New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 8, 1918, Page 3

™ Mrs. Schoonmaker Makes Serious ~. . Boston Store Qur Dress Goods Section Should be prospective buyers during *the coming week. An attractive showing of the latest designs in the ever popular VOILE The newest creations of the best makers in this country. Let us show them to you. McCALL GOODS Patterns 10¢, 15¢, 20c. Magazine 10c. Books of Fashion 25¢ With any 15c¢ Pattern Free. PULLAR L v SUFFRAGE SPECIAL WAGES VOTE WAR Appeal for Recognition of Woman | A c the owd that "hamber of eommeree rooms at- the rally held last evening by Smffrage Special, which stopped on its tour of the state. Mr Lillian R. Beardsley of this city pr sided and introdueed the various speakers, among whom were Miss Mary Bulkley, county chairman, Mi Marjorie Haven, state press agent; Miss Daphne Selden, state organizer, Mayor George A. Quigley and Mrs. Nancy Schoonmaker, Mrs. Solomon Shurburg also announced that she will hold a suffrage meeting at her home at 82 Frankhln street on March All interested are invited to at- Lnnrl and among the speakers on that o sion will be the Misses Haven and | Selden. In his short speech, Mayor Quigley was careful mot to commit tended ™ himself on the suffrage question, but very courteously assured the visitors of thefr welcome here and evinced an interest in their organization. Mrs. Schoonmaker’s Speech. Mrs. Schoonmaker spoke as lows: i one of the ancient convic- tions of the world that war is essen- tially man’s job. In the ancient days it was a brave who went forth to it. Tt was the Alexanders who ent out to conqu the world, the Napoleons who set new empires, and in our later world it was the Lee and Grants and Lincolns who renowned in war. of course ve omr Catherine the Gr lloody Mary, our eminent in this modern war our B: Death. But these stand 1 tinct peaks, rising out piain of womanhood, distinguished hiefly for their isolaton and the fact that there have been so few of them. “May 1 ask you now to go back in mind to those years directly preceed- ing 1914. You may remember that BANISH CATARRH Breathe Hyomei for Two Minutes and Stuffed Up Head Will Get Relief. If you want to get relief from catarrh, cold in the head or from an frritating cough in the shortest time breathe Hyomei It will clean minutes and allow froely. Hyomei will e it will relieve vou of snuffles, hawking, spitting sive breath in a week. Hyomei is made chiefly from a soothing, healing germ killing anti- peptic, that comes from the eucalyptus forests of inland Australia where catarrh, aslthma and consumption were never known to exist. Hyomei is pleasant and e breathe. Just pour a few the hard rubber inhaler, as rected and relief is almost certain A complete Hyomei outfit, including inhaler ahd one bottle Hyomei, costs but little at drugsgists where and at Clark & It you alre you get fol- were we ou Joan and ttalion of e lone dis- of the great | out your head in two you to breathe d a cold in one day, disgusting and offen- to drops into use di- of every- Brainerd’s drug dy extr own an in- bottle store Laler can an interesting to | thing happened In the | are | the SATURDAY PECIAL HAT SALE Our rcgular stock of HATS and $5 cne of the things whic those times was a growin pess in womankind s Woman was self in r conscious- 1 over the world. becoming aware of her- lation to society. She was becoming articulate, feeling the neced of self-expression, and so the world vas also becoming aware of woman. We said it was woman’s age, the time when woman long held down would come to flower. “And then the wa “We were suddenly shocked back into ancient days and ancient ways when men met to die. And in the mind of most of us there arose the conviction that this dawning consciousness of woman, this opening up of the world to make a place for had suddenly ended because war and war was man’s busi- Less, and in it there was no place for woman. This was the attitude of mind which showed itself first in all the European countries. War—and woman must go back to her secure place at home. first shock of realization somewhat the effect of th dawning self-consciousness. could not quite take the place that had been laid out for woman in other wars, the place of silent suffering. They felt themselves too keenly onec who were going to do something. Ono | of the first things they did in Eng- and was, you may remember, the English women organized and équip- red a complete hospital unit. They did this with their own money. They furnished everything—doctors, nurses, ambulances, Red Cross that it takes to make a complete hos- pital unit—and offered it to their government. | the English government did? | know what those Englishmen said? | They said, “No, thank you ladies, We don’t care for any help from you. War is man’s job and w will