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SCENE: The north side of the Nelson Column in Trafalgar Square. The Curtain rises on an uproar. The crowd, which momentarily increases, is composed chiefly of weedy youths and wastrel old men. There are a few decent artisans; three or four "beery" out‐o'‐works; three or four young women of the domestic servant or Strand restaurant cashier class; one aged woman in rusty black peering with faded, wondering eyes, consulting the faces of the men and laughing nervously and apologetically from time to time; one or two quiet‐looking, business‐like women, thirty to forty; two middle‐class men, who stare and whisper and smile. A quiet old man with a lot of unsold Sunday papers under one arm stands in an attitude of rapt attention, with the free hand round his deaf ear. A brisk‐looking woman of forty‐five or so, wearing pince‐nez, goes round with a pile of propagandist literature on her arm. Many of the men smoking cigarettes—the old ones pipes. On the outskirts of this crowd, of several hundred, a couple of smart men in tall shining hats hover a few moments, single eyeglasses up, and then saunter off. Against the middle of the Column, where it rises above the stone platform, is a great red banner, one supporting pole upheld by a grimy page: 50 sandwichman, the other by a small, dirty boy of eight. If practicable only the lower portion of the banner need be seen, bearing the final words of the legend—"VOTES FOR WOMEN!" in immense white letters. It will be well to get, to the full, the effect of the height above the crowd of the straggling group of speakers on the pedestal platform. These are, as the Curtain rises, a working‐class woman who is waving her arms and talking very earnestly, her voice for the moment blurred in the uproar. She is dressed in brown serge and looks pinched and sallow. At her side is the CHAIRMAN urging that she be given a fair hearing. ALLEN TRENT is a tall, slim, brown‐haired man of twenty‐eight, with a slight stoop, an agreeable aspect, well‐bred voice, and the gleaming brown eye of the visionary. Behind these two, looking on or talking among themselves, are several other carelessly dressed women; one, better turned out than the rest, is quite young, very slight and gracefully built, with round, very pink cheeks, full, scarlet lips, naturally waving brown hair, and an air of childish gravity. She looks at the unruly mob with imperturbable calm. The CHAIRMAN's voice is drowned.)
(with lean, brown finger out and voice raised shriller now above the tumult).
I've got boys o' me own and we laugh at all sorts o' things, but I should be ashymed and so would they if ever they was to be'yve as you're doin' to‐d'y. (In laughter the noise dies.) page: 51 People 'ave been sayin' this is a middle‐class woman's movement. It's a libel. I'm a workin' woman myself, the wife of a working man. (Voice: "Pore devil!") I'm a Poor Law Guardian and a—
Think of that, now—gracious me!
(Laughter and interruption.)
(to the noisy young man near him).
Oh, shut up, cawn't yer?
Not fur you!
Go 'ome and darn yer old man's stockens!
Just clean yer own doorstep!
It's a pore sort of 'ousekeeper that leaves 'er doorstep till Sunday afternoon. Maybe that's when you would do your doorstep. I do mine in the mornin' before you men are awake.
It's true, wot she says!—every word.
You say we women 'ave got no business servin' on boards and thinkin' about politics. Wot's politics? (A derisive roar.) It's just 'ousekeepin' on a big scyle. 'Oo among you workin' men 'as the most comfortable 'omes? Those of you that gives yer wives yer wyges.
(Loud laughter and jeers.)
That's it! Wantin' our money. Lord 'Igh 'Ousekeeper of England.
If it wus only to use fur our comfort, d'ye think many o' you workin' men would be found turnin' over their wyges to their page: 52 wives. No! Wot's the reason thousands do—and the best and the soberest? Because the workin' man knows that wot's a pound to 'im is twenty shillin's to 'is wife. And she'll myke every penny in every one o' them shillin's tell. She gets more fur 'im out of 'is wyges that wot 'e can! Some o' you know wot the 'omes is like w'ere the men don't let the women manage. Well, the Poor Laws and the 'ole Government is just in the syme muddle because the men 'ave tried to do the national 'ousekeepin' without the women. (Roars.) But, like I told you before, it's a libel to say it's only the well‐off women wot's wantin' the vote. Wot about the 96,000 textile workers? Wot about the Yorkshire tailoresses? I can tell you wot plenty o' the poor women think about it. I'm one of them, and I can tell you we see there's reforms needed. We ought to 'ave the vote (jeers), and we know 'ow to appreciate the other women 'oo go to prison fur tryin' to get it fur us!
(With a little final bob of emphasis and a glance over shoulder at the old woman and the young one behind her, she seems about to retire, but pauses as the murmur in the crowd grows into distinct phrases. "They get their 'air cut free." "Naow they don't, that's only us!" "Silly Suffragettes!" "Stop at 'ome!" "'Inderin' policemen—mykin' rows in the streets!")
(louder than the others).
They sees yer ain't fit t'ave—page: 53
"Ha, ha!" "Shut up!" "Keep quiet, cawn't yer?" (General uproar.)
You evidently don't know what had to be done by men before the extension of the Suffrage in '67. If it hadn't been for demonstrations of violence—
(His voice is drowned.)
(coming forward again, her shrill note rising clear).
You s'y woman's plyce is 'ome! Don't you know there's a third of the women o' this country can't afford the luxury of stayin' in their 'omes? They got to go out and 'elp make money to p'y the rent and keep the 'ome from bein' sold up. Then there's all the women that 'aven't got even miseerable 'omes. They 'aven't got any 'omes at all.
You said you got one. W'y don't you stop in it?
Yes, that's like a man. If one o' you is all right, he thinks the rest don't matter. We women—
The lydies! God bless 'em!
(Voices drown out her and the CHAIRMAN.)
(To NOISY YOUNG MAN).
Oh, take that extra 'alf pint 'ome and sleep it off!
P'r'aps your 'omes are all right. P'r'aps you aren't livin', old and young, married and single, in one room. I come from a plyce where many fam'lies 'ave to live like that if they're to go on livin' at all. If you don't believe me, come and let me show you! (She spreads out her lean arms.) Come with me to Canning Town!—come with me to Bromley—come to Poplar and to Bow! No. You won't even think about the overworked women and the underfed page: 54 children and the 'ovels they live in. And you want that we shouldn't think neither—
We'll do the thinkin'. You go 'ome and nuss the byby.
I do nurse my byby! I've nursed seven. What 'ave you done for yours? P'r'aps your children never goes 'ungry, and maybe you're satisfied—thought I must say I wouldn't a' thought it from the look 'o you.
Oh, I s'y!
But we women are not satisfied. We don't only want better things for our own children. We want better things for all. Every child is our child. We know in our 'earts we oughtn't to rest till we've mothered 'em every one.
"Women"—"children"—wot about the men? Are they all 'appy?
(Derisive laughter and "No! no!" "Not precisely." "'Appy? Lord!")
No, there's lots o' you men I'm sorry for (Shrill Voice: "Thanks awfully!"), an' we'll 'elp you if you let us.
'Elp us? You tyke the bread out of our mouths. You women are black‐leggin' the men!
W'y does any woman tyke less wyges than a man for the same work? Only because we can't get anything better. That's part the reason w'y we're yere to‐d'y. Do you reely think we tyke them there low wyges because we got a lykin' for low wyges? No. We're just like you. We want as much as ever we can get. ("'Ear! 'Ear!" and laughter.) We got a gryte deal to do with our wyges, we women has. We got the children to think about. And w'en we get page: 55 our rights, a woman's flesh and blood won't be so much cheaper than a man's that employers can get rich on keepin' you out o' work, and sweatin' us. If you men could see it, we got the syme cause, and if you 'elped us, you'd be 'elpin yerselves.
"Rot!" "Drivel."
True as gospel!
(She retires against the banner with the others. There is some applause.)
Well, now, that wasn't so bad—fur a woman.
N‐naw. Not fur a woman.
(speaking through this last).
Miss Ernestine Blunt will now address you.
