Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-06-29

THE EVENING STAR.
WASHINGTON.
TUESDAY............. ...June %, 1850.
CROSBY .. MOVES. :. Editor.
ne Kre~s.s star NE o regular, perxeo-
nests BONA H6e 00QS circulation ss0ra
Nan Double that Of onS other daily p0pev
published 81 Warrington. and equal TO that
Of al the otAeS d0uS papers here adde's 70
0ether.
THE STAR has q direct wire from It's news room to
She Western Union telegraph Office in New York
city, from which wires radiate to all parts Of the
GLOBE and is therefore enabled to secure the laes
news by its own operator from every quarter I'D to
within few moments Of going TO press. 1t Is the
only evening paper south of Philadelphia which re-
cefves exclusively the Associated Press dispatches
Persons leaving town for the season. and sum-
mer travellers, can have THE STAR mailed to them,
postpaid, for fifty cents per month, the address
being changed as often as desired. The money
must accOIlpt ny the order In allcases.
Nothing Is clearer than that some of the at
tention nov paid to the prevention OF cruelty
TO animals should and could be advantageou5ly
given to the prevention OF cruelty to human
INIT dlG pltujS Vi HeluS IOT lQ6
laborer. For example, the infamy of keeping
shOp-girls on their feet all day. whether there
is anything for them to do or not is one that
cannot be justified in any point of view. There
Is not day that does not count It's victims to
this heaTtlCSS rule in shattered constitutions
and shortened lives, with no remedy for the
wrongs thus done. In the absence OF any laws
on the subject their own sex can stop the abuse
or at least largely mitigate Its evils, IT, it will;
and 1t is its duty to leave no effort untried that
Will tend 20 secure that object.
SO much attention has this subject attracted
among medical authorities In England that the
London Lancet, the leading publication of the
medical profession in that country proposes to
publish lists of the names of those houses
which at once furRioh seats to their girls. The
lists are TO be given to physicians, who Will
show them in the families OF their patents. the
ladies OF which will be asked not to trade In
stores that for want of seats are cruel to
women. and to deal so far as they can consist
emily with business interests with those who
show some regard for the health and comfort
of their employees. In America no such routine
Is necessary. Our cOuDtrywomen can see for
themselves where such hardships are enforced,
and all they have TO do is to quietly Withdraw
their patronage from those establishments.
with perhaps hint occasionally to the pro-
prtetOTs as 10 their reasons for doing So
Probably the verdict of nobody to blame"
VIII be given in the case of the steamer Sea-
wanhaka, which was burned at New York yes.
terday with great loss of life, but Ii is hard TO
understand why the captain should delay head
Ing his vessel for shore until after he was Salts
fed 1t was impossible TO Subdue the flames
Had he run her into shoal water or up to land
Ing as soon as the fire was discovered it is quite
no ror Of Iiva
have been nearly so large. TITS step promptly
taken would have shown the passengers that
there was no occasion for a panic, and 1t Is safe
to say none would have ensued
The Introduction of saltwater fish into fresh
water, attempted by Seth Green awhile ago
with what appeared to be encouraging pros
poets, turns out to De a failure. The shad and
alew1yes put in Lake ontario are all dying of,
and some parts of the surface OF that large body.
OF water are said TO be covered with their dead
and decaying bodies, while the stencil is becom-
Ing alarming, particularly when they are
thrown upon the shores. Each fish examined
is found TO have yellowiSh spot, with reddish
edgeS, On some part OF its body; but whether
they have been attacked by parasite of some
sort, or whether the fatality Is due to their
transfer from salt to fresh water Is not known.
Ltt"CtA SS'eh anu elSnt hundred men, most
OF them with mothers, wives, daughters, or sis
tiers, sat as delegates In the two national con-
Ventions this year, and yet were not aware OF
the consuming desire of the women OF America
TO exercise the right OF voting until they were
told of 1T by the representatives of the female
suffrage association who were in attendance.
Under these circumstances 1t is not surprising
that the crusaders made little Roadway in either
body When good healthy demand for the
right TO vote originates and exists by the fire
sides and around the family boards OF the
country 1t will have some weight, and probably
not until then.