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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-09-12

and silence, and as tney were still
miles away from the position assigned
for Black Kettles encampment, the
men were permitted to build fires and
prepare q warm meal under shelter OF
the bluffs. Two hours later the main
column arrived and also went into
camp. 1t was intensely cold but the
men were cheerful as they ate their
supper Of smoky and halfroasted buff
falo meat. bacon. bareback. and cot
fee.
In response to orders the Sergeant
went down the line of tiny fires to re-
port in person to Custer He found
that commander ensconced in a small
tent, hastily erected in a little grove
of cottonwoods, which afforded a
slight protection from the piercing
wind. Before him on the ground
from which. the snow had been swept
lay a map of the region, while all
about. pressed tightly into the narrow
quarters, We're his troop officers. AS
Hamlin was announced by the order
ly, conversation ceased, and Custer
surveyed the newcomer an instant in
silence.
step forward, Sergeant" he said
quietly. "Ah, yes; / had forgotten
your name, but remember your face. :
he smiled about on the group. 1--WE
have been SO scattered since our Or
ganization, gentlemen, that we are all
comparative strangers" He stood up.
lifting. in one hand tin cup of coffee.
Gentlemen, all we of the Seventh re-
joice in the honor of the service,
whether it be upheld by officer or en-
listed man. bid you drink toast
with me to Sergeant Hamlin."
but, General, / have done nothing
to deserve"
observe the modesty Of a real
hero. Yet wait until am through.
With due regard for his achievements
as a soldier, l propose this toast in
commemoration of a greater deed OF
gallantry than those of arms-the cap
ture of Miss Molly Mcdonald"
There was quick uplifting of cups,
burst of laughter, and yoney OF
questions. the Sergeant staring about
motionless, his face flushed.>
What is it, General?"
Tell us the story!"
give us the joke!''
But / assure you 1t Is no joke, ]
have it direct from the fair lips of the
lady. Brace yourselves, gentlemen.
for the shock You young West Point
ers lose, and yet the honor remains
with the regiment. Miss Molly Nc
Donald, the toast of old Fort Dodge,
whose bright eyes have won all your
hearts, has given. hers to Sergeant
Hamlin of the Seventh. And now
again, boys, to the honor of the regi-
ment!"
Out of the buzz of conversation and
the hearty words of congratulation,
Hamlin emerged bewildered, finding
himself again facing Custer, whose
manner had as swiftly changed into
the brUsque note of command.
Il have met you before, Sergeant, "
he said slowly, before your assign
ment to the Seventh, l think. am
not sure where: were you in the Shen-
andoah?"
Il was, sir
"At Winchester"
II saw you first at Cedar Greek,
General Custer; ! brought flag, "
That's it; I have the incident
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-09-12
Cruel Form Of Punishment.

A species of punishment, reminis-
cent of barbarism. was melted out a
few days ago to a seven-year-old boy
of Kiyosu, Japan. by the child's faith
err. The little lad committed some
trivial act of disobedience. and the
father punished him by burying him
for forty-eight hours in hole in the
ground, leaving only his head above
the surface.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-09-12
Had Good Precedent.

When j. Sloat Fassett of New
York was making one of his cam
paigns for congress his Democratic
opponent derided him because h
parts his name In the middle Il al
nit it," said Fassett in a speech sooa
afterward, and am not ashamed OF
it. go long as E. Pluribus Unum car
stand it to have his name parted II
the middle ! think / can. too ;"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-09-12
WHEN WIZARDS CUT LOOSE
Compete Among Themselves in Per
fornance of Wonders at Banquet
In london.