(Applause, chiefly ironic, laughter, a general moving closer and knitting up of attention. ERNESTINE BLUNT is about twenty‐four, but looks younger. She is very downright, not to say pugnacious—the something amusing and attractive about her is there, as it were, against her will, and the more fetching for that. She has no conventional gestures, and none of any sort at first. As she warms to her work she uses her slim hands to enforce her emphasis, but as though unconsciously. Her manner of speech is less monotonous than that of the average woman‐speaker, but she, too, has a fashion of leaning all her weight on the end of the sentence. She brings out the final word or two with an effort of underscoring, and makes a forward motion of the slim body as if the better to drive the last nail in. page: 56 She evidently means to be immensely practical—the kind who is pleased to think she hasn't a grain of sentimentality in her composition, and whose feeling, when it does all but master her, communicates itself magnetically to others.)
Perhaps I'd better begin by explaining a little about our "tactics." (Cries of "Tactics! We know!" "Mykin' trouble!" "Public scandal!") To make you understand what we've done, I must remind you of what others have done. Perhaps you don't know that women first petitioned Parliament for the Franchise as long ago as 1866.
How do you know?
(She pauses a moment, taken off her guard by the suddenness of the attack.)
You wasn't there!
That was the trouble. Haw! haw!
And the petition was presented—
Give 'er a 'earin' now she 'as got out of 'er crydle.
—presented to the House of Commons by that great Liberal, John Stuart Mill. (Voices: "Mill? Who is he when he's at home?") Bills or Resolutions have been before the House on and off for the last thirty‐six years. That, roughly, is our history. We found ourselves, towards the close of the year 1905, with no assurance that if we went on in the same way any girl born into the world in this generation would live to exercise the rights of citizenship, though she lived to be a hundred. So we said all this has been in page: 57 vain. We must try some other way. How did the working man get the Suffrage, we asked ourselves? Well, we turned up the records, and we saw—
"Not by scratching people's faces!" . . . "Disraeli give it 'em" "Dizzy? Get out!" "Cahnty Cahncil scholarships!" "Oh, Lord, this education!" "Chartist riots, she's thinkin' of!" (Noise in the crowd.)
But we don't want to follow such a violent example. We would much rather not—but if that's the only way we can make the country see we're in earnest, we are prepared to show them.
An' they'll show you!—Give you another month 'ard.
Don't think that going to prison has any fears for us. We'd go for life if by doing that we could get freedom for the rest of the women.
"Hear, hear!" "Rot!" "W'y don't the men 'elp ye to get your rights?"
Here's some one asking why the men don't help. It's partly they don't understand yet—they will before we've done! (Laughter.) Partly they don't understand yet what's at stake—
Lord, they're a 'educatin' of us!
Wot next?
—and partly that the bravest man is afraid of ridicule. Oh, yes; we've heard a great deal all our lives about the timidity and the sensitiveness of women. And it's true. We are sensitive. But I tell you, ridicule crumples a man up. It steels a woman. We've come to know the value of ridicule. We've educated ourselves so that we welcome ridicule. We owe our sincerest thanks to the comic writers. page: 58 The cartoonist is our unconscious friend. Who cartoons people who are of no importance? What advertisement is so sure of being remembered?
I admit that.
If we didn't know it by any other sign, the comic papers would tell us we've arrived! But our greatest debt of gratitude we owe, to the man who called us female hooligans. (The crowd bursts into laughter.) We aren't hooligans, but we hope the fact will be overlooked. If everybody said we were nice, well‐behaved women, who'd come to hear us? Not the men. (Roars.) Men tell us it isn't womanly for us to care about politics. How do they know what's womanly? It's for women to decide that. Let the men attend to being manly. It will take them all their time.
Are we down‐'earted? Oh no!
And they say it would be dreadful if we got the vote, because then we'd be pitted against men in the economic struggle. But that's come about already. Do you know that out of every hundred women in this country eighty‐two are wage‐earning women? It used to be thought unfeminine for women to be students and to aspire to the arts—that bring fame and fortune. But nobody has ever said it was unfeminine for women to do the heavy drudgery that's badly paid. That kind of work had to be done by somebody—and the men didn't hanker after it. Oh, no.
(Laughter and interruption.)
She can talk—the little one can.page: 59
Oh, they can all "talk."
I wouldn't like to be 'er 'usban'. Think o' comin' 'ome to that!
I'd soon learn 'er!
(speaking through the noise).
Oh, no! Let the women scrub and cook and wash. That's all right! But if they want to try their hand at the better paid work of the liberal professions—oh, very unfeminine indeed! Then there's another thing. Now I want you to listen to this, because it's very> important. Men say if we persist in competing with them for the bigger prizes, they're dreadfully afraid we'd lose the beautiful protesting chivalry that—Yes, I don't wonder you laugh. We laugh. (Bending forward with lit eyes.) But the women I found at the Ferry Tin Works working for five shillings a week—I didn't see them laughing. The beautiful chivalry of the employers of women doesn't prevent them from paying women tenpence a day for sorting coal and loading and unloading carts—doesn't prevent them from forcing women to earn bread in ways worse still. So we won't talk about chivalry. It's being over‐;sarcastic. We'll just let this poor ghost of chivalry go—in exchange for a little plain justice.
If the House of Commons won't give you justice, why don't you go to the House of Lords?
Better 'urry up. Case of early closin'.
(Laughter. A man at the back asks the speaker something.)
(unable to hear).
You'll be allowed to ask any question you like at the end of the meeting.page: 60
(boy of eighteen).
Oh, is it question time? I s'y, Miss, 'oo killed cock robin?
(She is about to resume, but above the general noise the voice of a man at the back reaches her indistinct but insistent. She leans forwards trying to catch what he says. While the indistinguishable murmur has been going on GEOFFREY STONOR has appeared on the edge of the crowd, followed by JEAN and LADY JOHN in motor veils.)
(pressing forward eagerly raising her veil).
Is she one of them? That little thing!
I—I suppose so.
Oh, ask some one, Geoffrey. I'm so disappointed. I did so hope we'd hear one of the—the worst.
(to the interrupter—on the other side.).
What? What do you say? (She screws up her eyes with the effort to hear, and puts a hand up to her ear. A few indistinguishable words between her and the man.)
(who has been studying the figures on the platform through her lorgnon, turns to a working man beside her).
Can you tell me, my man, which are the ones that—a—that make the disturbances?
The one that's doing the talking—she's the disturbingest o' the lot.
(craning to listen).
Not that nice little—
Oh, yes—I see. There's a man over here asking—
I've got a question too. Are—you—married?page: 61
Quick! There's yer chawnce. 'E's a bachelor.
(goes straight on as if she had not heard)
—man asking: if the women get full citizenship, and a war is declared, will the women fight?
No, really—no, really, now!
(The Crowd: "Haw! Haw!" "Yes!" "Yes, how about that?")
Well, you know, some people say the whole trouble about us is that we do fight. But it is only hard necessity makes us do that. We don't want to fight—as men seem to—just for fighting's sake. Women are for peace.
Hear, hear.
And when we have a share in public affairs there'll be less likelihood of war. But that's not to say women can't fight. The Boer women did. The Russian women face conflicts worse than any battlefield can show. (Her voice shakes a little, and the eyes fill, but she controls her emotion gallantly, and dashes on.) But we women know all that is evil, and we're for peace. Our part—we're proud to remember it—our part has been to go about after you men in war‐time, and pick up the pieces! (A great shout.) Yes—seems a bit funny, doesn't it? You men blow them to bits, and then we come along and put them together again. If you know anything about military nursing, you know a good deal of our work has been done in the face of danger—but it's always been done.page: 62
That'os so. That's so.
You complain that more and more we're taking away from you men the work that's always been yours. You can't any longer keep women out of the industries. The only question is upon what terms shall she continue to be in? As long as she's in on bad terms, she's not only hurting herself—she's hurting you. But if you're feeling discouraged about our competing with you, we're willing to leave you your trade in war. Let the men take life! We give life! (Her voice is once more moved and proud.) No one will pretend ours isn't one of the dangerous trades either. I won't say any more to you now, because we'e got others to speak to you, and a new woman‐helper that I want you to hear.
