New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-25
SHUN MARY GOODE! SHE
WARNS RESCUE WORKERS
Help Unfortunate Girls, but Leave Her
to the Men, the Message Of
Ida Hustled Harper.

TO make bricks without straw and build
on "A foundation Of qulcksand.
The most valuable Christmas gift Yet
Jersey Public Service Corporation this
week that hereafter the minimum wage
paid to its three or four hundred women
employees shall be 50 n week. This Is the
strongest incentive TO morality that can
be given-a living wage-and when such "A
law becomes universal. as IL must II the
womanhood Of the nation IL 10 be pre-
served. there will not be demand for so
much rescue work. since women and girls
will have at beast u chance to save them
selves.
1t Is very pleasant to learn from Mayor
Gaynors recent address TO the Board OF
Education that the principal reason why
the state educates children at all Is be-
cause We are free country. governed by
universal suffrage, and we educate the
children so that they may be able to vote
properly" II this IL the case. why edu-
cate girls? And. since three or four times
az many girls as boys go through the
high school. IL not the largest part OF the
public funds being used to educate a class
to vote properly who will not be allowed
TO vote at all? Either the staate ought to
stop wasting Its money this way or else
It ought to arrange to get some benefit
from these citizens whom Il is so care
fully preparing TO vote inteligently.
Chairman Barnes holds out some en-
couragement. In order TO show the truly
progressive character of tho Republican
party he Is going 10 call convention
this coming year simply TO nominate
judges. TT IL In line with tho spirit
Of the times" he says. ito have the
nominations made by representatives Of
the people elected at the primaries, as
the people should choose the delegates
even 10 nominate judges" This will be
good news TO the women, as they have
felt for long time that there was moth
ing they wanted so much as a voice in
the selection of judges.
The president OF the National Suffrage
Association told the Chicago women they
should all say to their husbands that
the only Christmas present they wanted
was a signed pledge To vote for woman
suffrage. As they can't possibly do this
before next fall. the women would better
ask for some other kind OF present, and
take their chances on extracting that
pledge sometime during the year
A Wall from Poor Man.
one of the downtrodden tells his woes
To the newspapers I'm a letter protesting
because the sufragists are asking all
principals of schools TO select women to
give the addresses to their graduating
classes. az men have so long had a
monopoly I'm this field of oratory. True,
and in most other fields. and they have
developed one or two idiosyncrasies
which are beginning TO tell against them.
They seem not to know what they are
trying to say. and it takes them forever
to say it, An instance is never seen Of
a male orator keeping within the allotted
time. and he generally gives the impress
sion that he is talking merely because
he loves the sound of his own voice.
Women are very sorry TO have to make
this little criticism. but they feel that
II this REGULARITY continues TO Increase
they wifi be Obliged for the sake Of the