The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-15
The Women Who
Accept Everything and
Give Nothing in Return

N'i'hl u :. DuL tnlt men hTG not
altogether to blame for present rcla-
tons between tho sexes may be seen
from The following incident, which 1,
absolutely true and of recent occur.
renee:
y young college student wished 10
enjoy n Weekend visit to u city no,
far from his college own By going to
u saturday matinee and seeing a play
IN which he felt n special interest
When he went to purchase his tlcke
OF admission nc found that his choIco
81 remaining seats placed him in tho
front of an upper box. whore he had
10 sit both front and facing the stage
20 obtain n good view of the scene. It's
setting and the actors.
The hrst act was about half through.
The play was well presented and the
boy was thoroughly enjoying himself,
when he hoard II swish OF skirts be.
mind him and turned to see that the
box had another occupant. thie timo a
of tho feminine sex.
Instructive courtesy prompted him
TO rise and ocer his place TO his ncwly
arrived neiShbor. who was cl~aboratcly
Sowncd and had on an ultra-sizct hat
with noddinG plufncs The place WAS
accepted with a matter-of-coursc non-
chalance. she of the silken skirts and
fashionable hcadgear settling herself
eoinpiacentiy 30 that she might sec
ana be seen 10 tho best advantage.
She was utterly unmndful of the
Young man to whom she was indebted
Tor her opportunity. He was so com
pictelS overshadowed by her drapcricr
and her hat that he was altogether
unable 10 view the stage or the actors.
When he realized his ob.curation. he
politely asked his obscurator II sho
would emovc her hat. She turned
slightly and, giving a half-hostilc.
half-scornful glance In his direction.
answered crisply:
Why. certainly not. I ain not re-
uhired TO remove my hat In n box. and
haven't tho slightest idaa OF so do
ing. And this. Notwithstanding the
TACT that tho reason of the request
made was because tho person TO whom
she was obliged for her evening
comfort could not. on account Of his
unsclhsh politeness. have the rights
ior which no had paid and 10 which he
was entitled.
Realizing his powerlcssness 10 con.
test a point OF good breeding with a
woman who obviously neither knew
nor cared about its requirements, the
student at once arose. left the box and
stood during the rest OF the perform
dnce
But the play and the evening were
lrretricvahiy spoiled for him. lie was
furious. alike at the Injustice meted
out as a return OF courteay oncred and
accepted, and because. being a man
and u gentleman, silence was the onlv
reinSc he could avail himself of
AGAINST such injustice. And his IDEAL
ISM as to womanly grace, beauty and
niSnity had received a shock from
which there must be n slow rebound.
or none whatever. Never again would
ne experience quito the same pleasure
III offering of his best and feeling Tim,
y no = ~ 1 n la
coined the hest would re tho rcquital
lie most desired.
Perhaps he might again he called
upon TO sacrifice himself III behalf or
a woman. Though she Nigh, be an
altogether different, type from tho ono
who had intellectually fined herself I'm
ms memory; though this second wo-
man might cmhody considerations ren.
tleness and sweetness. he could never
again be conscious OF the same spon-
taneity in his desire to render her a
service.
American women have so long felt
themselves entitled 10 every courtesy
Whlch a man can rcndcr that thew
pave developed q habit OF carclcssness
ana disregard which Is most discreet
'apie 10 them. and productive of tho
worst consequence in its effect upon
INC masculine half OF humanity.
some day, when these onsc1uenccs
"oihe iui irUlt and wOfnen find
themselves where thcy will Inevitably
be placed II their disrecardfulncsr
continues. they Will arouse TO tho CON
seriousness of what they have lost and
what they can never recover.
VIRGINIA MISSIONER.
ltenI Uses OF Society.
When YOU consider that there arc
scNeral papers In the land devoted 10
nothing save tho chronicles OF society
i~"lk-papers which thrive and pros-
pcr-Eou must pause and laugh. moi
AZ society, hut at those who perpetual-
~ read of its doings and chlckle oyc,
Us GROSSLY misrcportcd Tha
set IS not worthless which support,
+" snnaii army OF writer's and editors.
printers ana proofroadors. newsdcaIers
and paper manufacturers. play-
wright once told us that ne had ncycr
until recently considered how much
machinery the production Of one OF his
plays set in motion, and how humhIe
lie felt at the thought of the number
OF people his brain children supported
actors, uslicrs. scene Shutters, ticket
sellers and so on. far down the limo.
-Nnd the giving Of a ball in tho sea-
son starts many another hall a-rollinr.
~ puts money into caterers ckets
and o never hear tho florists and
cab drivers complaining. So even So
c'ety: brainiess MS IT. may be. has II
certain use In the world. and many of
us have not only talked OF it, but writ
len Of it--for some OF the very lucre
we condemn 1t for possessing.
Jnpnn's Working Children.
inc japanese arc progressing so
rapidly on the job of getting civilized
That they can already boast Il system !
OF child labor that can put cvan our
august institution to shame, says a
writer in Success Magazine. Accord
ing to DR.. Kuwada. Il member of tho !
Japanese House of Peers, moro than
two-nfths of the 1000 900 factory
hands are women and children. With
no laws TO fear or cvadc, the mill
owners are employing 10000 children
who arc under the ago of four
teen, In. the match and tobacco in
dustries particularly, the work is for
the most part done by children. and