Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 158, 12 May 1913 — Page 2

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. MONDAY, MAY 12, 1913

MRS. BODGE GIVES OUT A STATEMENT Says Question of Sex Is Back of Woman Suffrage Movement.

(National News Association) WASHINGTON, May 12. "In view of what Is happening in various parts of the country, it is high time for every thinking man and woman to realize that back of the woman suffrage disturbance ia the question of sex or rather, a distortion of the sex question." In this way Mrs. Arthur M. Dodge, of New York, president of the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage, opens a striking statement on the suffrage question given out headquarters of her organization. "The only, sure manner of estimating the real meaning of strength of the so-called suffrage movement," continued Mrs. Dodge, "is to see clearly the motives and underlying reasons back of it. The suffrage disturbance is, in plain words, a 'sex disturbance. Many women who are suffragists do not realize this, but it is-a fact nevertheless. Just as the impulse of some other women to take up foolish fancies and unnecessary movements is the result of that uneasiness and straining after artificial happiness . and unnatural enjoyment which indicates an unsettled and an unsatisfactory state of mind. "We , who oppose woman suffrage are convinced that women suffragists support their cause because they view the whole situjjjtjfia-from an unnatural angle. One morning in New York I heard a young woman discoursing with great eloquence on how she and her sisters could improve the morals and manners of men if they were given the ballot. That evening, this same girl was at a fashionable dance. She was gown'ed in an extremely decollette fashion, and the way she danced and bore herself was suggestive, to say the least. I do not believe the girl ever realized that, while her vote be powerless in an election, the cut of her gown, the manner of her dancing, and the words of her conversation could be made a tremendous influence for good among her friends, men and women, and thus throughout the whole community. "She was misled, as many other women are, by the mirage that good morals and 'good manners can be legislated into men and women. Morals and manners are the fruits of women's minds, not of the voting booth. And, just so long as women clamor for political "rights," and yet dress in garments that are the definition of bad taste, all the votes in the world will not change the trend of sentiment in sociey and throughout the whole population of the country. "When I say that the suffragists rely after all on their sex and on the appeal of their sex to men, I am repeating only what men on the sidewalks and in the club windows of New York said when the suffrage parade passed up Fifth avenue in New York last Saturday. Here was the spectacle of a woman-demanding the ballot so as to put-down social evil and vice of all kinda and, in order to make her platform more emphatic, she appeared garbed in a manner which would have aroused resentment among any set of ladies and gentlemen. Gould anything "have been more ridiculous? I am certain that nothing could have proved more conclusively the fact that sex confusion is the source from which has sprung the cry for woman suffrage. "It was Olive Schreiner, in 'Woman and Labor,' who said that the feeding bottle for the baby was a labor saving device. That declaration comes from a suffragist who maintains that the vote is the panacea for all evils; and yet all medical auhtorities state that the bottle-fed baby has a poor chance to live. Let me make this illustration clear. The suffragists wish to vote and to campaign, sacrificing for that right their duties as mothers and preservers of home. If a baby is to be sacrificed to the bottle so that the home may be crucified by the ballot, what is to become of the progress and reform which these advocates of votes for women predict? "We are in the midst of a remarkable period In our history. There is more immodesty in dress, more looseness in conversation, and more impropriety in dancing, than has ever been known to the American people, either la to-called high society or among those who are in other conditions. Back of these revelations of the lowering of women's ideals and conduct there is the same reason as that which actuates the suffrage disturbance. "There was a time not so long ago when young girls demanded more freedom and liberty, au escape from the close scrutiny of the home and watchful eye of the chaperone! They obtained this liberty. And suddenly we are now confronted with the realization of how terribly easy it may be for this liberty to be turned into license. By the same line of arguing, woman has sought a freedom un paralleled in the history of the world. Having secured freedom and equality in the arts, in the industries, and in commerce, she seeks what she calls a : political liberty which would be perilously close to license. "Nobody who studies this question can get away from the old, essential fact that a woman is a woman, and a man is man. It is the height of folly to say that the woman, who has had it taught to her by the uncounted ages that her strongest hold on man is because of her sex. can throw off or disregard the knowledge that the sex appeal is the strongest weapon she has. As a matter of fact, she neither can forget it nor does she desire to forget it. "The smalt progress which woman suffrage has made in this country and we must remember that the woman suffrage cause" represents only eight per cent of American women is due directly to the fact that man In his chivalry and his dislike to deny women anything, has' given them om of the things which they

