Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 131, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1913 — It’s No Use. [ARTICLE]

It’s No Use.

Miss Inez Milholland, the wellknown and charming suffragist, was arguing with an “anti” at a dinner at the Colony club in New York. “Oh, you are unfair,” she said. “You turn even our merits against us. You are like Raln-ln-the-Face. “Chief Rain-in-the-Face was once escorting a woman in a canoe across a Canadian lake which the Indians held in superstitious dread, believing that if one spoke while crossing the lake one would inevitably be destroyed by the Great Spirit. “Well, the woman thought she would cure the Indians of this silly superstition, and so, in the middle of the lake, she sang a song at the top of her voice. “Rain-in-the-Face was overcome with dread and horror. He signed to his paddlers to paddle faster, and the men strained every nerve. In silence they soon landed the canoe on the opposite bank. “Then the woman said to Raln-ln- “ 'There! I hope you’re convinced now that one can talk and sing while crossing the lake without angering the Great Spirit?’ “ ’Huh,’ said Raln-ln-the-Face scornfully. *The Great Spirit is merciful. He knows a woman can’t keep still.* *