The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-05-12
Springs Saraband.

The bluebird in the orchard
Is lyrical for her.
The starting with his meadow pipe
sets ali the wood aStlr,
The hooded white spring-beauties
Are curtSying in the breeze,
The blue hepaticaS are out
Under the chestnut trees.
The maple buds make glamour,
Eiburnum waves it's bloom,
The jonquils and the daffodilS
Are risen from the tomb.
Safety and treadmi]
Have lost their Wintry mold;
The commonplace seems paradise
Through wells of greening gold
o heart, hear thou the summons,
Put every grief away,
When all the motley Mosques of earth
Are glad upon day.
Alack, that any mortal
Should less than gladneSS bring
Into the choral joy that sounds
The saraband of Spring!
Bliss Carman in Golfers Weekly.
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Women and Domestic Animals.
In the average happy human family,
the mothers rights are protected. Such
women do not need to appeal to courts
of law on their own behalf because they
already have privileges more than the
law would grant them.
Because this is true there are many
people in all classes Of society who be-
little the subject of woman's wrongs or
rights. They believe that woman is al
ready a favored individual and that she
has no wrongs of which to complain.
But we cannot judge the position of
woman by a superficial view of the more
fortunate woman. Just as the test OF
ones physical health is the condition OF
the weakest organ, so the test OF Wom-
ans social right is the status of the
weakest woman.
Turning to the laws of California to
see how the personal liberty OF women
is protected we find:
Penal Code. Sec. GOA. Every person
who. within this state takes any female
person against her will and without her
consent. or with her consent procured
by fraudulent inducement of misrepre-
sensations, for the purpose of prostitu-
ton, is punishable by Imprisonment in
the state prison not exceeding five years,
and a fine not exceeding $1,000.
One must notice that there is no mini
mum penalty. The offender may be
found guilty and get sentence of only
ST and one day. By section 4S9 of the
same code we fiEt:
Grand larceny is punishable by i'm
priSonment in the state prison for not
less than one nor more than ten years.
And section 4S7 of the same code
includes among other thing in grand
larcency the stealing of Il horse, mare,
cow, steer, calf or mule. For the
stealing of these animals the offender
can get no less than one year imprisOn-
ment, and may get as high as ten years.
A maximum penalty of five years for
stealing a woman and ten years for steal
ing a mule or calf Obviously, not a
very high valuation by California legis-
latOrs of the women of their own nation
and race.
When it comes to daughters of
neighboring race the disparity in val
ues is greater and even more favorable
to the domestic animals; for by Sec. use
the penalty for selling a Japanese or
Chinese girl is a fine of not less than
$1,000 or more than $4,000, or imprison-
ment in the county jail not less than six
nor more than twelve months. Here the
Legislature has reduced the Offense of
stealing a defenseless human being to q
misdemeanor, punished only by a Jail
commitment, while the stealing of a calf
is carefully kept ! felony and punished
by a penitentiary sentence.
Nor is it of laws alone that women
need complain. For these laws, weak and
meager though they are for the defense
of womanhood, are seldom enforced.
The very sections above quoted are
almost a dead letter on the statute books,
and the crimes of white slavery and
prostitution which they were designed to
combat flourish. And the victims, to the
shame of the civilization of today, are
the young, the ignorant, the helpless.
They are orphan girls and the daughters
of poor widows and of exploited work
ingmen. The greater part of them are
under the age of 10. Amos q. Warner
Tin his book, American Charities) says
that among the girls who are victims of
evil institutions are the feeble-minded
and those bordering on feeble-mindednes
Every one who has investigated this
evil, however different their points of
view, is agreed that those things do
not exist and could not exist except by
the protection of the police and poll
ticians of the cities. S. S. Mcclure
said recently that $50 per cent. of the
women leading an evil life are held in
subsection by men who are helped by
the police of our cities" And line
with the local courts the politician
is all-powerful lie protects his own,
the surveyors of vice, and the latter
furnish the votes by which the machine
is kept in power" -Agnes H. Downing
in The Progressive Woman.
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Essentials and Non-Essentials.
There is in our land a certain mother,
a descendant of that great and virtuous
Vernon, who had thirteen children, each
one of whom turned out healthy, happy,
brave and useful-to say nothing of be-
ing handsome into the bargain. People
were always looking on IN wide eyed
amazement, wondering how the miracle
was performed. To see that mother,
and to hear her talk, would lead one to
believe that the simplest and most nat
ural thing on earth was to have thirteen
Snlendid children. A neighbor, passing
the house one day, heard such peals Of
laughter that she went in to see what
the fun was. She found that the maid,
in bringing in the breakfast on a large
tray, had stubbed her toe and sent the
tray flying, breaking all the best china
and spreading the food all over the rug, to
the detriment of both. But the maid and
the family and the guests were all con-
vulsed. If that mother had been a fluent
and articulate soul she would have said
that good humOr was more important
than good china or good rugs, and that
laughter was as wholesome as breakfast.
As it was, she just led the laughter and
said, ''It is all right" That is a valu
able outlook upon life for a mother of
thirteen.
She was, indeed, living example to
all who saw her, of the inestimable adj
vantage of knowing essentials from nom
essentials. When someone asked her
how she managed to keep all those chill
dren clothed and mended, she said: Il
don't try: it is not so important; try
To have them clean twice a day and to
see that they have warm enough clothes.
that's ALL" When a very beautiful
Young daughter took to wearing her hair
in q most unbecomiug fashion, the moth
or smilingly commented, 4 am so glad
she wears it like that; nobody can posi-