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The evening times., 1902-05-17

the Low campaign in York city last fall the
women raised $4,000 by personal solicitations besides
making house-to-house canvass and distributing
quantities of literature These women did the dirty
work of political campaign but instead of using the
effeetuaI, dgnifed and 1omanly of bring
ing about the desired reform they resort the
most unsatisfactory and laborious method of nuenc-
ing the men to vote their way
How much more effeetual it would be if women
could to officers who neglecting their duty, do
what you paid for doing viii elect someone
who will.
When woman is Interested in church work she
reasonably and consistently joins church, attends its
various meetings and votes whenever the occasion
quire When she is interested in club work she joins
club, and she votes there whenever there is off
to be elected question be decided. If she is
interested in temperance work she joins the ". C. T.
T., and there again she votes If she is Kings Daugh-
ter Daughter of the American Revolution,
Colonial Dame, still she vote; and she does In
all of these organizations without the slightest
STRANGE about the burden of suffrage thus thrust upon
her Now, if she is interested politics, the only
ona thing for her to do is to put that interest into
the ballot box where it viii be counted
The question which confronts US today is not
whether shall go into politics, for they al
ready there, but how they shall go in. Whether they
shall go in decently and honoraby, in the purifying
light of publicity through door, whether
they shall sneak in OBVIOUSLY in the unwholesome
darkness concealment through door, using
their indirect influence. 1t seems as if everyone
ought to be able to grasp these facts, the pro-
of evolution slow. All this prejudice is sim
ply relic of the tme-honored scheme, thought
divine and defined by Blackstone, "The husband and
wife and that is the husband" To main
this the husband has in the past admins
tered her property, collected her wages and spent
money He has though for her and acted for her IN
every capacity possible Gradually these old preudiees
have given away and wife her own proper
ty and does her thinking; and about all the old
prejudice that is left IS that for
her, He does do this because he OF anyone else
supposes that he really represents her
He votes his opinions while hers go unrepre-
sented.
All this about keeping women out of the
"dirty pool of politics is the old prejudice
has opposed every step IN the progress of women.
The evening times., 1902-05-17

has been IN the pasta tiny centeL Of CIV
iIization, not too far from the soil
The passing OF q railway directly
through small town is apt to produce
three results First, commercial and
shipping interests gather about the station
and spoil the beauty of the residence sec
tion Of the town Second, Ioafers OF all
kinds concentrate in the same place, and
small sIum grows up, which is far worse
in its effect, in village than in city.
because the city has more counter-attTac-
tions and the authorities are more used TO
handling vicious elements Third, the
tramp nuisance Increases because the va
grant can arrive and depart so easily on
the cars; and it becomes unsafe for women
and children to stray about the country,
and farm life takes On an element of in
security and discomfort The larger mar
ket which the farmer finds for his products
is not an advantage great enough to coun-
terbalance the competitfsa which he suf-
fers; and so with all the industries OF the
village To a certain extent, OF course,
all increased facility of communication
means this and other evils; but il does
seem as il the people OF this Connecticut
village were wise in not desiring to take
their progress So rapidly that it would
disorganize them. The electric car system
niEimizes the fTat two of the above evils,
for tramps cannGt hide on an electric car
as they can on 2 freight train, and there
is no elaborate collection Of buildings to
serve as q rendezvous for loafeFs- The
electric car runs into town and out again,
and that is all that there is about it
The evening times., 1902-05-17
A WOMANS VIEW IN REGARD
TO WOMAN'S SPHERE IN LIFE
By ELNoRA NJ. BABCoCK.

