Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-11-14
STRAY TOPICS FROM
LITTLE OLD NEW YORK.
Or. Aked's Views.

Or. Aked's Views.
New York, Nov. 13.-Dr. Aked. the
pastor of Rockefeller's church. has
whirled up great deal of dust by
his radical views ON woman's suf-
frage and by his advice to women to
use force to obtain the right to vote,
now denied them. What Is the world
coming to. if minister of the gospel
dares TO give such advice? 1t may be
doubtful what women in general may
think of Dr. Aked's advice, but it is
safe to assume that an overwhelm-
ing majority of men will agree with
certain prominent politician of this
city, who expressed himself rather en-
DRAMATICALLY upon this subject His
only comment, after having read the
remarkable advice of DR.. Aked was,
The man who wrote that should have
ID. F. behind his name instead of
ID. D." He did not explain what ID.
F." stood for, but the look of disgust
on his face indicated that his enig-
matte criticism was not meant to be
complimentary.
Maybe Dr.. Aked's advice came a
little too late to arouse the great mass
of women to concerted and hostile
action; however that may be, nothing
came of it. The suffragists and SUI
fragettes confined themselves to
mere demonstration of their serious
ness by holding mock elections. just
like the naughty men. 1t is rumored
in suffragette circles that Taft re-
ceived handsome majority but as
each one of the feminine election
judges arrived at a different total of
the votes cast and the experts are
still working OH the Strengthening out
of the returns, this statement could
no be verified. 1t appears from the
disclosure made by one of the fair
suffragettes in an unguarded moment,
that many of the women voted for
Taft because his name is so much like
'taffeta," easily remembered and
evoking pleasant suggestions.
Broke the Voting Machine.
Judging from the experience in
Trenton, n. j., town notorious for
the corruptness of its political gangs,
II would be an expensive experiment
to introduce voting machines in New
York. Voting machines are supposed
to make the doctoring of election re-
turns impossible, and it is that fea-
ture which makes them unpopular
with political gangs and machines. In
Trenton several of these machines
were ruthlessly shattered with ham
mer or ak on the eve of election, evil
IDENTIFY in the hope that the old style
of voting would be used, where the |
machines We're not available. They |
were fooled, however, as the city had |
a number of reserve machines. which |
were used to replace the shattered |
machines What would become of |
Tammany. should voting machines
ever be introduced in New York?
Naming the Skeleton.
While Gotham was in the throes of
the presidential election and eagerly
discussing the chances of the various
the seriousness of the sui
fragette movement, Broughton Brande
burg's discredited Cleveland articles
and other subjects OF political impor-
lance, the National academy. where
few hundred, mostly young men and
women, are cultivating close ac.
quaintance with higher art, was the
scene of impressive rites and serio.
comic doings, unsupported by the busy
outside world. The central figure of 1
the event was skeleton, the skele-
ton in the closet of the women's life
class at the National academy, and
thereby hangs a tale The skeleton ,
aforesaid is to be taken literally. 1t
Is human skeleton used by the mem |
bers of the life class in studying the {
of the human body. Every
art academy has its skeleton, and il ,
plays an important part in the AGA {
lemic and social life of the students. {
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