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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-12-25

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Following this sermon with a direct
statement to the Sunday World. DR..
Haywood says:
Il say without hesitation that the
New York woman of to-day is drag
ging down moral standards, not only
for the next generation of her own
sex, but for the men among whom she
moves and whom she endeavors to at
tract by means to which her mother
and her grandmother would never
have stopped. If her influence did
not extend beyond the confines of
Manhattan Island the situation would
be less appalling, but, alas, she is
selected as model by women all
over the country, women who see her
In her environment or as a guest in
their home towns or who read of her
'eccentricities. her attractiveness, her
daring. in the public press and period
1cals of all sorts. Indirectly as we'll
as directly she thus becomes a source
of contamination
New York may well be termed a
Babylon. 1t is poisoning the very
foundation of our national social
health by drawing women of other
cities to itself-and away from the
wholesome standards, forms and hab-
AtS OF generations past.
The women of the household are
responsible for the moral slough of
New York. Take the single question
of where the family of the typical
New Yorker shall live. For the sake
or his children the husband and ia
Their would be quite willing to live
IN the suburbs, enduring all the incon-
veniences of committing. But his
Wi fn will
deadly dullness" of a quiet suburb.
she wants to be where she can see
and be seen. She demands excite
ment, the social life and the night
ME peculiar to this city. She insists.
IN fact, on being in the swim, and
being in the swim in New York she
fmagines means indulging in all sorts
OF dissipation, not only in private
out in public, so that all who come
may see that she knows Just what
smart women are doing.
Concerning the modern habits of
women, let us first consider smoking.
I hold that smoking, especially cigar
cts, leads women to a far lower point
of degradation than drinking. Manv
. a man or woman who drinks is NOT
morally bad. but the average man or
woman addicted to cigaret smoking
OeuayS moral standard that is an
pailing. strikes criminal note that
Is shocking and shows a decided ten
-dency toward degeneracy And fig
ures go to show that more women are
smoking cigarets in New York to-day
than they ever have before.
Drinking follows cigaret smoking.
and the combination is fearful. Won
On who indulge in these two habits
can wreck community's morals. for.
remember. the old generation is dis
appearing, and the oncoming genera
ton will look to the woman of to-
day. not of yesterday. for its example.
And what sort of an example does
Bhe set, in dress, for instance? In
the ballroom at the theater. on the
street, the New York woman leaves
nothing to the Imagination The
country youth. watching her pass.
biushes at the vision of exposed
ankles. clinging, suggestive skirts,
1ow-cut necks beneath open furs, the
hat crushed down over the eyes as
If to haif-ven the invitation to admire.
Look at this woman and ask, if
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-12-25

nee more the New York
woman is arraigned at the
bar of social opinion. And
all because in a recent
sermon Rev. Oscar Hay
wood, pastor of the Col
legiate Baptist Church of
the Covenant in West
Thirty-third street laid the
downtown tendency of
New York city's morals
at her door, says the New
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-12-25

Vice-President Professional woman's
League.
R MAY be old-fashioned, yet 1 am
continually engaged in questions
III of the day. 1 see and hear things,
and participate in affairs that in
terest the public. But my old-fash-
Toned views inspire these comments
on DR.. Haywood's interview:
The trouble with New York women
is their lack of interest in their
home surroundings They feel no in
terest whatever in their homes Home
is place to sleep. perhaps even to
eat in when the bank account runs
low and they cannot spend the accus-
toned amount in public restaurants.
In many households there is little
love of family. Women do not wish
to have children. This condition in
itself is enough to wreck the morals
of country. for no matter how bad
the woman If she has a child the
spark of goodness and womanliness
still burns. On the other hand, the
woman who deliberately shuns the
motherly duty becomes hard and bad
at heart
This lack of home ties leads to dis
sipation. The idle wife must be
amused. Once she begins to drink
she is forever restless. The world
holds not enough to divert her. She
must go out every night and then to
supper and to drink some more She
must lunch and dine here, there and
everywhere and liquor accompanies
every meal.
Her home bores her She escapes
from 1T as every opportunity. She is
on with other men because they in
terest her for the moment and furnish
excitement She begins to regard her
husband as human bank account,
and resents the situation when she
hnds she has overdrawn her account.
This condition nine times out of ten
will end with divorce. To-day. even.
divorce in the eys of some women is
diversion. 1t gives them something
to do. 1t furnishes excitement to
jaded sensibilities
Smoking represents exaggerated
stimulation of minds and bodies. Vul-
garity in dress is the natural result
of the woman's deadened sense of de-
cency.
When woman drinks she turns
reckless. Her first recklessness NAV
hardly be apparent even to herself.
Dut gradually it becomes more
marked As result she will say any
thing she desires; she will do any
thing. no matter how disgusting, that
sne wishes to do, and she will wear
the most outrageous clothes imagin-
able.
Analyze the nervous, high-strung
woman of to-day, the woman who
haunts her petty vices in the face of
society, and you will find that the
word home" means nothing to her.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-12-25

