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once out of the State [(and his legal 1,31,,” Laura Clay, one of.
right to take it when he, pleases is unim—
court ‘to the contrary), it would'take men. has received much a 9g
years of tedious and expensive litiga- socially and when appearing.-
gpublic during the F L ._
tic-ally, therefore, the morher has no you“ D“; . iqual R
right guaranteed to her by the law. -' ~10“ “it £5 MOIHES. Th
laws to say that men have little temp- Leader: A , _
r “ F abuse them and seldom do it. , ', ~. -. _
..atlon to Miss Laura Clay, blate PI‘GSldgfi,
and there is no cruelty shielded by the . ‘ .
[law that is too dreadful for some bad “IOU, was the guest Thursday
_ . _ ‘ _ 1nd Mrs. R. T. Matthews, who it;
rin a pos1tlon to say such power is rarely . .
‘ d. Since relief is so irecarious . ., _ . ‘
abuse " l ddlss Laura Clay, of Lexington I?
for women to endure these sorrows in ’Jfi‘v'f‘ £1 highly entertaining and inst-met
silence, and ye; from time to tune so- .
. _ «* ‘lliversity during the 0‘13. 81 o
heart-lending misery endured by a mo~ ‘Equal R“ )hts of W * P h 111‘, .0
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liner under the threat of the husband ‘g omen, as Show
wretchedncss was never made ‘public ject with rare ability, proving
.untll. perhaps after years 0. sulferrng,.maml. of the subject, and- Winni
some circumstance occurred to enable 1’ ,3 t 1', ,
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her to throw oft his tyranny With 1111— L, ..
. . . THE WOMAN Qfinsmo
Women are reduced to pitlable awaits Sit/fr )1 ,_
to escape the cruelties of these laws. I
812,0 several columns of an address
istances reported as of a woman de..y- _ _ __ ~ . 7 _ _
‘ . - .» ‘ “sci" sellirc; .' .
ing that she had ever been married to Long” S ’3 ”n “t‘ ‘3 't’ "“13“ W
591. child' of another ‘pei‘jui‘ing herself l'lfho change in the position of Women; ’
l y ‘ l . . , . .’
as was believed by the neighbors who ‘ in the lac-t half (:enmly is one of ti
swearing in her desperation that her 5'01”. time. it is ”gimme, but; not,
husband was not the father of her Child. Mu, trot if, W,“ mu“, m seem“,
laws were.meritioned to me as one Illef- by reason of its milking, for the
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son Mhy the INegro women wele so X one writer mys, a less depmllif:
occurrence for the Negro husband to‘
impose the support of the children upon '
probably dcscrting them in the mean—
while, and when the children were
rights to their hire, under the law. As dump)“, “puny, “Winfred “1L-
me laws Of that Skate do nOt permit ‘ of Willow. Erasmus took’tlie Wont
Negro women are not so willing to risk . ‘v .
thebbonds of matrimony as they might UN“ 3‘3“?" “MW“ L"§‘l°l_“t‘i&wl” , ’
bol‘oie John Stuart Mill, I’aulain}.gc lat}-
This struck me as an unexpected out- ‘ 1
cropping 0f the demoralization caused Lain-int with approval lllatwonlen WL'CL-E
cnplablc of all soils of learning, and:
the flattering unction to her soul” that;
because a. law unjust to her sex may (w, judicial and cw” military “(l-“0mg
illizlee aux dairies. -
peachable until there is. a decree ofibmgmesu and MW; prominent all
tion to compel him to return it._ Prac~'
It is no excuse for these iniquitous items are COpied from the D
Law is meant for restraint of the bad , _ . .
the hentucky W'oman‘s Sllffl‘agé'As's
lunch to practice. No mortal, either, is
:lme friends in Lei'tington, Ky, 1
‘ind long delayed, there is every reason ,
‘ V ve talk Thursday morning at“? Drak
"lety is shocked by a revelation of
to use this oppressive power, and her 5719 Bible." Miss Clay handled a
“ r " ‘ v ‘ ev nd endurance or . . ,
91mm 1'” became b "0 iniration rrom her hearers,
punity.
