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The Washington herald., 1912-08-11
THE PEOPLES FORUM.
PREFERS OLD MAID
TO AN OLD RAKE

To the Editor: Within my recollection
the old maid was an eccentric, cork
screw-curl creature. unattractive to men
though generally useful in her line. Car
toonists and would-be humorists have
used her often to earn an honest PEN
ny" and exc out a livelihood when their
masculine minds were at a loss for
something better. The chief ground for
ridicule OF the old maid was that pre-
sumably she couldn't get married be-
cause Of her unattractiveness This lack
may have been her natural misfortune
| more than her fault. and her soul
may have been far superior to those
who ridiculed her Is the attraction
Of the sexes an indication Of superiority
OF either? By no means.
The conditions of to-day are quite the
reverse. So well OF is the old maid in
the eyes OF the world that she is berat-
ed and abused for her apparent choice
of the single state. II is quite con-
ceded to-day that unmarried women
have had probably more opportunities
to wed than their married sisters. but
for various reasons, often Of a self
sacrificing nature, they have for the
sake OF high principles braved the ridi-
cule OF the unthinking masses Of men
and women and remained single, doing
the work that came to their hand to
do with a Consciousness OF self-respect
which many married woman might
justly envy. particularly II she has mar
r!ed from the motive to avoid the stig-
ma which is still hurled at some of
the best Of her sex.
Whether this continual badgering Of
the unmarried woman arises from mas
culine bitterness or resentment, or only
idleness and love OF so-called ''humor.
let me assure you that respect for men
Is not enhanced by II. and that no wom-
an worth while will ever be Influenced
in the direction of matrimOny by the
coarse criticisms and unwise counsels
OF such men as the Rev. Mr.. Huffner,
who advises a cultivated gentlewoman
to step out Of her refined and elevated
surroundings. and disguised as a wait
ress, take such mate as she might
attract under such conditions. The Won
der is that such stun could get into
print.
Having something of an advantage in
seeking marriage, II would seem that
men should be the last to complain of
the fact that there are a few single
women contented to be so. May there
not be some very excellent reasons for
the existence of the old maid to be
found in the careless morals of men as
sex. and in the records OF the d.
vorce courts? Self-preservation is the
first law OF nature. The recognition by
so many men of two standards of
morals. one for men and another for
women. ought to be a very proper rea-
son for the increase of the tribe OF
old maids. though it is quite safe TO
predict that the race will not become ex-
tinct through their detection.
tinct through their detection. A. I. J.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-11
Steel Nail Cars.

Some of the reforms proposed in the
post-of6ce appropriation bill are of grea,
importance, and of these the most i'm
portant is the provision for steel mail
cars, called for by both the Senate and
the House bills. The House favors. re-
quiring the railroads to retire 20 per
cent of their wooden mail cars each
year until 1917, after which time only
cars of steel construction are to be in
use, The Senate bills differ somewha,
from the above stipulations, by allowing
the railways years grace, but requir
ing them after that to replace IS per
cent of the wooden mail cars each year.
In either case there would be no wooden
cars in service after the expiration of
five years.
These terms are fair enough. The
railroads are not asked 10 throw away
d lot of valuable rolling stock, but to re-
place it, as it wears out, with more SUBJ
stantial, more life-protee.ing equipment.
This should work no hardships on the
companies and would extend to the
mail clerks that protection to which they
are entitled.
There is no longer any doubt about
the safety afforded to those in steel
cars. The comparative ease with which
such cars have withstood destruction
in wrecks urges the desirability of do
ing away with the old-fashioned wooden
cars. 1t is particularly important that
the mail cars should afford the utmost
degree of protection, as they are in the
position of greatest danger in case Of
accidents And the men who handle
the mails should do 50 in cars like any
of the other cars in a train and not, as is
quite often the case, in a wooden trap
between the locomotive and steel pas
senger coaches.
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How Berlin Does IL.
he Rochester Post-Exprsss.

