The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-12
woMAN--HER INCONSISTENCIES
WILTON LACKAYE.

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"Wbmen run this country" says
Wilton Lackaye." 'The American
men are afraid of them. They don't
need the ballot, for they get every
thing theyask for now. And what
do they do with their influence?
What have they done for the stage?
Don't you know that the American
women absolutely dominates the
stage here, and the best they have
done for this country is to promote
vogue for such plays as "The Queen
OF the Moulan Rouge" and "The
Girl from Rectors." and other inde-
cencies. The argument that such a
froth was written for the tired busi-
ness man won't hold water. When
a play Is known to be risque, you'll
find that three-forths of the audi
ence will be women. The men can't
get in. In New York recently the pa
per condemned certain play as be-
ing unfit for presentation. Out of
curiosity l went to view the audi
ence-and one couldn't get near the
theater for the mobs of women, who
fairly fought for enthusiastically
tearing each other clothes. There
wasn't a man in the house.
"Ziegfield would starve to death
| IL the American women were really
as repulsed by indecent theatrical
performances as they say they are.
They must like that sort of thing
The theater furnishes only that for
which there Is a demand. and the
American woman's demands there is
| as powerful as 1t is in everything else
| In this country. Abroad a man gets
tickets for a performance he thinks
he'd like to see, notifies his wife that
| they are going, and she trots along
with him and thinks she has a treat
In this country the husband is not the
head of the family. He Is just coal
| HEAVIER, hustling to get enough coin to
| crafty the whims of the particular
goddess who condescends to help
him spend what he gets. AS he starts
for his particular coal hole i'm the
morning, after having swallowed a
cup of half-cold and wholly vile cof-
fee, which he probably had to get for
himself, the head OF the house throws
lup the window and call after him to
be sure and get tickets for this or
that show which attracts her. And
Ihe gets them, you bet he does-if he
I BtoNc ioi eiiS hN<Ns S'sN
months.
| "If women haven't used the power
they possess to better ends than THE
Queen of the Moulan Rouge" what
do they want to ballot for? What
will they do with It? Do you think
the dainty woman IL going to trouble
herself about the big affairs when she
has dress and bridge parties to think
about? No indeed. But the woman
who live on q plane with the men
who are voted by Tammany Will vote
The politicians use their influence
Inow, of course. They got their sons
out OF Jail, or they sot the man a
good job and they see when times
are hard the coal man trusts them
for an extra ton of coal, and the
iwomen see that the men vote for
these kind hearted politicians. When
will the American public learn that
the politician doesn't crudely buy
votes outright? He simply Is helpful
when one Is I'm pressing need. And
of course the poor tenement dwelrers
can't look back to causes and see
that IL Tammany weren't corrupting
public life their needs would not be
so great. 'f
| "Our women are educationally fit
ted for the ballot. They have bet
ter opportunity to gain culture and
information than the men. But what
use have they made of their oppor-
tunitles? While the coal-heaver of
the family is down town shaving
away, they can join study clubs,
Browning circles, and what not. They
| have moro time m think than the
lcreatures who support them.
"If they really wanted any reform
measures they could get them now
If they weren't indifferent to child la
Dor conditions, tenement horrors and
all that, do you suppose they would
be tolerated a minute? Women en-
| joy the luxuries provided by such in
, Justice. II they remedied them they