quite generally conceded that no one fact better
illustrates the real progress of the age than the
intellectual development of American Eomanhood.
And in sphere of her activity is this fact
ticeable than the increasing numbers who enter
ing the higher professions and occupations which have
until recently been considered belonging exclusively
The change that has taken place in the attitude
of the people regarding sphere life IS well
illustrated by the story told by Miss Anthony of
experience, longer ago than fortysix years, when
she delivered address before the State Teachers As
sociation in Troy y Y. The lecture considered
masterpiece, both in matter and of delivery
Miss Anthony having put weeks of thought upon it At
the close of the address Mr. l. Hazeltine of New York.
president of the association Miss Anthony by
hand saying: .Mamam that a splendid produc-
ton and well delivered. I could have asked for
single thing different either in matter mnner but
would rather have followed my wife daughter to
Greenwood Cemetery than to have had her stand here
before this Promscuous audience and deliver that ad
Dress Remember that at teachers association
and the 'promiscuous audience the refined ana
highly educated people in the city
As ridiculous such prejudice looks to from
our more enlightened and progressive point of obser
Vation what must be said of this prejudice which
stil obseures the view of many otherwise intelligent
people of today regarding the rights that
still seeking after The only difference is that
prejudice is removed from the things that estab
lshed facts and transferred the things that are
struggling for existence There always those
who cry out against everything that does already
exist no matter what it is They would let
children go near the water until they knew how to
swim Today this same prejudice is doing duty along
the line of woman suffrage. The iowa State Regis
ter in recent article expressed the very
regarding woman suffrage that the president of the
State Teachers Association did when Miss Anthony
gave her address before that body. The Register
said: The great majority of the and of
this State are determined that the of Iowa
shall not be dragged down into the dirty pool of poll
ties Today the most active opponents among women
are speaking before "promiscuous audiences aad are
praised for ii by such people the president the
teachers association and the Iowa State Register"
but these same people tell that must be saved
from the terrible degradation Of casting ballot They
even urge US to take active part in politics. as in
The evening times., 1902-05-17
THE NEW CONCEPTION OF THE
USES OF CRIME AND CRIMINALS

cation, unfavorable domicile, etc, from
developing his endowments and energies
IN a normal mode Of activity, expresses
his individuality through bio-soeiaI by
ways, such as crime. insanity suicide, or
alcoholism. For instance. a man who is
forced to discontinue his trade as q butch
er becomes 4 murderer (abnormaI by in
voluuon)- 4 man to whom the sight Of
blood is not repuguant may become a sur
geon, OF a man who is prevented from
freely expressing his ideas may become a
conspirator, 2 sectarian. etc (abnormaIs
by evoIution). In England we observe.
for example, how spinsters who cannot
find expression for their energies and al
truistic incIiuations in marriage and fam
ily life, find an equivalent and a conductor
for their energies in works of charity, in
temperance propaganda, n protection of
animals, in religious deYotions. etc It is
also notorious that many soldiers (even
the brayest Of thern) are simply abnormal
individuals, unfit for any methodicaI and
useful work, whose moral and social sense
is feebIy developed, so that for them
cruelty is often inseparabIe from cour-
age
The evening times., 1902-05-17

- URING the last generation a new
conception Of crime and criminals
has been slowly finding accept
tance, say the Boston Trans
cript" Formerly crime was regarded as
essentially voluntary deviation from the
path OF virtue and criminals were pun
ished for purpose Of chastisement and
vengeance Nowadays most intelligent
persons understand that crime is in large
measure a result OF biological and social
conditions, and should be dealt with
through preventive and reformatory
measures Crime is regarded as An effect
or product rather than as cause. The
leading champions of this new view of
crime. Lombroso and Ferri, the Italian
aathropoIogists, have suggested further
that crime, or more accurately criminal
energy, might possibly be utilized in
some way for the good Of society. In
recent article Ferri observes: IF we call
normal whatever Is constant, and If We
believe that even sickness may have some
useful counteraction Il the individual and
on the COLLECTIVELY. then it is clear that in
these statements, however paradoxical they
may seem. there is a grain of truth The
practical conclusion at which We arrive
through this conception OF crime. apart
from all sentimental survivals OF subject
i've aversion, is the possibility Of making 4
criminal socially useful" This novel
thesis recalls the explanation OF tthe
mystery of evil' offered by the late John
Fiske. The existence OF evil, he argued.
was necessary in order that by way of
good. But Ferri goes further than merely
to contend that crime may have its mega
tive use as q foil TO virtue; he holds that
In some cases criminal energy can be led
systematically and effectively into chan
neIs that viii make it positively useful to
society.
There is, to be sure, one class Of crimi-
mails from which no social utility can ever
be derived. This IS the class of 'abnormaIs
by invOlution" who have degenerate. saw
age tendencies which lead them 70 commit
crimes Of violence OF cunning. But there
is another and more numerous class OF
''abnormals by evolution. " who violate the
laws Of society from motives Of progress
and altruism. The crimes committed by
members Of this class are caused by the
lack OF normal outlet for this nervous
force. By providing opportunities for the
normal exercise Of their energies. society
ran utilize these evolutionary criminals,
Precisely how this can be done Ferri does
not explain; he merely suggests the pos
sibiIity, leaving unsolyed the problem Of
ways and means He writes: "A dis
charge OF nervous energy which finds its
normal road obstTucted. spreads and
makes use OF more or less distant side
tracks. For instance, If one is hindered
by respect. fear, or some other cause,
from laughing, no discharges the nervous
current By Dinching his fingers. legs. etc
The same thing takes place in the social
organism. An individual who is prevented
By poverty, family relations, lack Of edu-
The evening times., 1902-05-17
A BANDIT WHO BECAME A KING