From the Rochester Post-EIpress.
The Berlin police are arrogant. but use
full. There is nothing in the doings of
the poor Berliners with which they do
not concern themselves. You must not
play at the piano in a room fronting on
the street: you must not play II after 10
at night Now these official autocrats
have laid down the law that occupants
of boxes at the theatres must remove
their hats. II they do not do so they will
be liable to a fine of 100 marks for each
offense. Being liable to a fine in Ger
many means having 10 pay it. The Ger
man law Is no weak, back-firing instru-
ment which may so of at need or may
not but Is a most effective instrument Of
correction. The reason given for the i'm
position of the new rule is not that the
hats intercept the view of the stage, but
that such interception Is apt to cause
riot. The offending hatpin has long since
been banned by the Berlin police and no
politics will protect the fair offender
against the local ordinance
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WASHINGTON, D. C.
By GEORGE FITCH.
of eat Good Ola siwasA."

Washington. .. c., the metropolis of
the forty-eight washingtons In this
country. and the cap:<aI of the United
States. Is located in neusrss territory BE-
tween Virginia and Maryland under the
thumb Of Congress. It was built to or
der in 1900. and was laid out by an ar
tist who filed it full of diagonal avenues
and little squares which are now in
Tested with statues Congress Is for
ever punlshing some statesman by erect
ing a statue OF him in a public square
and the directory OF Washington statues
is larger than the telephone book.
Washington has only one object in
life. which IL to hold the government Of
the United States. It began in a mod
est way and was burned out in 1914 by
the British. but has been enlarged from
time to time to accommodate the grow
ing hordes Of of1cials until II now has
$4,000 people. Washington contains 600
congressmen and Senators and thou
sands OF other important officials who
enrich the city by paying SIS a week
board; senators are SO common In
Washington that no church social is a
success without half a dozen, and the
Congressman who Is 50 big in his home
town that they name children after him
has to give a cigar to Washington
reporter to get his name in the paper
washington Is called the city of mag
nificient distances. This Is because it is
LOO miles from the center Of the coun-
try and has until recently been LOO. 900
miles from the people. 1t has wide
shady streets paved with asphalt in the
winter and hot tar in the summer, ana
Is speckled with vast buildings erected
by Congress for the use of sightseers.
II contains the Capitol. the White
House. Washington's monument. which
was the first American skyscraper;
forty-acre depot. a fifty-acre Treasury.
and many other magnificent buildings
which have been located with great care
Just next to prehistoric henhouses or
oyster shops. Washington
hops gayly from the sublime to the RI
diculous. and Pennsylvania Avenue, Its
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In 100000 Churches.

( The National Association for the
Prevention of Tuberculosis has SCI
apart October ~ as the date for .
nationwide discussion in 10000
churches and Sunday schools of the
methods for fighting the white plague
The society counts these agencies a:
second only to the newspapers of the
country in an educational campaign oi
such momentous character.
No doubt that the churches will prove
of great assistance, and they are no,
departing from their legitimate field OF
activity in devoting some attention to
the physical as well as the spiritual
welfare of humanity.
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His Speaking Eyes.
From Liprincott's s.

From Lrrincotts.
Aunt Caroline and the partner Of her
woes evidently found connubial bliss a
misnomer, for the sounds Of war were
often heard down In the little cabin In
the hollow. Finally, the pair were hailed
into court. and the dusky lady entered a
charge of abusive language against her
spouse The Judge who had known them
both all his life. endeavored to pour oil
on the troubled waters.
what did he say to you, Caroline?'
he asked
why. jedge, I jes' CANT tell yo' all
dat man do say to me-"
Does he ever use hard language"
''Does yo' mean cussin'? Yassah, not
wifi his mouf. but he's always givin' me
dem cussory gla.css."
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greatest street. Is composed alternately
Of 100000 buildings and shoe-shiniug
parIors.
Washington 10 noted for It's society,
which is Illuminated with gold braid and
foreign dignitaries and for the thick fog
which covers II continually and prevents
the officials from seeing what is going
on back in the home districts. The cli-
mate Is beautiful during few days m
April. but varies the rest OF the time
from sloppy to superheated. and many
a promising statesman has been cut
short by getting his shoes full Of WASH
ington weather In February. Washing
toms climate has been the means OF pro-
ducing hundreds of political vacancies
and thus encouraging rotation in ONCE.
Washington has no factories. and if
the government should pack up and
The Washington herald., 1912-08-11

