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has been known to the editor of The Woman's Journal for many years. She is a lady of high character, and has been in the past extremely generous to the National American Woman Suffrage Association. She encloses in the letter accompanying her appeal a line from the president of a bank in her home town, testifying to her sood character and to her financial responsibility., Her appeal will speak for itself. A. S. B.

At Legal Annual or Semi-Annual Interest On Security As Hereinafter Explained, Prompt Assistance from Genuine Lovers of Justice and Liberty for the Mistreated Orphans of a Martyr to This Cause

The children of one who lived for and who, practically, also died for the cause of justice and liberty in an unprogressive community, — children born to an atmosphere of love and refinement in one of the most elegant of old colonial mansions,—fell, by complications and persecutions almost unbelievable in an age which calls itself civilized, into the hands of cearse and mercenary people, by whom they have been shamefully mistreated. One of these children has carried for weeks a bruise from the stub of a bussywhip. One has been held below the cover of a well with a threat to be dropped into it. At the same child a hot smoothing-iron, just removed from the stove, was thrown, missing the child only by accident.

Both parents are dead. The writer of this appoal and that parent who was a martyr to the cause of equal suffrage were the "Friends" alluded to in the verses thus titled, to be found elsewhere in this issue. The realty of the maker of this appeal is, by extraordinary complications (mot debt), so tied up as to be unavailable for the benefit of the victims, else this appeal would not be made. Apart from literary resources (in a lighter and happier vein—both prose and verse—than the selection given, for obvious reasons), the writer has also an unincumbered work, not of a literary nature, which has been pronounced by specialists in its line “a work of genius;" but any normal mind should understand that the relief of these children must precede the necessary application for placing this work on sale, which is a mere matter of detail, the work itself being practically perfected. Hence, the maker of this appeal would offer as security for the loan asked a life policy in a thorousghly reliable company, premiums, of course, to be paid by the borrower.

Though it is highly probable that the principal could be returned much earlier, the following terms are requested: Five years, with the option of making on any interest day principal payments in such amounts as the borrower is able, interest to be payable semi-annually or annually at option of debtor.

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Intricately related to the mistreatment of these children, and as really a part of the matter, is a grievous injustice the solution of which will sreatly aid to solve the whole situation for them. Formerly even more complex, the whole matter has now assumed a phase by which it is believed that the amount below asked can secure tolerable justice, namely, $7,000; but rather than fail of the main matter—their immediate relief—by waiting to raise the whole amount needed, a loan of at least one-half that amount (namely, $3,500) is asked to relieve their present situation. Peculiar complications in the case make it more difficult of relief than an ordinary case of its kind.

A man who had been overtaken by much adversity was surrounded by numbers who were saying how sorry they were for him, but offered no practical assistance until a Jew in the crowd—this is written by a Gentile—said “Gentlemen, I am sorry five dollars worth." How much are you sorry for these children in dcllars and cents at legal interest? Any other kind of sorry is not worth a continental—I would put it stronger if the editor would publish the word I would use—for solving the situation of these children. It is not a begging proposition.

For the aggregate of small amounts

THE WOMAN'S JOURNAL, MARCH 2, 1912

lent, the maker of this appeal will sive a life policy in favor of The Woman's Journal, relieving the Journal, of course, of all remittance expenses on returning such amounts to the lenders. If one or more individuals are able to lend in amounts large enough to be insurable, such individuals will, of course, be personally insured for the amounts they lend.

The loan, or at least knowledge that it will be forthcoming, is urgently needed immediately. “What thou doest, do quickly." Send to The Woman's Journal, remembering to label “For benevolent loan," to be acknowledged in Journal with name and address of each sender unless lender requests otherwise.

Should any reader of sufficient means be willing to lend, or to advance at cnce, the whole amount, or a large part of it, to be reimbursed promptly by the Journal's holding smaller loans, as soon as received, to the credit of such advancer until amount thus advanced had been equalled, a prompt wire to the Journal (cost of which I would repay) stating when such amount would be sent to it, and whether as a loan or an advance loan, thus enabling the Journal to wire me promptly that the amount needed or a goodly part of it was already premised, such benefactor or benefactors of these helpless children will surely have future occasion to prove my gratitude, and I think I can safely add also theirs.