put an end to Mohammed Airs operations
and bIockaded the fort with q thousand
men for two months. The rob5er chief
and mis- band, together with seme OF the
garrison Of the fort. whom they impressed
into service, put up such valiant de-
tense that the nizam finally had to give
it up and send for British help. The re-
endorsements came in the course Of time
and the hottest kind of q battle followed
Mohammed and his followers would not
surrender, even after the outer fortidca-
tions had been stormed. and the British
guns had to be dragged up to batter the
inner fertifieatiOns Many Of Mohammed'z
men were buried so effectively under fall
ing walls that their bodies we're never
found. When Mohammed himself fell rid
died with bullets the fight was over and
those of his band who were left alive vera
carried off as prisoners. most of them pre-
sumably to be hanged in payment Of old
scores, to say nothing Of the Nodiz adven-
ture.
The evening times., 1902-05-17
ALFONSO XIII.

No siXteen-year-old boy in the
world will have such n heavy weight
upon has shoulders from today for
ward as Alfonso Mi, the new sover-
eign Of the Spaniards. The superb
Sial spectator Will see naugbt except
the glittering pageantry of a corona
ton The flowers, the music, the dis
play, appeal 10 the masses But it
cannot be forgotten that Don Car
los, the pretender. is IN the land of
the living. that Spain has been shorn
Of her ancient glory to an almost
pitiabIe extent. that the kingdom has
been passing through the turmoil of
internal disturbance, and that there
is, despite the gaiety Z today, an IN
dercurrent of dangerous sentiment.
sentiment secretly hostile to the uI-
tra-royalist
Many an American youngster doubt
less envies the youthful monarch
about whom are gathered today
princes and potentates, to whom the
brilliant representatives of the
worlds powers are paying honor. The
The evening times., 1902-05-17
By JACOB FRIEDMAN, of New York.
President Of The Laundrymen's Protective
Association.

nothing and buy practically nothing OF
Americans
They cut prices. and SO render it more
difficult for the average workingnan to
earn an honest living
The commercial interests Of the country
demand that such condition OF things
should be stopped Labor organizations
demand It; patriotism requires it.
The American workingman ever studies
to maintain the rate Of wages at Tea-
sonabIe figure; be w7rks hard for every
cent he earns; and having earned It. he
spends it gallaRtly.
The Mongoiian does none Of this; he
spends about cent per day for his Iodg-
ing, and about as much for food. The
balance goes home-to China.
How does it benefit a country to permit
large infiuxes of population VINO do moth
ing but pauperize themselves and others2
True. the Chinese are peaceful, but they
are non-benefcial.
The most effective way to exclude Chin.
ese labor would be for white men 10 mako
up their minds to patronize white labor
instead of yellow. As soon as the Chinese
discovered that they need no longer Ieok
for American patronage. they would soon
voluntarily cease coming to Us. and would
seek fresh fields and pastures new.
The evening times., 1902-05-17
A NEW ASPECT OF THE TRUST
THE EVOLUTION OF A LEISURE CLASS
By Gen. LLOYD BRICR

