The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, December 2, 1915, Page 15

heyy o —— \ § o . with the other half. ing conditions for the farmer, but i the organized farmer, THE NONPARTISAN LEADER PAGE FIFTEEN Progressive THE MASTER HAND The hand that focks the pradlé rules the world is a subtle flattery which has contributed in" no small degree to keering women content in an inferior position. The statement on the face of it is highly presum- tious, for in broadest justice, wom- en bzing but half of the world, could ask no more than joint coverignty _The hand that rocks the cradle is too weary to grasp its scepter— too weary from useless toil, too weary from . doing the manifold tasks that machinery should do for it. Needs to get. Vision. .Once let a woman get a vision of | the power she might wield, she will make machinery do her drudgery that she may fit herself for her sov- reignty. It- is a bitter fact that all the wonderful modern machinery has signally failed to relieve human toil and suffering, and, particularly i3 this true in woman's sphere of worky It is eaty to see the relation between a threshing machine and better liv- the relation of a corprative laun- dry and, good citizenship is not so tangible. Neglects Mind for Body. Whenever woman realizes that in spending so much time on, dress, she is doing so at the cost of leav- ing undeveloped tke mind that should, be o power in shaping the ideals of her children, c¢he will speedily simplify ker dress to serve her needs and have it factory-made. When woman consigns her cro- chet hook and embroidery hoops to a museum and, begins studying the economic conditions that make child labor possible, then can we hope t« feel her power in the councils of the nation. Must Have Equal Opportunity It matters not whether you be- lieve woman’s power should bo wielded directly through the ballot or indirectly, through husband ard son, all must agree that if her infla- ence is to have any weight, she must have - equal opportunity with man for education and mental develop- ment. e s P WENT A STEP TOO FAR. Dame fashion went a step too far when, in a ryracticularly capricious mood, she conceived “tke fad of “bobbzd” hair. She intended it as a temptation for only the most dar- ing of her devotees, but some women with ‘courage of another sort have found in it the one dignified alter- native for falwe hair. EVERYBODY’S OPPORTUNITY (From Youth’s Companion) How many people we meet who are living narrow lives, complaining of tkeir lack of opportunity. Take the woman who feels helpless- ly tkat she does not know how to think—she has had no chance to stu- dy, or to meet people of great inter- ests and great purposés. Yet there are libraries—city libraries, country libraries, loan and traveling libraries, with all the wealth .of the world’s thought and experience—all hers for the taking. She may not, know how to think ‘“great thoughts” herself—com- paratively few people do—but through a book she "‘may "live "with some master mind until his: thoughts become a part of her very life. It is not the mere reading of many chap- ters of print, but the love of such a master, that starts the life groww ing. " We want markets for the fifii.n_gs: o we sell’and we want markeéts for the|g" . things we Buy. The only way we will ever get them is to get together and go after them. The only .independent farmer teday and Practical Ideas for Women Edited By Audrey A. Harris « | Thoughts§On Chivalry (Inez: Haynes Gillmore.) I.was . thmkmg about chivalry. the other day. This was in regard to the violent ending of the Frank case and the excuse which Georgit makes for that violence—chivalric consid- ‘eration of its women. I remembered that ‘the ‘age of consent in Georgia is ten years and that children are per- nmiitted, to work-day and night in the mills there. " I have' no-doubt that chivalry ~was "a great glowing 1deal to- the age that® brought it forth.” The : troublé® with” the ‘modern- trans- lation is that it has limited: its mean- ing. Nowadays we think that a’chiv- women, - but : I - suppose *in - the - age which produced chivalry a chivalrous man was gentle to all weak-creatvres whether they.were women .or.men:or children or beasts. In -that - true sense, I suppose - Abraham -Lincoln was the ‘most . chivalrous man -who ever lived; for he has probably . help- ed more. of the helpless than any other one man. Some Interesting Testimony. And then thinking of chivalry and the Frank case and Abraham Lincoln, my mind went back to some testi- mony given before the United States Commission on Industrian Relations in Washington last May. Mr. A. J. McKelway, testifying in regard to child labor in the South, said in passing that if child labor had been abolished in Georgia, Mary Phagan would be alive today; for she would not have entered the factory in which she met her doom until two years later. And then thinking of chivalry ard Georgia and the Frank case and child labor, my mind went back to Lincoin again and veered off to Lincoln’s son. Looks Like Anarchy and Hate. This is a ctrange universe in which we live and sometimes it looks as though it were in a state of anarchy —an anarchy of hate and, not of love. If it were not for what looks like a law of averages and a law of com- rensation— Robert Lincoln tzstified before thz commiszion on Industrial Re'ations. His testimony indicated that the five thousand negro porters in the employ ,\Wr.