(She retires to the sound of clapping. There's a hurried consultation between her and the CHAIRMAN. Voices in the Crowd: "The little 'un's all right" "Ernestine's a corker," &c.)
(looking at STONOR to see how he's taken it).
(smiling down at her).
Nothing reprehensible in what she said, was there?
Oh, reprehensible!
It makes me rather miserable all the same.
(draws her hand protectingly through his arm).
You mustn't take it as much to heart as all that.
I can't help it—I can't indeed, Geoffrey. I shall never be able to make a speech like that!
(taken aback).
I hope not, indeed.page: 63
Why, I thought you said you wanted me—?
To make nice little speeches with composure—so I did! So I— (Seems to lose his thread as he looks at her.)
(with a little frown).
You said—
That you have very pink cheeks? Well, I stick to that.
Sh! Don't tell everybody.
And you're the only female creature I ever saw who didn't look a fright in motor things.
(melted and smiling).
I'm glad you don't think me a fright.
I will now ask (name indistinguishable) to address the meeting.
(as she sees LADY JOHN moving to one side).
Oh, don't go yet, Aunt Ellen!
Go? Certainly not. I want to hear another. (Craning her neck.) I can't believe, you know, she was really one of the worst.
(A big, sallow Cockney has come forward. His scanty hair grows in wisps on a great bony skull.)
That's Pilcher.
'Oo's Pilcher?
If you can't afford a bottle of Tatcho, w'y don't you get yer 'air cut.
(not in the least discomposed).
I've been addressin' a big meetin' at 'Ammersmith this morning, and w'en I told 'em I wus comin' 'ere this awfternoon to speak fur the women—well—then the usual thing began! (An appreciative roar from the crowd.) page: 64 In these times if you want peace and quiet at a public meetin' (The crowd fills in the hiatus with laughter.) There was a man at 'Ammersmith, too, talkin' about women's sphere bein' 'ome. 'Ome do you call it? You've got a kennel w'ere you can munch your tommy. You've got a corner w'ere you can curl up fur a few hours till you go out to work again. No, my man, there's too many of you ain't able to give the women 'omes—fit to live in, too many of you in that fix fur you to go on jawin' at those o' the women 'oo want to myke the 'omes a little decenter.
If the vote ain't done us any good, 'ow'll it do the women any good?
Look 'ere! Any men here belongin' to the Labour Party? (Shouts and applause.) Well, I don't need to tell these men the vote 'as done us some good. They know it. And it'll do us a lot more food w'en you know 'ow to use the power you got in you 'and.
Power! It's those fellers at the bottom o' the street that's got the power.
It's you, and men like you, that gave it to 'em. You carried the Liberals into Parliament Street on your own shoulders. (complacent applause.) You believed all their fine words. You never asked yourselves, "Wot's a Liberal, anyw'y?"
He's a jolly good fellow.
(Cheers and booing.)page: 65
No, 'e ain't, or of 'e is jolly, it's only because 'e thinks you're such a silly codfish you'll go swellin' his majority again. (Laughter, in which STONOR joins.) It's enough to make any Liberal jolly to see sheep like you lookin' on, proud and 'appy, while you see Liberal leaders desertin' Liberal principles. (Voices in agreement and protest.) You show me a Liberal, and I'll show you a Mr. Fycing‐both‐W'ys. Yuss. (STONOR moves closer with an amused look.) 'E sheds the light of 'is warm and 'andsome smile on the working man, and round on the other side 'e's tippin' a wink to the great land‐owners. That's to let 'em know 'e's standin' between them and the Socialists. Yuss, Socialists! (General laughter, in which STONOR joins.) The Liberal, e's the judicial sort o' chap that sits in the middle—
On the fence!
Tories one side—Socialists the other. Well it ain't always so comfortable in the middle. You're like to get squeezed. Now, I s'y to the women, the Conservatives don't promise you much but what they promise they do!
(to JEAN).
This fellow isn't half bad.
The Liberals—they'll promise you the earth, and give yer . . . the whole o' nothing.
(Roars of approval.)
Isn't it fun? Now, aren't you glad I brought you?
This chap's rather amusing!page: 66
We men 'ave seen it 'appen over and over. But the women can tyke a 'int quicker'n what we can. They won't stand the nonsense men do. Only they 'aven't got a fair chawnce even to agitate fur their rights. As I wus comin' up 'ere I 'eard a man sayin', "Look at this big crowd. W'y, we're all men! If the women want the vote w'y ain't they 'ere to s'y so?" Well, I'll tell you w'y. It's because they've 'ad to get the dinner fur you and me, and now they're washin' up the dishes.
D'you think we ought to st'y 'ome and wash the dishes?
(laughs good‐naturedly).
If they'd leave it to us once or twice per'aps we'd understand a little more about the Woman Question. I know w'y my wife isn't here. It's because she knows I ain't much use round the 'ouse, and she's 'opin' I can talk to some purpose. Maybe she's mistaken. Any'ow, here I am to vote for her and all the other women. ("Hear! hear!" "Oh‐h!") And to tell you men what improvements you can expect to see when women 'as the share in public affairs they ought to 'ave!
What do you know about it? You can't even talk grammar.
(is dashed a fraction of a moment, for the first and only time).
I'm not 'ere to talk grammar but to talk Reform. I ain't defendin' my grammar—but I'll say in pawssing that if my mother 'ad 'ad 'er rights, maybe my grammar would have been better.
(STONOR and JEAN exchange smiles. He takes her arm again and bends his head to whisper something in her ear. She listens page: 67 with lowered eyes and happy faces. The discreet love‐making goes on during the next few sentences. Interruption. One voice insistent but not clear. The speaker waits only a second and then resumes. "Yes, if the women," but he cannot instantly make himself heard. The boyish CHAIRMAN looks harassed and anxious. MISS ERNESTINE BLUNT alert, watchful.)
Wait a bit—'arf a minute, my man!
'Oo yer talkin' to? I ain't your man.
Lucky for me! There seems to be a gentleman 'ere who doesn't think women ought to 'ave the vote.
One? Oh‐'h!
Per'aps 'e doesn't know much about women? (Indistinguishable repartee.) Oh, the gentleman says 'e's married. Well, then, fur the syke of 'is wife we musn't be too sorry 'e's 'ere. No doubt she's s'ying: "'Eaven by prysed those women are mykin' a Demonstrytion in Trafalgar Square, and I'll 'ave a little peace and quiet at 'ome for one Sunday in my life." (The crowd laughs and there are jeers for the interrupter—and at the speaker.)(Pointing.) Why, you're like the man at 'Ammersmith this morning. 'E was awskin' me: "'Ow would you like men to st'y at 'ome and do the fam'ly washin'?" (Laughter.) page: 68 I told 'im I wouldn't advise it. I 'ave too much respect fur—me clo'es.
It's their place—the women ought to do the washin'.
I'm not sure you ain't right. For a good many o' you fellas, from the look o' you—you cawn't even wash yerselves.
'Oo are you talkin' to?
(Chairman more anxious than before—movement in the crowd.)
Which of us d'you mean?
(coolly looking down.)
Well, it takes about ten of your sort to myke a man, so you may take it I mean the lot of you.
(Angry indistinguishable retorts and the crowd sways. MISS ERNESTINE BLUNT, who has been watching the fray with serious face, turns suddenly, catching sight of some one just arrived at the end of the platform. MISS BLUNT goes R. with alacrity, saying audibly to PILCHER as she passes, "Here she is," and proceeds to offer her hand helping some one to get up the improvised steps. Laughter and interruption in the crowd.)
Now, there's another woman going to speak.
Oh, is she? Who? Which? I do hope she'll be one of the wild ones.
(speaking through this last. Glancing at the new arrival whose hat appears above the platform page: 69 R.).
That's all right, then. (Turns to the left.) When I've attended to this microbe that's vitiating the air on my right—
(Laughter and interruptions from the crowd.)
(staring R., one dazed instant, at the face of the new arrival, his own changes).