when debarred from his regular business.
viii show tendency to drift into the
various fields Of premiership; but the
elimination from business of so many in
dividuals must leave a large residuum as
a permanent leisure cIass-though it be
despite themselves.
It is a fair subject of speculation what
is to be the effect 81 the community of
this body of energetic, yet purposeless.
men, constantly increasing, and, If not
possessed Of enormous wealth perhaps,
yei. in possession of an ample competency
without the necessity Of working for It.
Indeed, the condition is SO unusual for
us here that the problem becomes a start
ling one. We can only find an analogy
in European countries From their ex-
perience We may expect . considerable in
crease of mere pleasure seekers, but also
an impulse to art and utsratuTe- We
may also find the ranks Of science en-
Iarged.
To judge from European conditions. the
effect on politics will be pronounced
for one am a firm believer IN the high
sense of civic duty and the lofty American
ideal. But thus far it has been the uni
versaI axiom that all men must earn
living, and the richest engage in some
phase of industrial activity.
There has been born of this necessity
a tendency to divorce the better in
te!ligence and integrity from political life.
at least in the cities, but no one Who has
watched the recent course Of municipal
affairs can fail to remark the greater
number of men who already have the
time to devote to municipal politics And
that this type must grow, out Of the many
capable and intelligent men whom the
economic situation is continually releasing
i nav say excIuding-from industrial
activity. is a foregone conclusion. Thus.
in some ways. the movement may not be
without its advantages
Nevertheless, whatever be the ccnse-
ouenees. we are faced with an entirely
new aspect of the trust question. 1t is
not an economic aspect, but a sociologico-
political aspect. which has not yet been
observed, and the influence Of which for
good or for bad will depend on the
spirit and the patriotism which
the new forces viii bring into the Held
The evening times., 1902-05-17
MRS. DAVIS OIRLHOOD HOME

one mile below AIgiers, La, facing the
river. is the hamlet OF TUnisburg. now
designated as McLeIIanviIle, and two
blocks back from the river stand the
ruins of an old-fashioued mansion, sur
rounded by a grove Of cedar trees, a
mansion wherein W B. Howell, father-in-
law OF Jefferson Davis. resided with his
family for a while. Mr. Howell was at
that time naval officer at the port of New
Orleans II this residence Varina Banks
Howell, widow of Jefferson Davis. and
Beckett Howell, subsequent to Sumter,
passed many a day.
Mr. Davis bought the old home from
his relatives In 1853, and it continued in
his possession until seized by the United
States authorities and sold under the con-
fscatiou act by Cuthbert BulIitt, United
States marshal, in 1865. It was bought By
Joseph Cazaubon, OF Tunisburg. and Al
fred Wallace Priest for nominal sum.
This sale only onnulled the life interest
Of Jefferson Davis in the property, and did
not affect his heirs. In 1872 Mr.. and Mrs.
Davis renounced, in favor OF Cazaubon. all
future claim to a portion Of the property
for themselves and heirs
BY notarial act passed in 1872 Mr. and
Mrs. Davis released Cszaubon from all
future claim upon two squares Of the
property. Cazaubon having subsequent to
the sale Of 1865 purchased the square, OF
block, upon which the old mansion stood
from the party who had purchased 1t
from Priest. and remained in possession
thereof until Mr.. Davis death. In 1891
Mrs. Davis, as widow in community under
the civil law of Louisiana; Mrs. Margaret
Howell Hayes. nee Davis. and Miss Varina
am Davis, sole and only heirs of Jefer-
son DAVIS. instituted suit in the civil dis
trict court Of New Orleans against Mr.
Cazaubon for the recovery of the portions
acquired by him through the sale to
Priest The defendants admitted the cor
rectness Of the claim and surrendered the
The evening times., 1902-05-17

love of display and spectacular promi-
nenee Is strong in the breast OF the
twentieth century youngster. Con-
templating the glittering uniform of
the royal boy as he receives the hom-
age of nation, the young observer
is likely to fail TO appreciate that
there are thorns galore in the flow
cred pathway of the ruler who IS be
ginning u career that viii command
the interest of the world
The head that wears the crown Is
not always to be envied. Heavy re-
sponsibilities often neutralize all the
seeming glory of greatness. Even
kings are slaves to the wearisome
task Of ruling. The average Ameri-
can boy who is full of vigor and am
bition, who is free to seek the field
that may please him for the exercise
of his genius and his talent, is in
reality more likely candidate for
genuine happiness in this world than
the yOungster over whose shoulders
the ermine of royalty has been
thrown at the age of seventeen.
The evening times., 1902-05-17