> The President Is to be the autocrat of
the Canal Zone. This provision is in ac-
cordance with the ancient-and interest,"
ing-precedent that made Jefferson for
brief period the ruler of the vast terri
tory once called Louisiana.
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Where does ''the people shall rule
maxim come IN when Roosevelt advocates
the German. thoroughly centralized. form
of government. and Beveridge the minis
terial, or British, form?
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The sex line is not drawn for or against
women criminals in Ireland. The suffra-
gette who threw a hatchet, wounding a
man. and the one who set fire to the
ater to prevent Mr.. Asquith from speak,
ing, received sentences of FIVE years each
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sinkable, and the lseasoing public must
continue to trust in capable and eau
tious seamanship. More liberal ex-
|penditures in the manning of the boats
would be welcome.
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Much the best speech made at the
Roosevelt convention was that made BY
Miss Jane Adams. as far as simplicity of
expression and condensation is concerned.
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same Trouble.
From Judge.

From Judge. ~
First farmer-What's your greatest
trouble, neighbor? s'pose it's the same
as mine-lack o. farm hands.
Second farmer-Tep. The country's get
tin too blamed o. politicians.
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An exchange asks: II Teddy Is a 60
ciaiist. whom Is he giving his wealth 10
divided at that7 Why. TO his children.
of course. Don't you knowf Judge me
by my words, not by my deAda
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Frnrn the Ruraln NewS

way.
From the Buffalo News
It is fine to know that there is one
American who has. the recipe for the
cure OF every political M. Now We may
all go out and play.
From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
Great was the amount of space con-
sumed by the New York newspapers In
telling how Mayor Gaynor borrowed a
chew OF tobacco from a laborer. BY the
same token had his honor borrowed a
pound of beef the excitement would have
been nothing short Of a special edition.
From the Boston Herald
Politicians may come and go, predicting
dire disaster IL things do not go thus or
so. The optimistic Bradstreet tells us of
a movement toward enlarged business, of
actual or expected big crops, railroads
inquiring for rails. and Industrial opera
tions proceeding apace.
From the Charleston News and Courier,
The man who pays his debts hasn't
any.
From the Providence Journal
The colonel's friends in Mississippi are
certainly preparing an issue that is like
ly TO test his ingenuity and tact.
From the St Louis Globe-Democat.
Tips are higher" This is one of the
costs Of living that the government will
probably investigate.
From the St Louis Republic
One consoling fact about the registra
ton frauds is that they are being dis
covered before election.
From the Kansas City Star.
The Senate is never lacking in cour-
age when 1t comes to emphasizing its
adherence to the Monroe Doctrine.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-11

The Wilson speech of acceptance pre-.
pared on board friends yacht reminds
one Of the Benedict yachting parties
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The equal suffrage plank adopted at
Chicago by the new party has not much
Of the Rough Rider spirit in II.
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When August acts like October, where
does the kick come In?
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From every point of view it is a
unique campaign. The one fact which
stands out prominently as the result OF
its progress up to the present time is
that the third party movement has de-
veloped more strength than was ex-
pected. Exactly as Roosevelt made a
showing in the Presidential primaries
far beyond ordinary anticipation, so
the movement behind his candidacy has
not diminished since the Chicago con-
vention nominated President Taft. 1t
is now a force which must be recog-
nized. In some States, like Kansas, it
is rampant. In other States it will be
developed by Roosevelt's personal visits
and by an aggressive campaign upon
the part of his followers. How far it
can be counteracted remains to be seen.
In the present state of the popular
mind it would seem as if the effort to
quench the Rooseveltian ardor with cold
and critical common sense is like pour
ing water upon burning oil.
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Is It the Outlook" or the Overlook" Z"
for present campaign purposes?
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Just So.