. , . The Commercial published a few:
have read in the newspapers such in-
‘the man who was trying to rob her of , 1-“ U “WW ”JVWEWE 0" ‘VfimanS-ng‘ilsfi '
accounted her a virtuous woman, by most ill‘iportnnt social plienomerl '
When i was in South Carolina these WWW, & greater (mgree 01 113.49
- " "“a e. I‘ is a too common , ,_
labouc mull g L (precarious and more dignified‘,
the wives as long as they were small,
large enough to work, to assert their
five” the miserable I‘EIlCi Of le01 ”e, the silie ill several of his books, and CL
be otherwise. >_ ‘ ‘ :
Barr-3 a Protelniul theologian, main—’7
by an unjust law. Let no woman “lay . ,
in. orvul to be admitted to ecclesiashtj
not force its evil consequences upon her,
or in her circle of acquaintances, that, ii.
is not very harmful. She may be sure
that somewhere, secretly or openly, itI
is doing,r its deadly work of carrying un;
deserved misery and {egradation to her
sister woman.
. 1 Lily _ ..., unless it‘ 7 , f“ r.‘ the
SATURDAY EVENING, JAN. 2, 139‘ interests _ nf t» 3:11:13
"'~~j1»~~~-_—~v{.—:fifl' H” V. . 'EIIE'SQ . "father/or- testamentary
2 3 ' » ' W i . :4 lgulléééiid‘iidti‘aim"mt"? ' - ~ a-
V . . .« , 1 ,_ ,1 Vemothel, if unmarrie,
5' l ' ‘ 54 A 511.19, mlrdlywthernext of kin, giving
lJIeference to the males."
. ‘ Notice-this provision also, under the
‘ ' Chapter on Wills:
0n Laws Relating to Women As "N0 Person under 31 years of age can‘
.. make a. will, except in pursuance of a
MOFhCI‘S. power specially given to that effect, aged
- except, also, that a father, though. under
21 years age, may appoint’ by will a,
guardian to his child.” Surely, this-is
EXTRACTS FROM “ER PAPER the culmination of injury to motile};
w . hood. Tile law strains a poinhto ex;
. lend a father’s so-called “prudence in
1 - . right;” for if a man dying under 21'.
bellowing is part of a timely paper. possesses a calf, he may not dispose of it
, read by Miss Laura Clay, President oflby will; but if he is a father, his im-
the Equal Rights Associaitno, beroi'efffiz‘flty 112,33 W, previnfifllf ffi’poml'
,-, . .. lg ' gual' iall w lose rur ; 'o ‘ e cus-
"' the Home and Educational Departmentlmdy, nurture and education of the child
of. the Woman’s Club. :is superior "o and may supercede that
LEGAL RIGTHS OF MOTHERS. gel" the mother. in the exercise of this
.1 'When we come to the laws relating to right of guardianship, undivided with;
women as mothers, and note the utter “76 mother. a father has “1.8 $016 (31:11.89—
disregard of the rights of motherhood tron of his childs life, toe mowers
“ . . ‘ '_ ' Wishes belng consulted only so far as
I confess I find difficulty 111 expressmg he pleases. ,; If he is in humble circulnn
myself with moderation, and perhaps I stances and/{fillies out or apprentices the
' should not care to try to do so if I were Child, he alone decides the employment
~ not thoroughly convinced from conver— and surroundings, as to whether they
sations I have had during some years are moral. or healthful, or happy ior the
,past with intelligent, fair minded men, $153333?!Ifirgiouiaiifivgs if wages.
ilaw er-an i ' . , . - ._ - 't. ,ms 10 sneuonemay
_ . v Idence, its school and the moral training
:gnorance 0f the maternal heal: and l and religious bent its mind shall receive.
