Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-24

with his life. One of them said she would
grasp her husbands revolver, etc. etc, but
when I asked her which end she would
grasp it by, she was unable to state. Another
told how she had once dispersed three
tramps BY hurling a fatiron at them. This
| missile had severely wounded the fourth
tramp who was approaching from another
direction. Finally, an intellectual young
woman who had recently been graduated
from an advanced educational institution
(and had married a man who didn't know
whether "Hamlet' was written by Shakes
peare or Laura Jean Libby spoke up in
contradiction of them all She said it was q
mistake to resort to violence in such cases
Moral suasion was much better She knew
how it worked because she had had expert
ence with the most hardened ruffians on the
face of the earth, having taught school In an
Eastern seaport town, where, in her opin-
ion, the boys followed piracy as trade in
vacation time.
An Intellectual Woman's Method.
She said that if she found burglar in her
room she would politely ask him to sit
down. She would then explain to him the
enormity of his crime and its inevitable
consequences. She would show him that
riches acquired in such way could not
bring any real and lasting Joy to their pos
SCISSOR. She outlined to us fully the argu-
ments she would use, and was of the opin-
ion that if any burglar took them all at one
dose he would not be in condition to re-
sist arrest, and in any case few quiet
years in the penitentiary would stterward
appear to him as blessed relief
We talked about this grewsome subject
for about two hours, and, when we were
done, think no lady In the party expected
to find fewer than seven masked men in her
room when she went up to bed. Only she
who had advocated moral suasion preserved
semblance of calm. We dispersed on the
stairways and went to our several cages. I
had Just reached mine when an unearthly
shrek rent the air. rushed downstairs
and most Of the others did the same. Two
ladies, however, went down on the rear fire
escape, and another got into bed and pulled
the clothes up over her head
The Moral Suasion Woman Excited.
On the lowest flight of stairs was over
taken by the advocate of moral suasion, who
passed me in canter, and, meeting the land
lady in the hall, threw both arms around her
Nneckand burst into tears.
'Oh, Mrs. Crowley" she sobbed, ''there's
. man in my room"
We were most of us in the hall by this
time, and we all talked at once. The only
other man besides myself went out to find
him yet. 1t devoived upon me, then, to do
something I, therefore, as preliminary
measure Of prudence, asked Mrs Hawkins
(the lady who had discovered the burglary
whether she thought, from the appearance
of the intruder, that there was any danger
of his coming down stairs. AT this awful
suggestion she released Mrs. Crowley's
neck and ran down into the kitchen, where
she affectionatey embraced the cook, whom,
no longer than dinner time, she had reviled.
This gave me an idea. 1 remembered
that there lurked below stairs somewhat
tough young man who waited on the table
The violent manner in which he was accus-
toned to brandish loaded soup plate over
a boarder's head marked him for one who
was utterly reckless of human life. Eyi-
IDENTIFY he was the man to lead an attacking
marty. I went down to negotiate with him
and all the ladies screamed "Oh don't leave
us alone" and. tumbled down the stairs
after me.
She Tough Young Man to the Rescue.
A brief interview with the tough young
man convinced me that my confidence in
him had not been misplaced.
IA burgular in de house?" said he ''Say,
young feller, just watch me while break
his jaw"
At the mention Of this desperate deed the