The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-11-05

again and again where everything else has
failed.
ninety and nine that would be saved,
there is really no use of preaching
TO those already converted, and that
the correct thing to do is to go out
and look for the one who isn't there
and who might be reformed if he could
be gathered in. The glrlsh theory Of
change of opinion is not exclusively
a feminine prerogative There are men
who may also be swayed by argument,
although they are not always frank
enough to admit It. Perhaps the aver
age man is prone to regard a, change !
of mind to be indicative of the most
decided weakness, even if the differ /
cnt view may be Enthusiastically right. |
He is apt to send his wife and chill !
dren TO bed with tears because he |
has hastily denied some simple re- |
quest that he would gladly grant had |
he not made the decision, which must |
be sustained at all odds. There is MOTH !
ing more utterly idotic than a re-
fusal to recede from position because !
one has sometime or other made diff |
ferent determination and no doubt this |
has much to do with political ten |
denotes. / believe. however. that a |
great meeting, such as that held in the |
interest of the straight Republican
party on Tuesday night, with such
magnificent addresses as were made
| on that occasion, must have had It's
effect on the views of the listeners.
| Not all that vast assembage went
| there with u feeling in accord with
| the spirit of the affair. There can be
| no doubt that many prejudices We're
disarmed before the meeting closed and
| that common sense and reason had
| their influence on more hearers than
would be willing to admit a change of
| hearts. | believe in political meet
| meetings when they are presided over
| and endorsed by men of such principle
| and dignity as Mr. Willard and Mr.. Dale
| and when they are addressed by those
who. like DR.. Reed, have an atmos-
| phere Of fiaWless personality and pub
| lie life; of moral coura ge and deep con.
| scientiousness to rise beneath and
| above even the most eloquent words.
| Such stump speeches" have a classic
and a moral value impossible to over
estimate. Aboue all to have the chief
interest OF such a meeting the success
OF a man like Colonel Stone is an
4 blHtl lOlCc NilltI tuliHOl dlNdSS Dt
said to be present. All these elements
make one proud to be Republican
and willing to use all possible influence
for that party. 1t should be n great
| comfort to women who long to vote
that after all the solitary ballot each
one might cast would count but little in
comparison with the influence she
might WELD if she cared to become
| Informed on the issues of the day and
didn't accept the opinion of some 9TH
er woman as ignorant as herself.
| Mans inhumanity to man was Illus
trated in most astonishing way on
the occasion of Colonel Stones visit
to our city when some malicious per-
sons industriously circulated the state
ment that he was deeply intoxicated.
Nothing more unfair to the future gov
crnor of the state of Pennsylvania can
be devised, as Colonel Stone is total
abstaner. a fact which hundreds OF
his acquaintances know. One of the
most furious young women to be found
in circuit of several miles was
wrought into this state of mind by the
assertion thus made against her favor
ite candidate. "Well l like that" she
calculated. Didn't ! see him at the
Hotel Jermyn? didn't I talk with him?
and haven't l any eyes or other means
of detecting intoXication? And then
) didn't he sit by Mr.. Fleitz at the thea
ter and hasn't Mr.. Dale been close by
and I'd like to know when he had a
chance to get drunk? The very idea.
OF course the poor mans face was red.
whose wouldn't be after jumping
around on a platform making a big
speech? Its pity person can't nlush
. without being accused Of anneXng an
| extensive jag, / didn't like to say jag
; but it seems TO express what 7 mean"
= had a letter the other day from
2 a pleasant unknown correspondent who
5 asked my views on the question of a
l married woman signing her maiden
: name TO her correspondence. In a
? bright, clever way she told Of an in
: Cident in her own experience when she
2 received Il letter from a person who
g | signed herself MARY Jones" and
$ whose name thus written conveyed no
e idea Of the writer's identity, as the re-
/. cipient knew other Joneses. My cor
e respondent complains and justly, of the
= neglect of her friend 10 also write her
| husbands name. 1t is always better
taste, except in the most informal
notes TO friends who are unlikely t.
be puzzled as to the writer's identity
to inscribe the full married name in
| parcnthesis, as well as 70 sign the
! maiden name at the conclusion of the
| communication. The popular fad
| among some women to utterly ignore
| their husbands names i'm this regard
often results in awkward complications
who is eager to learn Mrs. McKinley's
Christian name? Doesn't Mrs. McKin.
ley mean something to every Ameri'
can that Elizabeth, or Salone, or Char.
lotte, or Caroline ever can mean
Write MARY Jones" by all means bu
4 write ("Mrs. John Jones'O at the foo
Of her letters. Saucy Bess,