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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-18
By DOROTHY DIX.

IHY DIX.
Curiosity is the dividing line be
tween ignorance and KNOWLEDGE
The people who have no curiosity
concerning the things about them.
but who accept everything without
comment or question, are invariably
those of limited intelligence, and
who are heavy and loggy in mind.
Therefore, curiosity is to be &C
counted unto its possessors as a
virtue, and not a fault
This Quality Needed.
The contention that women are
more curious than men is an allie
cation that can not be substan-
tiated by fact, but If it were true It
would be no reflection on the femi-
nine character and certainly no bar
to their Acknowledgement.
Indeed, there is no other quality
that Is more needed in voters of the
present day than large, robust Gu
riosity in good working order.
The majority of men are too busy
and too much engrossed in their
own business to have time to look
into public matters much. but
women have more leisure, and If
they spent part of IT in prying into
public affairs many abuses that
now exist would be remedied.
Perhaps the fear of woman's GU
riosity In such matters is the rea-
son the machine politicians are the
most determined opponents Of
woman suffrage. They are like the
janitor of the school who, when he
was asked how he liked the woman
who had been elected to the school
board, replied: Jaw, away Wild her,
She hadn't been on dat board a
week before she was shopping
around in the cellar and made me
clean it out and me that had been
here fifteen years with never no
man on the school board even look
ing in at the door,"
Certainly it would do no harm II
somebody had the curiosity to look
into the records of candidates and
saw that only decent men were put
up to represent decent people. Nor
would 1t be inimical to the welfare
Of the general public If healthy
curiosity were directed to finding
out why the man who is elected on
one platform with a specific prom
Use to do certain things forgets his
obligation as soon as he gets into
office.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-09
RESCUE WORK AMONG BOYS
Here Is an Opportunity for Philan
throphy to Fight the Crime Virus.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The boys attempt at highway rob-
berry chroniced in your columns OF this
morning emphasizes the warning OF As
sistant District Attorney Moss in regard
TO the boys of New York.
Cannot Mr.. Carnegie. or some other
philanthropist with money TO spend, be
induced 10 finance a rescue work for the
boys and girls who live upon the streets
OF our great city. and are thus early In
oculated with the crime virus? Along
Amsterdam avenue the children range
the street until 10 or II At night. on East
Broadway and other streets Of the East
Side until midnight and after.
IL amusement halls were opened In diff
ferent parts OF the city. containing q
gymnasium. library. pictures and games,
all these children could be gathered In
from the streets. There should be an
entertainer connected with each hall, who
should be able to tell the children stories
OF the heroes and heroines OF the past
and thus instil into their young minds
the ideals Of which life deprives them and
without which one cannot really live.
This would be better than persionins
ex-Presidents and would rear for Mr..
Carnegie monument OF love that would
be eternal MARY II. FORD.
New York, Dec. 6, 1872.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-09
TENEMENT LABoRERS.

The testimony regarding child labor
and general conditions Of household
factory work" in this city given be-
fore the Factory Investigating Commits
sion has been Of a nature to shock and
disturb a large portion Of the easy
going populace. 1t is appalling to think
of three and four and six year old
children being driven to work until
they fall asleep at their tasks. The
mind does not become reconciled to 1t
by any process Of reasoning in which
the magic words supply and demand"
play a part or by any reflection that
II they did not so contribute to the
family income they would probably
suffer privation, perhaps even starve.
1t is equally shocking to realize that
home manufacture is responsible for
conditions which mean disease for
workers and the spread Of disease to
users of the products Of that labor.
The problem presented is one which
human efforts can only work at, with
out hope Of solution. No law attempt
ing to stop work at home or to prevent
contract labor in the hope Of putting
an end to the padrone system will
bring unqualified betterment, and any
such law would he more impossible TO
enforce than the present laws designed
10 wipe out sweatshops. At the same
time it is manifest that restrictive
legislation must be enacted 10 stop
patent evils in this situation. II is the
public policy Of the state, written in
its laws, that women and minors may
not work in factories at certain occu-
pations or under certain physical con-
ditions, and the hours Of labor for
women and minors are limited. The
wellbeing Of the individual and the
individuals position in the social fabric
are held to justify restrictions OF the
right to labor when exercise Of that
>i-ht would manifestIy do violence to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-09
DETAILS OF THE play"