(JEAN withdraws her arm from his and quite suddenly presses a shade nearer the platform. STONOR moves forward and takes her by the arm.)
We're going now.
Not yet—oh, please not yet. (Breathless, looking back.) Why I—I do believe—
(to LADY JOHN, with decision).
I'm going to take JEAN out of this mob. Will you come?
What? Oh yes, if you think— (Another look through her glasses.) But isn't that—surely its—! ! !
(VIDA LEVERING comes forward R. She wears a long, plain, dark green dust‐cloak. Stands talking to ERNESTINE BLUNT and glancing a little apprehensively at the crowd.)
(trying to draw JEAN away).
Lady John's tired—
But you don't see who it is, Geoffrey—! (Looks into his face, and is arrested by the look she finds there.)
LADY JOHN has pushed in front of them amazed, transfixed, with glass up. GEOFFREY STONOR restrains a gesture of annoy‐ page: 70 ance, and withdraws behind two big policemen. JEAN from time to time turns to look at him with a face of perplexity.)
(resuming through a fire of indistinct interruption).
I'll come down and attend to that microbe while a lady will say a few words to you (raises his voice)—if she can myke 'herself 'eard.
(PILCHER retires in the midst of booing and cheers.)
(harassed and trying to create a diversion).
Some one suggests—and it's such a good idea I'd like you to listen to it— (Noise dies down.) that a clause shall be inserted in the next Suffrage Bill that shall expressly reserve to each Cabinet Minister, and to any respectable man, the power to prevent the Franchise being given to the female members of his family on his public declaration of their lack of sufficient intelligence to entitle them to vote.
Oh! oh!
Now, I ask you to listen, as quietly as you can, to a lady who is not accustomed to speaking—a—in Trafalgar Square—or a . . . as a matter of fact, at all.
"A dumb lady." "Hooray!" "Three cheers for the dumb lady!"
A lady who, as I've said, will tell you, if you'll behave yourselves, her impressions of the administration of police‐court justice in this country.
(JEAN looks wondering at STONOR'S sphinx‐like face as VIDA LEVERING comes to the edge of the platform.)page: 71
Mr. Chairman, men and women—
Speak up.
(She flushes, comes quite to the edge of the platform and raises her voice a little.)
I just wanted to tell you that I was—I was—present in the police‐court when the women were charged for creating a disturbance.
Y'oughtn't t' get mixed up in wot didn't concern you.
I—I— (Stumbles and stops.)
(Talking and laughing increases. "Wot's 'er name?" "Mrs. or Miss?" "Ain't seen this one before.")
Now, see here, men; don't interrupt—
I like this on's 'at. Ye can see she ain't one of 'em.
(trying to recommence).
They're a disgrace—them women be'ind yer.
It's the w'y goes on as mykes the Government keep ye from gettin' yer rights.
(losing his temper).
It's the way you go on that—
(Noise increases. CHAIRMAN drowned, waves his arms and moves his lips. MISS LEVERING discouraged, turns and looks at ERNESTINE BLUNT and pantomimes "It's no good. I can't go on." ERNESTINE BLUNT comes forward, says a word to the CHAIRMAN, who ceases gyrating, and nods.)page: 72
(facing the crowd).
Look here. If the Government withhold the vote because they don't like the way some of us ask for it—let them give it to the Quiet Ones. Does the Government want to punish all women because they don't like the manners of a handful? Perhaps that's you men's notion of justice. It isn't women's.
Haw! haw!
Yes, Th‐this is the first time I've ever "gone on," as you call it, but they never gave me a vote.
(with energy).
No! And there are one—two—three—four women on this platform. Now, we all want the vote, as you know. Well, we'd agree to be disfranchised all our lives, if they'd give the vote to all the other women.
Look here, you made one speech, give the lady a chawnce.
(retires smiling).
That's just what I wanted you to do!
Perhaps you—you don't know—you don't know—
'Ow 're we goin' to know if you can't tell us?
(flushing and smiling).
Thank you for that. We couldn't have a better motto. How are you to know if we can't somehow manage to tell you? (With a visible effort she goes on.) Well, I certainly didn't know before that the sergeants and policemen are instructed to deceive the people as to the time such cases are heard. You ask, and you're sent to Marlborough Police Court instead of to Marylebone.
They ought ter sent yer to 'Olloway—do y' good.page: 73
You go on, Miss, don't mind 'im.
Wot d'you expect from a pig but a grunt?
You're told the case will be at two o'clock, and it's really called for eleven. Well, I took a great deal of trouble, and I didn't believe what I was told— (Warming a little to her task.) Yes, that's almost the first thing we have to learn—to get over our touching faith that, because a man tells us something, it's true. I got to the right court, and I was so anxious not to be late, I was too early. The case before the Women's was just coming on. I heard a noise. At the door I saw the helmets of two policemen, and I said to myself: "What sort of crime shall I have to sit and hear about? Is this a burglar coming along between the two big policemen, or will it be a murderer? What sort of felon is to stand in the dock before the women whose crime is they ask for the vote?" But, try as I would, I couldn't see the prisoner. My heart misgave me. Is it a woman, I wondered? Then the policemen got nearer, and I saw—(she waits an instant)—a little, thin, half‐starved boy. What do you think he was charged with? Stealing. What had he been stealing—that small criminal? Milk. It seemed to me as I sat there looking on, that the men who had the affairs of the world in their hands from the beginning, and who've made so poor a business of it—
Oh! oh! Pore benighted man! Are we down‐'earted? Oh, no!
—so poor a business of it as to have the poor and the unemployed in the condition they're in to‐day—when your only remedy for a starving child page: 74 is to hale him off to the police‐court—because he had managed to get a little milk—well, I did wonder that the men refuse to be helped with a problem they've so notoriously failed at. I began to say to myself: "Isn't it time the women lent a hand?"
Would you have women magistrates?
(She is stumped by the suddenness of the demand.)
Haw! Haw! Magistrates!
Women! Let 'em prove first they deserve—
(his hair longish, soft hat, and flowing tie).
They study music by thousands; where's their Beethoven? Where's their Plato? Where's the woman Shakespeare?
Yes—what'a' they ever done?
(The speaker clenches her hands, and is recovering her presence of mind, so that by the time the CHAIRMAN can make himself heard with, "Now, men, give this lady a fair hearing—don't interrupt"—she, with the slightest of gestures, waves him aside with a low "It's all right.")
(steadying and raising her voice).
These questions are quite proper! They are often asked elsewhere; and I would like to ask in return: Since when was human society held to exist for its handful of geniuses? How many Platos are there here in this crowd?
(very loud and shrill).
Divil a wan!
Not one. Yet that doesn't keep you men off the register. How many Shakespeares are page: 75 there in all England to‐day? Not one. Yet the State doesn't tumble to pieces. Railroads and ships are built—homes are kept going, and babies are born. The world goes on! (bending over the crowd) It goes on by virtue of its common people.
Hear! hear!
I am not concerned that you should think we women can paint great pictures, or compose immortal music, or write good books. I am content that we should be classed with the common people—who keep the world going. But (staightening up and taking a fresh start), I'd like the world to go a great deal better. We were talking about justice. I have been inquiring into the kind of lodging the poorest class of homeless women can get in this town of London. I find that only the men of that class are provided for. Some measure to establish Rowton Houses for women has been before the London County Council. They looked into the question "very carefully," so their apologists say. And what did they decide? They decided that they could do nothing.
(having forced her way to STONOR'S side).
Is that true?
(speaking through MISS LEVERING'S next words).
I don't know.
Why could that great, all‐powerful body do nothing? Because, if these cheap and decent houses were opened, they said, the homeless women in the streets would make use of them! You'll think I'm not in earnest. But that was actually the decision and the reason given for it. Women that the bitter struggle for existence has forced into a life of horror—page: 76
(sternly to LADY JOHN).
You think this is the kind of thing— (A motion of the head towards JEAN.)
—the outcast women might take advantage of the shelter these decent, cheap places offered. But the men, I said! Are all who avail themselves of the Lord Rowton's hostels, are they all angels? Or does wrong‐doing in a man not matter? Yet women are recommended to depend on the chivalry of men.