their inherent inability to take a femin- ? _t is always within his legal right to re-=
lne View of the. subjec: than through move the child from the custody and
carelessness of the misery of women or nurture of the mother. and to place iti.
selfish love of power. That the laws,withnhonlsoevcr he 01100565,; (“Ed if he
stand as they are is the fault of wo- (1.19.516? 1'5 991-11,”?th t9.‘3,ep““9 it.” these
men equally with men because women lug-ALI5 9d.g1vlaum;1.1-OLHJS 9110051133
~ ! _ _ s It is terrible to tlunit of the sufferings
have been far tOO apathetic and negh'fmothers may have to endure from the
gent in expressing their disapproval of " exercisr of these unrestricted powers by,
laws unjust to their sex. misguided husbands? even when they"
As this subject is worthy of vei‘yéll‘t‘ honest and well meaning towards
careful study, I shall state as exactly as ‘ the mothers and the children. But
I can the theory of the law and thenimany husbands are derVFd and 591'.
how it is carried out in practice. Thea‘m’h’ and-aimoflg the dam?“ mam”? 0;
L ‘ ~. _‘ -. -. , , human life are the miseries or mothers
Lheorif 15 that theVState 155?“ _15 the when such husbands have used their au—
guardian of every onlld born in It, and tile-rity over children with indifference
~I‘ lsrcharged With thevduty of proper care to the mother’s happiness, and even
' for its safety, (nurture and education, with the distinct intention of torturing
and 0f 0V91'51ght 0f ”5 estate, If It 1305' ' them through theirdnatdml affections.
,sesses any. These duties it performs The protection the law affords to mo-
‘ g , {through its courts of law directly, in ex— thers against these abuses is inadequate,
[I treme cases, as of orphans, neglected or hard to obtain in every case, and in
M" vagrant children; but in ordinary cases, Jinany of the worse instances wholly un—
for obvious reasons, this duty of guard—pl available. . A_S 101,1}; as “12 husband-and
ianship must be delegated to lndivid-fl mm leniain__togethel, “$11.01“ e-thel
g y . ‘ I" , glegal separation or divorce, there is no
11315, Th6’_‘““y 131193913019: regards natur- *clear provision for the defense of the
31 ties and devolves the CUS£0dy, DUI“ mather, though perhaps a lawyer might
ture and education of the child upon its! find some in the intricacies of the law in1
law ordinarily recognizes but one par—F
The remedy for all this injustice and
I say its parent, because the} aggravated cases. An instance in point misery is a comparatively simple
OCCIII‘I'Ed 183 spring in Lexington. The amendment of the law, of: which the
ent. and that one the father; only and? case was that Of a. respectable poor W0" principal features =11"?!
parent.
- - I man whose husband Without any inti- ("ranting to fathers and, mothers
v r . . ‘h l‘,d€S isedmo- .’ . . .. . . 7- ~ t: . ‘ ,
alllvvaysqexceptgigt.cup-00,11e ipn of her mation Of 1115 11119110011 CO 1181’, £00k Oilefcqual or co—guardlashlp oi. children,‘
I e’” “ lose 0 Spunbfs ‘ S? , _of the children ,a boy between 5 and 7 hulking tilEil' righl‘s equal.aml forbidding
shame. Thoufih legislators have had {years Of age, :indplaced It With his 1110- either, under a penalty, from removing
ample opportunity to do so, they have thcr in Tean, While hi9,1€aV1ng his fam~ 3. child from the cus:ody of the other
never shown any disposition to ignore lly here, lived with a worthless woman-wimp“: process of law. .In happy and
"2' the rights of unmarriedfi-fithers, but, in Clncinnatl. The mother was in aiweii argulated families such an alters.~
l unmarried mothers are invested withi dlstraclged Statehovfllrd ~he‘ be; tOf 1191‘ Lion of the law would illOVCl‘ be‘ per-
" the same rights of guardianship as mar-l ,Chllds f” as S e j . no“ “is_ ‘ 0 take sewed, 101' equality 1» We. rule of Win.
ried fathers legal steps to separate or d‘W‘Ce her- Cilltl‘, now. When their is not, pcrfec’.
