New-York tribune., 1909-01-20
TR.TAFT ON MATRIMONY
TKS TO GEORGI4 HIGH
ecuOOL YOUNG WOMEN.
c. That When the Intelligent
romen of the Country Want Suf-
fragc They WI Get 1t.

.s+s. Ca. Jan. 19.-What might be con-
=, entirely new point of attack on the
aoa. co,,+b'' was made to-day by the Presl-
- when he spoke good word for the
ard ardor Of Northern men, who know
sting when they see it. In the charm and
tb' :, southern young women. His address
f.ao fssD~ before what he termed "a bouquet of
"SS and charming faces" the students OF
S''s High School for Girls The songs OF
InoniSH - which he listened preceding his
i1 1. So -aeslared had carried him OF IN enjoy
thlA hlAIss..,cr7 =. and his introduction TO speak was
., rude awakening .,,. -...,o.. !,
: .nressed itself on him as an entlrely ne"
sso f,.c,,r argument in favor of the sepa-
-, NJ the sexes for education he achIo"i-
a. <bot his point Of view had changed some
-. =, the question Of woman Suffrage sliice'
VIA ~ ,.-.aer he ardently advocated that doc
- IN his graduation paper because OF the
Hlhs - he had for the intelligence Of the
:. Members OF his class in WOODWARD h!sH
tn cincinnati, When the trained and in
..r,,s,t women OF the country wanted suhrase'
....a5 +bev would get il. on the natural
nd that they always get what they want
Eo1.e ro-nsrked in passing the subject for the
discussion Of matrimony. that ne oio not
.;.b,es+ interest IN the faces OF his hearers
,n xhat he was discussing
,r.,~oonv as he had said at Athens last
,r.et vas not the only future TO which young
.o,.n should look. and no unsatisfactory ac-
,~.a-oas sbo,l5 he made Of marriage proposals
.i-,nfv 70 avoid being an old maid The great
srccess Of many unmarried women OF his az
o,eintance justified this assertion
in he
.-,ub1e5 as they are in Massachusetts,. he con-
,t,ued where there are SO many women that
,bere Is no possibility that they can all marry
spa II is real serious problem there as to what
shsu be done with the unmarried women Here
kno,, that the situation is different
NV dear young ladies' he remarked, Il did
moi come here 10 make prepared address L
reme here trusting TO the inspiration OF the
moment for what your bright eyes and pretty
faces and your charming presence might bring
ant cf me- trust I am not too old yet to yield
"a the charm of beauty. TO even which North
en- man may be awakened. I know that there
ts theory that We are cold in the North, but L
assure you il is not true. 1 remember While
nnoe in Nashville of making inquiry regarding
e great many families there, and 1 found that
Immediately after the there were great
many Northern officers who exercised admirable
,ssss and who found young ladies of beauty and
charm formerly on the other side, who were
wiling or who at least were induced. whether
wiling or not. TO become the wives OF Northern
men shat il might not be the worst lot should
your fate ever carry you north of Mason and
Diron's line, for We know a good thing when
We see IT.
From this gathering. which was held in cele-
brstion of the centenary of Edgar Allan Poe.
Ind Tria al
Institute for Negroes, where he spoke on the
benefits OF industrial education. This school,
which was founded by women and has been for
tUenty-three years under the supervision of
Lucy g Laney. q negress. has seven hundred
Students.
Expressing sympathy for the struggle upward
Of The negro race. Mr.. Taft remarked, having
in mind utterances Of Senator Tillman: Il do
net think it Inappropriate to refer TO some of
the expressions that fall from the lips of men
prominent in political life that are utterly lack
Ing in any sympathy of that kind and that are
cruel and abrupt in their meaning, if they are
to be given the meaning that the words nat
Uraly bear. I refer 10 those men who deem
il necessary 10 affirm that in the interest Of
this country the negro race should have no edu-
cation. Now, I am glad TO know and believe
that those men in their hearts do not believe
that: tkat il comes rather from a desire to say
something that shall have a sensational effect
laan L does from real spirit was going to
say of cruelty toward rac. that deserves from
iacss Of US who are white all the aid. all the
assistance and ali the sympathy can give
Ten know that you know that those ex-
prsssions DO not represent the feeling Of the
efeat body Of intelligent white men in the
South"
ar Taft denied meaning that education was
eFerEthing. It did not make character Nor
eiu ne mean that university education should
'o universal The great body of the nation, he
eeo from necessity earned their livelihood by
"s sweat Of their faces. They needed primary
anO industrial training. Happiness, he asserted.
, nss cot to be found in the possession of the
i-1uIaes Of life but in the consciousness OF hav-
- zone the best possible under the circum-
1919 49, Work brought good digestion, and this
many dinners
sasaptsin Thomas Allen. Of Chicago. has been
o --eo 10 The board of engineers which is 10
npsny Mr.. Taft 10 Panama