The following poems are by the author of the foregoing appeal:

FRIENDS

dived deep into the green, cool wood, “Our wood," where we joyed to stray; The love-vine(a) tangled her golden skein— In love with loving, nor spun for gain— The lily dighted without a stain, And dreamily waved the bay; Each wood bird, reverent of my mood (Whole givn dear other of us twain), With hushed note bade me stay; Rare perfumes—old as the heart of love, As new as a newborn day— Fine-mingled as color on throat of the dove, Breathed hidden sweetness could store all hives; And our two springs—as close as our hearts, With deltas as far as our lives— Low babbled and babbled, “Come, drink again!" Till they lured me unto the heart of the wood With their silvery liquid arts, Now spectral, now vanished, in snowwhite spray; But there, by twin fountains, alone I stood, And, lonely, I turned away. (a) Popularly, love-vine; botanically, dodder, a leafless threadlike parasite of orange hue, presenting, in luxuriant growth, literally the appearance of matted golden strands.

POEMS OF POWER (a) Panoplied

Forward and backward, early and late, I sail through the port of the golden gate, Where near-wise, fool, and slumberer wait. As oft as one near-wise I see, I bear such to the gate with me And leave each to its mystery, That each in after-time may be One more lone-sailor-free To guide recruits to victory. Love is my breastplate and Truth my helm. I bear no arms, but my armor dear Disarms the armed, for it breaks his spear. The oldest song of time I sing— Am equalready to bless a king Or the smallest life in a realm.

(a)"“Power" as here used has a special meaning, which will be understood by those who store it.

Universal Love

Love all embracing, not self-effacing, (a) Is season vernal, Is youth eternal; As warm as fire, as soft as lyre, And as time as old; As harried patience of unshorn Sam son, triumphant strons; No babe as youns; As swift as arrow from Red Man's quiver; As siow as journey of winding river; As full of pity as rain for flowers that wilt; (b) As stern as judgment; As keen as talent; Than ether lighter; as grievous heavy as guilt; As bold of spirit as conquering Franc; As true as carrier-dove in flight o'er the wold; As wormwood, bitter; Than music, sweeter; As pure as the white that caps Mont And as cold.

) s e t the l i a part of justice absolute as is justice o any other entity in the universe but universal love, drawing a distinction between the permanent and the personal self, sometimes foregoes material justice to the personal self (though it never voluntarily foregoes moral justice even to the personal self), being consciously equal to the consequences of its decision if its beneficiary or beneficiaries prove unsrateful. In such event universal love, though at times in duty bound to be severe, never indulges pitiless contempt, but serenely resigsns the issue to universal law, which, in its own time and way, requites benevolence and instructs ingratitude. Universal love, however, resigns no issue to remote future adjustment untir all honorable and feasible means toward getting justice here and now, have been exhausted.

(b) Rain assists wilting flowers to stand erect. Universal love, in exercising its sentiment of pity, recosnizes its own moral obligation to guard against morally weakening its beneficiaries. PRIZES FOR ESSAYS

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ampshire Suffragists Offer Them to Students and Grangers—Miss Shaw's Dates—Great interest in Inter- School Debate

Hon. Charles R. Corning of Concord spoke for woman suffrage at the annual banquet of the Franklin Board of Trade on Washington's Birthday. Always an enthusiastic suffragist, on this occasion he treated the subject in a scholarly and masterly manner. Meetings were held in Lebanon and West Lebanon on Feb. 23 and 24. Mrs. Winston Churchill spoke at the o nightly Club one day, and the next gave a parlor talk at the residence of Mrs. Hurlburt.

Rev. and Mrs. Henry G. Ives of Andover are to speak in Good Templars' Hall, Wilmot Flat, March 2.

Rev. Anna H. Shaw, National President, is to have nine days' meetings, under the auspices of the Concord E. S. A., of which Mrs. Agnes M. Jenks is chairman. Mrs. Jenks also will speak at each meeting. The dates are: March 1 at Newport; March 4 at Keene, where Rev. H. Sumner Mitchell will preside; March 5, at Nashua, where Judge E. E. Parker will preside; March 6, at Manchester, where Hon. Oliver Branch will preside, and March 7 at Dover, where Hon. Dwight Hall, the Mayor, will preside.