J ,t L V 1 fl ,,.. u ;. d'ff .. 39” from her husband, It was not €V1- unity between the parents, the father
, VV‘Lh maliiet'mo 1(ij 1“ fib 1. em." dent what relief she 0011M obtain, would be more conciliatory in his re-
.i cannot so foreibly hpress 113 InSigm'; (The sequel W35 Chat the grand mother quirements, knowing that in the last re—
ficance 111' Whmh they are held as by wrote her to come for the Child- Thel sort he would have to justify his actions
reading extraCts from the statutes con~ mother had to'collect the money for the' 110 a judge Other than himself; and the
coming guardians and ward: “The fa- GXPEH-SlVe imD from h Sympatlllmns mother would be more patient, secure!
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they of the minor, if llvmg, or, 1f dead, trends, ant; DOW“ Has he} Child until in tile ussurancc that liei ligllLS could
-. _ - .. -. .-. a . tne father CHOOSBD to taxe 1v away never be seriously lnlrulged, because if'
the mo hel, if suited to the trust, shall ., . _ , ‘ ,.
1 } . t' ‘t to have the mq‘ ,again.)_ necessary she would be protected by the
be allowet 33 He mm L . L The inadequacy 0f the law for the glow. So coguardianship would remove
tody, nurture and education or the protection 0f the mother appears in the ‘csulses of tlisscntiop between parents,
ward." Think 0f 0115, women, YOU fact that 110 security Of 1181‘ right is rather than produce them, as is some—
who have been in the habit of supposing iglven except through the dealsion of the limes ”55911951, The principal filing
. that women were honored by the State 0011“. after an appeal. WhICII IS ‘a relief needed, as l believe, ‘ to chew tnis‘
‘ . s -. i h d “If practically OUE 01’ the iecah 0f the WON wholesome change in the laws of Ken~
fOl then olfico of mother 00 . . h d d ’t Wh , I J _ . . .
suited t t‘l trusty, she may have the men w.o most nee 1- en husband; lucky, which has been made l'l eight,
‘ ,0 ‘e,‘ ,“ Md if hei'hu*"and and Wife are legally. separated or d1~lor nine other States, i m enlightenment
CHSLOd) 0131191 own c ,1 ’11 H 511: .- VOTCEU» the C011” dec1des Whlcnparenthor the public mind upon the subject,‘
be dead. But not in a cases, .0“- shall. have tileLcustOdy 0f the .Chll‘d, 1:8-; and such an expression from the women
ever. even if the father is dead, and the garding the interest of the child in the} as will convince our legislators that it. is
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as ». mother is suited to the trus:, for a dead; decelon. But the Dieél‘lmptlon Is 81- their intelligent Wish.
father has more rights than a living wage In favor of the fallen and it he. Lanna, CLAY.
mothe‘ ' 's seen by further extracts: “3515‘s the court assigning the gnardian-s
“A111, fias‘hler may by will appo‘nt a Ship “:3 thefimomet" a clear case Of his
. ‘d‘y - L h‘s infant child, during its moral 01‘ ‘trlljancmi unfitness for the
guar ran to 1 . , d l charge mus. e made before the mothers
mIDOI‘liy or for any _less perio , ant superior claim is allowed, no matter it
may appoint the guardianship of the 1,11". she is. wholly “suited to the trust."
fant’s GState :0 one, and the _custody, Even this :meager measure of justice can
nurture “and education ofihtnerLilnféinéhtfi be easily defeated by the father in many
another. You observe , at t. e a 81.ilnstances if he chooses. When proceed-l
. is“ not placed under. the ShghleSt COD” jngS‘ for legal. separation or divorce are
‘ straint to appoint the mother .to the cus- begin, if he as reason to anticipate
todyhanurture: «'and.'j,€duca§1°n Of the that, the presumption in his favor will
ch‘ ~ ' ;’ no, '
,_»In appointing-ta} f" Pg the
pr??£ié§e‘* C ..... amassed
galso- have the title of Dean of the Cathe-
, .gdral, shall be elected by the Vestry from
hrist’s Churo
‘ " Burton.
gCathedral was “ratified.
against.
iBlSh'Op, and it is believed will soon be a
lCathedral.