The diary OF Miss chamberlain, the
investigator for the State Factory In
vestigating Commission, extracts from
which were published in Sunday 5
Tribune. tells of the delighn the
bows and girls whose play Is -
paring vegetables in the cannerlcs.
This will serve as a sample:
On that morning got out TO the
shed at Z o'clock. and Jack, the twelve
year-old boy. was sitting wrapped up
in a big shawl. He was very pale, with
his black eyes just sagging out or MS
head. He had his fingers done UP in a
dirty rag. ] asked him If he Had TO
get up at 3 again. He said: Vhey
pulled me out Of bed at o'clock. Md
my sister cried, but We had 10 80 'r
get beating"
Probably it was because the Legis-
lature recognized the preparation OF
vegetables for cannery as the great
est Of youthful pleasures that it put
into the present law a special eXcpp-
ton in favor OF the children i'm the
canneries. There is no time limit on
the little ones play. Because OF this
the constitutionality Of the existing
law is being attacked by those who
say II improperly discriminateS among
industries. AS If humane Legislat-
ures regard for the delights Of child
hood could be consttutionally objec-
tionable, Only a Governor Blease
could do justice to constitution which
would rob youth Of its joys.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-09
THE MUSEUMS GOOD NEWS.

The news that the Metropolitan Mu-
scum is to begin Immediately to put
Mr.. Morgan's collections on exhibition,
which The Tribune is able to publish
this morning, will produce general sat-
isfaction. New York gratefully appre-
ciates Mr.. Morgan's generosity in de-
posting his treasures here, and fully
shares his natural eagerness to see
them unpacked and put on view with
out unnecessary delay. The projected
new south wing which was planned
for their reception could not have been
made ready for many months yet,
even If the appropriation had been
forthcoming the moment it was asked
for. AS the request was not made
until after the annual corporate stock
budget had been made up some time
has been unavoidably lost in begin
ming construction; but such delays are
inevitable. as Mr.. Morgan well under
stands, in matters of public admins
tration when rules must be followed,
and officials, even with the best dispo-
sltion, cannot do things out Of hand rs
can the protector of a private enter
prise.
Even the greatest celebrity In the con-
structon Of an entire new wing, how
ever, would have taxed the public pa
thence. and the museum authorities are
wise in determining to begin at once
the exhibition of Mr.. Morgan's pictures
in the existing galleries, without even
waiting for the completion Of Wing IL.
which is already under construction.
When that wing is finished, two
months hence, it will furnish tempo
rary room for a large part of the col
lections. II is true that the plan con
templates its ultimate use for other
purposes. But the interest in MI.
Morgan's loans fully justities delay III
the exhibition of other things, and even
removal for the time being of some
objects with which the public is al
ready familiar.
With limited space-and a growing
museum must always find its space
limited. Just as a growing college must
always find itself poor-thingS TO be
shown must always be selected ac-
cording TO circumstances. Courtesy 10
Mr.. Morgan and regard for the pupllc
desire call for the immediate eXhlbl-
ton Of bis loans. as has been deter
mined upon. even at the cost OF put
ting aside for the moment projects
made before his collections were re-
ceived Such course would nave
been desirable even If work on the
new wing designed for them had been
begun the instant money was asked TOT
the undertaking. No doubt the money
will soon be forthcoming. Meanwhile
New York need not be deprived of the
pleasure and profit promised by Mr..
Morgan's public spirit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-09
FOUR QUIET WOMEN
They'd Vote II They Had . Chance
and Meantime Are Doing Good.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: think the opinion OF Mrs. Alice
Hill Chittenden expressed In The Tr1oune
of Saturday, that the sentiment in favor
of woman suffrage 10 not growing, IL
erroneous
Speaking for the four women IN my
own family, Of whom ! am one thinH
they would all vote II the privilege were
given them, although they have not either
publicly or privately taken any action In
the matter, and although the men OK the
family voted the Republican ticket L be-
lieye the four women would have voted
the Progressive ticket.
The difference of political opinion Gre
ated not a ripple In the loving family
circle The husband and wife are as much
in love with each other as the day they
were married, enjoy nothing SO much as
getting off together on Saturdays on what
they are pleased to call "a bat" or on
their wedding anniversaries, going on
honeymoon trip" for two weeks, when
