, 1879-04-13

TILE CHlCAlO lhlDoA'
tenant and to amend secs. g. and IS OF me
Justices act so that they will not coutllct WILL
the purpose intended BY the re-enactment: =.
It is further proposed to Abolish .ne erem;n@-
This right is practically useless IN large cl.!ss,
it produces ouarrels and breeds litlgataon anu -
a relic OF the character Of remedies prG'aai.lis'
ages ago among the Gothic nations ol he5op5h otpth
It has been abolished in Hew YORK, NoItn
Carolina, Mississippi, and perhaps n .,r osner
States. while In the New England otates
generally the proceeding is changed TO an A.
tachmcnt on mesne process issued out o. u eoult
Of competent jurisdiction no ownes % 10 ahn.
in this city would for moment rcsast sns auo.
ltion OF this right, provided he is nl1oraea sure
and speedy means OF obtaining possession itoua
q non-paYfng tenant.
That class of tenants "Who par no len!
md have no property upon which dlstfalnt
could be levied will be deferred from entering
into the nosscssion Of real estate with the IN
tcntion Of holding 1t against It's owner ny Daea4s
OF suretics who are mere men OF Straw. uoou o1
tenants will not be harmed whl!e pao ones Sa. WI.
be frustrated in the practice OF those schemes
for robbing landlords for which they are SO Gele-
brated in this city. W. ~ d"
vhv Women Should Read Newspapers.
To the Editor ot The Tribune
CHICAGO, April 1o.-It has long been matter
of earnest speculation to me why it is that won-
en rs q general rule do not take q more para-
mount interest in the newspapers Of the daya
From observation have found that very few, In
nroportion to the great number Of women, read
the newspapers with the idea Of gaining any real
nractical information thcrefrom. Usually they
glance hastily over the local matter, unless per-
chance there is IN elaborate description OF some
fashionable wedding or some other item OF equal
Importance
There is probably no class Of literature from
whence more general amount Of knowledge
may be obtained than the newspaper periodical,
and there is no class of literature tnat has stood
50 firmly under all the hailstorms OF virulence
and abuse.
The statement has often been made that no
woman who desires to keep her soul spotlcss
and upsullied ought to read the newspaper;
this has been the hue and cry raging for years
against the introduction OF the paper in the
family circle. ,n<
ny family to have free access to the paper, 1or
their morals would become coErupteo.n sely
good; but will not the knowledge gained by the
perusal of some good family newspaper more
than compensate for the few scandals that 1or
the well-beng of society must occasionally ap-
pear? And, moreover, ye mothers, IS u nos
that their appetites should be trained to crave
for better Class of literature, instead of the
false and pcrn1cious stuff which ye place IN
their hanls2
not long since was conve1sing with wom-
an whom the world calls smart, and who Is the
mother Of several bright boys whose agcs range
from IL years to 20 I asked her what she
thought Of the Zulu war She replied that she
did not know there was such war. Alter the
seen Bob Burdette's last letter III THE TRIBUNE.
tsNo.'' said she, II did not. ! rarely read the
newspapers. don't care for such things, and,
in fact, never did" l soon discovered that her
boys' opinions coincided wi.h her own on "such
thines.'' For them the 81 Mystery Ut the Thumb.
less Hand,'' or the blood-curdling adventures OF
some satanic>heros had more charms than the
tame events chronfcled in the newspaper:
Many mothers say that it is mucn better for
children to read trashy literature than none at
all. doubt it. l have long studied human
nature as it exists in children. have watched
those who have been reared under the ln1luence
Of newspaper literature trashy literature. and
no literature at all, and I can safely maintain
that with few exceptions those who have been IN
the habit OF reading good papers ana nearing
the general news OF the day discussed III the
fami: circle have now become Intelligent men
and women, while those who have been addicted
to the perusal Of sentimental, trashy literature
have arrived at manhood and womanhood, in
warllly, if no. outwardly, bankrupt In morals.
MANY have remarked upon the sentimental LOOK
engraved upon the countenances OF q large
number OF our girls and boys The haoliual
reader OF sentimental nonsense can no more
disguise his taste for the poisonous ruoolsh
than the confirmed inebriato can hide his taste
for liquors.
Some may think that am too severe; but re-
| " upon it, the day will come when the people
Of this country will awaken 10 the wrong they
| are doing their country aud their children BY
| allowing the latter to drink from the fountains
| of poisonous literature, when there is SO much
| practical, healthy, and entertaining matter to
1,n iv,o hjh3,aEt r1n npWEnaUprS.
Ii We desire pure patriots, better politicians
and last but not least those rulers OF the nation
| hiri-miulc1 editors, VIC must commence Dy H.
str1ctng the youth in the affairs OF the nation:
| And this is the duty Of the mother, who ought
to take an interest in everything relating to the
intellectual and moral welfare Of her children.
| 1t is the duty Of every woman 70 knoW
| something. Of the political condition TO Of Of
this thf sa'S sae need q not @s' necessarily oe an
adhercnt OF the Woman's Rights League, or any
| other unwomanly league. There are many no.
| bic and instructive speeches delivered IN Con-
| grcss by men of each party, and how many OF
the women Of this country know ANYTHING per
| tanning thereto? THE majority find It much
| morc interesting and cdifyin5 to read OF the no.
bic separations and heroic struggles OF some nc
titious hero or heroine than the true deeds Of
| yalor and heroism SO often depicted in our
| newspapers, and usually written In as elegant
and touching language as will be found in any
sentimental work.
Man is not made Tor the newspaper, Dut the
| newspaper is made for man; as man then be-
comes more refined and cultivated, the same
| upward change will be observed in the paper,
| for the latter is but the mirror in which the ma
| ton beholds its chief characteristics, whether
| good or bad, represented
] The more man is placed under the influence
| Of an intelligent. hgl-sou1ed woman. the sooner
| will his srosscr traits disappear If woman is
degraded and lliterate, she generally draws him
down TO the same level; BUT if she is noble and
Intelligent, how quickly does be catch the in
spiratfon her presence gives. If her means are
limited, in what better way can she bccomc
possessed of intelligent ideas than by reading
the newspapers. Tile influence OF woman is felt
in all civilized countries, and especially is it felt
in this. Woman need not 60 to the polls to
make her influence felt; she is not obliged to
deliver {. stump speeches - for the same pur-
nose; nor is it necessary that she should occupy
Many man has truly declared Ilhat, "had it
not been for my wife, ! never should
have occupied the high office now do"
and great number might truthfully excIafm,
t'Had it not been Tor my wife might now be
bieh in ofIice!'' SO little interest do Some women
| tskc in the advancement Of their husbands.