" ‘* TERMS OF THE TENDER.
‘ {The following are the conditions of the
‘nder to the Bishop:
_.' That the Bishop shall, in addition
i his prerogatives and duties as dioesé
rgan, to be the chief pastor and director of
it-he parish, with the right at all times
{and at his pleasure to use the church
-‘r and other parish uiludings, except the
y).rectory, for all dioceasan and episcopal
purposes; to officiate, preach, adminis:cr
éthe sacraments and conduct such other
Pites, ordinances and services in the
,flcnurch, chapels and misions of the par-
sh., to take part in their deliberations
and to submit. to them from time to time
A meeting of the parish of Chl‘lSt’Si
hurch was held at the conclusion of‘
‘he‘Lenten services yesterday afternoonj
and the action of the Vestry in tender—i
ging the church to Bishop Burton for a:
The vote on
j'atifying the action was 102 for and 16,f
The church has now been tendered the
*_ such sugestions and counsel as he. ' lav
raves 'fit. I v r
. p2. This being designated as the prelim-
ary step toward the establishment of
Cathedral system which shall conducc
greater efficiency in the riiisisoiricrvI
or}: and other activities of the chuf'chi
nithis diocese—the ultimate fOl'llluifi
L hich system is to be developed and (le- ‘
l -ermined by future trial and experience
iljthe Bishop shall also, until other pro-
, .IVISIOIIIS therefor be made by the consen"
i9f ’{he Bishop and of this Vestry of thi;
pipe-rich, have the power to consiitute a:
. iieflmay see fit, a Cathedral chapter, i:
,gwers, privileges and duties to be pre
bed by him from time to time but
econmstentwith those otherwise rec-
nized orasmgned in] this resolution
palso With those conferred and im—Y
posed liporn this parish and upon thei
Recipe; and Vestry by canon law and
n.the corporation of “the rector, war-
s and Vestry of Christ Church in the
of Lexington” by civil law; provid~
cwever, that the Bishop shall al~
»-.. she the official head of such chapter,
randuthat the rector of this parish and
{two lay members of this vestry shall al-
ways be members thereof.
' 3. The rector of tris parish, who shall
.lnomina‘tions submitted to it by the Bish-y
Wop, with the right, however, upon the
Kip-art t the Vestry to reject any or all
',,rfiiminations until some person satisfac-
fltory. to it be named; and he shall be‘
.yvcharged with all the duties, and have
“all the rights and privileges of rector as5
defined by canon law and ecclesiastical.
usage. except as the same are modified
thy the rights and privileges hereby con-
erred upon the Bishop.
,i- 4;. This parish shall have all the rights,
gpcwer, privileges and obligations which
the other parishes of the diocese may
posses or be charged with. .
5. The arrangement hereby proposed
ail cease with the termination of the
piscopate of the present Bishop, the
Right Reverend Lewis W. Burton, un—
€35: thereafter continued by the mutual
{course-tit, expressly and formally thereto
given of his successor in office and of
the rector, Vestry and congregation of
lil.§fl_pi_11‘iSl_1_.__ _
For the first time‘in the annals of
the church, women were voted for for
membership to the'vestry at the elec~
tion held yesterday
o’clock in Christ Church chapel.
Eleven lady candidates were voted
for, and though none of the number
were elected the interest ran high, and
the fact that they were voted for at
all is sufficient prognostication for the
future. It is not——let us say——the be-
ginning of the end. But it is certainly
the beginning of very solemn reflec—
tions on the part oi? persons who are
unreasonably wedded to ancient cus—
toms.