(The two policemen, who at first had been strolling about, have stood during this scene in front of GEOFFREY STONOR. They turn now and walk away, leaving STONOR exposed. He, embarrassed, moves uneasily, and VIDA LEVERING'S eye falls upon his big figure. He still has the collar of his motor coat turned up to his ears. A change passes over her face, and her nerve fails her an instant.)
Justice and chivalry! ! (she steadies her voice and hurries on)—they both remind me of what those of you who read the police‐court news—(I have begun only lately to do that)—but you've seen the accounts of the girl who's been tried in Manchester lately for the murder of her child. Not pleasant reading. Even if we'd noticed it, we wouldn't speak of it in my world. A few months ago I should have turned away my eyes and forgotten even the headline as quickly as I could. But since that morning in the police‐court, I read these things. This, as you'll remember, was about a little working girl—an orphan of eighteen—who crawled with the dead page: 77 body of her new‐born child to her master's back‐door, and left the baby there. She dragged herself a little way off and fainted. A few days later she found herself in court, being tried for the murder of her child. Her master—a married man—had of course reported the "find" at his back‐door to the police, and he had been summoned to give evidence. The girl cried out to him in the open court, "You are the father!" He couldn't deny it. The Coroner at the jury's request censured the man, and regretted that the law didn't make him responsible. But he went scot‐free. And that girl is now serving her sentence in Strangeways Gaol.
(Murmuring and scraps of indistinguishable comment in the crowd, through which only JEAN'S voice is clear.)
(who has wormed her way to STONOR'S side).
Why do you dislike her so?
I? Why should you think—
(with a vaguely frightened air).
I never saw you look as you did—as you do.
Order, please—give the lady a fair—
(signing to him "It's all right").
Men make boast that an English citizen is tried by his peers. What woman is tried by hers? (A sombre passion strengthens her voice and hurries her on.) A woman is arrested by a man, brought before a man judge, tried by a jury of men, condemned by men, taken to prison by a man, and by a man she's hanged! Where in all this were her "peers"? Why did men so long ago insist on trial by "a jury of their peers"? So that justice shouldn't miscarry—wasn't it? A page: 78 man's peers would best understand his circumstances, his temptation, the degree of his guilt. Yet there's no such unlikeness between different classes of men as exists between man and woman. What man has the knowledge that makes him a fit judge of a woman's deeds at that time of anguish—that hour— (lowers her voice and bends over the crowd) —that hour that some woman struggled through to put each man here into the world. I noticed when a previous speaker quoted the Labour Party you applauded. Some of you here—I gather—call yourselves Labour men. Every woman who has borne a child is a Labour woman. No man among you can judge what she goes through in her hour of darkness—
(with frightened eyes on her lover's set, white face, whispers).
(catching her fluttering breath, goes on very low)
—in that great agony when, even under the best conditions that money and devotion can buy, many a woman falls into temporary mania, and not a few go down to death. In the case of this poor little abandoned working girl, what man can be the fit judge of her deeds in that awful moment of half‐crazed temptation? Women know of these things as those know burning who have walked through fire. (STONOR makes a motion towards JEAN and she turns away fronting the audience. Her hands go to her throat as though she suffered a choking sensation. It is in her face that she "knows." MISS LEVERING leans over the platform and speaks with a low and thrilling earnestness.) I would say in conclusion to the women here, it's not page: 79 enough to be sorry for these our unfortunate sisters. We must get the conditions of life made fairer. We women must organise. We must learn to work together. We have all (rich and poor, happy and unhappy) worked so long and so exclusively for men, we hardly know how to work for one another. But we must learn. Those who can, may give money—
Oh, yes—Money! Money!
Those who haven't pennies to give—even those people aren't so poor they can't give some part of their labour—some share of their sympathy and support.
(Turns to hear something the CHAIRMAN is whispering to her.)
(low to LADY JOHN).
Oh, I'm glad I've got power!
Yes, all that money—
(LADY JOHN tries to make her way to STONOR.)
(suddenly turning from the CHAIRMAN to the crowd).
Oh, yes, I hope you'll all join the Union. Come up after the meeting and give your names.
You won't get many men.
(with fire).
Then it's to the women I appeal! (She is about to retire when, with a sudden gleam in her lit eyes, she turns for the last time to the crowd, silencing the general murmur and holding the people by the sudden concentration of passion in her face.) I don't mean to say it wouldn't be better if men and women did this work together—shoulder to shoulder. page: 80 But the mass of men won't have it so. I only hope they'll realise in time the good they've renounced and the spirit they've aroused. For I know as well as any man could tell me, it would be a bad day for England if all women felt about all men as I do.
(She retires in a tumult. The others on the platform close about her. The CHAIRMAN tries in vain to get a hearing from the excited crowd.)
(JEAN tries to make her way through the knot of people surging around her.)
Here!—Follow me!
You're going the wrong way.
This is the way I must go.
You can get out quicker on this side.
I don't want to get out.
What! Where are you going?
To ask that woman to let me have the honour of working with her.
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I changed the recipe slightly. Based on the reviews, I used 1/2 cup of butter instead of 3/4, and that worked perfectly. I doubled the amount of lemon zest and lemon juice because I like lemon. I used homemade raspberry jam that is very tart. I made sure that everything was at room temperature to avoid the jam-sinking problem that others have reported. The crumb on the cupcakes is very nice, and it had the right amount of lemon flavor. The recipe makes about twice as much glaze as you actually need. People who ate the cupcakes fell into two camps: they either loved the cupcakes, or thought the cupcakes were way too sweet. Even without putting the glaze on my cupcake, I'm in the latter camp. I wouldn't try these again without drastically decreasing the sugar (and perhaps a smidge less butter, since the cupcake liners were still a bit oily).
Followed this recipe to a T and it resulted in light, delicious and fragrant cupcakes. Made 12 regular plus 9 mini cupcakes in all. Unlike other cupcakes, these didn't dome. In fact they looked exactly like in the picture so I was very pleased. If I would change something, it'd be to cut down on the sugar in the frosting and do away with the raspberry jam frosting because coupled with the filling, it was an overkill on raspberry jam/sweetness.
These cupcakes are just perfect. I took everyone's advice and only used 1/2 cup butter. I had no problems with the jam sinking and they are just the best looking cupcakes I've ever made. They are very sweet but not to sweet. Just perfect.
I made these cupcakes without the jam center and they were delicious. They have a very light crumb and a subtle lemon flavor. My cupcakes puffed up on top (I would skip self-raising flour next time and add my own raising agents) so I was not able to do the glaze as I had planned. I made a lemon buttercream instead and the combination was lovely.
This recipe turned out awesome!! I would say the best part about it was the cupcakey part itself. It was light and fluffy and lemoney and perfect! The texture made them look like cupcakes you would see in an ad. Also, I figured out that with the icing, less is more. Putting too much just makes it look messy and makes the already tart cupcake just TOO tart. I would recommend shooting for the amount in the picture or even a little less, especially considering that the cupcake has plenty of flavor already.
My jam also sunk to the bottom (Smucker's seedless red raspberry, placed on top of about 2/3 of the cake batter) but they taste good! Made exactly 12. We sprinkled a couple white candy pearls on top, and they look pretty. I just wish I had been more careful about the quantity and placement of the glaze on each one. I'm a little bit lopsided.
Easy recipe and it made exactly 12. Followed advice of other reviewers regarding more batter at the bottom, and less jam, and they turned out perfect. Did not make the icing though. Will definitely make this again.
Tastes Quite Good. I would Like To Have Them Again, But They Make More Than Promised. I Would Cut The Recipe By Half Next Time.
These are delightful. However, I added more lemon and lemon zest to the batter to get a more tart batter. Also, there is plenty of batter for 14+ cupcakes! I took everyone's advice and added a healthy dollop to the bottom, and just covered the jam on top. With just a dozen, I didn't have to scrape the bowl. The cakes overflowed while baking. Still tasty, even though they're not as pretty.