the father Of the family has his vacation.
The father reads the headlines Of his
paper and goes to the city, the wife takes
reads It moro thoroughly. and sven reads
"betweep the lines"
She is directress in the village library
(Which she helped to found, Of hos
pital for factory work people and prcsi-
dent Of her church missionary guild, while
the daughters teach sewing In the day
nursery Of the little town and are teach
e-s In their Sunday school, This does not
prevent all being expert housekeepers and
homemakers, but It brings them more in
contact with conditions in life which the
Progressive party wishes to better.
/ think In the rehabilitation Of the Re-
publican party the women will have to be
taken into account. They-the thoughtful
ones who read much-began to be weaned
from the party at the time OF the Ballins-
r-Pinchot controversy. That they were
not the only ones weaned was shown In
the elections Of 1910. I think women are
quick to discern in a public official any
thing that does not seem to be entirely
above board"
I am speaking, OF course, only OF the
women whom / know, but the fact re-
mains that there are a great number or
clubwomen in the United States; that
I'm the patriotic societies-Coloniai Danes.
Daughters OF the Revolution. Daughters
OF the War Of 1912 and Daughters OF the
Contederacy, women's relief corps Of the
Grand Army OF the Republic. etc.-the
women are taking a more active part than
the men. and all are intoxicating patriotism
while recalling the herdoism Of the past.
do not think they are all worrying about
getting suffI age any more than the women
OF our household. but they believe that II
is coming ard .hat one might as we'll try
to sweep back the Atlantic with a broom
as TO stem the tide.
The men Of our household who voted
the Republican ticket think women who
hold property at least should have the
vote and I'm the rehabilitation OF their
party they hope for this and other liberal
measures. AM1TY, NOT ANTI.
Bridgeport Conn. Dec. ?, 1912.
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they will exercise more discrimination
in selecting their partners, and after
marriage will strive more earnestly to
make their union happy.
Each Of these theories has among Its
advocates many men and women OF
intelligence. discretion and unquestloh-
able devotion to what they esteem TO
be the best interests Of the human
race. and each is supported with many
arguments worthy Of thoughtful con-
sideration. The conflict between them
may not be fought to finish at
this time in Great Britain, but 1t Is
certain to be resolutely waged, with
strong authority on each side. and its
progress, whatever its result will be
watched with much Interest here ana
elsewhere. For while some OF the
conditions Of the problem differ IN
various lands, the essential and funda-
mental factors are the same every
where
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-09
NO TIME FOR SOFT WORDS
An Axe Is What Republicanism
Needs, Says Correspondent.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: I have been a Republican worker
for twenty-five years in large Repuoli-
can district In which our party In the late
election came out a very poor third. l
voted for Taft, knowing. al every worker
has known for the last two years, that he
could not be reelected. and Governor
Durbin's letter does not impress me.
You can't cure a cancer by applying q
porous plaster and tho present crisis In
the affairs OF the Republican party cannot
be met by pretty nothings.
Tho Republican party has lost the conf
dence OF the people. first. because, pledged
10 tariff revision, It passed a bill which.
like a famous predecessor. was conceived
in perfidy and dishonor." and Mr.. Taft.
unlike Mr.. Cleveland. signed 1t: second.
because Mr. Taft promised when nomi-
mated in 1908 that he would. II elected.
continue the policies Of President Roose-
welt, which promise was not kept; third.
because the Republican party. realizing
that the voters were becoming dissatisfied
with government by politicians and were
anxious to take a hand at governing
themselves, PROMISED ulIcct HoiiiihduohS'
and yet In convention deliberately ignored
the popular vote as expressed wherever
direct primaries were possible or course
the Democrats did identically the same
thing, but when did a small thing like q
platform OF a promise worry Democrat?
Every Republican voter who is not a
politician or an officeholder Is progress
sive at heart. Progress and Republican
ism have always been synonymous. but
the party has ceased to progress.
No. Governor. It is not time for soft
words. but for knife or perhaps an axe.
In the words OF Democrat, ut is con-
dition. not q theory. that confronts us."
a condition that calls for vigorous meth
DDS. w. III. PRICE.
Brooltlyn, Nov. 30, 1912.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-09

