The Washington herald., 1908-02-23

replies. In fact I think woman could
be mayor much easier than she could
hold some other positions.
Place for Her on Jury.
do l think she would be a success on
jury? Why not? I'm quite sure if
there had been jury OF women at the
first Thaw trial they would have found
the defendant insane. Az it was, we
had the spectacle OF prosecution on the
first trial to make out the young chap
was insane and on the second trying to
prove he wasn't.
Women on juries viii not be moved by
appeals to their emotions. as is generally
claimed. believe. as much as men arr
They are going TO be colder and to reach
better conclusions that win be founded on
judgment and common sense, for they'll
be fighting for those very. diesides that
men are talking about
DO believe that a good-locking wom-
an would stand more chance il she ran
for Office than a plain woman? I think
she'd get plenty of men to listen to her
arguments She won't have any trouble
getting attention and promises, and any
and every man'll stop work 10 listen
To her, but when 1t comes 10 the show
down I'm inclined 20 thinS that the
men'll say Well what about that quiet
plain little woman that seems 10 know
her business so we'll? Don't you think
she'll be a leetle mite safer?' And it's
my opinion that the plain woman'H come
pretty near standing chance OF getting
the office against the good-looking one
DO I think that universal suffrage
VIII lead to the adoption by women Of
mems attire and the repeating OF the
law on that point?
There is no law on that point 50 far
as / know. II i recall matters right.
courts. and it was very interesting.
Not After Mems Apparel.
THE law can't touch woman to-day
for wearing clothes like a mans; it can
arrest her for being public nuisance.
that Is all when she draws crowd and
stops traffic. But I'm not afraid that
universal suffrage or anything else will
make women desirous OF wearing mems
clothing"
Mr. Sullivan is then asked what he
thinks of the bill, recently introduced. TO
place a tax on the fortunes Of American
girls who marry titled foreigners.
personally. can say uuAtnlnS abOuL
the Nanderbilts. for ! don't know them
he replies They don't know me- We
only met once in our lives. so far as
know. That was at the Grand Central
Station. and one Of them asked me if
would please get out OF the way. ! did.
Il don't blame the Vanderbilt girl at
all / don't blame any OF those girls:
they don't know any better. but what !
think ought 10 be done is 10 have a som
mission of lunacy appointed for their par
ents. I would suggest that and would
vote for il every time.
The parents know how all these mar
riages turn out; they've heard the dis
gusting details Of the divorce courts. they
have seen the uHhappiness and misery
brought about in this way. and yet they
go on taking their daughters over there
and settling their money on some young
man who couldn't earn a dollar 10 save
his life
But we were talking about cigarette
smoking. weren't we? Well. all I've got
TO say is that l hope women won't smoke
in public. It's only that Little Tim and
me were both born here and we love New
York and we want TO keep il pure and as
good as we can. Those things are all
right for Paris, but New York amt
PariS-UOt by a long shot