Rheumatism and Neuralgia never coulc
get along with Hamlins Wizard Oil
Wizard Oil always drives them away
from the premises in short order.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-12-25
Financial

Financial.
Ste1la-Isn't Mabel going to marry
the duke?
BelIR-No, he rejected the budget
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-12-25

If you would be happy, keep you
eyes wide open during courtship an
half closed after marriage
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-12-25

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teethfng, softens the gurus reduces
fammatton alays pain, cures wind collie. 25c bottle
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-12-25

Better poor man at large than a
rich man in Jail.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-12-25

The first step toward keeping y
mouth shut is to close it.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-12-25
GOOD SCI

GOOD HOUSEKEEPERS.
Use the best That's why they buy Red
Cross Ball Blue. At leading grocers cents
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-12-25
BY Mrs. Harriet Johnston Wood.

- W. .. SoTnSIOn WOOD.
Vice-President of the Woman's EQUAL
Suffrage League.
VWYHAT is the matter with the
EAI New York woman? Her bus-
" band.
If she has no husband. then
her men friends. For New York men
are directly responsible for what New
York women are to-day.
Does woman smoke? Then it is
because her husband demands her
companionship even in smoking. He
may have travelled in countries where
women smoke. He has become accus.
toned to this. and misses it if his
wife does not join him in a cigaret
after the salad, or with their coffee
His selfishness leads her into the
habit
Does she drink? Then her busband
or her men friends, have asked her
to do SO. They go out to dinner To-
gether- The first question asked NV
the man is: What sort of a cock
tail?" Or If he has learned her pref
erence the cocktail is ordered before
she has drawn off her gloves. She
drinks at first not because she likes
the taste of the cocktail, but because
the man expects her to he his .eood
pal When she finally learns to
crave the liquor he taught her To
drink the man condemns her.
Does she wear low-cut gowns or
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: not only for the next
49, generation of her own
sex, but for the men among whom
she moves and whom she endeav
ors to attract by means to which
her mother and her grandmother
would never have stopped If her
influence did not extend beyond
the confines of Manhattan Is
land the situation would be less
appalling; but, alas! she is Sc
iected as model by women all
over tire country-women who
see her In her own environment
or Es q guest in their home
towns or who read of her eccen-
tricities, her attractiveness, her
daring in the public press and
periodicals of all sorts. Indirect
iy, as we'll as directly, she thus
becomes a source of contamina-
ton.
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SEVERE JUDGMENT OF REV.
DR.. HAYWOOD.

SAY without hesitation
that the New York Wom-
of to-day is dragging
down moral standards,
not only for the next
generation of her own
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-12-25
BY Miss Leonora Macadam.

Teacher of Department
YKTHEN you ask me what Is the
NV matter with New York WON
" en-. their manners and their
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08
Kalamazoo Plans Biz Meets.

