THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY. APRIL J3, layi.
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League of
Women
Voters
, It ia a significant fact that there
are more women voters in the coun
try than men, by about a million.
It ii a significant fact that they
are in a majority in most commu
nities. ' . i - -
It is significant that an organ
ization of women voters during the
first year of its existence enrolled
,2,000,000 members, representing ev
ery state in the union.
There are those who believe that
what the world is, the world will
be; there are those who believe that
the enfranchisement of millions of
' women (27,000,000 "now have the
ballot), will "make no difference."
But life and governments are con
tinually changing. They arc a
growth, an evolution; and woman,
with her physical and experiential
differences, will bring into the po
litical life of the country, a point
of. view sufficiently varied from
man's to make a possible, if not
a certain, difference.
League of -Women Voters.
The National League of Women
Voters met in annual convention in
Cleveland, April 12-16. 1he society
jiad been in existence a year. A thou-1
try attended the meetings.
Accomplishment.
' During the year, two federal bills
Sponsored by the league had become
law, the bill establishing on a per
manent basis the woman's bureau
in 'the Department of Labor, and
the Sterling-Lehlbach civil service
retirement bill. The Sheppard
Towner bill, called the-"baby bill,"
failed to pass the last congress, but
was endorsed by President Harding
in his message a week ago, and its
passage by. the Sixtyrseventh con
gress is regarded as a certainty.
The national party platforms of
1920 included (with some excep
tions) the planks asked for by the
League of Women Voters.
Thousands and thousands of citi
zenship schools have been conducted
in all parts of the country, educat
ing women for citizenship, the first
avowed object of the " league. Uni
versities, too numerous to mention,
have established extension courses
and issued literature on citizenship.
' Nebraska has held her citizenship
schools. Omaha is now the seat of
qne, which, though not initiated by
the League of Women Voters, num
bers the league among its co-operaU
ing sponsors. Our own University
of Nebraska has added extension
courses and issued publications bear
ing on this branch of education. .
, No attempt is here made to
enumerate the various state laws
sponsored by women. In Nebraska,
the Children Code bills are the out
standing measures in which the
league is interested. The fate of bills
in other states has not been as un
happy for their sponsors as have the
Nebraska bills. '
The League a Power.
Judged by the record of , its first
year, the League of Women Voters is
a power.
Not a Woman's Party,
t The League of Women Voters is
not a political body ; it s not a
woman's party. It is interesting
however, that Mrs. Catt did inti
mate publicly during the sessions,
that if the men would not legislate to
the satisfaction of women, that if
men would not fairly represent the
women . in legislative bodies, the
women might feel called upon to
represent themselves, in govern
ment.. In other words, women could
unite into a party and could be forced
to seek office if that is the only
course left open to them.
Training; Period for Women.
"' Maude Wood Park, active head of
the league, has expressed her views
Regional Directors -i
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. Mrs. Maud Wood Park.
Mrs. Park is the chairman of the
National League of Women Voters.
on the present day woman in politics
as follows: . '.
"The present day of women m
politics is the training period. Few
omen understands legislation. They
must take; time tolearn. And learn
ing will lead to a concentrated ac
tion and work along lines that 'are
bound to mean a better America. -i
"Much it needed in "a legislative
tay! . . ..x .;. .
"Nearly four times as many moth
ers and infants die each year as there
were American soldiers killed in the
war. , -
. "Physicians believe this could be
prevented by proper care. Statistics
of 17 countries show that the United
States, with two exceptions, has the
highest death rate among mothers.
The United States stands eighth in
the list in the death rate of infants.
"There is no reason why America
should not have fewer deaths than
any other country. That is why we
have been fighting for the Sheppard
Towner bilL
. "And that is tvhy mothers of
America must use the power of the
vwe to get other legislation that
means the betterment of America.
' Militant Tone.
: The signs clearly indicate a more
militant note among this hitherto
peaceable wing of the suffrage
women. There was more fire, more
anger, more grim determination ap
is as clear as the tone itself. These
women have been working for defi
nite results during the past year.
ITiey have struck rocks and snags.
They have . made mistakes. They
have suffered much ; they have
learned much. They have come put
of it all with purpose and courage.
Let the Mothers Die.
Mrs. LaRue Brown, chairman of
child welfare, told of a conversation
she had with a senator in the interest
of the Sheppard-Towner bill.
"You know," do you not she
asked, "that from 18,000 to 25,000
women die annually in child birth?"
