The National tribune., 1910-01-27
PEOPLE


York CITY, a present of $1,000 to help
along the cause. They have done more
Some time ago Miss Anne Morgan, VINO
has been their champion from the first
said she would equip a cooperative
factory for the strikers If they could
obtain an order for 1000 waists, ana
the Wellesley girls have given that
order. Mayor Gaynor received repre-
sentatives of these dissatisfied workers
the other day, and promised to do all
in his power to bring the strike to an
end by some sort of a settlement. The
shirt-waist girls of other Eastern cit
les have announced their intention of
joining their New York and Philadel-
phia sisters. In comparison to the an
ties of the English Suffragets, this strike
has been most commonplace and or
derly. There have been several ar
rests of the girls, it is true, and Mrs.
Belmont and other society leaders have
appeared in court in their defense, but
Miss Inez Milholland'S arrest is as dra-
matte a feature as any connected with
it. Miss MilhoIland is a graduate of
Vassar. After leaving college she made
up her mind to take up the study of
law and applied for admission into
Harvard's law school, which was de-
MED her. Then she became a woman
suffragist, and when the shirt waisters
struck she championed their cause
without a moments hesitancy. Ac-
companied by a West Point fellow,
who is well known in the football
world, Miss Milholland was arrested
the other evening, while attending a
meeting of the strikers at which she
had made herself too conspicuous to
suit the police, and remained in Gus
tody until bailed out by her father.
She is very indignant over this contre
temps and says she will carry her case
to the highest courts. Great oaks from
little acorns grow. The militant En-
glishwomen probably began in some
such way as this. Are we gradually
getting on our hands a similar class?
The woman suffragist cause has
lately received another accession from
the ranks of society. Mrs. StuyVesant
Fish is the latest convert and great is
the rejoicing thereof. Undoubtedly
this lady has her convictions, and is
acting on the courage of them now,
but they do say that altho in sympa-
Thy with the cause for some time she
has been holding off fearing to unite
herself with lot of badly dressed
women. She is entirely relieved on
that score. The suffrage women are a
particularly dressy lot. 1t is a part of
their creed that they shall be. Even
susan Anthony recognized the import
Rnce of an attractive personal appear
ance, and paid particular attention to
her own dress which, while in perfect
keeping with her age, was rich and
tasteful. The English suffragets even
30 in for good clothes. Very early in
.he game, so to speak, they gave up all
ldGa of uniform, and each woman is
encouraged to make herself as smart
Is possible when on the war path. Oh
40, the crusade carried on by Mrs
Belmont and her sisters in this coun-
Try will have nothing to do with dowdy
br poor looking clothes. On the other
aand it is this very question which may
Keep good many women burning with
iea out of the ranks. II can't become
/ suffragist because 1 haven't got the
.lothes," will be the excuse. 1t is said
hat Mrs. Belmont will soon take the
itump, confining herself, at present at
east, to her own State. The National
President, Rev. Anna Shaw, will ac-
company her.
Richard C. Kerens. of st. Louis, our
ambassador to Autria-Hungary, is the
truit of our American institutions which
five one man just as good a chance
Is another, the head fellows being
hose who know how to take advantage
If their opportunities. Mr.. Kerens is
IN Irishman and came to this country
Without a penny to bless himself with,
r about that He took whatever job
offered, and was a stable boy for Sem
ltor Rice for some time. Then he
vent into the Union army, tho plenty
pf his friends thought he belonged with
ihe butternuts, where he drove a team
n his very best style. After the war
1e became stage owner, and from
hat mail contractor, which paid well,
ind from that became interested in
mines and railroads, until he found
himself rich man. Mr.. Kerens went
nto politics and was generous with his
money, putting up good deal on
Blaine, tos.whom he stuck till the end.
He fougffethe boss of st. Louis, Filley,
which cost him good many thousand
iollars, but he succeeded in driving
Filley from public life, thereby purify
ng st. Louis politics considerably.
Serens derived no benefit from all this
I'LL Mark Hanna came along, who
appreciated his abilities and made him
The big man In Missouri politics while
ne lived. After Hanna's death Kerens
3 said he owed his failure to bring this
about to Secretary Hitchcock, who
prejudiced Roosevelt against him. Mr..
kerens paid the bills of the Republi-
,an party for years out of his own
pocket. without saying word. He
Iaved Missouri for Taft by handing
over to him more than 10000 Catholic
ways been loyal Republican, he has
many devoted friends among the Dem
,crats During Taft's Presidential
campaign Kerens saved the Republican
state Committee from bankruptcy
lwice. All this certainly looks as if he
deserved some recompense, and his
many friends are glad that this recog-
lition of his services, tho somewhat
.ardy, has been awarded him.
The medical profession complain that
they are not making nearly as much
money as they used TO. In fact, 1t is
said that the New York doctors only
average an income OF $1,000 a year
while thruout the country the average
ls only $500. Various reasons are Civ
en- for this, among which is the steadily
increasing popularity of medicines
powerful rival, Christian science, the
present-day rage for sanitation and the
many preventive measures against dis
ease, but the abuse of the free treat.
ment given those whom it is supposed
cannot afford to pay fer the services OF
a doctor is advanced as the principa
reason for this shrinkage 1t is claimed
by these medical men that this priyi.
lege is greatly taken advantage of by
those who can perfectly well afford Il
pay for medical treatment, and thai
thousands of patients are diverted from
their offices by this means The spe.
cialist drove the general practitioner
out of the field several years ago Now
except In the country districts, he /.
hardly to be found. There is much Il
regret in all this. No profession, ex
cept perhaps the ministry, is so nobl,
or self-sacrifcing as that of the doctor