do it. You must go back and keep the home prepared for our return.” The same gricultural As more and more men \\L‘nt to the front, the women at realized that the croys were lHH‘ ring, that the fields were not be- tended, so they offered them- Ives. They said, “Here we are, we strong, let us go out and tend fields!"” ment said, * don't care This w we will those saw that the war would go on to ch terrible lengths, through such seas of blood and such horrors of suffering. We all believed that it world. away | iomic No, thank you ladies. for any help from r and war is man’'s job do it alone. Of course, We you. cnded, but slowly the knowledge crept in that it was going to be a long war and a terrible war, longer and more terrible than anyone thought possible. And one of the first effects of that realization was that all the resources of all the countries were zoing to have to be used. This means that woman was to come in for her share of the work. Woman’s Work in Europe. “Let us run over a few of the de- tails of that record of woman’s work in HBurope. Take England. land thero ara today women at work in the munition fz tories. There are over 200,000 avork- ing in the fields. They have been called upon to build batdleships. Ote of the biggest battleships in the world is to be built entirely by women ‘Women have built airships. TFive thousand of them work in the dock- in Glasgow, and without English ships could not go out. | ‘Phey have taken over bodily all the civic duties, postmen, motormen, draymen—all these places are now filled by women. And think ing back over thathospital unitwhich was declined ment, it is gra one of the greatest hospitals now use by the allied armies is a hospital manned entirely by women. The only men in any way connected with that hospital are the patients. And not second class work that the women of England are doing in all the vari- ous fields. They are. doing their work faithfully and well, proving them selves amazingly efficient. “In France the same thing is true Think of what have had to s vaded, all from them even such service as it the th ffer. Their country in- they owned taken their bodies put fills us ‘with horror women have given their all. They say, ‘We did it for France, for our country that we lov We have given all else, take even our Tivi “In Ttaly women have been taken from the kitchen, from the menial labor, and set to the most del- icate of task d they have proved themselves fit and capable. “Since the war bi these blackest days in R been the peasant women kept the war going. “There is in fact no more splendid work in all history than that which may be set down by the names of the of Burope toda now, of the themselves, up to who h omen ‘And Amer what women of ar has not self- | The women after the | § showed | se years of | They | with the world and with the men | supplies—all | & | i But again the govern- : e | American days no one in the world fore- | foynd they vould soon be fought and won and | peen accepted. In Eng- | over 1,000,000 | o | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1918. These Bargains For The Men MEN, just look ahead a little. You see the And do you know what | Do you | on the the the share. heen Amer- they Cross Jike on ind an; has thing fallen the women in in which it opean women, we woman doing he slackers have not among the women. We know what have done in the way of Red work. They have offered themsclves for all manner of service and have They have worked as section hands on the railroad have taken thelr hush; on the farms and in the s are meeting their problem splendid spirit of American ism. Change of Wherever e re ican nds’ 10ps. with the patriot- Men. and all women have Attitude in “As a result of the these many tasks which taken upon themselves during the war, a great change has taken place in the attitude of all men concerning this question of enfranchisement women and asking them to take a part in the government. In England and France, in Canada, in Russia, in Italy in all the allied countries, wo- man has either been given or been war, them | of | 1, conductors, | 1, by the English govern- | ying to learn thal | question of the war. in | it is | French women | to | ) most | fallen { cause promised a full share in the gove { ment. We wamen in America, as we | ask for the franchise during these war | times, are not thinking only of sclves. We ask for the franchise as war measure in order able give to our government more ef- icient servi We point to our allies. is safe ta conclude that these war- Furopean nations are testing all their legislation by the exigencies | the moment. Whatever they whatever legislation they through be directly upon The first every vernment in FEurope render itself more eftficient these gavernments, aiming at | efliciency, have to he | | to | 