Among the ladies who were voted for
for vestry members at yesterday’s
meeting were Miss Laura Clay. Mrs.
Louisa Bruce. Mrs. Williamson, Mrs.
Maria Dudley, Mrs. Avery Winston,
Mrs. A. W. Lyne. Mrs. Ed Casey, Mrs.
Mary Goodloe, Mrs. Allen, Mrs. Gray
Falconer, Mrs. Charles Bean.
The members of the reelected ves-
try. as already known. are Messrs.
John H. VVoolfolk. John M. Berkley,
James A. Todd, J. T. Shelby, T. B.
Wood, W. B. Houston. ‘Hamilton
Scott. S. ’1‘. Swift, C. C. Calhoun. C. W.
Bean, W. F. Warren and C. H. ,Edge.
ififl,
morning at 11 QATLBDAY'
.1 ready turning
Ru dub! every :Wodnosdiy and Saturday. ‘
,MAY 29, 1897
The No ‘ bar Election.
'Eof Lexington are al-
.their attention to the
Board of
The women
November election of the; .
Education forthocity. A goint com-
mittee has been“ formed from three
representative societies oi women,
the Woman’s Club, the W. C..T._U.,
and the” Equal Rights Assooiation,
who have in hand devising me beds
to draw out. the interest of the women ;
voters, and to nominate, in a popular .
manner, the women candidates. Ever
sinCe the school suffrage was con«
lei-red upon them, Lexington Women
have been persistent in their efforts
to keep the management of the schools
out. of politics, and to have the Board
of Education composed equally oi
men and women. The schools being
designed solely for training up the
‘ children into intelligent and moral
citizens, tax-payers everywhere are
yearly growmg more and more rcstive :
under the system of machine politics
, which makes the selection of teachers
l for the public schools and the regula-
‘tion of school expenses a means of
party patronage;.wnile the good of
the schools and the economical ex—
penditure oi the funds sink into:
Iecondary consideration. How to
correct. these abuses has been made
a study by intelligent citizens in
many places, and the general con-
clusion reached is that it can be done
only by completely withdrawing the
schools from political issues, and
placing them under non-partisan
management... To do all in their
poWer to bring about. this result, is
one of the objects. of the women,
Another is to secure the very best,
'mnnagement oi the schools by having
an equal number of men and women 1
uponthe Board of Education. Wo-
men see the parallel between ideal
schools and well-regulated homes, in
Which the personal charge of the
children and oversight of their sur-
roundings employ the best activities
of both fathers and mothers; ant-i they
believe the achbola will be cared for
in the belt manner when the details
of their management and the welfare
of the children in them are watched
Dyer by women as well as men. n
this principle the women desire to
.we the Board of Education consist. of
men and women in equal numbers“
One member from each ward is elect-
ed every year, so in November six
new member: must be elected. As it
happens ,all the hold-over members.
are men, in order to obtain an equal
number of women, all the members
elected in November must. be women.
Accordingly, the effort: of the joint
committee will be directed to secur~
ing the nomination of six women.
There will be a. macs-meeting in the
third week of June, in the Opera
House, for the purpose of electing a
nominating committee, whore duty
it Ihall be to lecu're the candidacy of .
six women2 who are competent for
the office, and fulfill‘the legal, require-
ments of age, residence, house-holding
etc.; and then at another mass—
meeting, probably in September,
these nominations will be ratified.
It is hoped in this manner to secure
a popular and strictly non-partisan
nomination. The massmecting is to
be made interesting by mulio and
speeches from prominent gentlemen
and ladies. Everybody will be in-
votc in the proceedings will be only i
citizen: of Lexington who desire a‘
non-partisan Board, consisting of
equal numbers of men and women- .