I thought these were wonderful cupcakes. I did NOT put the jam in prior to baking. I just piped some into the middles with a pastry bag when they cooled down. Frosted with a lemon buttercream frosting, finished off with lemon zest and a fresh raspberry on top. Have piped lemon curd into the middle, frosted and garnished with crushed lemon drop candies too for a different take on it.


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The History of Venetian Carnival & Venetian Masks
The History of Venetian Carnival & Venetian Masks
Carnevale was a public festival originally celebrated with the pre-Lent sacrificial slaughter of animals in the streets, gradually becoming a more elaborate affair with the wearing of costumes and masks and a certain amount of pageantry.
Mask wearing became an everyday occurrence allowing the people in the crowded city of Venice to go about their business in public without class-related scrutiny. This anonymity unfortunately led to a rise in crime and undesirable behaviour, which in turn led to legislation in the 14th century, prohibiting the wearing of a mask in public outside of designated carnival dates.
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- In 1436 the Mascereri got their own mask maskers guild.
- Mask wearing become prolific in 13th century Venice providing privacy and anonymity.
- The resulting crime wave ended in the banning of masks outside of Carnival.
This extended period of disguise created great demand for masks and in 1436 the Mask Makers (Mascherari) of Venice were officially recognised with their own Master Craftsmen's guild, with their own laws and recognised position in Venetian society.
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Wander the atmospheric streets as a tourist during Carnival and it's extremely easy to imagine you're back in the 13th century, mingling with masked performance artists in elaborate period costume, promenading amongst architecture unchanged in centuries.
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Masquerade Balls were first noted in Italy, particularly in Venice, during the 15th century Renaissance. A Masquerade Ball, Bal Masqué, or 'Masque' was a formally staged pageant event, with formal dancing and musical performances. Hosted by members of the upper and elite classes, to celebrate events such as marriages, guests attended in elaborate costume including a mask â?" providing a temporary anonymity which served to release them from the strict social conventions of their class. Entirely disguising each guest's identitity, added an often flirtatious 'guessing game' aspect to Masquerade Balls, introducing an element of excitement to an otherwise ordinarily tedious formal occasion.
Masquerade balls became common throughout mainland Europe in the 17th & 18th centuries. A Swiss Count, John James Heidegger, is credited with having introduced the Venetian fashion of a semi-public masquerade ball to London in the eighteenth century, with the first of these events being held at Haymarket Opera House.
- Masks served to hide social status.
- Francesco Guardi's painting of 18th Century Venice really captures this Grand Tour party city.
- Mask-making is a cottage industry in modern day Venice.
Also banned by Mussolini's fascist party during the 1930's, the tradition of masquerade was only properly revived and reclaimed in Venice as late as 1979, when a group of Venetian enthusiasts and artisans came together and created the first modern day Carnevale - Venice's answer to 'Mardi Gras' festivities elsewhere in the world.
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Friday: Accompanied by noneother than the Darkknight, I checked out van nuys Tru. Found a few older tvc figs that were still 1/2 price, but the bogo50 was over. Got a darth sidious, quinlan (who I vowed for the longest time i wouldn't get, but the price was right), and a bd. Also got another bd from a trade with the Darkknight(4516?)
Sat: Had the bug to hunt to find more tvc so I did my old Southbay route. It was easy for me to hit the 405 after work, so I did it. Hit 2 TRUs, a Ross, a Walmart, a Target and a Kmart. Picked up 2 more BDs from the Trus. The other stores were duds and I skipped 2 Targets since the last 5+ stores I went to from that chain had no Tvc. I did get some supplies I needed though and found out about an upcoming bluray sale.
Sun: On a tip from a reaaalllly awesome friend I picked up a Malgus stashed at Weho target. Unpunched! But wavy card. Was 9.99. Not clearance priced anymore b/c apparently the dcpi was changed, but I really can't complain. Now I have 2. Still some wave 3 tvc at that Target. On the way home I hit Noho target. No tvc, nothing great. But I did find a Thanos/Adam warlock comic pack and I stashed it in case anyone needed it. PM, text or call for details.
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During the eighties, the company founded S & R Distributing Company, a wholesale subsidiary company, and built a warehouse & distribution facility in Greenville, NC. A mail-order catalog division was also begun - Ott's Art & Drafting Supply. Several years later an internet sales division was started to facilitate sales on Amazon, ebay, and a Hungates.com website.
In late 2008 the company and all it's subsidiaries were liquidated and the company ceased operations.


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Academic Job Search
The academic job search spans the academic year, with positions being advertised early on in the fall to be filled by September of the next academic year.
The following resources provide great advice
Job Search Materials
The Academic Interview
Faculty Salaries
Important Job Search Links
Teaching at a Community College
The following resources provide great advice
- Are You Ready to Go on the Market?
- How to Get a Teaching Job at a Liberal Arts College
- Learning the Lingo A glossary of terms and phrases used in the faculty job market across academic disciplines.
- The Professor Is In
- What I Tell My Graduate Students
Job Search Materials
- Curriculum Vitae (CV) (29.5kb pdf): a comprehensive summary of your academic background, teaching experience, awards, research interests and publications.
- Getting Great Letters of Recommendation: good article about the importance of recommendation letters and how to get letters that will help in the academic job search.
- Cover letter: A letter of application tailored for each position which discusses your teaching and research interests and credentials. This is your introduction to a potential employer, therefore, it should not only describe your research and teaching experience, but also demonstrate your writing skills. Do not repeat what is on your CV, rather, give a sense of your interests, your intellectual ability and your enthusiasm. You may find Inside Higher Ed's piece on Writing a Cover Letter for a Community College Job helpful as well.
- Dissertation Abstract: a succinct summary of your research project
- Writing Sample: either a chapter of your dissertation or a published article, depending on what is requested by the search committee
- Statement of Teaching Philosophy: a demonstration of your teaching methodologies and/or description of classroom experience(s)
- Research Agenda: your research plans for the next year or two
- Transcripts: order official transcripts from the University Registrar's Office
The Academic Interview
The following websites provide extensive advice about the academic job interview including questions you may be asked and insight into convention interviews and campus visits.
- Questions to Ask (And Be Prepared to Answer) During an Academic Interview
- Asking the Right Questions
Faculty Salaries
Important Job Search Links
- Academic 360 comprehensive and current listing of higher education opportunities on the internet, linking to professional association newsletters and human resource web sites at universities across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia.
- Academic Careers Online includes faculty, research, post doc, adjunct, administrative, and senior management positions at (community) colleges, universities, and research institutes around the world.
- Adjunct Nation
- The Chronicle of Higher Education
- H-Net (Humanities and Social Sciences Online)
- Jobs.ac.uk
- Upstate New York Higher Education Recruitment Council
- Women in Higher Education: announcements from schools actively seeking qualified women candidates for administrative and faculty positions.
Teaching at a Community College
Articles from the Chronicle of Higher Education:
- The Community College Job Search
- "The Importance of Cover Letters in a Community College Job Search"
- Community College Jobs
- How You Might Get the Job
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Hi Guys,
Wondering how effective locator calls are in the fall. I know in the spring you'd owl hoot before dawn to see where the turks may be, but with the limited, up here none, gobbling in the fall. Are they a worthwhile strategy to know where to set up??


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Before we talk with today's author, I want to announce that the winner of the signed copy of Echoes of Titanic, by Mindy and John Stark, is:
lgm52@ . . .
Congratulations! I'll contact you today for your snail mail address, and we'll get your book to you right away. I encourage readers to keep commenting and/or subscribe at right (above my list of books) in order to participate in future book give-aways!
Now let's visit with Cara Putman, author of A Wedding Transpires on Mackinac Island (Barbour, April 2012).
Cara C. Putman lives in Indiana with her husband and four children. She's an attorney and a teacher at her church as well as lecturer at Purdue. She has loved reading and writing from a young age and now realizes it was all training for writing books. She loves bringing history and romance to life.