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t Ambrose J. Murray has filed suit against Vail Lock, demanding $65. The suit was filed as the result of an alleged Breach of Warranty. Home ties were not strong enough to keep Mattie De Weese at home attending to household duties, according to a complaint filed against her by Fred De Weese who asks for a divorce and the custody of their two children, Russell, 2 and Alpha May, 14. It is alleged by the plaintiff that the defendant is guilty of improper relations with another man. asked for on the old theory that women should not be denied whenever there was a possibility of meeting their requests. But now the men, as well as the women, realize that back of all the suffrage movement is the sex question. The men have awakened to a realization that, this being true, the spread of it would merely add a non-beneflclal burden to the voting machinery of this country at the expense of the home life. "It is no answer to say that these results have not been manifest in states where women vote, because if the woman vote is to be operative it mu6t mean that the woman Is to forget her mission and confuse it with mens. The result of such confusion may not be seen for two or three generations. The best that cap be said of the working of woman suffrage today is that the women do about the same as the men. They have got to do better to justify their claim that they can moralize society through the vote. "The suffragists claim that they want to carry into the outside world all the influences of a home. We who oppose them claim that every woman who has a home must go out into the world and bring into the atmosphere of her home only the lovely and beautiful things that are in the world. In other words, the suffragist wishes to busy herself with the affairs of men to such an extent that she will make of home only a name. We wish to preserve in the home that which is really the home an atmosphere of tenderness and sweetness and gentlness. If every woman realized that her home must be nffected in these modern times by all the ejements and activitis in her city or community, she would preserve her home by doing all she could through her example and her influence to keep public sentiment and public opinion of here better than it now is. "It is a pathological fact that women, as a sex, must respect and revere the divine mission of, their sex, which ij motherhood. The moment they outrage or distort or Jehy the purpose for which they were created, they become shirkers and drones. Misdirected government is a bad thing, so bad that the men of this country can be relied on to correct it whenever necessary, but. misdirected sex is a national tragedy which, if it Is nor checked, will degenerate the race." MEETING WAS HELD By Athletic Association on Track Meet. Isaac E. Neff, formerly principal of the local high school, attended the conference held Saturday at Indianapolis of the Indiana High School Athletic association relative to the annual track meet to be held at Reid Field under the auspices of Earlham college next Saturday. According to the report given to City Supt. Mott, of this city, 60 schools will be represented at the meet and the entry list of athletes is 220. This is twenty-five per cent more entries than ever before. The Manual Training and Shortridge high school teams of Indianapolis, are expected to be accompanied by a large delegation of rooters. According to Prof. Neff the team representing the Ncblesville high school will carry off the honors. Last Saturday the Noblesvllle track team defeated Rushville, Crawfordsville. Lafayette, Lebanon and Thornton. Interest in the local school has not been as great in athletics as in other schools about the state. The per cent of students who take part in athletics is said to be smaller in Richmond than any other city in this state. A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others Marcus Aurelius. RESINOL CLEARS AWAY PIMPLES And Blackheads, Restores Health to Unsightly Complexions. Pimples and blackheads disappear, unsightly complexions become clear, and velvety, and hair health and beauty usually follow the regular use of Resinol Soap and an occasional application of Resinol Ointment. These soothing, healing preparations do their work easily, quickly and at little cost, when even the most expensive and complicated " beauty treatments"' utterly fail. The nearest drugstore is sure to have Resinol Soap and Resinol Ointment. Why not get some today? You can't begin too soon to get rid of those ugly, embarrassing complexion blemishes. The Resinol medication is so gentle, yet so effective, that it can be used freely on the tenderest f-kin. Doctors throughout the country have prescribed Resinol for eighteen years. You can test it free by writing to Dept. 20-S, Resinol, Baltimore, Md., for a generous trial. ( Advertisement PIANO TUNING D. E. Roberts PHONE S684. Sixteen Years in Profession. My Work Will Please You.

