The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-07
WOMAN'S WORLD.
Wet Lilacs.

Rain and rain! All day the rain, -,
And now the twilight, slow ana Still-
The April twilight-Wlth a stain
o sunset color, slant the nil;
But out across the city street
She does not see the fevered throng,
Nor hear the fretful tramp OF deeG,
For memory sings sweeter song
And to her far-out seeing eyes, . +roos.
low brown house STANDS deep III lfees'
And meath gray dripping SKIES
Wet lilacs-languid in che breeze
Their purple plumes all drenched In RAM
And heavy with a moist perfume'
A haunting sweetness, half OF pain,
Has gripped her heart across the gloom
OF twilight, deepening-still she sees
With willing eyes-a young glri stray
Ad0wn the path beneath the Trees
And sees her pluck lilac spray
From showering bushes, freshly green
And thrills to joy she cannot speak,
She holds it wet against her cheek.
Grace G. Crowell, in Columbian Maya
zine.
Temperance and Woman's Vote.
No nosition could be more untenable
than that of the ant:-suffraglsts that the
ballot in the hands of women would not
lessen the evil wrought by the saloon.
1t can be answered conclusively by the
one undeniable statement that the liquor
interests are the deadl:est foe to woman
paramount in every state where it has
been defeated when it 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 state
constitution than one Tor woman SUI
frage. They know from experience that
they can largely nullify prohibition or
local option laws, but they cannot con-
hn of
bers of the Womans Christian Temper
ance union frequently declare that the
'enfranchisement 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 wom-
en- were enfranchised there were but
three towns where no liquor was sold;
row there are sixteen entire counties
and fifty-one cities and towns.
The effect of woman suffrage on the
temperance question, or on any other,
cannot be fully gagged in reference to
the whole country by those four Western
states where women vote, as III all OF
them men largely prepOnderate. Outside
OF Denver the women cannot do organ
lied work on an extensive scale because
lAcI0 are uOL large CLUES anu TIE LOW lis
are widely separated. Their influence
for law and order is sufficiently strong,
however, to have so antagoniZed the
liquor interests and the political ina
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. G. L. U. are unwavering in theil
demand for the REIMBURSEMENT of WON
en- ought to indicate its necessity as q
temperance measure. There is not 9
prohibition" state tnar 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
in the meantime they are fighting WON
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
said, 1.-The anticanteen law had never haC
a fair chance" This is equally true OF
the prohibition law-it has never had &
fair chance, even in Kansas, Tor the Leg
islature there has removed from the pop
ular vote many officers who have juris
diction over the liquor laws, and certain
~ not in the other states where women
have no vote for those whose business II
is 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 moi
be enough public sentiment to COIiipe
the permanent enforcement OF these laws
until women vote.-Ida Hustled Casper
in Harper's Bazaar.
$3.50
Yield to the Inevitable.
Bow to the inevitable. Or, at least
make believe that you bow. 1t pre-
vents the inevitable from dealing you q
further crack on the head.
1t is something like worship in 6
strange sanctuary. 1t were far better tt
observe the forms and ceremonies as fal
as possible than to draw attention tt
oneself by an unheeding or Indifferent
attitude. Never willfully make yourself
a conspicuous mark for comment OIL
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
at your contrarineSS It sentiment still
DEGREES the somber crepe as the badge OF
mourning, it were better, perhaps, tC
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 shave a right to do as
you please with your own" that "stuf
and rubbish" is where the fads and re-
forms of the present belong, yet it is
wiser to bow TO the general custom ane
to all outward appearance fall into line
Some things will be forgiven in the great
hereafter, and one of these is the hypo
critical endurance of the individual il
the face of personal discomfort and men
tai disapprobation for the sake of peace
and progress for the whole.
In weightier matters, bow to the inevi
table. or make believe you bow. Bow
silently to decree lest sterner fate be in.
stantly forthcoming. Bow respectfully
to the opinions of the expert and the
matters worse. Bow to the command
lest a more perilous expedition be plan
ned in order to emphasize executive
prowess. Bow to the difficult, the sari-
Gus. the malicious, the inexplicable.
BOw-but with a mental reservation.
Keep active in the mental processes.
That is. bow until out of distance, then
make up for lost time, new lawyers, new
doctors. new commanders, new lasso for
the turbulent and outrageous and a new
light thrown on the unexplainable. Bow,
keep the outward observance as it should
be when the order and discipline of the
whole is to be preserved. Show resigna-
ton at the ''hand of fate" the 'svisita-
tion,' the apparently unmerited punish
ment and affliction. Be unmoved and
TRANQUIL while the mob looks on; but
kick over the ropes of the dumb driven
cattle'' condition the instant that time,
oh on aixvn yO11 AbS&