The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-17

than or in error now. Various in
terpretations have been put upon the
motives of the company in instituting
the new service. In some quarters
it is believed to be part Of a plan,
which began many months ago, with
the acquisition Of the Anglo-American
cables to force the Postal Telegraph
Company into a position where it will
have to sell out to preserve its own
integrity, while in other quarters it
is thought to be due to the competi-
ton to which the telepost automatic
system in New England and the Mid
die West has subjected it with it's low
rates and rapid service. Whatever
the controlling cause of the innovation
which presages an era of lower priced
telegraphy for the country there is
apparent a disposition to make it the
subject for Congressional considera,
ton, to the end that still further con-
cessions may be forced if Difference
to the nation wide demand for more
economical service.
Heckled, Jared, Inundated, and sup
pressed, used as a good thing when
there are hats to buy, gowns to Sc
cure, and the rent to pay, man has
at last found a friend to protect him
from the acid thrusts of the suffra-
gette. She is Mrs. Anna Nathan B.
Meyer, founder of Barnard College,
now the woman's department of Co.
lumbia University. Mrs Meyer, who
is violently opposed to the suffrag ette
movement, says women are not fit to
vote.
'Spreadhenism' is one of our most
dangerous modern manifestations"
said Mrs. Meyer, ''Spreadhenism is the
feminine of spreadeagleism. I coin
ed the word myself, and think it Is
rather good. One sees it on all sides,
among the women of to-day, that
clucking content, where content is
perfectly unjustifable. What have wo-
men done that they consider them
selves, better than men? How have
they used their opportunities? Wo-
men have convinced themselves they
are superior beings, and I would like
to know the grounds for their belief.
eff women stopped to think they
would in reality marvel that men are
as good as they are with the tempta-
tions they have. They would realize
that in many cases of wrong-doing
the woman Is equally to blame with
the man. The woman tempts the man.
quite as often as the man tempts the
woman.
Look at the way women dress to-
day. Could anything lay greater
stress upon their sex? The modern
women claim they leave their sex be-
hind them when they enter the bust
ness world. Do they? If you think
they do, go down On the east side
working girls. Look at the imitation
furs and big hats and the powder on
their faces. Can you call that leav-
ing their sex out of the business
world? I cannot take seriously the
plea of the woman who would have
her sex forgotten for her mentality.
When women demonstrate that they
wish their intellect to dominate their
sex by dressing as simply as men do,
by cutting their hair and wearing der
by hats, then will begin to take their
plea in utter seriousness
In biting statement on the attempt
to popularize cigarette smoking among
New York women, DR.. John D. Quack-
at columbia University, this week de-
nounced the use of the weed by the
gentle sex. He said:
1--WE find to-day women of a certain
type in this country and abroad smok-
ing and drinking more openly. In this
country this is true, more so than in
England perhaps. Cigarettes are
certain stigma of degeneracy, and it
renders woman, not only common, but
in the end, morally insecure. The
question has been asked: Hasn't a
woman as much right to smoke as a
MANI But it is not a question of
right. 1t is a question of the effect
on the character. Cigarette smoking
is unquestionably destructive Of wom- |
anliness, than which there is no more |
sublime word in the English language. |
Society may be tolerant in the abuse |
Of men, but the bounds within which |
a woman may transgress and remain |
a lady are too narrow to make any
license safe.
"I can cure patients of the drinking
habit more easily than 1 can cure |
those with the cigarette or drug hab-
it, Nicotine is a stimulant. The |
gold-tipped cigarette or any other Gig
arctic contains coal tar Illuminating
gas and prussic acid. Think of breath
ing that combination into the lungs!
That is what inhaling cigarette smoke
means