‘June 18, 1915 
ed that Mr. Punch was an Anti-Suf- 
fragist, because he so evidently be- 
lieved in physical force! ‘The great 
ocial and financial success of this oc- 
-asion were chiefly due to Mrs. Shaw 
herself and to the Ways and Means 
Comm. of Mass., of which Mrs. B. F. 
Pitman is chairman. Many remarked 
‘that some similar affair ought to be 
given on the North Shore during the 
summer, where several suitable places 
could be found. 
Another financial success of a very 
‘different sort was the Sacrifice Day 
“sale held last week in Boston. A very 
interesting collection was received, 
exhibited and sold at Leonard’s, in- 
cluding some beautiful pieces of old 
jewelry and other family treasures 
which represented real sacrifice on 
the part of many Suffragists. Over 
$1500 was made at the sale. 
The National American Suffrage 
_Ass’n has just held a special conven- 
tion in Chicago, at which two of the 
prominent speeches were made by the 
‘Mass. State President, Miss Alice 
Stone Blackwell, and the National 
‘Vice-President, Mrs. Stanley Mce- 
Cormick, remembered here as .Kath- 
- erine Dexter. Mrs. McCormick has 
sent me a report of the convention, 
including the platform adopted, 
which emphasises “strict non-part- 
 isanship” and “disapproval of the so- 
-ealled militant methods.” Thus both 
the National Suffrage Ass’n and the 
Mass. Ass’n have repudiated these 
“militant methods,’ which are not 
really militant at all, but are agita- 
tions unsuited to the present situation 
in this country. (Such as “heckling” 
pblack-listing, etc. These methods 
have, been used by a little group ol 
the “Congressional Union.’’) 
In reply to enquiries, | will say that 
the Campaign Canvassers will not 
visit Manchester until later in the 
summer, but meanwhile there will be 
many Suffrage meetings and activi- 
ties in this region. 
Watch for the Suffrage Bluebird! 
UES ENG See Fs 
Editor North Shore Breese, 
Dear Sir: 
Of all the outrageous nonsense 
published by the Anti-Suffragists, 
there is none more offensive than 
that which I read in the Breeze over 
the signature of “Mrs. William Lo- 
well Putnam”—with such a lberty- 
sounding name it is all the more 
shocking that she should still advo- 
eate the political enslavement of one 
half of the population of the United 
States! Her statements are imaccu- 
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rate, distorted and patently intended 
to be misleading. 
To quote from her letter in the 
“With regard 
to vice, Denver is notoriously the most 
immoral city in the Union, and yet 
women have voted in Colorado for 
over twenty year~!” Will Mrs. Put- 
nam tell the readers of the BREEZE on 
what information and by what auth- 
ority she makes that statement? Per- 
haps on the authority of Judge Ben 
Lindsey of Denver, a man discredited 
by the really intelligent and honest 
people of Colorado.—A man whose 
nature is of such small calibre, that 
every time he becomes “peeved’’ be- 
cause things are not coming his way 
—politically speaking—he rushes east 
to Massachusetts or New York, to 
tell your good people just what an 
awful place Colorado is—what  vi- 
cious, best-of-the-jungle citizens rule 
the city of Denver and the other 
cities of the state—and how he alone, 
with a° few henchmen of his own 
breed, represent all that there is of 
decency, honesty and efficiency in the 
entire state of Colorado. 
These spectacular tirades of Judge 
Lindsey have become so nauseating 
to the respectable, patriotic citizens of 
the State, that by unwritten, but pop- 
ular consent, Judge Linsey and_ ail 
his works, form a subject that is 
practically “taboo.” 
To quote further from Mrs. Put- 
nam’s letter. ‘The investigator for 
the Florence Crittonden Homes 
(which are homes where women with 
illegitimate children are cared for) 
found more very young girls in Den- 
ver than anywhere else.” = Granted 
that this statement be true—although 
I would want much stronger evidence 
than she offers in her letter, of fig- 
ures, dates extenuating circumstances, 
and other statistics—has Mrs. Put- 
nam taken the trouble, in the cause 
of honesty and justice, to find out 
what percentage of “these very young 
girls bearing illegitimate children in 
the Denver Florence  Crittendon 
Home” were natives of Colorado, or 
what percentage of these young girls 
could even be called citizens of Colo- 
rado by right of domicile? If Mrs. 
Putnam were unbiased enough to in- 
vestigate before she made her leap in 
the dark, she would discover facts 
which would give her too-partisan 
mind several decided jolts. 
Denver is the largest city and the 
centre of a territory which has a 
radius of at least five hundred miles. 
From all the States within that radius 
comes to Denver the unfortunate wo- 
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man, the unthinking woman, the ig- 
norant woman, the loving woman, the 
betrayed woman, she comes to Den- 
ver, in her mind to a metropolis, to 
“hide her shame” as the world calls it, 
and—because she knows she can get 
good surgical care, and humane, 
Christian, loving treatment from _ 
those with whom she seeks shelter. 
If Mrs. Putnam cares to go further 
into this subject | could give her 
many illuminating instances of young 
girls who came to Denver to “hide 
their shame,’ who are not of that 
class of “ignorant country girls,” 
within a radius of five hundred miles 
of Denver. I know what I am say- 
ing because | have investigated! 
There have been many cases in the 
local hospitals of Denver, of girls 
“gone wrong,’ from proud and well- 
known families in the East, including 
Massachusetts, who have come to 
Denver to bear their illegitimate 
babies; because Denver is so ‘“‘far- 
away,’ and one “can get it all. over 
with,” and ‘nobody back East will be 
any the wiser” 
And—then what ? 
Denver is held up to scorn by wo- 
men like Mrs. Putnam. Its citizens, 
both men and women, because surely 
all are equally responsible, although 
there are many more men voters in 
the State than. women voters, are 
maligned and vilified on account of 
conditions which are 80% forced up- 
on us. 
I will not waste time and_ brain 
force in replying to the rest of Mrs. 
Putnam’s intelligent (?) comments 
on Colorado’s child labor — laws, 
“which permit girls over ten years of 
age to ply any street trade!” That is 
an abortion of the truth which is re- 
volting to any decent-minded citizen 
of Colorado. 
Will the Norra SuHore BREEZE 
kindly publish this letter in its next 
issue (in toto) ? 
—A ReEsPECTABLE WOMAN CITIZEN 
AND VOTER IN COLORADO. 
June 7th, 1915. 
Don’t shut off the power when 
you’ve reached the top of the hill 
You will need it to keep from sliding 
back. 
CONNECTION PLAIN 
Brown—What a rig that woman 
has on! Jones (looking)—By Jove, 
that reminds me I’ve got to get some 
castor oil for—Brown—Eh! I fail to 
see how that rig can remind you of 
castor oil. Jones—The bad taste of 
it, my boy.—Boston Transcript. 
Leopard Moth 
Worker, 
