Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-08

"OTnCU DIS OIilCcIS
Let the women of California nc
appointed police officers and deputy
sherffs by all means. They want
the jobs and why shouldn't they have
them? Also, here is a chance To try
out some of the most interesting
theories that have ever agitated the
gray matter OF the philosophers.
1t is known that women succeed
in many lines of endeavor where men
fail. They do il by the appeal of
femininity. a man may be brute
TO another man. but it is only the
most depraved specimens of the ge-
nus homo that find il i'm them to be
brutal TO a woman. Let the Califor-
mia sisters try their arts in this field
a field that offers the most abund-
ant material for experimentation
1t is a theory as old as philosophy
itself that there is something in every
n,an-no matter how depraved.-that
viii respond to the gentle art of per-
clothed in a skirt and shirt waist it
is supposed to be all the more ef-
fective.
Who knows? Maybe the counter
feitera the burglar and the yegg Will
yield 40 the soft slances and gentle
voice of the female cop. Bill Sykes
enters the dining room at one o'clock
in the morning. He Is engaged in
the interesting occupation OF depos
iting the family silver in a gunny
sack when suddenly the lights are
turned on and he turns his startled
face on Sergeant Fluffy Ruffles Miss
Ruffles is dressed in a natty blue
uniform that makes her look like a |
necessary part of comic opera |
chorus. She has dainty little night |
stick tied with ribbons that match |
her uniform and she carries a pretty |
little HANDLED revolver with her
monogram neatly engraved on the
handle She is very white but also
very
Well. I'll be dam-jiggered," says
Bill He has pair Of gatling guns
concealed somewhere about his per-
son but he forgets all about them.
You're stealing" accuses Miss
Ruffes. Don't you know its wrong
to steal?'
Why, you see ma'am." stammers
the crook. 4 was only" but the
sergeant stops him. Don't lie. she
says quietly Her confidence is re-
turning.
No, mum. just as you say" says
Bill
You have the family silver in that
sack" says Miss Rufflcs. Put it
BACK
Bill thinks of fight but one glance
at that pretty little figure settles the
matter He never could bring him.
self to muss up those clothes. Be
sides, he knows from hearsay that
he had a mother and that his mother
was woman. His experience teaches
him that all mothers are women. He
puts back the silver.
Fluffy comes closer and touches
him on the shoulder. Bill bushes
and carefully studies the pattern of
the carpet.
Then a lecture begins. Bill is told
that it is awfully naughty to steal
He is told he should remember his
mother and his sisters. if he ever
had any. and the pretty little tracts
he used to get when he was a boy
in the Sunday School This goes on
for fifteen minutes and leaves Bill
gasping and nervous. And by the
time he is asked to promise never,
on his honor to do so wicked a thing
again, he is ready to promise any
thing-he would have made "a solemn
VOW to enter the ministry if the SER
geant had asked it, But she doesn't {
She only gives Bill her card. asks I
him to call at the Blank street mis-
sion Sunday afternoon. and tells him
he may go. And he departs the way {
he came-through the window. {