The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, June 14, 1920, Page 8

THE FARM WOMAN ’S PAGE OF N EWS AND OPIN ION Women S Clubs Actlve Kirk. (Col.) Club Has: Fine Program——Let-. ters From Boosters ANY officers of Women's anpartisan clubs have asked suggestions for pro- grams-for their meetings. Here is the program'-of a recent meeting of Women'’s Nonpartisan club No. 1 of Colorado.” This club, organized large- 1y du'ough the activity of Mrs, Ethel Holbrook ‘of Kirk, who is its® secretary, has more than 70 mem-- . bers, though the club- is only- three months old. " Thisisa program of their recent meeting: o . bor, not merely by prohibiting employment of ehil-. 2:30 p..m. Meeting called; business session. .. 3:00'p. m. - Study hour. Pohtxcal (2) Brief drill on rules of order; {(b) paper on *Origin, Purpose and Program of Nonpartisan League,” Mrs. ‘0. L. Boone; (c¢) lesson in civics. Educational; chapters of “The Beginning and End of the Non- partisan League”; (b) paper on *Colorado School Lahds and Funds,” Mrs. George Idler. 4:00 ‘p. m. Social: Music, Mrs. S. D. Hitch- cock; recitation, Miss Esther: Vanmda- lunchebn. 3 4:30 p. m. Adjournment. MANY STATES ARE ANXIOUS' FOR ORGANIZATION WORK Here are a few letters: from women in other states,. mdxcatmg the w:despread interest that 18 being taken in the new women’s movement in the League states: Lane; S. D.—1.am with ‘you heart a!xd > soul in this Nonpartisan league movement and want to enlist in the work to the best of my ability. Please send me literature and instructions "as ,to orgamzmg and boosting. We women must take our prop- er place in this work, for it seems to me that it is most essentxal that we get busy and help put this great program upon our statute books in this state. - MRS SUSIE M. HARDEN Omaha, Neb-—Please send me applica- tion for a charter and all necessary infor- mation for organizing a women's club in this city. I'belong to the Workers’ Non- partisan league in Omaha. I have 2 num-. . ber of women interested and ready to join and am sure I will be able to send you a good report soon on our new club. > “MRS. RHODA BAUER, Badger, Minn.—To date I haversecured 15 members, with the possibilities of get- ting more. « There is certainly need of awakening the women in' our locality, as they are not used to having a say in poli- tics and do not fully realize how necessary their support is for the justice the people are 80 bravely struggling for. The can- didates the League and labor forces se- lected to fill the places of the Burnguist cliqgue are surely ‘good ones. Truly hope they’ll win, MRS. ALFRED ANDERSON. To En’d Child Lébor “Stay in school” campaigns are under way now . in 20 states, under the direction of the children’s bureau of tl’xe United States department of labor. . Five of these states are league states—North Da-- kota, anesota, Montana, Texas and Wisconsin. The aim of the campaign is to abolish child la- dren, byt by providing sultabl_e education to keep:’ them busy. ' The’campaign is to be followed in the fall by a “back to school” drive:in order to round,. up children who fail to report at the openmg of school. : . The campaign is being. carned out in aocordance 36 with Jocal needs: and Tesources. and slides are being utilized in some places to show'. Moving pictures ‘the harmful effects of too early work and the ad- vantages of schooling, ‘Posters and leaflets urging children to make wider 1ise of the vocational courses " offered in local schoolsiare being distributed. Lead- . “ers in wocational guidance and placement’ work are’ . giving talks to sevénth and eighth grade pupils on tabo the advantages wgnch schobl tralmn,g gwes when~. {(a) First - . our wealthy and- leuure'class . be kind and helpful to the poor, of eom'se, and my the -boy or gxfl enters the wotkmg world A ruler called “A Raule for School,” showing <hildren why for the sake: of their future they ‘should stay in school until they have at least enough ‘education to -~ enter a skilled occupation, is being furnished local o commxttees by the chfldren s bureau. Is This Woman nghtP ‘Editor Nonpartisan Leader: I saw one of your A,papers by . chance :and. was greatly interested by the simplicity and naive misunderstanding of the ' world in general on the part of your correspond- ents, especlally those who send letters ‘to your Woman’s page.' I am the wife of a cléver man. ‘We have accumulated an ample store of this world’s goods, g0 that we live without: “work, ex- cept. looking affer our estate and investments, and devote ourselves to art and literature and to edu- cating onr children to become rulers of men—-—cap— 5 , tains of mdustry ‘and statesmen. = Surely your people must see fhe’ necessxty of ' Jeisure class to cultivate the finer things of - lee - Otherwise How