"Well, isn't that to be expected?"
the man calmly 'replied.
An Indictment.
Mrs. Cunningham of Texas told of
a boy from an isolated' region in her
state, who went overseas during the
war. He came back with various
medals (about which he said noth
ing), and returned to his lonely
mother and sawmill job.
One .day an ambassador from the
king of Italy reached Texas hunting
for this boy, who was found and
escorted to the capital of the state,
where a medal for distinguished
service was given him by the repre
sentative of Italy's king. Then the
people learned of the lad's brilliant
war record.
. "What can we do for you," they
asked, "to show our own apprecia
tion of the honor you have brought
your native state?"
"I have always wanted an educa
tion," said the boy, haltingly. "I
have always wanted to read and
i write."
He was one of the 25 per cent of
our American soldiers who could not
read and write.
Such experiences as the$e have
caused ' league women to set their
faces firmly toward a goal and if the I
spirit demonstrated in Cleveland
means anything, theywill not 'bout
face on the job.
One indication of their earnestness
is found in the fact that they raued
$80,000 in one hour to carry on "he
work of the year ahead.
Height of Convention.
The highest moment of the con
vention was reached ' Wednesday
night, April 13. The occasion was a
meeting thrown open to the public,
held at Masonic hall, a' beautiful
auditorium with a lighting system
which might serve as a model for
411 public buildings.
' Thousands of people attended.
Miss Florence Allen, a municipal
judge in Cleveland, and Will Irwin,
war correspondent, had given ad
dresses of. exceptional merit and ef
fect. Mrs. Catt was on the program
for a talk on the psychologies of
political parties.
It was late when her place on the
program - was reached. Nathaniel
Howard in the Cleveland Plain
Dealer tells what happened, .
"A high,.clear voice rang out, and
2,000 women sat in motionless atten
tion. A tall, majestic figure on the
stage before them was leading them
in a spiritual crusade. A spotlight
over her cast a halo about her silver
gray hair, as Carrie Chapman Catt
last night threw her set speech on
politics into the discard and begged
the national League- ot Women
Voters' convention to end all war.
"Not a woman stirred all the- min
utes that she spoke. The only sounds
in Masonic hall for those fifteen
minutes were those pf quick, nervous
pencil scribbling in the press box, a
sharp intaking of breath here and
there over the auditorium, and that
inspired, inspiring voice. ;
i "The people in this room to
night could put an end to war.
"There isn't an audience in the
world that won't applaud him who
talks of world peace. Everybody
wants it, and everyone does nothing.
"I am for a league of nations, a
republican league or any kind. The
republicans are in, I believe it the
duty of everyone who wants the
world to disarm to compel action at
Washington. .
"Our country is not judged by its
parties it is judged as a nation. But
why don't we do something? I ask
youl Is there anybody anywhere
with an earnest crusading spirit who
is trying to arouse America? Oh, no.
We are as stolid and as inactive as
if we did not face the greatest ep
portunity of history."
Old women and young women,
their features and forms dim under
the dark lights of the auditorium,
were leaning forward everywhere,
straining to see the white-haired
woman who had led the winning
fight for their national rights. Now
she was leading them in an interna
tional quest. - 1 ' -
"We are the appointed leaders. Jt
isn't possible for us to see the hor
rors on the other side. We go on day
by day living living in paradise, I
tell yon 1 while tragic Europe tries
to gather its ruins together. .
"Not by standing back and waiting
will we succeed. Oh, we've waited
too long, we'll get another war by
waiting. Women, there isn t any.
Mrs., Dietrich ot Hastings is the
r.ewly elected .director of the sixth
region National League of Women
Voters, and Mrs. Gellhorn of ,St.
Louis is the retiring director.
there was a year previous in Chi
cago. when the fate of equal suffrage
wa still'in the balance.' f -
ThA reason for tms militant ton
parent at the Cleveland meeting thanJ thing that can't be done in this coun
try by popular opinion. One vote is
of no value. Two votes are of no
value, but there are a thousand votes
here tonight, and I -tell .you 1,000
vote's are a wedge to set the political
parties going in the right direction.
"Let us take a resolution tonight,
let us consecrate ourselves, to put
war out of this world. It isn't neces
sary for a republican to turn demo
crat, or a democrat republican. . It
is necessary that we rise out of mere
shallow partisanship, that we act as
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Carrie Chapman Catt.
women. Let us let Mr. Harding and
the senate know that we as a con
stituency of 1,000 expect their action.
