New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-10

I'VE are all potentially tramps" was the state
uent which startled the audience At a Massa-
chu.etts federation meeting not long ago. me
sneaker Miss Alice Higgins. secretary o. the bos-
ton Associated Charities, reassured the women oy
exrlaiping that we could all be uamp3 II We
wanted TO be. Every one who knows that MONDAY
morning feeling-that reluctance to stop playing
and go 10 work aGain-could be tramp II ne OF
she chose" Any who Is tired OF MS OF hef
rarticular work who feels that work would De
easier and pleasanter somewhere else has the
,rar,n germ working within him. only his sense
~ dutv his self-control keeps him at his JOB, 20
use tAe word o. d IN ra-s"ns who are quite free
from This vagrant strain. which crops out palu,eu
larly when the sprins soiiness gets A''o '"e a."
Boston has a Woman's Union Label League OF
which Miss Vida y. Scudder. OF wellesley 'oheee'
is president. II Is composed Of women VINO may OF
NAV not belong 70 trades unions. but VINO feel II
Their duty as consumers 10 patronize union made
goods and who find IN the labels their most
effective means Of helping along the cause OF or
ranized labor. Speaking Of trades unions TOT
women. Miss Scudder says: Trades unions are
certainly a GOOD thing for women n they are a
sood thing for men. and I believe that women can
holm n improve the Industrial condition OF their sex
more effectively by entering the ranks OF organized
labor than in any other way To belong 7" a ua"eS
u,ion .unsexes' a woman no more than 10 belong 10
one Of the women's clubs popular emog1g me
y,lses class Indeed II streng thens more directly
nigh femIne io eib Is usually INTELLECTUAL self
culture while the primary ann OF te Is he
r,rnnathies and uplifts the desires OF a worHhB
than TO belong to the rlEn' SisG ners@si G
vantage Of the moment 10 the permanent "eHa'e oi
all her comrades in labor
lanes Barrie's Admirable Crichton' has had
counterpart IN real life. At least the resemblance
is striking He was butler who for nearly twenty
FIVE years cleverly managed the aHairs OF 'n[ee
English women. even to investing their money for
,be,, Through all the years. although he knew
how important he was 10 that little household ne
never forgot that he was the butler anu always
nrorcryed the most respectful attitude toward his
ristresses Suddenly. however, one morning ne
sn,,aared before the women and gave notice lie
had saved up some money. he said. and wanted
home of his own. The household was appalled, at
the prospect At length one Of the women SaSpeo'
Have YOU met any suitable person." mo. ma am
answered the butler. Not up TO now; But must
make II my business to seek her ne t te
women felt the foundations OF their domestic hap
ripess tottering and IN desperation The most
"slIitable" Of the trio asked me byueE 70
respectful manner. and for twenty-five years longer
IN s sne he pf had been for many years service
,,Ao oe7ca ~ notice matron was instituted TWEEN
,tvvo wears ago In Chica go. when Carter H. Harri-
-, 81 then MAYOR OF the city had matron
nIaced in the Harrison-st police station as an eA-
pertinent His interest was enlstea c 10y ego "o"'-
ans Christian Temperance Union Oh NHSasO-
Apropos of Flora Macdonald rhompsons article
IN, 'The Truth About Women IN INDUSTRY, thaI-
,o+.e Perkins Gilman observes in The woman s
Io,rn,I- that a little more truth about the labor
., women within the sacred precincts OF the
home, would be enlightenng. Mrs. Thompson lays
gr..t stress on the physical feebleness of women
IS ,ba laws and regulations by which men seek
a. nrotect them in Industrial occupations mo
such frailty ever alleged, observes Mrs HlI-
$50 .as an excuse for avoiding fifteen hours of
housexork The frailty OF fifteen out or sixteen
~ our women does not prevent them from doing the
1-oriT Tor which we hire vigorous peasants ana
snd de under this strain in considerable numbers
perhsDs ~ Mrs Thompson could give US the NC
,,res ~ 20 the health rate OF the women VINO WORK
az home Il might show just as much 6isaDliity as
that OF the women who work In shops.
Two Numerically opposite views OF the KIND or
reading that ought 70 be provided for boys and
girls were presented at a recent meeting or the
long Island Library Club Miss Stevens, OF the
Girls High School. maintained that the all-im-
nortnnt thing was the direction OF the reading OF
wasted on useless things. Mr.. Mitchell OF the
BOYS High School. held. on the contrary mat
Young readers should be let alone. except Tor a
tudicIous weaving process which should gradually
lead 20 something higher
That /. mother-in-lnw is not always an unwel-
come adjunct to the family is proved In whole
sale way in the case OF Bavarian who is stew
ard on a large estate In Monaco He lost two
wives hut I'm both instances after their death he
retained the and now he has taken
accompanied by her mother. rs well as three I'M
married sisters. All these good women. VINO con-
.titute his household said TO dwell together In
peace and harmony.