The Washington herald., 1912-11-21

Here are the questions to be answered
or discussed in your letter:
rs Mr.. Shaw justified in claiming there
is so much sham about society?
DO American girls entice men into
marriage rather than risk single life?
DO American mothers. In thinking so
much of the necessity of marriage for
their daughters, neglect proper consid-
Grafton of the men into whose hands
they give the future happiness of their
children
Write your letters plainly and distinct
ly on one side OF the paper. giving cor
rect. name and address. Bring or mail
them at once to the Man and Super
man Essay Editor, Washington Herald
All letters will be considered and the
prize winners will receive the tickets to
Monday nights. December 2. perform
ance of Man and Superman' at Colum=
lila Theater. The winner of the first
prize of - in gold will be announced at
the end OF the first act.
The Herald reserves the right to pub
lish. in addition to the prize winners
any letters that may be Of interest. The
contest starts to-day.
The first instalment of letters will be
published in The Washington Herald next
Sunday. November a.
Below are printed some extracts from
Man and Superman'' for the benefit of
those not familiar with the play:
I'VE are ashamed of everything that is
real about US; ashamed of ourselves, OF
our relatives, of our income, of our ac-
cents, of our opinion, Of our experience,
just as we are ashamed OF our naked
skins. Good Lord, my dear Damsden,
We are ashamed to walk, ashamed to ride
in an omnibus, ashamed to hire hanson
instead of keeping a carriage. ashamed
"f keeping one horse instead Of two and
a groom-gardner. instead Of a coachman
and footman. The more things a man
Is ashamed of, the more respectable he
is"
That's the devilish side of a woman's
fascination; she makes you will your own
destruction"
1T is self-sacrifcinG woman that sac
rifces others most recklessly."
''Oh, the tiger will love you: there is
no love sincerer than the love of food.
II think Ann loves you that way; she
patted your cheek as If it were a nicely
Under-dOne chop"
You think that you are AIMS suitor:
that you are the pursuer and she the
pursued: and that it is your part to WOO.
to persuade to prevail. to overcome:
fool II is you who are the pursued. the
marked down quarry the destined prey.
You need not sit looking lonEingly at the
bait through the wires OF the trap, the
door is open and will remain SO and
will shut behind you forever"
I'm short the way to avoid nisunder
standing is for everybody to lie and
slander and insnuate and pretend as
hard as they can; that Is what Obeying
your mother comes to. Is that any rea-
son why you are not to call your soul
your own? Oh. 1 protest against this
vile AFFECTION of youth to age, Look at
fashionable society as you know it. What
does it pretend to be? An exquisite dance
of nymphs. What is it? A horrible pro-
cession of wretChed girls, each in the
claw of a single cunning. avaricious, dis
illusioned, ignOrantly experienced. foul
minded old woman whom she calls
mother, and whose duty it is to cor
rupt her mind. and sell her to the high
est bidder; why do these unhappy slaves
marry anybody, however. old or vile,
sooner than not marry at all? Because
marriage is their only means of escape
from these decrepid thieves who hide
their selfish ambitions, their jealous
hatred of the young rivals who have
supplanted them under the mask of ma
ternal duty and family affection. Such