The Washington herald., 1912-11-28

Ike. the skilled surgeon, is using the
knife when necessary to reach the roots
of the disease that is sapping the life
of all classes of society. 1t is very easy
to point out what should be remedied
but It is difficult to find the best and
surest cure. Mr. Shaw is the diagnosis
clan who charts the existing trouble but
leaves you In a sea of doubt, far from
the harbor Of safety Social, like eco
nomic questions, have been puzzling the
great minds OF the deepest thinkers for
centuries and still the discussion goes
on. 1t is very simple to show a stranger
the alleys and crowded sections OF
Washington and say: These places are
menace TO health, breeding places for
disease. hot-beds of immortality, peopled
by the low. depraved, and vicious, and
here is condition, what shall we dc
about it?' And probably he would re-
ply: ''Clean them out" But has any
large city been able TO rid itself of
what is undesirable? So with what Mr..
Shaw shows US. We know it exists.
But how TO get rid of it is an unset
tied question. F. Z. MENTZER.
coo North Carolina Avenue Southeast.
Man Cannot BE EntIced.
l. 1 cannot wholly agree with Mr..
Shaw in claiming there is so much sham
about society. All society is not alike.
There are two sides TO every story. To
some 1t matters not whom our ancestors
were, or where We are from, or how We
were reared. Let us grow TO manhood or
womanhood, acquire a fair education.
gather some of the worlds goods around
us, and we cargo forth with our sables,
our Jewels, and reign among them. As
long as the glorious greenbacks are there
to steer us along, We will be asked no
questions. Let use loose il; 1t is then
that We will find our real friends. They
will be few.
To some others whom We call society IL
matters not whether We are plentifully
supplied with gold. 1t is honor, dignity,
and culture whom they see in man or
woman. They take us for ourselves and
not our pOcketbooks. That part of So
ciety is rare.
>. 1 cannot agree on the second ques-
ton. There is no man that can be en-
ticed into matrimony nowadays. The
American girl doesn't have to marry
unless she desires. She is educated along
lines that will bring her sufficient income
TO live quietly and economically. II she
meets man whom she thinks will make
her a good husband. and II she loves
him she Will no doubt enter the matri-
moniAl world. II. on the other hand, he
has no love for her, and II is only one
sided, she let's him pass on without try
ing to entice him, even II she could. II Is
more honorable to die a spinster than
have your name lowering over the d.
vorce courts.
,. Some mothers are anxious to marry
off their daughters, but those mothers
are the ones that allow their children to
go into the outside world to find amuse-
ment. They dress fiashily. which natu-
rally catches the eyes Of some men.
Consequently, they pick out some man
who lavishes fine words upon them, ad-
mires their gaudy clothes, and appear
to their mothers like perfect beings.
They think them ideal men for their
daughters. and when the question OF
marriage is brought up 1t seems q won
6erful thing In their eyes.
The other type OF mother who wants
her daughter TO marry a worthy man is
the one who makes home life so agree
able that she doesn't care to go else
where for her companions. She has no
desire for fashy clothes. knowing she
ooes not need them The real man looks
for higher things. MARY IA GRAHAM
10 Thiui Strpet