The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-21
MARY HEATON WORSE WRITES OLA
WOMANS SENSE OF HONOR-AND A MANS

nocent person, and they were willing
to stretch the truth or misrepresent
it, so justice might be done. In no
case did they regard themselves as
simply truth-telling machines who
were there for the purpose o. giving
the facts as they had seen them
/ Women" he went on, as | have
seen them, will always prove to you
at length how they were perfectly
justified in having pursued the
course which they did. have had
women come up drunk and disorderly'
who would be glad to tell you, if you
would let them, a long story as to
how 1t was some other persons fault
that they took to drink. The idea
that women are morally superior to
men is ingrained in them, and they
like to keep up this appearance even
TO themselves, so they begin by not
telling themselves the truth as to why
they have done anything that they
should not; that is why they can per-
jure themselves and not call II a lie.
On the other hand, taking a bribe
most accustomed to justify herself
high mindedly for small dishonorable
acts could not find another name by
which a bribe would smell sweet; :;
the fact stares you large in the face;
when you beat your fare you beat
your fare. | know one woman how
ever, who told me frankly she beat
her fare wherever she could, because
she said. the company was treating
the public badly and she seemed TO
feel, therefore, that beating her fare
was noble act If women could be
led gently to the feeling that beating
fares was in reality giving back in
part to the people what the railways
have stolen from them we should
soon have them riding free whenever
they could.
I'm the old days of railroad passes"
he continued, "the tricks to which
many q pure mother of a family re-
sorted TO get one were astonishing.
Every congressman knows what un-
scrupulous lobbyists women are. They
will use everything that they have,
from the frank feminine appeal to
their poverty, in order to accomplish
their ends; they will do II all with
a cheerful naivete. Nor is it possi-
BILE to point out to them their pro-
cedure has any element OF crook
edness in it. A man in his heart of
hearts, knows when it is crooked; he
will admit it himself that he is
working for his own pocket all the
time But women are far too high
to admit even in the privacy
of their own rooms with the door
shut, that their acts are anything
but commendable, and not commend
able, then justifiiable.
81 think you put it little strong
ly," I protested.
Would you leave your private let
ters around in the houses of most OF
your friends" asked he suddenly "es-
pecially among your relatives?'
~ confess ! wouldn't" ] admitted.
Don't you know many a woman
who reads her daughters correspond
nnce under the plea that it Is her busi-
less as a mother of a family to know
what's going on?"
| did; and know women who read
their servants letters for the same
reason.
"Well," said the judge, "a woman
reads q daughters letters so that
she may keep q watchful eye upon
her child; she may also read her sons
letters for the same end, and from
this TO her husbands private papers
Is only step. "Why," he said,
Gin any case in court where there
are letters involved it comes out ov-
er and over again that these letters
have been tampered with. And there
is always some exemplary reason
why the letters should have been read.
A man doesn't read letters not be-
longing TO him without knowing it's
a dirty trick. That's what it is, under
any circumstances. There may be
cases where a dirty trick is justifable,
but then. for Heavens sake, let's call