Mrs. Jenks is to speak before the Manchester Central Labor Union on March 3.

Great interest is manifested in Concord in the Interscholastic Debate on Equal Suffrage in the Dartmouth series, Concord High School vs. Tilton Seminary, which will take place at the High School Hall, Concord, March 1. The boys, who have done earnest work, are feeling a little alarmed at being pitted against a seminary where the debaters are older than the high school students. However, it has spurred them on to greater effort. Prizes of $10, $5 and $2.50 respectively are offered to all regular members of New Hampshire secondary schools for the best essays of not over 500 words, favoring woman suffrage. Literature may be had at Suffrage Headquarters, 15 State Block, Concord. Finished essays may be presented at Headquarters between June 1 and Oct. 1. Judges will be selected from the New Hampshire Collegse Women's Equal Suffrage League.

Regular members of New Hampshire Granges are offered similar prizes of $10, $5 and $2.50 for the best essays favoring woman suffrage. These must be presented by Oct. 1. Further details will follow.

Mrs. Barrett Wendell of Massachusetts has started an Anti Association at Portsmouth.

They Ask That Municipal Vote Be No Longer Limited to Widows and Spinsters

Following up their advantage re cently obtained by a favorable resolution of the Toronto City Council, the presidents of the Toronto Suffrage Association, the Equal Franchise League, and the Women Teachers' Franchise Club have sent a letter to all the members of the Ontario Lesislature in support of the Toronto City

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Council's recommendation that married women shall be allowed to vote in municipal elections. At present only unmarried women or widows may vote. In part, the circular says:

“It is obvious that this disability which descends upon women on marriage is nothing but an antiquated remnant of the subservient position in which women were placed before the passage of the Married Women's Property Acts, when no married woman was allowed to dispose of her own property or even of the wages earned by her own labor. All these were absolutely her husband's, and she had practically no existence under the civil law.

“In our present time, when a married woman is directly taxed by the municipality on her own property or income, it is surely highly unfair, and utterly opposed to democratic principles, to deny her a direct voice in the imposing and spending of the taxes which she is compelled to pay directly. “We are confident that the members of the Ontario Legislature are as true to the principle of 'fair play' for the women of Ontario as are the men of the Toronto Council, with regard to the women of Toronto, and that you will see your way to support legislation abolishing an unfair discrimination which is out of place under the enlightened understanding of society in the twentieth century."

A large deputation will wait upon Sir James Whitney to urge that the married women be put on a level with the spinsters.

PENNSYLVANIA WILL HAVE HEARING MARCH 22

Three Questions to Be Answered By Suffragists and Antis

So many petitions for suffrage have poured in that the Legislative Commission to Revise the Election Laws of Pennsylvania has appointed a hear-

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TO LET. APARTMENT on Newbury Street, two rooms, with kitchen and bath, to be let furnished) for six months trom April 1, by a lady leaving Boston for the summer. Telephone Back Bay 5023-W. ing to be held in the Council Chamber on March 22. The chairman of the Commission, Frank P. Prichard, has asked to have the discussion carried on along the following lines:

“Do the majority of women desire the right of suffrage, and what statistics are available as a basis of judsment on this question?"

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“wWill the right of suffrage, if granted, be exercised generally by women, and what statistics are available on this question?"

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“Will the exercise of suffrage by wemen result in a benefit to the community, and what statistics are available to prove this?"

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It probably cannot be shown that the majority of women want the ballot; the majority are indifferent, but it can easily be shown that more woman favor than oppose it. On the secend and third points, the suffragists will be able to carry all before them. Both sides are to have a hearing.

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Literary Tea of Women's Political Union, at Which Virginia Women Speak—The “Silent Siege" in Albany

The Women's Political Union of New York has social afternoon teas every Sunday, with prominent speakers to explain the progress of the suffrage cause in a neighboring State or in the various districts of Greater New York. Last Sunday the guests of the afternoon, Miss Ellen Glasgow and Mrs. Louise Collier Wilcox, told of the inception and growth of the work in Virginia. Miss Glassow made her maiden speech. She told charmingly how the women of Richmond went about the business of learning to speak, till now they had several really excellent speakers. She related many amusing incidents, and described the