Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-12-06

-, n Rockefeller is credited with
,mOlalnlng that he is not nearly so
III ss he is accused of being, having
naltry S3OO.000,000 or so. Lately
,.rlroad multimillionaire also COM
,od that his annual income was
-ootly overrated in the popular belief.
has really a small income, after all,
Az $4,000 a year, he says. At this
omsnt there is on my desk an alb
,-.et of the report of average wages
IA N schoolmistresses In Maine. II
.rOeus TO be Maine In this case, but
~ NJ ,,ory will fit almost any other state
mo rnion. In Maine the woman
81. I.ehr on whom depend largely the
Dorsrty and intelligence of the voters
- me- state, receives $500 a week for
!, hbors. She has spent years of
me and hundreds of dollars fitting
sreli for her profession. The Maine
I,tory girl gets an average of $500 a
,eek. even though she may not know
law 10 read and write. Her work,
- [oweyer lasts all the year, while that
the woman teacher stops during two
three months. so that the factory
HI. miserable as her pay is, Is really
litter of than the teacher Now, do
4 ou aatter yourself you are civilized,
ou women who say our sex does not
Ieed the right of suffrage? If state
gslators and congressman were hon
+ 81 and could not be brlbed the amass-
~ Of billion dollar fortunes in this
|cuntry would be impossible. II is
E|ny BY the brlbing OF lawmakers that
.hese lnlquitous fortunes can be piled !
Ep Men have had government all their
Dwn way since the world began, and !
bere Is the result. Legislative knaves
Ind scoundrels have allowed greedy, |
|onscenceless Eu.ves and scoundrels
/ b own the earth and women teachers
bet $500 q week. Working women,
oes politics concern your interests in
|ny way?
What a bore is that rattle Drained
'Noman who can never tell a story
Straight. She undertakes to tell you
n something she has seen or heard.
'Ihe result Is simply 4 confused jumble
n what's his name and thingumbobs
End so and SOS and something or others
|nd all that sort of thing and over
'here somewhere. This woman's brains
Pre- not compact They practically rat
e around In her skull She is never
R@urate either In her thought habit or
. her work. Don't let the rattle brain
'labt take hold on you. When you
pretend to listen to anything, listen
carefully, concentrating your mind on
'he story, Note in your memory the
pain points. Get the mental habit Of
fractness and accuracy.
Tie number of Insane persons has
Doubled in the civilized world In the
Iast ten years. The rate Of Increase Is
lasher among men than among women
and still old fogies talk about two
mans emotional, excitable nature" and
'ppear 10 believe themselves.
II you wish 10 be popular, keep your
Hefs to yourself and your ailments
rom everybody but your doctor Peo
'es own soul1 are all so full Of heart
che and Disappointment that they
usht not 20 have those OF their ac
ualntances unloaded upon them.
lhe seasons record for woman
winner is that OF Mrs, Charles l.
I'wn OF Chicago. In company with
fefal men Mrs. Brown swan out into
ID Lake Michigan five miles TO the
yde Park crib. which furnishes the
y water The time she occupied
Is two hours and forty minutes. Mrs
own arrived first at the crib.
lie next, and the thirty ninth, annual
a'eniion of the National American
oman Suffrage association will be
"a In Music hall, Fine Arts building
neago, Feb. IA TO 10. 1907. And 1t viii
the first one in all the thirty-nine
ans az which the noble, powerful
esenee Of Susan B. Anthony Is lack
iomen's clubs are IN the main
aeVing really useful and public spir-
objects, yet sometimes they still
amazingly fool things. In a leading
aihine club In one OF our largest
es lady was recently proposed for
uDership, She was a professional
mah Of unexceptionable standing
laiiy and morally and Intellectually
y brilliant. She was proposed Tor
,n.oership and vouched for by some
ue clubs most respected members
the fool women OF the governing
Hu rejected her. This was the rea-
3. An outsider. who had nothing al
10 DO with the government OF the
y told some OF the executive com
zee she had heard the candidate hao
! things frowned on by tabbies-