we often hear OF the fortunes o.
war"
Yes; the contractors make them"
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August IL In History,

August II. I3il-Joan Of Arc Joins the
boy scouts.
August II. 153aHenry VIII buys O.
package OF green goods.
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PERTINENT AND Experiment

From the New York Press.
That awkward instrument, the Consti-
tuition. will keep getting in the coloners
way.
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Went Abroad.

TT cost Europe 5000 to discover
America"
We'll, they ought to have no kick.
returned 1t TO 'em this summer"
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The Summer Bill.

In the months without T. r.
Clans and oysters poison are.
Folks from bivalves cutting loose.
Depend totally on moose.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-11
LngCing Behind.

did you see that double. play in the
last inning"
No; i had a girl with me and was
still busy explaining the first inning"
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Press Notices.

June-Miss Tottie Coughdrop will star
next season.
July-Miss Tottie Coughdrop will have
a leading part in the fall.
August-Mss Tottie Coughdrop has
been assured of a minor role
September-Miss Tottie Coughdrop Is
back in the chorus
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A LITTLE NONSENSE.
A TRAGIC FARCE.

In case a mighty ship goes down
Or there's a fire,
The bigwigs threaten with O frown
Proceedings dire.
They get together in some hail
And play the game
That all the headline writer's call
Fixing the blame"
And then who bows beneath their wrath
Or goes to jail?
There never is such aftermath;
That ends the tale.
Uncle Pennywfse sayst
II I had elbows that you could crate
nutmegs on, I think I'd wear long
sleeves.
March of the Magazines.
Got Anybody's Magazine for August,
1917
mo: we have no back numbers. That
has been out Of print for some months.
The latest We have Is Anybody's for No
vember."
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Prom the Sc Iosfs HepubIc-
One consoling fact about the regIstra-
ton frauds is that they are being dis
covered before election.
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Beside the ultra-radical proposition
of the Roosevelt convention, Woodrow
Wilson's speech of acceptance is as
placid as mountain lake There is
nothing in it to stir the blood. There
The Washington herald., 1912-08-11

From the St Louis Globe-Demorat
Tips are higher" This is one Of the
costs of living that the government will
probably investigate.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-11

The Senate is never lacking in cour-
age when 1t comes to emphasizing its
adherence to the Monroe Doctrine.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-11

The colonel's friends in Mississippi are
certainly preparing an issue that is like
ly to test his ingenuity and tact.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-11
From the Philadelphia Telesraph.
From the Boston Herald.

From the Charleston News and Courier.
The man who pays his debts hasn't
any.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-04-01
BY ESTHER GRIFFIN WHITE.