Kalamazoo, Mich, is planning to give
a great combination trotting and pacing
meeting In 1909, similar to the one of
1908, and will endeavor to retain its
dates in both the grand and great
western circuits. 1t is probable that
the first week of August will be asked
for in the two associations, and If
Kalamazoo is so far recognized there is
little doubt that this harness racing
meeting will be one of the greatest
given in America.
Michigan horsemen generally recog-
nize that the coming meeting Of the
great western will be one of the most
important held by that organization In
years, and it is believed that a special
effort will be made to offer such in
ducements to racers of harness horses
that many will remain in the west
with their stables and not race down
the grand circuit.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08
cy Young Says He Will Stick

Downcast over the trade whereby
Lou Criger, his old catcher, goes to the
st. Louis Americans and Spencer to
Boston, but stating that he has no in
tention of retiring because of the
change, Cy Young, Boston's grand old
man." comes out in an interview re-
Gently regarding the deal.
Cy said that he could hardly realize
that Criger was to leave and that
Spencer would be his receiver next
year.
II have pitched to Lou SO long that
he seems a part of me-" said he, "and
l am positive no one will suffer more
from his departure from Boston than
1. Criger is one Of the grandest catch
ers that ever looked through a mask
So confident am of his judgment that
I never shake my head when he sig
nails what to serve up to a batter"
Young said that the report that he
will retire is without foundation and
winds up by declaring: "You can say
for me that 1 will never retire until
my good right arm goes back on me.
The Boston club has treated me grand
ly, and mean to give them the best /
have"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08

aid in the earthquake relief work has
added to the public feeling Of appreci-
alton and gratitude.
The battleships designated as the
relief squadron are the Connecticut.
the flagship of the fleet; the Vermont
and the Minnesota. They are on their
way from Port Said.
In advance of these the American
scout cruiser Yankton and the supply
ship Culgoa are nearing Messina with
medical supplies and provisions on
board for the earthquake sufferers.
They carry also a number of doctors.
1t is expected that Reggie will be
practically evacuated today, when the
troops and sailors will be reduced all
told to a thousand men. There are at
present 5000 soldiers and 1000 sailors
here.
Two aged men, each seventy years
old, were distracted alive from the
ruins today. A curious fact is the pro-
portion of old people found alive after
days of burial. They seem to have
greater powers of endurance than
younger men and women.
Queen Helena has turned portion
of the Quirinal palace into a workshop,
where a number of Italian women of
high rank, dressmakers and working
girls sit all day long in the greatest
friendiness busily engaged in cutting
out and sewing garments for the refu-
gees.
The women are under the superin-
tendence of the queen herself, who
with her own hands often guides fin
gers unaccustomed to work of this
kind. Each afternoon there is rest
period of one hour, when all the wO-
men take tea together, but as soon as
the time is up the queen inexorably
commands that the work be resumed.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08
N. Y. CENTRAL'S NEW HEAD.
William c. Brown Elected Today TO
Succeed w. n. Newman.

New York, Jan. Cat the meeting
today of the board of directors of the
New York Central and Hudson River
railroad William G. Brown, senior vice
president of the road, was elected pres
ident to succeed William II. Newman,
who resigned Dec. %.
The new president of the New York
Central is fifty-fve years old and ma
tive of New York state. He began his
railroad career in Iowa at sixteen as a
cutter Of wood for the old log burning
locomotives on the Western Union line.
Later he learned telegraphy and be-
came train dispatcher, division super
intendent and general manager of va
rious roads. In 1901 he was taken
from the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy to become vice president and
general manager of the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern, enc Of the Central
roads, and in the following year he ad-
vanced to the vice presidency of the
Central itself.
Unlike his predecessor, who is known
as traffic" man, Mr.. Brown is called
an operating" executive. Railroad
men conversant with his career declare
that there is no position in the operat-
ing end of railroad, from section man
to general manager, that Mr.. Brown
could not fill.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08
A Graceful Tribute to Poe.

The University of Virginia arranged
to celebrate the centenary of the birth
OF Edgar Allan Poe on Jan. 10 in a
manner to do justice to the memory
of one of the truest poets America
has produced. Distinguished repre-
sentatives of literature in the old
world were invited to participate in
order to make the occasion something
more than local tribute, for Poe was
once n student at the university.
The reading circle that has been
delighted by the genius OF Poe spreads
over two hemispheres. 1t is most un-
fortunate that his weaknesses dimmed
for half a century the imperishable
beauty of tlse writings left at the
tragic close of his short and stormy
life. Equally with the statesman and
the soldier, the poet, it would seem,
Is worthy of commemoration and re-
gard because of the influence of his
works upon the minds of men. The
host of admirers Of Poe will be re-
joiced to know that at last it is pro-
posed to erect a fitting memorial to
their hero of song.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08
Badly Tangled Again In
Gross Examination Today.
MAKES Ills OWN CASE WORSE
Contradicts His Testimony Repeat
edly Under the Severe Fire of
Questions by the Eis-
trict Attorney.