Let us be silent no morel Let us join
hands with everyone who wants to
put this terrible business out of the
world." :
, This is only part of the dramatic
appeal from Mrs. Catt. Those who
heard it will remember it as one of
the great moments of life. It can be
described only in spiritual terms. It
was a call for1 consecrated service
and events following that evening in
the League of Women Voters con
vention proved that the women in
their hearts had answered.
VJhat They Know.
-These vyomen- know that 92.8 per
cent of the total federal appropria
tion "goes toward obligations from
previous wars and to current mili
tary and naval preparations.
They know that .0055 of 1 per
cent of the federal appropriations
go to the two bureaus in which
women are most vitally interested,
the ' children's and the. woman's,
bureaus. . .
They know that federal taxes per
capita have increased from 6.63 in
1915 to $37.66 in 1918 and $53.48
in 1920 and they know that war has
been responsible for this enormous
increase. .- - - , v
. What They Want ; : " 5
They want an end to wars and
a movement initiated by, the United
States for world peace and lessening
of armaments.
t They want to hold the direct pri
mary and mean to fight for it. Thy
know it is the best means they have
for making themselves quickly felt
in nolitics.
- They seem to have no intention
of voting a straight party ticket.
They hotly denounced a voting
machine on demonstration because
it made a straight party vote so easy.
:They are awake to all the prob
lems and have definite plans of ac
tion on food supply, child welfare,
social hygiene, efficient government,
American citizenship and uniform
laws. "
Purposes of the League.
The -league has committed itself
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in the future, as in the past, to edu
cate women in the intelligent use of
the ballot through non-political
schools or courses in citizenship;
second, to educate and interest wom
en in legislation, local, state and fed
eral, that they may understand and
work for measures of value to the
community and nation.
Convention Fun.
There was plenty of fun at the
convention along with the serious
business. There was the birthday
party the first day when women
formed a procession and marched
through the Statler hotel waving
flags and balloons to band accom
paniment. There were group break
fasts, regional luncheons and depart
ment dinners and a great big joyful
banquet the night of the 14th. Luxur
ious private motors rolled the dele
gates out to the art museum of the
Western Reserve university Friday
afternoon, when tea was served by
Cleveland women.
Nebraska at the Convention.
Nebraska was represented at the
convention by Mrs. Charles Dietrich,
president of the league ia the state;
Mrs. Draper Smith, state chairman
ofachild welfare; Mrs. E, F. Pet
tis, head of the Lincoln league; Mrs.
W. E. Barkley of Lincoln, who
went to Switzerland last summer
as one of eight delegates from this
country to the International Woman
Suffrage Alliance; Miss May Gund
of Lincoln, and Mrs. Calvin Clark
of Fairbury,' who " was en route
to Washington, D. C, for the na
tional D. A. R. convention.
Mrs. Dietrich Honored.
Mrs. Dietrich came away with the
office of director of the sixth region,
including the states of Nebraska,
Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Ok
lahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri
and numbering 150,000 members.
This new office for Mrs. Dietrich
will probably mean the election of
a new state president when the next
annual meeting occurs in Lincoln
next June. . , M. M.
Ironing Boards
When traveling, if the ever handy
electric iron is to be "pressed," into
the service of pressing," try ironing
on the dresser drawer. Turn it up
side down and place a bath towel
over that. If there is an ironing
on it with a smooth piece of muslin
board handy the drawer is still use
ful in quite another way. Pull it
open and insert one end of the board
into the opening. This will be rather
firm when the article to be ironed
upon it is pressed upon and skirts
may be ironed very easily to remove
wrinkles without adding new ones
in the process. -
Problems That Perplex
V:' Answered by
BEATRICE FAIRFAX
Not Tall Enough. ,
Dear Miss Fairfax: As you have
helped so many others solve foolish
problems, I thought that 1 would
also come to you for iqms advice.
What I would like to know Is this:
I have been going about with a young
man six years my senior. He 'is. a
very nice man and is well liked every
placo he is known but what bothers
mo most of all is that he ia not as
tall as I am, and my girl friends tell
mo to give him up on this one ac
count. And, of course, they make all
kinds of fun when we are together.
Do you think tho height makes any
difference? I am, as ever, your
friend,' DIMPLES.
