The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-01-21
MANNISH WOMEN
AND TEET0TALERS

Jim Jeffries was interviewed In
Denver and he talked freely on many
subjects
What do 1 think of women asked
Mr.. Jeffries. In ech0ing the question
In clear unthugged accent They're
the sweetest gift ever givea to man,
but when / think of them suflragett.
ing It makes me sick. Women were
never meant TO attack life. The whole
system of modern economies is wrong
and great wrong Is suffered by ey-
ory woman who is forced Into the ma
chincry out OF which livings come.
Women should not be given the
elective franchise, because they are
too easily influenced, through their
emotions, their generosity, their anX'
iety to please They should be Will
ing to lean and take from men, who,
since the beginning of time. were des-
tined to hew the wood and draw the
water and care for the weaker ones.
But. believe me. If you could see how
the women themselves down In New
York and over in England are max"
ing fun and Kissing their strenuous
sisters you'd not think that the time
nutu MpulEll npulD pN bplh6 W Nil'
polls was near at hand,
Mannish Women Break the Charm.
Tho first thing that makes a wO-
man the least bit mannish dims her
charm. II is charm. tender personal
ity, that has held men through the
centuries, and when the fierce light of
Independence Is turned upon and Is
allowed To fade It, there'll be more
business In the divorce courts than
there Is now. The right sort of
woman can get all the rights that
sne wants any time. without having
10 vote them TO herself"
After which Mr. Jelfrles lifted one
leg over the other and out of his
topaz-tinted eyes sent the what next"
query.
What apprehensions have you. II
any. concerning MIR. Johnson?"
"Pah' None at all. To begin with
the negro Is not q game Fighter: he's
afraid OF punishment. doesn't know
how to take 1t aud If a man knows
his opponent and his game; knows
how 10 deliver without taking, and is
not dcvoured with conceit a whito
fighter mas much more than AN even
chance against n black
'Conceit ia the worst enemy Of the
puglllst When they think they're 1T
and stop strlWng-that's when they
get their wings Clipped for fair a1G
draw the nat for a downy. S,I..-
gerie Is not only science of the most
eHact SORT int it is vital exc nri-
ncation OF me text 1t is more bless
ed-and necessary-to give than re.
cpiyc
Ke,chcl Tnirt-Rate sIugger.
81 NJ JefrricS confident N hlU
powers TO punish the Titanic African.
smiled 6rearl!y at further parley con-
cerning him, passed on to Ketchcl
whom he classified as "A third-rate
middle weight who had met and been
put to sleep by a firstrate heavy
weight. in Papke." and drifted into
temperance and politics.
Il understand this town Is going to
become a chalk mark-going dry
That means that It's going dead and
will only be brought to life by the
expenditure of large sums OF money
Now, | am n temperance man-dont
drink because ! don't care to and for
the further reason that every drop oC
the 10y water that | might absorb
would mean the punching OF nv meal
ticket without value received But I
can't for the life Of me see how one
man has the right TO legislate moral.
ity or habits into another Why. this
country is worse than Russia, We
haven't half the liberty here that tho
people of France or Germany have.
The government says whisky she'll be
manufactured and along come the
p!gmies and declare no man shall
drink II, without breaking the law.
That's understandable, too. because
the people there know how to live.
Only the English and Americans live
like pigs. Why. over in Paris the
only drunks one sees are Americans
and English men aud women. The
natives know. where the boundary line
between liberty and license is drawn
and whereas women from this coun-
Try OF Great Britain sling down a
cocktail and various winos the con-
tinental woman quietly sips one glass
and lets 1t 90 at that
Crooks Teetotalers.
They say drink Is responsible for
crime, Pifne, Ninety-one per cent
OF the crooks know never touch
booze We've got 10 learn 10 i've In