WAR VETERAN HAS TALEJJOBBERY Aged Man Declares He Was Made Victim of Thieves in Saloon.

James W. Miller, 75, veteran of the civil war and inmate of the Soldiers' Home at Dayton, reported to Sheriff Bayer how he was robbed in a saloon I at East Germantown Saturday night. The veteran had received his pension and had been granted a leave of ab-: sence from the institution at Dayton. He went to East Germantown, where he spent his money liberally, and while under the influence of liquor vai "touched" for $10, he said. He reached this city yesterday, and was quite ill. He was cared for at the county Jail, and his condition was such this morning that he could return to Dayton. The township trustee gave the aged man transportation to Dayton. Sheriff Bayer will investigate .the matter. Several suspicious characters are under surveillance, though no action has been taken by the authorities. If arrests are made, Miller will return to act as prosecuting witness. FROST DOES VERY LITTLE HARM HERE Despite Fact That Water in Ponds Froze Sunday Morning. Despite the heavy 'frost and freeze of Sunday morning, according to reports of the most scientiic farmers in Wayne county, very little harm was done. Water froze on ponds north of Richmond, and the ice was a quarter of an inch thick. Thought it was rumored that the fruit crop would be ruined, as it frequently happens because of early springs in Indiana, such is not the case. Grapes and strawberries are the only fruits Injured. The blossoms on strawberry plants do not not appear to be injured, though the fruit stems are slightly blighted. Some tender varieties of plums will suffer, though apple, peach, pear and cherry trees will yield so heavily that it is not thought the crop will be lessened. One farmer believes the crops of apples and cherrieB will be helped by the attack of nature, as there is too heavy a fruitage, judging from the number of blossoms. The crops of quinces, gooseberries and currants will be as large this year as usual. i DAMAGE ELSEWHERE. At Columbus Temperature Dropped to :r- Thirty Degrees. CNatlonal News Association) INDIANAPOLIS. May 12. Heavy frosts were reported today from sev eral sections of Indiana. At Columbus the temperature went to 30 degrees and thin ice was formed. Garden truck, berries and tree fruits were affected. South Bend, Muncie and Cambridge City report considerable damage, the strawberry, cherry and peach crops suffering most severely. HIGHEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED ON TUESDAY The highest temperature this year was recorded last Tuesday when the thermometer at the weather bureau at the pumping station registered 85. The lowest temperature for the week was 36 on Friday. Clear weather prevailed during the week. The daily temperature record is as follows: Max. Min. Monday . 82 51 Tuesday ' 85 55 Wednesday 72 56 Thursday 65 57 Friday 73 36 Saturday 64 44 Sunday 56 38 To want something, to look forward to the 'day when you may perhaps possess it, is not necessarily to be discontented K. Burrill

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THREE FACE MAYOR ON DRUNK CHARGE

