Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-03-09

those who can AZ we'll ms not, who hay,
been equally ready to shuttle of, t.
wait and see how lovely everything
will be in the not far off future.
The electrical workers of New York
are sensible people, At one time, and
that only few days ago, il looked At
II they were going to be rs rash ~
some of their neighbors and strike he.
cause they had a grievance which they
foolishly imagined was the greatest
outrage on earth, 1t looked dubious
indeed Mt one time for 10000 men
were likely to be called ont and the
poverty and suffering that would have
resulted no one can foreteII. But they
have agreed to arbitration and conse-
quently won the sympathy of the pub
llc' Capital and labor should stand
together. Their natural relationship
Is peace, not war. The su,peusion of
work by the various trades which
comprise the building section Of the
Central Labor Union would be, under
present industrial conditions very
great calamity and the public will
most assuredly condemn those who,
Tor their own selfish purposes are ill.,
'trumental in bringing itabout.
Millions don't count for everything.
At any rate Mr.. Astor will not b. receiv.
I'd into the Coaching Club becnuse he
1oes not know how to drive four
horses. But give the man II chance.
There is difficulty in learning, owing
to the narrow and crowded condition
of the city's streets. The club is
right IN that it insists upon proved
equestrian skill as prerequisite to
membership, but why suppose that the
skill cannot be dem nstratpd other
wise than BY driving four horses? Mr..
Theodore Roosevelt, who owns and
sometimes personally conducts ranch
out West, will tell the officers of
the New York Coaching Club, if they
care to consult him, that more genius
and talent are needed to ride one
mule than to drive four horses.
lhe bill now before the New York
Legislature to make the msh the pun
lshment for wife beaters and those
guilty of aggravated assaults on wom-
en and children, is attracting no
little attention. 1t is denounced as Il
relic OF barbarsm, in apparent forget
tulness that even barbarism need not
be wholly bad, Perhaps the most OBJ
vious argument for it is that the
men who are guilty OF the crimes named
are usually insensible to any punish
ment, except physical pain, The most
thing about the agitation is,
that while there are 50 many societies
Of women active about other matters,
very few, ii any Of them, are taking
all active interest in Il measure so al
most exclusively intend d for the safe
of their own sex.
The Brook yn trolley magnates eyi.
lently mean to impress their old EN-.
oloyes with the fact they the strikers
ost and the managers won in the re-
cent great fight. Not only this but
.hey ram this disagrrenbe fuct down
heir throats, with a bludgeon for
'amrod and yards upon yards of con.
litions for wadding, but they take
good pains to make them feel how
mall and insignificant they are rated.
# they in the future should presume
% open their heads to uttera word of
they will b. instantly dis
charged and not only the one man who
nay have the hardlhood to express his
ceilings but five o.laborers must suf-
er with him for his act. Working on
he Brooklyn Trolley roads in the
uture will be worse than slavery pre-
ious to 1861.
The New York Anti-high theatre
Int bill is dead. Before it WAS killed
m 4ndments were proposed directing
IL conductors of street surface cars to
rovide seats for ladies', compelling
len to get up and give their seats to
'omen when cars are full, prohibiting
'omen from saying "thank you" in
eceiying seats, and making it illegal
Or men at theatre, to 60 out between
ne acts. This only goes to show that
here are many great social reforms
ne general pubic would like to see
rought about, but which may be as
,r off rs the millennium.
The plan of drilling the bright, ac-
We, intelligent American boys of our
ublic schools in military tactics is an
vcellent one. By all means let them
} taught how to bear arms in defence
their country, and let them be taught
ell. 1t will give them wholesome
aiming in discipline in strict and
rompt obedience to superiors and in
recision of action, while if the coun-
y should need tficient defenders in
4 emergency there would be in time
trough this plan an immense body of
alwart Young men from which to
raw good material.
What's this | ar? Willie Wal
ort Astor disgusted with England, has
one over to Germany and the little
'wn of Waldorf, which gave birth to
lie Astors, which also appears in his
ame and on his hotel. Over in Wal
Drf he finds lots of kinsmen who
aim close relationship to himself or
is millions. | think the United States
AN of Pullman better than Astors' of
lriching little hamlet because some
generate old ancestor hailed from
lere Citizen Pullman knew what
, was about when he founded Pull
an and he made heaps of money out
it. kNICKERBoCKER.
The Japanese are vicious little beasts
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