an improvement, but the returns OF the
week evidenced by the Bank OF France
and the Imperial Bank Of Germany
were disappointing. The Bank VI
France showed decreases In both gold
and silver holdings and an expansion
of note circulation, while both treasury
and general deposits showed de-
crease. The statement Of tho Imperial
Bank Of Germany revealed q poor con-
dition. The decrease in gold amounted
to 66,35O.OO0 marks. and that OF gold
and silver combined reached total VI
1O4, 1896, 900 marks, while note circula-
ton increased 213,956,O0O marks.
There was also heavy expansion In
loans and discounts. The Bank OF
Englands return was not discouragins
by comparison.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-09

health or safety. And the ideas Of
social justice now prevalent are read
ing year by year a liberal construction
Of health and safety into the statutes.
1t must be so too with work at home.
where the statutes are now inadequate.
Excessive child labor is no more justi-
fable in the tenement than in the fac
tory; efforts to protect workers and
the public from lack of sanitation and
disease in home labor must be made as
well as those to protect factory labor
and make sanitary its output. The
courts have given decisions unfolding
the house worker In his inalienable
right to labor, but those decisions would
not stretch to cover conditions APP
preaching peonage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-09
MONEY AND BUSINESS.

Very little can be drawn from the &C
ton Of the stock market during the last
week which may be accepted as indica-
tive of the country's business or pros
meets. II was a week OF irregular In
fluences. caused by unusual happen
ines. The most important factor In
the calendar OF the week as affecting
.tock prices was the decision OF the
United States Supreme Court in the
Hartman merger suit. In the first
place. Wall Street was not expecting
the decision last Monday. Then re-
yersal Of the finding Of the Circuit
Court was a decided surprise. At first
the market received the decision apa-
theticaly. IT was dazed, and 1t re-
quired an overnight digestion to COM
prehend how much there was In the
decision, which was not understood and
could not at the moment be analysed
before the court had made its final
division and adjustment In the separa-
ton Of the properties. Most Of the
week was. filled with attempts at esti-
mating the full purport OF the decision
and the circulation Of wild rumors,
which, in connection with other bear
ish factors, carried dismay to the hold
ers of securities and brought on heavy
liquidation.
In the affairs Of business aside from
transactions in securities there were
highly pleasing reports Of the progress
of commercial development. The avoid
ance of a railroad strike by the arbi-
trating committee and the increases OF
gross and net earnings Of several rail-
road systems for the month OF october
were especially conducive to a tone Of
confidence as regards general condi-
tons OF trade and industry. The iron
and steel trade reports continue to
show a broadening distribution. The
drygoods trade was reported to be
large. with the New England mills
fully occupied with orders for next
spring. The footwear market was said
not to be highly satisfactory. and or
ders for spring goods were not being
placed az freely as had been expected.
Lower prices prevailed in hides, botn
in foreign and American tans.
The local money situation developed
some Improvement during the week.
The return Of the December disburse-
ments helped to ease the market: also
the arrival of gold shipments. the en-
gagements Of which had been an
nounced. Other engagements OF gold
were reported which had further ten
dency to relieve the extreme tension
that money had attained during the
closing days Of the week before.
The foreign situation as reflected in
the European stock markets exhibited
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-09
TELL Us WHAT IS SAFE!