Many inquiries have been made as
to the special avowed object of the
Woman's Franchise League of Indi-
ana, a branch of which was organized
in this city on Friday evening at the
high school hall after an address from
Mrs. Grace Julian Clarke, and whose
organization is being perfected this
afternoon at meeting in the Com
mercial Club rooms.
It's object is not at all complex.
It's machinery is not involved.
It's general purpose is to organize
women to a recognition of the neces-
sity of an interest in the trend of the
sentiment of the day toward giving
women a voice in the management
and adjustment of the affairs of the
state.
It's specific object-to organize the
women of Indiana and inaugurate a
campaign of education to the end OF
bringing such pressure to bear upon
the next egislature-which meets the
coming winter-that it will agree to
procedure which will result in an
amendment to the constitution, giving
women full suffrage, or equal suffrage
with men.
Women are their own worst enc
mics.
That is, in securing those social and
industrial rights and privileges which
are theirs under the present social
regime.
1t is not the men in Indiana that
the women interested in seeing this
brought about have to fight or per-
suade.
1t is the women.
1t is the apathy and Indifference of
the individual woman which, in the ag-
gregate, defeats this purpose in the
state of Indiana.
The interest of men is honest and
widespread.
This was shown by the presence of
many men in the audience on Friday
evening.
The high school hall was filled and
about one-third of the audience was of
masculine complexion.
One man stated since that the sub
ject was under discussion at the Elks'
club in this city and he was surprised
at the number of men who expressed
themselves in it's favor.
Some of the leading public men Of
the state are for woman's suffrage.
AS stated by Mrs. Clarke, and refer
red to here a number of times before,
in six states women have the full
franchise.
This has been augmented by Michi-
gan whose legislators and governor
the other day pushed through and
signed a bill for the enfranchisement
of women in that state.
This is the first of the common
wealths, aside from those of the far
West, which has given equal suffrage
to women.
1t is only matter of time when it
will be universal in this country.
Even China, as nation, is more lib
eral than the United States-the fam
ed land of the free and the home of
the brave. For the new Chinece Re-
public has given women the full fran
chise with men, although suffrage is
of the restricted class for both sexes.
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THE OBJECT OF THE FRANCHISE LEAGUE
Women Their Own Worst Enemies in Advancement of
the Sex.-Men in Favor of Womens Suffrage.
Women Have to Be Persuaded

In Iceland women sit in the national
legislature.
In both Norway and Sweden women
have the right of participation in
public affairs. Indeed the Scandinavian
countries are the most enlightened and
progressive in this social phase of any
of the nations of the world.
In Finland, before it's Russian. en-
slavement, women sat in the countrys
councils.
The frank trouble with women is
their snobbishness.
Man is a more or less snobbish ami
NAL, but in the larger field of activity
he minimizes this-ignores it entire
ly.'
1t is common enough to say that wo-
men do not unite, as do men, for a
common end.
Many women are deferred from an
expression of interest in women's en-
reimbursement because they think it
will result in loss of prestige.
If they cared to inform themselves
ciety women" were ardent supporters
of this propaganda.
Mrs. Oliver Belmont, one of New
York's great hostesses and wife of a
man known to the nation as one of its
citizens of enormous wealth, is an Of
ficer in the national suffrage organi-
cation and has lent her wealth and in
fluence to it's proceedings. Mrs. Bel
mont herself frequently delivers
speeches in its favor and explanation.
Mrs. Belmont is merely cited as a
society woman who is strong" for
woman's suffrage.
In this state, especially in Indianapo-
lis, the social leaders are prominent
and active in the suffrage propaganda
notably Mrs. Meredith Nicholson,
wife of the famous novelist, and Mrs.
Haute Harrington Jameson, sister of
Booth Harrington, both of them wo-
men of great social prestige.
On the other hand some of the
most notable and Influential profess
sional and business women are con-
spicuous in the movement for equal
suffrage for women.
This movement, in short, is demo-
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bership and official personnel, every
phase and coterie Of feminine society.
Society" used just there in it's most
inclusive sense.
Broad minded women recognize the
fact that it is only in union" that
there is strength"
And. as emphasized here before, the
enfranchisement of women is desired
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In order to adjust those economic in
equalities between men and women,
industrial discrimination against wo-
men and business injustice practiced
toward them which admittedly exist.
If women have the ballot they can
unite and support those men for Of
flee who will agree to put through, or
lend their influence to, such measures
as will bring about the economic indie
pendence of women.
In the states where the full fran
chise for women prevails very few
women run for or hold office.
Very few women will do so in In.
diana.
Women will and should be made
members of school boards, as they
are eminently fitted for positions OF
this character. but it is to be doubted
that women, would, especially in this
state make an active effort for pub
lie office, except in isolated instanc.
es.
This column has emphasized over
and over the fact that women should
have the right of the vote merely as a
right of citizenship.
If it is accomplished mere the women
would vote just as the men do-walb
down to the polls, deposit their ballot
and walk back again.
There is nothing revolutionary about