The Washington herald., 1910-07-14
At THE HOTELS.

even ABOUT the market districts, where
all there is IN the way OF labor and
business is supposed TO be monopoIized
By meE exclusively. women who are
forced TO support themselves. and IN
numerous cases others dependent upon
them, have found many odd ways OF earn
ing money. which in some Instances are
as original as they are profitable" said
Spencer S. Watkins. OF Boston, at the
New Willard last night.
Most OF them know nothing Of the
suffragette movement, womans rights,
the higher education Of women, or even
OF opening up new avenues OF eraploy-
ment for their sex" continued Mr.. Wat
kins, "but In the unceasing struggle for
bread they have struck out for them
selves in ways of making a livelihood,
and frequently at some things that men
have always done these women viii be
found working, from running a bank
down to plain street peddling
An odd industry In which some OF
them are engaged IN one part Of the
market districts on Saturday is that OF
crockery peddling They buy from largs
eroekery dealers broken sets Of china as
well as Clipped and otherwise slightly
damaged plates, cups, saueers, &c. As
the dealers are glad to get rid Of the odds
and ends by selling them to the china
women the latter secure them at such
small price that they make a good
proft on the wares by peddling them
out at low rate 10 market buyers, who
are mostly women. They sell from either
sidewalk stand or a wagon in Black
stone street the paradise Of peddlers,
both male and female, and JOIN in the
hue and cry OF trade among the horde
Of leather-iunged hucksters.
In close proximity IN Blackstone
street are other women street mer-
chants" added Mr. Watkins. some as
sisting their husbands and fathers.
Others out for themselves alone. engaged
IN the sale OF children's clothing. boys
caps. gingham aprons. girls and wo
mems shoes. slippers. and other things
at sidewalk shops Women hshmongers
are TO be found, and there is a woman
peddler, too, who drives about in her
own wagon selling vegetables and fruits,
with a young son 60 DO the carrying OF
the stuff for her.
There are lots OF suTragists in Bos-
ton. but none OF these self-supporting
working women are suffragists, although
they practically demonstrate 10 tho
world that they can earn a living and
pay taxes as well as a man. These
women, however. realize that the man
has also TO do the rougher and more
serious things in the world, Ike serv-
Ing in the field when the country calls.
and other duties"
Georg Ernst Heimer, Of Dresden. Ger
many. civil engineer, who has Just
returned from a tour OF South America,
and who was seen at the Raleigh. in re-
ferring TO the talk about Germany's re-
ported def TO the Monroe doctrine. said:
| During the Venezuelan dispute Gen. Won
| Boguslawski. one OF Germany's foremost
military writers. said In substance this
about the Monroe doctrine: America Is
/ divided into many states. IN varieties
OF race and language she is hardly sec
ond 10 Europe. How can one state as
sert that II has the right OF interference
and protection over an entire continent,
and that It will tolerate only under GER
tain conditions any action, however Just,
Of European nations against an Ameri-
can state?
"A further question is; How does it
happen that this doctrine, set up eighty
years ago by the American statesman,
has been able to justify itself in fact
with absolutely no justification in the
law Of nations? When the United States
| feels itself threatened through any occu-
patton OF territory, Of course It has the
/ right. Ike any other nation, TO raise
protest, and, II necessary, employ force.
But there must be no talk Of even an
apparent recognition OF the Monroe doc
trine as an international law principle on
the part OF European nations. If the lat
ter act otherwise. they will soon feel the
thumbscrews which they put on thereby.
| Through the war against ill-eQuipped
Spain, American self-importance has
/ been infinitely increased, often showing
a diseased character. Giving the United
States binding promises would divest the
action beforehand of lasting effect II
the United States raise serious ohjec-
ticn against this. she would have to de-
termine what means are at her disposal
to give validity to her objection.
This, in substance, was Gen Won
Boguslawskfs view on the Monroe doc
4 trine I must admit that this doctrine
Is not as popular in South American
\ countries as people in the United States
seem to imagine. South Americans are
very sensitive about their sovereignty
and independence; they claim that the
Monroe doctrine deprives them Of part
of this independence. and that they do
not recognize it as binding on them
am merely telling you what have heard.
that is all"
The birth rate Of children in the State
Of Kansas this year is not as high sas it
was in the last year. according TO J. II.
Hunter. OF Topeka. Kans.. who is at the
Riggs Mr.. Hunter looks at this matter
in a serious way. and he wondered what
would become OF his much-beloved Kan
sas If this decrease is kept up in the fu-
ture
whenever the birth rate decreases in
a community" said Mr.. Hunter, there
is something fundamentally wrong with
the people Whatever that wrong con-
sists of In Kansas 1 am not prepared 60
say without investigating the matter
closely and thoroughly. We all know
why babies are scarce in high society
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