The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-28
WOMAN ABOUT TOWN

cssary a hundred times. Yesterday we
went in. moved by a common impulse.
Gustavus was generous.
Have one on me, he said. Don't
say a word I insist. l know what you
want. You always take beer. Sir. glass
OF beer Tor my friend.
% 'TwOg asked the sir.
"Gustavus shook his head.
MY doctor says 1 nIusLn drink beer
IN have a bottle Of wine Ny and he
looked at me-looked at me with that lit
tie dash Of suds before me, mind you-J
wish ] could drink beer like you
The returned traveller expresses him
self as being glad 70 get back to Wash
ington.
i went TO several political meetings
while I was IN New York" he says,
"and one Of them was in Brooklyn, and
I'm mighty glad that being d Washing
tonian lets me out of having to decide
who shall be governor of New York. The
talk I heard, Ny. my. it made me think
Of the little eolored boy who heard an
other cOlOred boy call him all sorts OF
names. When the other boy had finished,
the eolored boy said: Is you froo2 Well.
all them names you done called me, you
is them And then. again, ! heard such
touching bursts of eloQuence as brought
tears to my eyes. I don't believe 1 ever
heard a more beautiful tribute than was
paid a speaker at an Independence party
meeting IN Brooklyn last Tuesday night
by the chairman of the occasion. The
chairman rose to intr~ duce the speaker.
England had her Charles Dickens and
Little Nell, he said, but America He
paused and I began 20 bet with myself
as 10 what he'd say next l couldn't de-
eide whether Mark Twain and Tom Saw
yer. or Mrs. Stanton and Little Eva
looked best &C. ~cy money. ! had even
an idea that Upton Sinclair and the jun
gle might be the wise thing to play for
place.
England has her Charles Dickens and
Little Nell he repeated; but America
has Arthur Brisbane and his editorials. "
TIE mention of Upton Sinclair re-
minds me Of an erstwhile supporter OF
his colony idea who has repudiated him
utterly. She is the mother of q young
family, and when she heard Of the colony
she was all for Joining it as soon as il
should be an accomplished fact.
And 1 should have joined, too, she
says, If l hadn't read the ridiculous
ideas the colony people indorse about the
way 10 bring up children They want 70
have all the children together in one
building / don't mind that / don't
even object To the idea Of the mothers in
the colony taking turns at looking after
the children, though I don't quite under
stand why, II a mother isn't the right
npveOn IN hiring I'm hpr OyVn child every
day in the week. she's a suitable person
to bring up other peoples one day Of the
seven. What I dc object 20 is the plan
TO have that communisuc nursery a per-
fectIy safe place. | understand its TO
have no stairs child can fall down, no
unbarrad windows it can fall out Of. no
jam Jars it can dip into. no dangerous
open fires It's 10 be a place where a
child viii be as safe as if il were wrapped
in cotton wool There are lots Of places
like that for children now. but they're not
the pTides Of soCialistic colonies. want
my children 10 learn 20 60 up and down
stairs without falling, and 10 keep away
from open windows and fires. What kind
OF training for after life do you think
this wrapping IN cotton wool idea is2
Do these col0nists expect people 90 live
in world where there aren't any danger
Gus things? I'm glad I found cut in time
Catch nc taking my children into a place
like that / guess III let them grow up
in the silly. Oid-fashioned way. They'll
5are % ind oU- some time that fire burns.
ard they may ee well find It out early. The
trouble with al these lovely schemes for
making the world over is that they have
every possible element in them except a
little common sense"