THERE Is one phase OF the trust
question which I an surprised has
not yet been noted and which
must yet be destined TO have a
considerable effect upon the community
viz: the evolution Of leisure cIass-for
the operation of any combination under
one head must naturally be to eliminate
from the field of active business the ma
joTity of the original proprietors or man
ayers in the different concerns.
CentrifugaIly, so to speak, the trust is
not only throwing out of employment the
machinery OF separate organizations. but
the erstwhile head and proprietor of each
of these organizations in most instances
goes, too.
To be sure. if his talents are recog-
nized as exceptional or the combination
has been gotten up by himself, he may
continue still ruling factor. but other
wise at the most he is merely on ne
board OF management-to be later on dis
missed under one excuse or another
Thus in the great majority of cases the
previous owners find themselves in the
course Of year or so rotated out of any
practical control of the new organization
and the mere possessors OF so much stock
in it.
For example, how many men of inforeed
leisure has the Steel Trust created2 How
many has the Tobacco Trust? How many
are the railroad, bank and other mergers
creating every day?
In other words the active business man
Is being turned into what the French
designate as a RENTER" The measure
of this transformation will continue in
exact proportion to the continuation of the
tendency Of our corporations TO combine.
To be sure. these various eliminated pro-
prietors probably consider their retire
ment from active affairs but temporary;
they are only men of leisure until they
can find new fields for their energies
Many, of course, will discover these; but
a man who has made success in one line
Of work and is presumably near middle
age cannot easily adapt himself to q new
sphere. No doubt the stock broker viii
find his clientele constantly on the in
crease.
The type of man to which aIIude also,
The evening times., 1902-05-17

ming in the New ShetIands. where there
is an active volcano in latitude 90 degrees
% minutes south, we pass the Terra del
Fuego. and then on to the Andes, which
are throughout their whole course vol
canic, although the great centers OF vol
caRic action are confined to Chile, Peru.
the neighborhood CT Quito, Guatemala,
and Mexico The lire is continued north
ward by the burning mountains of North
western America, and tle AIeutian ISL
ands carry the chain across to Kamchatka
on the Asiatie side Here turning south
ward the line may he traced through the
Kurde Islands. Japan. Formcsa, the
Philippines, MolucUas, New Guinea and
the solomon and New Hebrides groups, TO
New Zealand. From Celebes a branch
proceeds in . northwesterIy direction
through Java and Sumatra, to Barren
Island in the Bay Of Bengal; and even be
yond this We find q region in northern n
dia subject to earthquakes, which may
lead Us. on the one hand TO the volcanic
region OF Tartary. or, on the other,
through Asia Minor TO the Greek Archi-
pelago, Sicily, Naples and on to the
Canaries and Cape de Yerdes. According
to the geological theory the lines thus
traced over the whole globe would repre-
sent rising lands where the crust is less
strong. and 50 less liable TO repress the
expansive power below
The evening times., 1902-05-17
SEA AIR IN CAPSULES.

Air in pastilles is the latest novelty for
those who look forward TO a Utopia in
which the hours OF the working day viii
no longer be cut into by breakfast, din
ner and tea. but when mankind viii sim
ply have TO swallow a few meat tabIoids
and leave nature to do the rest as he
goes about his business. says a dispatch
from Paris.
The invention is the work Of II. Georges
Jaubert. OF the Ecole PoIytechnique. who
has discovered a combination which. when
dissolved In water. gives of oxygen.
Two pounds of air pastiIIes made Of this
combination VIII produce 250 litres of
oxygen. and the benefit of the invention
IN tbeaters, hospitals. mines and sub
marines is evident at a glance. It means,
in fact. that trip 10 the seaside is 20 be
bought from the nearest chemist and en-
jOyed IN ones Own room.