An honors graduate of the University of Nebraska and George Mason University School of Law, Cara left small town Nebraska and headed to Washington, D.C., to launch her career in public policy.
Cara is an author chasing hard after God as she lives a crazy life. She invites you to join her on that journey.
Please tell us five random things we might not know about you.
-- I'm headed on a grand adventure with my family this summer.
-- I grew up working in my family's restaurants: we've owned six in the Runza chain at various times.
-- I swam the 200 m. butterfly several times in competition because no one else from my team would.
-- I'm the kind of mom who has to discipline my kids by taking the books away from them.
-- I'm a graduate of in the Indiana FBI's Citizens' Academy.
It will be exciting to see if your grand adventure shows up in any future stories!
Please tell us a bit more about the plot of A Wedding Transpires on Mackinac Island.
Attorney Alanna Stone vowed long ago to avoid Mackinac Island. Although it may seem the perfect place to heal, for Alanna it holds too many memories of a painful past.
But an exhausting high profile case and an urgent plea from her parents have brought Alanna home. Moving into the house next to Jonathan Covington doesn't help her. Jonathan may have been her first love, but he was also her first lesson in betrayal. Now Alanna must protect her privacy and her heart. Then secrets and a murder intersect, and she's thrust into controversy again as tragedy turns public opinion against her and potentially her family.
For years, Jonathan has stubbornly resisted the urging of his family and friends to date, believing he's already found the perfect woman. With Alanna's return, he begins to wonder if he's waited too long for someone who isn't the right one after all.
What is it about Alanna that will make your readers care about her?
Alanna is forced to confront her past or turn her back on her family. She shows strength by going home and then having to make another decision that will have lasting effects on her family. She's willing to do the right thing even when it hurts.
If you were the casting director for the film version of your novel, who would play your lead roles?
Alanna Stone would be played by Reese Witherspoon.
And Jonathan Covington would be played by Josh Lucas.
Oh! I just realized they played opposite each other in Sweet Home, Alabama! They do look nice together.
What would you say has been the greatest challenge to your writing life that you've faced recently?
Digging deeper. I'm in a season where I keep hearing that I need to go deeper. It's work, but I'm committed to the process of becoming an ever better writer.
I hear you. I've been reading more classics lately, and I feel challenged to write a better novel than I have so far. What is the last book you read that you would recommend?
Oh my! It's always so hard to answer this question. I really enjoyed Janice Thompson's Stars Collide – the humor was brilliant. I devoured Randy Singer's The Last Plea Bargain. He is a MASTER at legal suspense. Absolutely brilliant.
What are you working on now?
Going deeper on a WWII proposal that starts with women pilots. From there the series would spin off to related stories. I love the research and development aspects, but am so eager to write this series!
Where else can readers find you online?
Readers can find me all over the web ☺
Website: www.caraputman.com
Blog: blog.caraputman.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/caraputman
Twitter: www.twitter.com/cara_putman
Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/caraputman
The book is available at fine book stores and for purchase online through the following buttons:
Finally, what question would you like to ask my readers?
You're engrossed in a book and hear a siren sound. Do you keep reading just one more page, or toss the book to the side and dive for cover?
Thanks, Cara, for visiting with us and telling us about your novel. Readers, Cara has offered to give a signed copy of her book to the winner of our drawing on Monday, April 9. To enter, leave a comment below in answer to Cara's question, above. "Please enter me" won't get you entered. Leave your email address, in case you win, like so: trish[at]trishperry[dot]com.
And I'd love it if you'd connect with me on Facebook. Just click on my name at the right of today's post.
Annoying legal disclaimer: drawings void where prohibited; open only to U.S. residents; the odds of winning depend upon the number of participants. See full disclaimer HERE.


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I believe he is confused with golf. It could also be confused with the balls he throws out as first pitch, which look like pigeons, and should be shot.
Don't you think this would have be a great campaign photo opportunity when running for president? If anyone can prove this not a true statement I am more than willing to proven wrong.
Show me one picture or story, from the media, which backs up this statement that he shoots trap. It cannot be one from today forward.


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I haven't updated my hunting reports lately, so I'll catch up. The last thing I posted was about some gobblers I'd located. The next day those old birds moved all around us and we finally got position and was ready for some action and dogs ran off our birds. we couldn't get them fired up as they went off the property.
The next few days the weather flat out was nasty and I did not hunt until Friday. Friday evening we took my buddies mountain Cur and went. He busted one small group and they all flew down into a deep valley and we moved on as these two old men didn't fancy walking into that drain and climbing back out. About 45 minutes hour before roost time the dog busted a gobbler group. We sat up and one old gobbler flew back down about 100 yards in front of me, but knew I was there and moved off. The rest of the birds we had to leave because shooting hours ended. So we were back yesterday and those gobblers lit it up, gobbling and yelping and looking for each other. I was certain at least one was going to die, but wouldn't you know they escaped us. I had one bird fly down and lite right behind me. I could see to where the most vocal bird was gobbling so I didn't want to turn on the bird, thinking he would expose himself as he walked to the other gobbler. You guessed it, he somehow slipped by me and I never got a shot. We sat and watched as all 5 gobblers assembled 150 yards in front of us and fed away. we tried circling, but got busted and could never fire them up again. We heard some other birds across the valley at daylight, but couldn't fire them up later. So we quit at noon and I did not hunt anymore yesterday. I am still trying to kill a gobbler, but am getting itchy and will most likely take anything soon.
We aren't hunting this morning as all the gear is packed and ready to head to Kentucky for three days of fall turkey hunting. First we go to church and then pull out around noon. Any legal turkey is in trouble in Kentucky, if they get close. Will be back to report Wednesday.


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Congratulations Dot (Polkadot)!
Posted 02 August 2011 - 05:40 AM
Love your story of how you discovered your honor and your zest for life rubbed off on me and started my day off with a big warm smile.
Enjoy your month - I know you'll be smiling all the way through!
Congratulations again!
(PS... See ya at the shore.. Now what was the name of that style? heehee)
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LOL, I read the posts in weird order!! Finished my shopping spree and was looking for an old LO to find the name of a style I used to send info to my NJ shore loving friend Marilyn/MariJ..... and then found this thread! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! I am happy and giddy with the honor! I just love it here and feel as if I know you all and as if it's a second home. Thanks so very much to everyone for your kind and sweet comments. I feel the same way about all of you!!
Of all days to be signed out! I rarely sign off the message board, but as many of my night owl, insomniac friends here know, I have not been sleeping. So, last night I took a double dose of Benadryl. Long story short, it made me tired and very stupid, but I still couldn't sleep. Today I was just dopey, literally I guess. Anyway, please excuse the delay in expressing my gratitude! (I won't be taking Benadryl again and promise to try to be a good MOM!)
It was fun and funny to look through my gallery while trying to find that style! There are quite a few of my LOs for which I don't feel the love- LOL. But, I usually learned something new in doing them, so it's all good. I don't know if I have a favorite, but if I have to name one, I do like this layout of DGS#1: Loved Grandson. I remember trying to concentrate on creating a mood of quiet and calm. I was so happy to be able to correct the unappealing bg and distracting shirt in the photo using techniques I've learned here. I almost always use a SG style or action on my photos. I loved using the brushes in a more subtle way, loved that Katie Grace had suggested the theme in a Friday challenge (or I would not have used arrows) and loved using things like the branches as a symbol of family branches. I liked using the faded geometric arrow brushes in the bg and along the borders. Anyway, I remember while working on this LO feeling very appreciative of Scrap Girls and the staff and designers and teachers and members who have helped me so much and shared so generously in my quest to learn the software and digi-scrapping, and who all contributed in some way to this layout. I like the photo, like the layout and like the memory of how happy I felt while working on it.
