthered to in
terests-the "Orthopedic. splendid
institution where crippled children
from Wyoming to Alaska are cured,
and the Parent Teacher Associa-
ton, through which they hoped to
mold public opinion as a guard
against the ruthlessness of pioneering
men, and which today Is acknowledged
as the most important non-partisan
group in the city. A few pioneers n
the womans movement led by Mrs.
Sophie Clark formed the Woman's
Legislative Council and Tor 20 years
they have kept a lobby in Olympia
to guard women's interests and also
to acquaint them with all laws being
taken up by the State Legislature.
Today these women are discour-
aged; they feel that women are going
backward, not forward, in their civic
duty. Mrs. Clark complains, AFTER
20 years Of work we have not been
able to stop legislation against mar
ried women being employed. And il
is the women's fault, for they give
us little support until election time
Then they will call us up, often al
the husbands inSistence, to learr
what the candidates stand for anc
for whom they should vote. But ever
then they don't carry through. One
year eight women were elected to the
LEGISLATURE, all of whom were mar
ried. and at the very same time the
women elected a school board whose
members stood on the sole issue o.
discrimination against married wom-
en- holding public Jobs"
NEVERTHELESS, Seattle womer
~ are deeply concerned with th'
general political scene and are fever
ishly engaged in searching for
panacea for the economic problems
You find them at the political tea!
of pro-America founded in Seattle
by Mrs Theodore Roosevelt, hoping
to aid the Republican party. Many
are working with the Democratic
faction, but here they have divided
themselves under several different
banners, including the American Com
monwealth Federation, where they
are furthering production for use"
the Credit System, the Technocrats
the Townsend Plan, Auxiliary OF tht
Order of Cincinnatus, the Farm
Labor, the Socialist, the Communist
even some of I. w. w. All have stud!
groups, with the women very inter
ested. They demand recognition ant
turn out in tremendous numbers a
the political rallies. But through i
all their attitude remains personal
You actually find the women ques
tioning a female candidate as to VIII!
she is not home taking care of he
two little girls instead of running
around looking for glory.
Madame Housewife at the presen
moment is in the throes Of a Rec
scare. She is certain that many O
the groups interested in making po'
litical changes in her city are under
the control of Moscow gold"
Her favorite epithet is, "You mus
be a Red!" An interesting illustra'
ton was provided at q recent con-
vention Of the Federation Of Woman,
Clubs. A State Senator. elected or