When asked if he were guilty of public intoxication. Earl Ralston, arrested Saturday by Patrolman Staubach, replied, "No, sir; I never was running around with any girls." It was some time before Prosecuting Attorney Reller could make the man understand that intoxication meant drunkenness. "No, I was not even quite drunk," answered Ralston. Patrolman Staubach testified that Ralston was arrested on the complaints of Main street merchants. He was fined $1 and costs. Walter Pierson, colored, was fined $1 and costs in police court this morning for public intoxication. Frank Camden, who was found sleeping in a barn belonging to B. A. Kennepohl, was given 3 hours to leave the city. He left. He said he had "taken too much" and wandered into the stable where he fell asleep. MINISTERS FAVOR BIBLE STUDY PLAN President Kelly Urges the Schools Here to Take Matter Up. A plan for introducing Bible study to the students of the high school was suggested to the members of the Ministerial association this morning by President Robert L. Kelly, of Earlham College. Under the state law Bible study in the public schools 1b not permissable, but President Kelly called attention to the fact that in North Dakota Bible study for high school students has been provided without introducing the study into the schools, and he said the same plan could be introduced in the high schools of Indiana. He said that under the North Dakota method two and one-half hours per week in Bible study is made optional, and the pupils electing, to take this course receive their instructions in whatever church they are members. The course of study is outlined by the school authorities, and examinations held under its direction. All Bible students receiving passing grades are given half of a unit of credit. This plan received the indorsement of the Ministerial association, and it will be considered further. There are no laws against the introduction of such a system of Bible study in the public schools, and it could be experimented with upon the consent of the school board. A Man of Metal. "Is he a man of mettle?" "Well, he is credited with iron nerve, t grip of steel and a heart of gold." Italtimore American. CITY ADVERTISEMENT. Department of Public Works. Office of the. Board. Richmond, Ind., May 12th, 1913. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS: Notice is hereby given by the Board of Public Works of the City of Richmond, Indiana, that sealed proposals will be received by it, at its office, at the hour of 10 o'clock A. M. on Thursday, May 22nd, 1913. For 16 Band Concerts to be held in Glen Miller Park, during the summer of 1913, as ordered by said Board: Weather permitting 14 of said concerts to be held on Sunday afternoons and 2 of such concerts to be held on July 4th, 1913. , Each concert to consist of not less, than ten numbers and to be of not less than 2 hours in length. Bands furnishing said concerts to consist of not less than 15 members, weather permitting concerts to begin Sunday, June 1st, 1913. All concerts shall be in accordance with the terms and conditions f agreements which are on file and may be seen in the office of said Board of Public Works of the City of Richmond. The Board of Public Works reserves the right to reject any or all bids. B. A. KENNEPOHL, FRED R. CHARLES W. W. ZIMMERMAN Board of Public Works. may 12-19 Higher

JOOGE TAKES CASE UNDER ADVISEMENT

Decision in Halderman vorce Suit Has Not Been Made. Di(Palladium Special) EATON, O . May 12. A decision in the divorce suit filed by Cora L. Halderman against Allen F. Halderman was taken under advisement Friday by Judge W. W. Teegarden, of Greenville, who heard the evidence in the local common pleas court. Decision in the woman's suit for partition of certain lands near the Cedar Springs health resort was also withheld. The woman charged that her husband had been guilty of extreme cruelty and failure to provide. In her petition she averred that she was compelled to earn her way while he "flew around in a long-tailed coat exhibiting his wild inventions." The couple have had troubles for years and have appeared in court on numerous occasions. This particular suit, like others attracted considerable attention. Especially if they are KRYPT0K LENSES Over 600,000 pairs of these lenses are now in use and our ability to satisfactorily fit them enables us to keep on swelling this number. HEAVIER The Jeweler 810 Main Street ', F. H. Edmunds, Optometrist.

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WATER POLLUTED

Complaints have been made revent ly to Dairy Insptn-tor Charles Flock, by persons residing in the vicinity of Clear Creek south of Earlham college, that the water of the creek is being polluted from the sewage disposal plant near Farlhara. An Investigation showed that part of the retaining wall was washed away by high waters. Street Commissioner Genn will repair this at once. Health Officers T. Henry Davis anl J. E. King notified the board of works that cattle owned by five dairymen have been using the water from the creek. The dairymen, believing that the stream was polluted asked that an investigation be made. An ccusntlou of bavins done wronc bould not disturb you unless it's true Svtb Brown.

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