A little about me....night owl and retired RN. (Too many years of shift work and now I can't sleep!) I had the wonderful gift of being the mother of two boys and one girl, all grown and gone from home now and living happy lives. I am so happy to be the grandmother of three boys whom you all know by now. Grandchildren are just too much fun! DD is expecting #4 on September 1 (scheduled C-Section,) if not sooner, so I will be off to babysit at the end of the month. I'll need the rest of September to recover. I met my one and only Ed in 1966 while in high school, and we started dating then. After HS, he went off to spend time with Uncle Sam, then I went off to nursing school, then he returned from the Army and went back to college. We finally married in 1975 and are still happy. I worked in and loved nursing since my first candy striping job at age 14, but also always enjoyed sewing, so about ten years ago finally left the nursing world to the younger, energetic girls and boys and took a job teaching sewing/computerized machine embroidery/machine software for a local sewing machine dealership. That was a lot of fun and I made many good friends through it. I co-taught with a wonderful woman who was my polar opposite and it worked out so, so great! She is very visual and doesn't read nor follow directions, whereas I love to read and write directions and am more verbal. Our classes were pretty successful and we each had our own groupies- LOL! I think that's one of the reasons I like it here so well.....Scrap Girls appeals to both sides of my brain. Two years ago I was immobile after knee surgery and while on the couch heard the name Scrap Girls mentioned on a BYU Scrapbooking TV episode (which I had never seen before.) I looked it up on the computer and the rest is history. I think of all the hobbies I have tried, this has been the most exciting and my very favorite.
I like to cook but don't do it so much anymore (it is harder to cook for two!) I despise gardening of any kind- LOL! I like Boston Terriers. I am trying to downsize our house, which is so hard. I love to travel since I overcame a fear of flying in my 40's. I used to play an accordion! I taught myself to play the piano a few years ago, but didn't keep it up and now forget it again. I liked to paint but gave it up because I tended to overwork the paintings when I just had to fix one more thing....a reason I think digi-scrapping is so great. I enjoy Project Runway on TV. I read any kind of instructional book or magazine. I am self taught on the computer and learned to use the Help Menus a lot, and I do like to just try anything and everything on the computer. I love problem solving. I go regularly for all health screenings and preventive care and encourage everyone I know to do the same. I am always battling my weight. In general, I take after my father and a grandfather whose nickname was "Hap" for happy. I am very grateful for my life.
Oops! I was supposed to tell a little. Uh-oh, need to stop! I hope you glazed over and stopped reading a while back there! For those who are up all night, it was something to read- LOL.
Thanks so very much again! I truly appreciate your kindness!
Oh, Dot! I just LOVED reading all about you, my friend! I am so proud to call you friend and I am so happy you found SG! You make a great MOM!
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Enjoy your special month!
"I do not understand the mystery of grace -- only that it meets us where we are and does not leave us where it found us." Anne Lamott.
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Enjoy your month and thanks for leaving all the wonderful comments on my LO's and inspiring us with all your wonderful LO's in the gallery
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Thank you for sharing your story, it is beautiful!
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I loved reading your bio, and we have lots in common. I just love the LO of your grandson
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Boston Scientific begins trials of pacing leads used in pacemaker
Singapore: Boston Scientific has implanted the first of its next generation Ingevity pacing leads in a clinical trial that is designed to establish the safety, performance and effectiveness of the leads.
Pacing leads are insulated wires that connect an implantable pacemaker to the heart for treatment of bradycardia, a condition in which the heart beats too slowly, depriving the body of sufficient oxygen. Pacemakers work in conjunction with leads to sense and stimulate (or pace) the heart, thus maintaining an appropriate heart rate for a given level of physical activity.
The Ingevity pacing lead platform is designed to provide key enhancements in maneuverability, reliability, fixation and electrical performance compared to standard leads available today. In addition, Ingevity leads are specifically engineered to function in the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) environment. Many patients with pacemakers are restricted from undergoing MRI scans, as powerful magnets may interfere with pacemaker functionality.
"Our research and development efforts focus on consistency, repeatability and industry-leading reliability," said Dr Kenneth Stein, senior vice president and chief medical officer, Cardiac Rhythm Management business at Boston Scientific. "We believe Ingevity reflects all of these design principles, with the goal of improving the quality of patient care across the globe."
The Ingevity trial is a prospective, non-randomized, multi-center, global clinical study designed to support US FDA, CE Mark and other regulatory approvals. The trial is expected to enroll approximately one thousand patients at 100 centers worldwide in 16 countries. The Ingevity leads are expected to be paired with the Boston Scientific Ingenio family of pacemakers.
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By Chris Kieffer/NEMS Daily Journal
TUPELO – Nearly 30 percent of Tupelo school district staff members have taken advantage of a plan that provides them a free membership at North Mississippi Medical Center's Wellness Center.
The district's school board voted in October to enter into a partnership that gives all of its employees free membership at all of the center's locations.
Last month, 289 staff members, or 28 percent of eligible staff, participated in the program, Human Resources Director Jim Turner said in a report during Tuesday's school board meeting. That rate has grown steadily since the program began in November when 121 staff members, or 12 percent, participated.
Those numbers rose to 134 in January, 201 in February and 267 in March.
Turner said in his presentation that the benefit is an important tool he uses when he tries to recruit teachers to the district. He said many prospective employees are surprised when they hear of it and that it also helps with retention.
Turner said he has seen fellow school district staff working out at the Wellness Center every time he has been there. He mentioned one employee has lost more than 100 pounds.
The benefit costs the district about $60,000 a year and covers all employees currently under the district's health insurance plan. That includes all full-time workers and some part-time employees.
Participants must pay a one-time $50 assessment fee but do not have monthly dues.
The benefit is also free for family members who are on the district's insurance plan. In April, 43 family members also participated for a total number of 332 people.


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Evolution and Neighborhood Improvement to be discussed at Binghamton University Forum
BINGHAMTON, NY – David Sloan Wilson, a distinguished professor of biology and anthropology at Binghamton University, will discuss his newest book, "The Neighborhood Project: Using Evolution to Improve My City: One Block at a Time," at the University Forum breakfast, Thursday, Nov. 10. Breakfast will begin at 7:30 a.m. followed by the formal program at 8:00 a.m. at the Binghamton Club.
Wilson founded the Binghamton Neighborhood Project to use evolutionary theory and data collection to improve the quality of life in Binghamton. Project activities have included surveys of students, seniors, and members of religious groups.
Wilson is the author of nearly 200 scientific articles published in biology, anthropology, psychology, and philosophy journals. His academic books include The Natural Selection of Populations and Communities; Unto Others: The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior; and Darwin's Cathedral: Evolution, Religion, and the Nature of Society.
Wilson holds a doctorate from Michigan State University and a bachelor's degree from the University of Rochester. He joined the Binghamton University faculty in 1988. He is a past Guggenheim fellow, a recipient of both University and Chancellor's awards in Excellence in scholarship, and a member of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society's editorial board.
In addition to his own research and writing, Wilson is the director of EvoS, a campus-wide program that strives to use evolutionary theory as a common language to create a single intellectual community, spanning all human-related subjects in addition to the natural world.
The Binghamton University Forum is a membership organization comprised of business, professional and community leaders that brings nationally known authorities to speak at functions throughout the year. For more information, call the Forum office at (607) 777-4390.


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Week 1 with the Canonical-supplied Toshiba Tecra M2 was all about a struggle to make Ubuntu run on it.
The Hoary install went well, wireless was detected during setup. However, the 1024x768 resolution was unusable: everything was blurred. Switching to 800x600 made it better, but that resolution is horrible for a quality laptop unit.
The Breezy Colony 3 install was ok in Stage 1, but Stage 2 decided to take a nap at 91%. There was no way to shutdown the laptop unit with conventional means so I had to pull out the battery and restart. Since the configuration was probably messed up, gdm didn't start as expected but an X.org restart made things better. However, I noticed that stage 2 is still stuck at 91% making synaptic unsable since it indicated that there is currently a lock in the installation process.
Finally, I noticed that the laptop won't reboot at all in Breezy Colony 3. I tried every possible way but I end up with a unit that is not responding at all, although the LED indicators for power and wifi are still lit up. Again, I had to pull out the battery just to restart it. Hibernate and Shutdown works though.
The joys of testing beta software! :) I will be trying a daily build later and see if I still get the same result.