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7smDerance and Woman's Vote.
M position could be more untenable
nam that If the anti-suffraglsts that the
lalot in the hands of women would not
lessen the evil wrought by the saloon.
II r1n be answered conclusiyely by the
one undeniable statement that the liquor
interests are the deadEest foe to woman
se5frace. that their influence has been
paramount in every state where it has
Iepn defeated when 1t went before the
voters The proof of this is absolute.
The leaders of the trade are on record
as saying that they would far rather
see a local-option amendment to a state
constitution than one Tor woman sui
frlge They know from experience that
they can largely nullify prohibition or
local option laws, but they cannot CON
troll the votes of women. The mem
bers of the Woman Christian Temper
auce union frequently declare that the
acknowledgement of women would mean
the end of the liquor traffic, but the lead
ers of the suffrage movement say only
that this would be greatly diminished
better controlled, and far less powerful
in politics. This has been the result in
the four states where women vote. In
Colorado, for instance at the time WON
en- were enfranchiSed there We're but
three towns where no liquor was sold;
now there are sixteen entire counties
and tifty-one cities ana towcs.
The effect Of woman suffrage on the
temperance question, or on any other,
cannot be fully gagged III reference to
the whole country by those four Western
states where women vote, as in all of
them men largely preponderate. Outside
OF Denver the women cannot do organ
zed work on an extensive scale because
there are not large cities and the towns
are widely separated. Their influence
for law and order is sufficiently strong,
however, to have so antagonized the
liquor interests and the political ma
chimes that they have prevented any Of
the neighboring states from giving the
suffrage to women.
The fact that the Prohibition party and
the w. c. I. L. are unwavering in their
demand for the REIMBURSEMENT of WON
en- ought to indicate its necessity as a
temperance measure There is not a
prohibition" state that can enforce its
laws, because not enough public senti-
ment for them exists among the voters
Kansas probably comes the nearest to it,
and this is because the women there
have the municipal suffrage. Vermont
by the votes of men, has gotten rid of
her prohibition law, and Maine and New
Hampshire are trying to do the same;
an suffrage and saying with entire frank
ness that they could never repeal the law
if women had a vote.
President Taft, when secretary of war
sad, the anti-canteen law had never had
a fair chance" This is equally true of
the prohibition law--it has never had Il
fair chance, even in Kansas, Tor the Leg
stature there has removed from the pop
ular vote many officers who have jurlS-
diction over the liquor laws, and certain
" not in the other states where women
have no vote for those whose business 1t
- to enforce the statues. The chief rea-
son why the Anti-SaloOn league has been
SO successful in getting local option laws
Is because it is composed of men who
elect the legislators. but there will not
he enough public sentiment to compel
the permanent enforcement of these laws
until women vote.-Ida Hustled Casper
in Harper's Bazaar.
-o+to-
Yield to the Inevitable.
Bow to the inevitable. Or, at least,
make believe that you bow. 1t pre-
vents the inevitable from dealing you a
further crack on the head.
1t is something like worship in 4
strange sanctuary. 1t were far better to
observe the forms and ceremonies as far
as possible than to draw attention to
oneself by an unheeding or Indifferent
attitude. Never willfully make yourself
q conspicuous mark for comment or
criticism along lines of feeling, of senti-
ment, or general customs or observance.
If custom dictates high neck and long
sleeves for the bridal gown at the Osten-
tatious wedding, then bow, or, at least.
make believe that you bow and give the
guests no room for the shaking of heads
9t your contrarinesS. If sentiment still
DEGREES the somber crepe as the badge of
mourning, it were better, perhaps, to
bow to the law in the formal appearance
than to step forth arrayed as bird of
paradise or a peacock. Also, while your
mental attitude may over and over as
Sert that fingers were made before
forks, that YOU "have right to do as
you please with your own" that stuff
and rubbish" is where the fads and re-
forms of the present belong, yet it IS
wiser to bow to the general custom and
I'D all outward appearance fall into line
some things viii be forgiven in the great
hereafter, and one of these is the hypo-
critical endurance Of the individual in
the lace of personal discomfort and men
TAI dlsapprobation for the sake of peace
ana progress for the whole.
IN Weightier matters, bow to the inevi-
taoie, or make believe you bow. Bow
silently to decree lest a sterner fate be in
SANITY forthcoming. Bow respectfully
SPECIALIST, lest ruffied authority make bad
matters worse. Bow to the command
rest more perilous expedition be plan
4ed in order to emphasize executive
Nfowess. Bow to the difficult the seri-
nus the malicious, the inexplicable.
I51'W-hut with a mental reservation.
NtTgp active in the mental processes.
That is, bow until out of distance, then
make up for lost time, new lawyers, new
tectors. new commanders, new lassO for
inc turbulent and outrageous and a new
-At thrown on the unexplainable. Bow.
3"ep the outward observance is it should
9e when the order and discipline Of the
"Aole IS to be preserved. Show resigna-
ON at the hand of fate" the vista
on the apparently unmerited punish
.Lent and affiiction. Be unmOved and
tranquil while the mob looks on: but
A-.k over the ropes of the dumb driven
attic" condition the instant that time.
H1ce and moral obligation give you the
-54t 10 resent your unmerited estate.
but the time, place and moral oblsa-
.'h never come to some people and these
iiioree. should bow to the inevitable
-4e whole life through. Possibly this is
PUT case. Bow to the inevitable lest the
Inevitable deal you a further whack-or
lake believe until at safe distance
ara Reese