New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-14

there is more than tOuCn Oh ""i"O''
at least to us at a distance Listen
So far as concerns the active militants
themselves, we have seen that "o.Io.
who were so concerned 10 kho" nc &c
government offices were empty ,J'ss in
they sent stones through the "inuo"s ~
: June were less concerned In NoNT.ttvGo
for the bodily safety OF those NIu iiinr
We do not deny that the eai liz
concern for the bodily safety oil oIloias s
became secondary TO a concern lot SUI
fragists after seeing them come OUT ~
prison sick and. broken from the dls6us,,
ing struggle with prison authorltN, alu ic
with hose-pipes and nnfIeatl n sse under-
standing between the sexes-do we ram
women to forget these lessons
The anonymous author of The
Woman with Empty Hands confesses
that she. too. is a militant at heart
Her booklet is chiefly subjective us
reasoning, like it's appeal. chiefly emo
tional. Her enlistment in the cause
in this country, the birth of her real
ization Of the solidarity of her SEX
was brought about by the loss of nor
husband and only child. which left her
woman with empty hands. one
discovered one class Of women IKE
herself-all childless widows. Thns
was the consciousness of the sister
hood Of women awakened in her. ohe
desires the vote in order that she may
/ stin crafty wOmans basic instinct
her "hunger 10 be needed" TO give low
! ing service. That instinct has broad
! ened with the broadening OF me- me
| ballot has become a wider means for
its qualification. And as woman has
never stopped at anything in serving
and protecting what she loves, as she
has fought for it and given her HE
| for il through the ages, so Is THIS
writer now prepared in her heart TO 40
violence for the possession Of the bal
| lot wherewith to serve still more.
curiously interesting human document
in little.
/ Mr. Martin finds his texts in words
spoken by Miss Thomas, President OF
Bryn Mawr; Mrs. Belmont Miss Jane
/ Adams. Miss Inez Milholland. Ellen
Key and other prominent leaders OF
| the cause. His is the philOsophic spirit
| tinged with much humor when he
demonstrates with the headlong MIS-
| Belmont and the sometimes rash MISS
/ Miholland; deeply reverent when ne
approaches Miss Adams. Being a
man. he insists upon examining the
| logic Of some of these ladies. which IS
of course. unfair. when one remem-
bers the sort of logic sometimes in
/ dulged in by male leaders of other
causes in the heat of oratory or I'M
passioned composition. But it is anus
| ing and it tells. MIR. Martin is of those
who believe that the extension Of the
suffrage to women will make but little
i difference in the practical conduct OF
our affairs: above all else. he insists
that the suffrage is far from being the
most urgent Of the woman movement !
many phases Not ballots, he con-
! cludes. but religion will pacify human
life and make people content to live 4.
The Girls Fight for Living is n
! detailed report of the results Of the in
vestigatons held this spring in many
states concerning low wages for
women and their relation 10 prostitu-
ton The testimony Of wage earners,
employers, social workers, white slaves
and others given in Chicago and be-
fore the Illinois Senatorial Welfare
! Commission in Washington is report
ed in full. and there are statements
on the subject by Governors Of many
states. OF course. the book does not
solve the question asked in its sub
! titln