In its caustic report upon the New
York. New Haven & Hartford Railroad
wreck at Westport the Interstate Com
merce Commission says its investiga-
lions show that Is to so per centum OF
recent railway accidents are due to
speed. And 1t says further that If the
public knew that any road was oper-
ating trains at speed unsafe for that
road it would withdraw its patronage.
Then why don't some Of our expensive
regulative commissions tell the public
when railroads are attempting speeds
which are unsafe with their equipment
and facilities. with their short cross
overs. imperfectly secure bridges, in
ferior roadbed or wooden cars, as the
case may be?
The public relies on the Judgment Of
the railway managers as to what Is
safe. says the Interstate Commerce
Commission. It is not always suffi-
cient reliance. as this New Haven ex-
perience shows. After the first bad
wreck. at Bridgeport, as the commits
sion reports. the New Haven managers
did nothing to avoid future accidents,
and they told the commission after the
second accident that they could do
nothing. In their desire for speed the
railroad managers often do not insist
upon making their Judgment Of what
Is safe effective. The Judgment Of the
New Haven managers was that no
speed greater than thirty miles an
hour was safe on the drawbridge near
Westport. Yet the operator at that
point told the commission that the
common speed Of trains on that bridge
was forty-five TO fifty-f1ve miles an
hour. and that he had never reported
train for violating the rule there and
had never been instructed to do so.
In its remarks on this wreck the In
terstate Commerce Commission points
the way to make railroad travelling in
this country safer. The public is en-
titled to know what roads are trying
TO make high speeds without being mt
to make them. This is vastly more
important for the public TO know than
the value Of the railroads physical
property. the determination Of which
at great expense Of time and money 1t
is now proposed to lay upon the Inter
state Commerce Commission. Let any
of the public commissions report that
railroad is running its express trains
at speed which under the conditions
of its equipment is unsafe, and very
quickly that road will begin TO interest
itself in safety devices, such as auto
matte systems Of train control, which,
as the Interstate Commerce 'Commls-
sion Justly complains, now fail to re-
ceive proper consideration.
The public wants speed, but 1t wants
safety first as the railroads know. 1t
assumes that il is getting both. The
New Haven case shows on what weak
grounds that assumption may rest. IL
would he worth more to be assured
that no railroads were taking unJusu-
fable risks with the lives OF their pas
sengers than to be assured that freight
rates were right or that the other ques-
lions which have hitherto chiefly occu-
pied regulative bodies were settled cor
rpctly
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-09
THEORIES OF DIVORCE.

The great controversy over divorce
I'm England, into which the Queen has
injected her royal influence, brings
clearly into view the two major theo-
ries Of marriage and the two CORE
sponding theories Of divorce which
now prevail OF the former, one is
that marriage is a divine sacrament,
and therefore indissoluble, unless per-
haps for a single cause for which
there seems to some to be divine au-
therity; while the other is that 1t is
n civil contract and may therefore be
terminated for any cause which the
civil law may prescribe as sufficient.
The latter theory is entertained In the
majority report of the Royal Commits
sion which has Just been made, while
the former Is earnestly held in the
minority report and also by the Queen
and by the Established Church.
The corresponding rival views Of di-
vorce bear certain resemblance To
those held concerning the recall
scheme i'm politics. There are these
who think that an easy and expe-
ditious means should he provided of
recalling marriage which has proved
unsatisfactory, arguing that two per-
sons should not be doomed to lives of
unhappiness just because of mistake
which they made. There are also
tboSo who hold that euch an orr1 90
mcnt would tend to increase the num-
Der Of such mistakes. by affording a
temptation 10 carelessness and lack of
discrimination in marrying, and that If
young people are made to feel that
once married they are united for life