1 are puttir the m of is And greate seen fit to enfranchis their women mnow, during the war, may we not ac s as a convic- tion on their part granting wo- men the franchise is a war measurc All the great men of Burope who hav stood out for so inst woman suffrage have now about and have said, matter of bare ju tice to woman, and also because { country needs woman, we must franchise her. It is e enough unde 1ift in their point !t view, v have had presented to th man’s efficiency. They have seen how essential a part woman must play in the economic world today. If wo- man had abided by the old dictum and remained in her home, En nd the women should suddenly turn their backs on their social gations and should say “Our pla my home, my child is my life and my occupation,” the allied armies would have to put down their arm and go home. They front. Tet us t franchisement taken place b wish to reward them for service they have done. There is no hon- or that we have handed out to them The governments of Furope have en- franchised their women for twa re: | sons, and for two reasons alone.—Be- the government neceds to have| as bec sure that this en- woman h not Luse the governments en- | to | demonstration of wo- | if today in | $22.00 Suits $25.00 Suits $30.00 Suits $35.00 Suits These include the best styles son for men and young men. all the Hollander standard of merchandise. That's yeur guarantee of service faction. Be right with yourself by heing right here Saturday. | place it or ! | even our- | of | are doing | obli- could not stay at the | | the good | | | ’ werc way everything is going up in price. tipping you off to a good thing when we ad- vise you to “BUY A SUIT OR OVERCOAT NOW.” Here’s the way:— 82-88 ASYLUM STREET, HARTFORD. THE DAYLIGHT STOR en enfranchised and because wo- needs the franchise. I never 1 vith men who carn their man; e thei estates, to viee them that their franchise is very precious possession. The that their franchise is an actual wenpon with ich they can secure for themselves the kind of legislation that will protect them in their dails 1 We have conceived of the home sheltered, isolated unit, unre- to the outside world. That is tru But even if it were true, have been obliged to leave ti and go out and take man'# in the industrial world. If man, industrial worker, needs the frau woman the industrial worker, it for exactly the same reason aking woman out of the home does not release her from the other obligation of bearing the new was never so important today that the motherhood of th world should be allowed to functio fully, and vet the world is askin: these new tasks of woman. She necds be protected in her industriai li more than the minst keep herself maternity. not women home the chise, need as to men phys because sh ically tit I« Governments Need Women. these that in the ’I\' point character, that What is it that mind ? “Also Governments nay realized aded woman as woman v That the of ne Government. world n woman’s view woman's all WOl as to give. woman stands for in your Does wo man symbolize to vou merey, insti beace > Was there ever t the ove in world when these qualii so sorely needed as the After the war our wg over. There will of such vast change, truction which we can ee, but this newworld that Zzoing to build is to Ty new basis of with more love in it ciousness of common brotherhood o all mankind. It is in the building of this new world that woman will be =0 rely needed It is just as well the zovernments recognize thi use let no one suppose that hayv- sone through the agony of var, !Ll\\ng suffered as women suftered from it, that they da "1d be made time sreat only ai roing npon a that have and Overcoats and Overcoats and Overcoats and Overcoats this | will go [ We expect to have Chowder Clams and Steam- ers the latter part of this week. Always a Full Line of Fresh Fish at HORTON = 71 CHUR( We're $17.50 $19.50 $24.75 $27.50 of the sea- And they're and satis- hack and world and m which she and the take a to demand e | G in 1 King of it can_ function “We to carry the work without woman and no be able to meet the tinu reconstruction vithout That is the word of ments of and our final We, democratic Government soldiers abrowd must not be the mocracy in her not storit pla owa lite | able | war her nature. not on the more will of peace of voman. final the govern- | urope Lo it the greatest sendi democer practic home.” st be word. our to die last own to Ae- FOR lLarg res uitable Corbin corner for nd H. N. LOCKWOOD, CIPY HALL, BYERLAND-MANRDSS G2, Sterage and Accessories, Repair Work a Specialty. 139 Arch St. 138 housc. Machine ice of rooms, rooming the N. B Phooe r—— AUTOMOBILE Repairing a Specia!ty UNDIR VISION THE oF DIRIC W. F. KEEL REO and REPUBLIC TRUCKS w. F KEELEY‘ CO. 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