Flushing, n. Y. Jan. 6.-ThorntOn
Jenkins Hains. writer of blood curdling
sea- tales. ON trial for his life for COM
plicity in the murder of William L.
Annis by Captain Peter Hains. today
was not the same eager, dominating
Thornton Hams who SO dramatically
and glibly told the story of the killing
at Bayside and of the domestic woes
that. the defense claims, unseated the
mind of the slayer.
Caught in traps by District Attorney
Darrin i'm the cross examination. Hains
ragged on the stand, squirmed and
twisted as his tOrmentor made him
contradict his direct testimony in i'm
pOrtant details. He entirely lost his
magnificent nerve and the major part
of his memory.
The first contradiction was as to the
first meeting with Annis. Yesterday
Hams swOre that on the way home
from this episode the captain said to
him, Il can't control myself when
see that man" Today he reiterated
several times that not a word was said
ON the way home. When the former
testimony was read out the witness
remarked airily:
THAT was after l got home. If
said il was OH the way down, that was
a mistake"
The next contradiction was more
serious one. AS to the second meeting
with Annis, he swore that his brother
said mot a spoken word" Mr.. Dar-
rim obtained this fiat footed declara-
tion and then said:
Didn't you swear yesterday that
your brother said, There he goes;
there he goesr that you said, 'WhoT
and that he said. 'Annis?"
II told the best l knew. If l said it
was so it was true. l don't remember
now," explained Thornton Hains.
His memory was at fault when ques-
toned about the motor boat trip on
the Shrewsbury river. Yesterday he
testified that his brother had made
him stop the boat as it approached
another. Today the witness thought
that it was he who suggested running
over to the other boat. Il do not re-
member all those Details" he said.
Mrs. Annis entered the courtroom
while Hams was repeating for Mr..
Darrin the story of how Mrs. Hains
made the alleged confession of her re-
latiOns with Annis.
She walked direct to the center of
the courtroom and faced. the defend
ant. For more than a minute she
stared intently at him.
After the confession was made,
Hams said, he took the captain to- his
home. He tried to get the captain to
eat, but he refused. The two sat up
for awhile and then went to bed. The
next day when he got up he read the
Dear Billy" letter.
Did you read that letter in your
house?" the court interrupted.
"Yes," replied the witness.
81 thought you said that you read
the letter in the captains house at
Fort Hamilton" said Judge Crane.
mo. 1 read it under a lamppost on
the street outside the house."
Ibid you testify that you read it un-
der lamppost?" asked the court.
YES" declared the witness, II think
l did"
Hams said nothing about a lamp
post on his direct examination.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08
MARJORIE GOULD DEBUT.

Function Will Set a New Mark For
New York Society Lavishness.
New York, Jan. GA new mark for
lavishness and splendor is expected to
be set for society by the entertainment
Mr.. and Mrs. George J. Gould will
give Thursday night at the Hotel Plaza
to formally introduce their daughter
Marjorie.
Two hundred and fifty guests have
been invited to the dinner, which will
eclipse the famous Bradley Martin af-
fair of several years ago, but many
more will be at the cotillon and supper
to follow.
Dinner, dance and reception are ex-
pected to be the most elaborate ever
given in New York.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08

AS we approach the Lincoln cente-
nary it is well to recall the marvellous
mastery of the English language ac-
quired by one who had but a few
months real school training in his
whole life. This country has pro-
duced no man of letters whose style is
more worthy of study than Lincoln's.
Born in cabin and reared in the
backwoOds, the great emancipation be-
came one of the greatest masters of
English prose in the nineteenth CEN
tury. Not alone his Gettysburg ad-
dress. which every schoolboy and
schoolgirl should know by heart, but
his inaugurals and some Of his letters
and speeches are worthy of study as
masterpieces OF American literature.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08
p Writer of the Heart.