L . . . ‘ Lwnagaa‘e
Will Tat-.5: a lined in the Next
School Election. l
They Will lei-t Upon [cited
Re presentation.
l
[Contributed to The London] ‘
.l have been asked to say something
non of Lexington
candi- ;
0t ih plant; ct‘ the Win
regarding the. nomination of
dates on the School 8 ard to be voted!
The Equal Rights Assn-i
l
for next. fall.
ciation. the Woman's Club of Central
1]., appre-
ciating the necessity for some actionl
7‘
Kentucky and the Vi’. C. l‘.
in the matter. have appointed and in~l
strutted separate committees to niect‘,
and act as a whole in all things that
will insure 2i thorough organization
and final success.
it. is the wish ot these women to
early enlist the interest of the men and
women of this city and to invite an
earnest consideration of their plans.
"they have arranged to (-all two mass
meetings at the Opera House. The
dates given are for the third week in
June and the first of September. The
first meeting will be for the purpose
of electing a nominating committe
composed of six men and six Women
and non—partisan in character. The
duty of this committee in the interim
between the first and second mass
meeting will be to select candidates for
the School Board. and the second meet—
ing will be called for the purpose of
indorsing these nominations.
The programmes for these two mass
meetings will be of the most instruct—
ive and entertaining character. and we
take pleasure in presenting to the pub-
lic that for the June meeting. It will
embrace iany attarctive features",
such as speeches from prominent men
and women, Saxton & Trost's fine or»
chestra and the superb singing of Mr. .
Wilbur ii‘. Starr. In the plans outlined
above two things may strike the aver-
age reader at first glance as somewhat
inconsistent, namely, the absence 'of
men candidates on the non-partisan
ticket and their presence on the nom-
inating committee. it it ris‘recalled
that tne six men now on the School
Board are hold ever members and that
the terms of the women soon expire,
it will be understood why there is
mention made only of women candi—
dates.
l
i ‘ That the nominating committee will
be made up equally of men and WG--
men need occasion no surprise, as it ‘
is but. an expression of the desire of
the women to seek the sympathy and
k‘c-operntiori oi. the men in their
righteous efforts in behalf of the child-
ren of our city. No more conspicua
ous evidence is. needed to prmw the
sincerity of this position than that
vited to attend, but those entitled to] found in the fact that Since first re—
ceiving the school suffrage they have
never claimed but half the ticket,
though conscious of their right to a'
full woman’s ticket.
1Nothing can be of such vital imp-ort- '
once to a community, State or nation
as the education of its people. Recog—
nising this,‘enlightene(l nations have.
made it paramo‘u t' toall other consid—
,_erati_oris,»_, é ' public where the po-
fl " ' , . nd moraliSentiment
‘ r
sheavy [men the hearts 01 every good
mother and father n_ our land. T 11eir
removal from out chaotic em 11iomnent
of. partisan politics into the s at‘er at—
mosphere of non- -13artisan maria rement
is everywhere conceded, and to thi.1
end the women (if Lexington are worl
ing
.ln reeo qnition% the fitness of wo—
men to understant direct and p101110le
the highst mental and moral develop—
ment of children they have been put
011 school boards with the most grat—
ifying results, especially so far as our
city is concerned. Let it be": under—
stood, however, that our '\i.'omen hare
no desire to stand out alone in this
great work, but earnestly solicit the
support of the men of l1cxi1‘ig‘on, not
only in- keeping Women on, the School
Board, but in preventing the further
sacrifice of our public H'ilOOiS to the
greed of politics.
The training of youth and all that
pertains to'i‘t is essentially the pray-
ince of wonuin, and l‘htise who “Would
oppose women on the School Board 211'0
jli'“0 bah i' not (111m ion-3' ii rut th Lir ii,L":‘
1 posed to these principles
1
.' niittce of
V tl‘Ell Kentuckw, the Equal Rights Asso-
.' l. ig'Ltion and ‘the W.
