The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-20
Nv JULIA CHANDLER MANI.

Mr.. James c. Waters. jr.. has again
sssayed to walk with answering
straightness into a hornets nest.
| Those of you who read his effusions
published in THE Herald's Page FOL
Every Woman more than year age
on 1.-THE Price Woman Pays for hel
present-day position in the world cannot
| fail to be interested in a more specific
accusation which Mr.. Waters brings
against the feminism of the East. and
Washington in particular.
| In his former disputation Mr.. Waters
asserted it as his opinion that woman
! has abdicated her throne without good
cause and has gained nothing worth
WHILE" and that she would make a
much finer success as a woman than she
will as a man." which opinion brought
| forth a torrent Of protest and heated
discussion by my readers. which lasted
| Il any days, and which I dare say not
one Of you has vet forgotten.
Now, il you please. this self-appointed
censor of womanhood comes forward
with the sweeping assertion that Wash
ington women do not think"
You'll read his letter to the end without
a doubt because each paragraph will in
cense you more than the one preceding
It. and when you have done reading it.
youll-but dear me! I had better not
be predicting just what you will do! AS
I wrote Mr.. Waters himself I'll just pub
lish his opinions and then stand of and
say with Marc Antony: Now let the
poison work.
Mr.. Waters Letter.
Here's the letter, given to you un-
edited;
washington, d. c.. April IL, 1913.
ITO the Editor woman's Page,
Washington Herald.
Washington, d. c.
MY nerves having gradually returned
to their normal state, after a most har-
rowing experience last night, l have de-
termined to spread the incident upon the
record. Maybe The Washington Herald
would like to know about 1t; maybe not.
Anyway. I'll take a chance. 4
Last night called to see very good
friend. In the course of the evening she
asked what newspaper that was / had
in my hand. i replied that 1t was the
Chicago Evening Post. After telling her
Of my admiration for the Post, I said.
o. by the way. l want to show you
something in this newspaper. It's q col
umn on the womans page and 1t Is
headed For Women Who Think
Together we glanced over the column,
or rather, to be exact. the half column.
made up Of four paragraphs. The first
taIkies and forecssted its use in the
school room. The second paragraph con-
tanned references to Homer's Iliad' and
Odyssey the works of Shakespeare,
Dickens. and other masters: also to ma
tural history and to Metchnikoff's dis
coveries of the action of the white cor
puscles Of the blood known as phagocy-
tosis. The third paragraph was devoted
to the adaptation of the moving picture
film to the teaching OF European history.
This was followed by several references
to the Ottoman invasion of 1850. to the
Balkan States, to ancient and modern
Greece and the work OF Lord Byron.
And so on.
"Milady grew quite enthusiastic over
what the column contained and express
ed wonder that the Washington news
papers did not carry such a column. UP
to this point all was happy and flowing
nicely. The trouble came when i sug-
gested that the heading OF the column
was a sufficient answer. Ghee-bing!
"The rest had best be told if at all, in
form and manner as follows. ] stuck
to my point that the column heading was
enough answer to her question. In Chi
Icago there are women who think. One
can easily name forty Chicago women
who think and still he will not need to
mention Mrs Ella Flagg Young nor Miss
Jane Adams. on the ground that the
whole world knows of them and mention
Of them was quite superfluous.
Women in Washington who think?
Why, Their amt no SIGH vegetable. This