AS a rule, the eulogiSts of the late
Donald G. Mitchell try to prove too
much. Not the generation that pro
duced IL Marvel nor the one follow
ing that has alone had the good taste
and spiritual insight to read and ap-
preciate "Reveries of Bachelor"
Young people of the present have not
only discovered for themselves the
treasure house opened by the genial
TX Marvers pen, but often have made
its riches known for the first to their
seniors. The philosopher of the sim
pie life found his audience early, yet
no period has neglected him.
Even the embarrassment of literary
riches poured out the last few years
could not make the "Reveries" a back
number. Readers who have their
Kipling and Jerome X. Jerome by
heart will turn to TX Marvel for an
an;idote to weariness. One can he
surfeited with flippancy as well as
with sentiment. Tx Marvel's senti-
ment was Of the wholesome sort. He
wrote for the sound hearted. not the
soft headed. His ideals appeal to the
twentieth century. and possibly it will
he more loyal to him than was the
century which revealed him. To the
past lie was an entertainer: to the
present he is mentor and confidant
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08
Britt and Summers to Fight Again.

Jimmy Britt Of America is to have
another tryout in London to prove
whether or not his recent victory over
Johnny Summers was a fluke. The
men have been rematched to battle
before the National Athletic club Feb.
%, and purse Of $500, or $4,000 in
American money, has been hung up.
Britt will prolong his stay in England
b meet the engagement.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08
RED CROSS HAS $475,ooo.
OF This 100000 Has Been Already
Forwarded to Italy.

Washington, Jan. 6.-The Red Cross
society announces that the total
amount Of subscriptions for Italian
relief so far credited and received
through the American National Red
Cr0ss is $475,000. 1t says:
''The society first sent to Italy
through the American ambassador in
Rome $4,000. Then sums of 100000,
$15O.OOO and $4,000 were remitted.
subscriptions by states include the
following:
"New York. $1GJ, ,S25; California, $780,
OFT; Illinois, $26,ST6; Missouri, $25,052;
Massachusetts,, $1G2O5; Rhode Island,
$1l 600; Connecticut, $7,315."
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08
Willy, Wiry Castro.

Castro abroad appears to be of as
much importance as Castro in VeneZu-
ella, dictatingand bluffing. While he was
at home, stirring up one power after
another, curiosity as to the manner of
man he was became subordinate to in
dignation that be should be allowed
to play fast and loose with treaty OBJ
legations and make football of dip
lomatic dignity. He was a power in
Venezuela and a maker of trouble for
nations having dealings with that
country. This was all the world cared
to know.
Castro was not easily eliminated
from Venezuelan affairs even though
out of his country. Even in Caracas
he had been man of mystery. A
couple of years ago he resigned his
Office, but when 1t suited him to take
the helm again he simply returned to
the capital and began issuing orders.
Those who knew Castro best believe
that his trip to Europe is simply an.
other act in the drama he plays with
consummate cleverness and almost
Napoleonic audacity. Courage he un'
doubtedly has, for all the attempts OF
the powers of the world do not seem
to scare him any more than one OF
the petty revolutions at home. A
nuisance Castro certainly is, and he
may be mere poser at best, but SC
far he has proved himself something
more than a freak.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08
THIRD RELIEF SHIP SAILS.
The Hamburg Takes 100000 Worth Of
Food and Clothing.

The Hamburg Takes 100000 Worth Of
Food and Clothing.
New York, Jan. 6.-Laden with twen-
ty-fve tons of clothing and thirteen
tons of provisions, with which to
clothe and feed the starving and half
naked survivors of the Calabria and
Sicily earthquake, the third relief ship,
the Hamburg, sailed for Genoa and
Naples.
The provisions include coffee, sugar,
salt, biscuits. condensed milk, canned
soups, rice, hominy, beans and peas.
The clothing comprises every conceiv-
able sort of wearing apparel for men,
women and children.
The clothing and the food stuffs,
which are worth 100000, are sent to
the italian Red Cross at Naples.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08

The new woman Oh the stage was
evidently shipped from somewhere
cast of Suez. where the best is like
the wcrst." but what particular land
is responsible for her can never be
guessed from her taste in the matter
of clothes.