'iinent men and women of
.tioas discre...... the mind and the hm"?
ot the 11:10ihrr .vho bore them. as \1, ell .
her ability to manage her household
‘ and to bring up her children. it is said
‘= that the men of Kentucky are proud ofi
jtheir women, and be it said that the::
“women believe it. 1
‘ belief the women of
call 't'x' mass meet-
ings in the interests oi six women can—
ididates for the S 'hool Bogud.
What will the men of our citv do?
31.4X1L\OJJD G?LGQA\I1.
Strong in this
Lexington will
, the Equal
'7R1ghts] Assomatlon
er Organizations Re-
-ga1dmg Women on the
‘ School __;Board.
n Thursday afternoon June [7, at
.. Clock, in the Opera House there will
be mass meeting of citi":11si11te1'ested
'our public s'chpols. The meeting
is called by the Woman’s Club the
ighivs Association and the Wo 0—1
tman Christian Tempmance Union in
ordei .to .urge the people of Lexington
to keep the management of the city
rschocis ‘non- -partisan, and to hate each
Board f iEducation. composed of men
and ‘W men in equal numbers. "1ll ese
principles will be advocated bx prom—
Lexington.
All citizens are urged to be present on
Thfir’sday especially those who are op—
1,:Me-n and women of Lexington, the
vote is yours Yours the responsibil-
l-tyl See to it that you do not let your
talent be idle but use it for the good
501 the public, hearing in mind that the
"public includes more than three thou—
"sand children, who looli to you for
' irleducati-on. Let the next step be
1:113 ess——a step forward into what is
, 11bit b'tckwar'd' Z.
A
AAW EFlPdi
’ .36.: ~ = #352!“ 3; 1
in the Ifhier‘ist eta aNon=Pa
I Board of Education.
1 .‘
ziisan
There will be a mass meeting at the
Opera House ihursday afternoon June
17, :‘LL 3 o’clock, ca led by a joint' com-
the W‘oman-s Club of Con—
(1T. U.
Wei/.191 of a non- par isan liloardi'iof Ed—
ucatlion for the public schools. Mr. T.
in the in—
T. Forman iwill preside and there will '
be speeches: by Mr. John R'EAllen 2111.
John. T. ’ .
tit-id hy'ihe
Partisan
ECChC «1
rLlfi-j'
of :r 11
Pll sui'ccm:
Llrgci id
who wer in
account or the
heat.
About one
Rent putricl'i
"1nd women
111:" lhe 131111:
W .2111 :1.‘.»‘ s
311' '. James
10st able
and on the stage bar.-
‘a 11. Li
NE
Advocates
‘ iii if“ CAN
meeting at
E'f.'i0‘111ic 1r
ineiies
18.1891.
of a New
iiCkai,
Line n“,’i! 4
up
in the in:
1—111 paitisan School 1.1.aid
tie ted the ilL: Ll to
Lil’.)tl,§',11 l'..ll‘1"1' ‘
Ll(.11(1{jit
11:
ea rlj.’ hour and extreme
l
hundred and fifty pro-111i—
: ai‘ '7
11 It‘ll, r1.“ I...
A. Cu rrif
l1 of hi
1.. pul‘ilic—spiri:
(11“, the citv We
.~ Mszcciation 11nd.
whole-smiled
ed men
re press. 'i
Club were well represented.
presided in 2'.
ill El 1131 Q 'L‘,
1.1,
in S 21 E 1:5.
1*“. .51. Ci'amer, Miss laura Clay
Sue Scott.
rison‘ Groolm
..l. C
n the boxes were noticed Mrs. it. ‘
Miss Lizzie
Morton, -"
Scott, Miss
Me rton Mrs.
la Viilliiaine,‘
Mrs. A.
'Al‘LL-ir Mr.
ed the
ing
very sntisl‘a'c
the non—partisan
how truly hi
i it. CURRY’EB‘AJJDI
The ch? rte
crnnierl.
was to place
3:111 mum"
' .3 1.1‘11e1'ested
1):)"1'1'1’1'
privilege
incnib ' oi"
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