You are going to have a sad life,
my dear, if you allow trifles to dis
turb your peace of mind. I grant
that a man Is usually taller than a
woman, and perhaps that is to be
preferred. But to givte up a man
you care for because of his height
is nonsense ' c x
Tou can do a great deal to make
tho comparison more kindly to the
man if you will. Wear hata without
"height," broad-brimmed ones with
flat trimming, or small tight-fitting
ones. Do not wear French heel.
The low ones are better for you any
way. Even the stylo of your drosses
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can be such aa to make you seem
shorter. Keep away from length
wise stripes and long' lines. If you
do all these things, and the man
wears a hat which gives him height,
there will be little obvious difference
in your height unless there is a
greater difference to start with than
I think there is.
Fortune in Desk
The hidden fortune -in a piece of
old furniture has turned up in Vienna
with unusually dramatic setting, says
a dispatch from the old Austrian city.
' One bf the many families who live
by the gradual sale of antique fam
ily possessions decided to sell a very
old desk. The daughter and a friend
were removing it to a waiting wagoi
when the well Icnown- secret apart
ment opened at the .proper, cue and
disclosed a pile of gold coins.
In the coinage of nearly all Eu
rope and some of ancient- date they
represent 5,000,000 present Austrian
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At Value Giving Prices Saturday
Quartered Oak Rockers in wax, golden
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-Former $ Q O Saturday jj k Jj
Values 0w Prices 11
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Former $7050 Saturday, $ 4 A85
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of furniture in the living room through the day, they
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Values in Dressing Tables
Every lady needs a Dressing Table and every lady can easily have
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Former Saturday
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$55 Mahogany, 3-Mirror Dressing $29 85
360 Mahogany, 3-Mirror Dressing . M1 flfl
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$57.50 Walnut, 3-Mirror Dressing
Table
$33.00
$62.50 Quartered Oak, 3-Mirror Dressing $39 Q0
$31.00
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$52.50 Mahogany, 3-Mirror Dressing
Table , ...
$45 Mahogany, 3-Mirror Dressing
Table
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Every suit taken from our regular stock
and reduced for immediate clearance.
Twill Cord Tailleurs
Tricotinc Ripple
Poiret Twill Blouses
t . . Serge Tweeds Box Coats
Every Suit Silk Lined
New Spring I Heather Jersey
Blouses Suits
$5.75$ 6.95
$8.95 $12.50
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$1.50 Acurea Face Powder,
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35c Bandoline ......... 25
COc Stillman's Freckle Cream,
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$1.50 Goutorbe Face Powder,
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75c Pinaud's Tivoli Powder,
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30c Woodbury's Facial Soap,
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$1.50 Pinaud Lilac Vegetal,
at .........
3-inch Powder Puffs'... . . .1.0
$5.00 Silver Plated Gillette
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$5.00 Bull Dog Gillette Rajor.
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U-lb. can Beaton's Cold Cream,
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$2.00 Djerkiss Perfume, per
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$1.35 Jicky Extract, per oz.,
at .................85
Ideal Extract, Hubigant. per
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30c Lavoris .' . . . I . . .. .". .20
60c Pepsodent Tooth Paste,
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$1.25 Listerirte ... t . . . ...7ft
'30c Phenolax Wafers. . .550
$1.10 Nuxated Iron.....Rft
$1.25 Lyko Tonic. . . .. .8
40c Castoria' .......... .24
$3.75 Horlick's Malted Milk.
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25c, 4 oz. Peroxide Hydrogen.
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50c Orazin Tooth Paste, 34
60c Coconut Oil Emulsion 3ft
60c Herpicide .3ft
25c Mentholatum ...... 17
60c Syruo Figs 49
$1.50 Fellows' Syrup Hypophos-
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50c Dioxoeen ........... 3ft
$1.15 Tanlac ...8
100 Hinkle Pills.. 25
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DeMar's Disinfectorine, a gen
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Life Buoy Soap, per cake, 8
35c Enerjrine .25
Beaton Straw Hat Cleaner,
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30c Colorite , . .......... 22
Mothproof Bags, all sizes, from
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Edison Mazda Lamps 25, 40
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15c Mozart Americanos,
at ...... ...10
Per box of 50 :: 84,00
15c Rothenberg, Vandcrbilt,
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Box of 60...... $4.75
2-2 5c La Azora, Pals, 10
Box of 60...... $4.00
8c Autocrats 5 t
Box of 50. . .... .$2.50 I
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Buster Brown Cameras. 2Vtx
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$1.50 Photo Albums, loose leaf,
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