\mW:fi\'flAmwmmmW A WINTER COZY. ATERIALS needed: 3% ounces of white wool; 1 ball of silk in very pale blue or pink, for border; a rather coarse bone hook and a fine one; two yards of silk ribbon 3 inch wide, pale blue or pink. Make 44 chain very loosely. This commences the back. 1st row—1 d ¢, 1 ch, 1 tr, all into the 2nd chain from hook, * miss 1 ch, 1 dec, 1ch, 1 trin next and repeat from * to end, when you should have 22 shell stitches, 1 cly, turn. 2nd row—Like the last, putting the stitches on the d c stitches of last row, turn with 1 ch, repeat this row till you have 40 rows. 41st row—This commences the sleeves. Malke 20 ch, turn and work like 1st row, making 10 shells on chain, 22 shells on work already done, 20 ch for other sleeve, turn and work 10 sheiis on the chain and continue to end, making 42 shells in all. Work 10 more rows of 42 shells. Furn, and work 16 rows of 16. shells only, finishing the last of these at the-inner edge of work, that is the neck side, make 10 ch, turn, and work 5 shells as described in 1st row and 16 shells on work already done, making 21 in all. Work 10 rows of 21 shells, finishing at inner edge as before. Turn and work 11 shells only., Work 40 rows of 11 shells. This finishes one side of front and sleeve. Join the wool and work second sleeve and front in the same way. Sew up underarm and sleeve seams. For Border.—1 tr, 2 ch, 1 tr into the 1 ch at the end of a row, * 1 tr, 2 ch, 1 tr in next ch, repeat from * all round coat. and round neck and sleeves. At back of coat the trebles will be worked into same stitches as the shells were worked in first row. 2nd row—>5 tr in 1 space of 2 ch, 1 d ¢ in next, repeat all round as before. 3rd row—Take the silk and the fine hook, * 1 d ¢ on d ¢ of last row, 3 ch, miss a treble, 1 d ¢, 3 ch, 1 d ¢ on each of next 3 tr, 3 ch, miss a treble, and re- peat from *. Turn sleeves back a little to form cuffs. Run ribbon in and out the treble stitches on sleeves and neck, finishing-with bows. WHY WOMREN SHOULD VOTE ctreets, well-supported schools. As all of these are directly affected by politics, women need the. influnece the slaves of that company. Thus the Abraham Lincoln of cne genera- tion frees all the black people in Am- erica and the Robart Lincoln of an- other generation puts five thousanc or them back into slavery again.... But—note this anecdote, told by Mr. McKelway: It happens that the children who work in the Georgia mills are almost all white.- When -child-labor came up for discussion in the Georgia Legis+ lature a little while ago, the excite- ment among the white legi:lators was so. great that they were limited to three-minute speeches. Finally a ne- gro member arose. Laws for Beasts, Birds and Fishes. “Mr. Sgeaker,” he said, ‘I am not Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, chair- man of the committee which direct-|of g vote. ed the camrpnign for women suffrage Best Way to Ssrve State. in New York, has given‘nineteen rea- Because busy housemothers and sons why women should be granted|profe:sional women can serve the tke ballot. All thesze reasors, she|state only by the means used by the says, may be summed up in these|busy men, namely, by casting a bal- two:- Because it is just, and becaure | ot, it is expedient. Because women, are consumers as Other .reasons. among the nineteen|well as producers; and as they bear are: : . | their share of the burdens of gov- 8,000,060 Workers, ernment, they should share .alike -in Because 8,000,000 women, in thke]its privileges. United States are wageworkers, and|{ Because a government i3 neither their health and that of future citi- | Democratic nor Republican when one zens is often endangered by evil|half of the people have the power working conditions that can be rem-|to control the other half, but it idied only by legislattion. Disfran-|simply places all women under the chised -labor lower wages, and vote-|rule of men, instead of the rule of less women are compelled to take|a king or an emp:ror. less pay for their work. Because there is no reason why all Because the strongest interest in{women should be included in the only women’s lives- is in, their homes and|classes deprived of suffrage; namely, families, in having pure water, milk| the incane, fecble-mirded, orientals and ot}ler food clean ‘and * safe|and convxcts gro children don’t work in the mills. But we’ve legislated here for the beasts of the earth, the birdx of the air, the fishes of the sea, and I'm in favor of legislation for the little wkite children of this State.” So EQUIT ABLE AUDIT CO. Inc. "é%f“fl‘ul’“{%&‘fi‘“ Lo e Farmers Elevator Companies’ Home of Auditing and ; ‘Systems for Accounting. Write for References.’ Bosgeclvofodefadiodedfods |*to-Lineoln by trying to free the little deem to have much to do with suff- rage; but I was only tlinking of chivalry. nfifi&bme-um-rmmmu A J. OSHEA ~ FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA ) [rcans-are urging *General~Gdethals“to throw his hat into the ring for 1916. Wonder if it will be a Panama hat? - Business piays a‘queer game, it robs the farmer who-digs potatoes and re- wards the soldier who digs graves, alrous .man is one who.is-gentle to - - of the Pullman Company are virtually- much interested in this; for our ne- - |:Abraham' Lincoln frees tke - blacks =~~~ . |-and .his. son_enslaves:them again..-But - the black man .pays back his .debt white-children.~ Perhaps-this-may not “Some’ ‘of 'the reactionery Rermbli- a | i i £ |51