could there be art orhteratune,and who would educate and %rain the yonng who in a . future generation will be our govemors and prem- : dents? “You do not seem to understand the sckuno ot 3 modern civilization. There must be a rich class as an example for the poor, to give them somethmg to stnve and’ work for. Unless they have lgefore - SOME YOUTHFUL LEAGUERS Here are two plctm'es of youthful Leaguers. The young «genfleman\ sitting in the tractor is Lioyd Paul Nelson of Llsbon, N. D. He is 21 months old and writes the Leader: . been living with my uncle and aunt since my mother died in 1918. My uncle’s name is Nels G. Peterson. He is a strong Nonpartisan and I am going to be one teo.” We have our suspicions'that maybe Lloyd’ uncle or aunt helped him write this letter. The: other picture’ shows Miss Evelyn Smith of Hell N. D., her brother and some of theu' pets. : them the pnze of wealth and lelsure they wonld have nothing to-work for—no incentive to make X them produce and be thrifty. We should cettamly . There i 7 all in the end stagnaté and become savages if - ‘there were no valleys and mountain peaks, no lights and shadows, in hfe and ail were Just a common “level. % T do not mean to seem supenop or be harsh w:th the poor. I am interested in uphft work‘{'among " the lower c]asses and my husband s’ atways ‘glad ‘10 give deservmg people work " But why should they envy the rich and seek to tear down our. 2OV ernment and destroy the system of society which hicll.the Bible “God and nature haye ordained am‘l‘ ‘ recognizes wh_en lt says, “The poor. with thee”? ' We must contmue to have a soclal system whlch ‘rewards brains and energy, and there can be no- suitable rewards if we are so sx!ly as to. destroy - I think we should hnsband often says he is for.the ~workingman, ex- cept w]nen they become mclous as they do £00: fre < spots, etc of which Mrs. B. E.E. of Montana wrote. ‘ative to the personal property on the farm? “3 was born in Illinois but have "fl_.fhe sutfmge amendment will F or Equal Legal nghts True Democmcy Must Start in the Home, / '- sy Say"s Mrs. lesonj‘ ' isan Leader: 1 am a : l : s fleeply interested student of the polit- jcal affairs of the day and as I ‘eagerly. .graspfl!elmdereuehweeklsmeup W &l the political sxtuatwn, as set forth on = > its foremost: pages, “and‘then hastily rtum to the ‘Woman’s page, seeking more political Food. ,Imagme, ‘then; my dnsappmntment if I find, instead, recipes for making ‘pies, removing grease 1 findthat if I want to learn 2 new recipe 1 have | “only to call on’my next door neighbo Do 1 find “the same in regard to politics? -1 do not. For this . veason I think that our Woman’s page: should be devoted to political subjects almdst exclusively. .1 note with pleasure that discussion on- flze sub- jeet, “Eqgual Legal Rights for Women,” is'in order : and:1 befievetheneeflformformatwn :sgreat. TR What is the legal status of a married wma:g ; T the law recognized her:right to a share it undou mlqumrehersxxnatumonanotemdmo gage. But does it? Tl -say mot! How woman, after the death of dis: appearance hushand, has been politely mformed by h that every “hoof” on the farm was: ‘mortga kthat without either her. knowledge or ©7 . Most of us are “status of matned women ] to buyafann:mdbave‘a CCUWL Astheyaze;usbatamng, 1 to -he mostly on time. The s the wife is requived else they can not buy. - She works side by side with usband . for: ‘years helping to pay for s +,db.= Does-shethen reeeive an équal. ‘share '™ of the income from the farm each year, or g Jssheentxfledtoanequal@utoftbeiand’ _:No, again. . Tbelawgmshernosh' in Tives, and only 2 third 1f ‘he dies.' . WHAT GOVERNOR szmn SAID IN CHICAGO = ~ - Governor Frazier, in addressmg a ‘iabor , ‘meeting in Chicago, said:’ “The farmers ..of North Dakota are used to the eight~ - ‘hour day; they usually have worked exght hours before dinner and eight hours after,” . g8 If this be true of the farmer, how then ".about the farmer’s wife? It is a long conceded fact that “A ™an - may ‘work: . from 'sun to sun, but woman’s work is never 'done.” Anyway, it hardly -seems’ fair flmt, if she sits down to rest a few. " minutes, she should be -compelled to ‘scour . the columns of some woman’s | tolearn ‘bowtomakeahtflepmmoney,and,nsa dast . strsw, before sh‘; feels sufficien tly ;sus man arrives and. promptly ennmemt& her as " “unemployed” or 1o « tmn." 5 ot Hunisfi 7 .MISS ANDERSON IJNABL‘E TO, FILE a ‘Miss Lily: Anderson of* Franklin, Minn., indorsed by the Nonpartisan league and orgamzed daborfor = * state treasurer of Minnesota, was unable to file for ‘this office because the federal sufirage amendment = - had not been ratified when' the time for filingsfor = *office closed, © As this is written it is probable that o g0 D ‘t ‘be ratified in time