The wizards at Anderton's hotel at
She seventh annual bnaquet of the
Magic circle. under the presidency of
Nevil Maskelyne, bore themselves like
ordinary citizens for the greater part
of the evening. Their real and ex-
traordInary nature came out. however.
at last The magicians began compel.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-09-12

clothes. there are unquestionably ma
gicians stiIl.-London Telegraph.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-07
Silent Women of Biarritz

Not tar from Biarritz is a community of
women who pass their lives in silence.
They live and die In the convent of the
Silent Sisters, and are buried in silence in
the little cemetery within the walls of the
grounds, says the Chicago Recora-He.-
aid.
At o'clock, winter and summer, they
leave theirs cells, and for three un-
broken hours tell their beads and say their
prayers, until they are summoned to their
Spartan breakfast. Two more hours they
spend later in the day with their rosaries
and prayers in secluded corner of the
chapel. the rest of the day being devoted
to work of various kinds and to medlta-
ton. In the refectory, dark, uninviting
chamber with sanded floor, along which
run wooden tables and benches, the tables
are spread for the midday meal, with an
array of brown water jugs and wooden
spoons and forks displayed on coarse
serviettes, which take the place of
tablecloth.
During the meal not a sound is heard
a whisper, even, would be q grave offense
bringing swift penance; and every Friday
the sisters eat their meals on their knees.
The sisters must first spend two years of
probation, at the end of which they are
free to depart if they so wish. IF they de-
eide to take the VOWS they can never pSsa
beyond the convent walls again, even in
death. The survivors themselves dig the
graves. which are unmarked save for a.
few shells
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-07

ayers of their households, Interested in
the welfare of the community, should not
have the vote. There are many spinsters,
too, who have lost none of the grace
ful Womanly ways and are doing useful
work either in their own family or for
the public good, who would be quite cap
able of exercising the vote In the right
way. But we are not asked to give ex-
ceptional women the vote. Suffrae-ists a
want the vote on equal terms with men,
that is to say, to include working women,
ana some aim even at adult suffrage.
The cry no taxation without represent
alton is easonable, for while 1t NAV be
unfair to withhold the vote from a large
number OF women who have inherited
property, where will these women be
when they have a vote, and the wife of
their gardner, the wife of their eoachman,
and the wives of other servants have
votes, too?
"As regards the grievances of married
women, which the vote is to remedy, let
women by al means demand further priv
ileges. such as equal treatment of the
sexes in divorce affairs, only let them
remember that men are already not too
Keen to marry and that since women s
charms are shortlved, any loosening OF
the bonds of matrimony can only be to
the advantage of the men.
Another grievance which the vote is to
remove Is sweated labor, but this effects
men as wei as women. 1t may seem un-
fair that women should net have a voice
IN labor laws In any case SO far as 1t
concerns their own sex, but the mere vote
would not give them that power and
labor legislation is only small part of
parliamentary work. The hardships of
sweated labor are fought more effectively
by trade unions than by parliamentary
legislation.
1T Is not the question whether we
should simply allow few we'll conducted.
well educated, self respecting gentlewomen
to quitely record their prediction for
liberalism or conservatism. but whether
we should let in the wider flood of un-
educated, unrestrained. irrational, and
emotional womanhood to sweep the polls.
What politics may become when women
take an active part in 1t, Is shown by
the conduct of the militant suffragettes.
Are we to have attacks on private prom
erty, personal assaults, hunger strikes.
ETC., whenever section of women dis
agree with men on a question of state?
IL women got the vote, the well con-
Quoted women would have to retire or be
pushed aside by the wild women. who
have already given us so much trouble.
and have shown by their utterances In
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-07

the field as the cause of all Portugals
ills, Costa concentrated upon the priests
as the wicked villains of the piece.
Costa is threatened from three sides
First, there are the monarchists. who as
a force in themselves can be dismissed
from serious consideration. Second, there
are the syndicalists and the anarchists.
who in the early days of the republic
were the premier's most enthusiastic sup
porters, but who are now furious because
of his aristoeratie and despotic
abuse of power. These elements are dam
gerous. they are composed of men
who believe In and preach direct action
and II Costa falls at the hands of an as
sassin there will not be much doubt about
the political affiliation of the culprit
Finally there is the extraordinary and
almost universal reaction which has set
in against the republic. The mass of the
people have no affection for Manuel,
whom they regard with Indifference, and
they have positive hatred for his mother
and all the Bourbons, yet no one who trav-
els about the country, mixing with the
people, can doubt that the monarchy
would be restored tomorrow were the peo-
pie allowed to vote at a free and unfettered
election. Even with all the pressure and
influence they can bring to bear at the
moment the Costa government fears to go
to the country and has induced the legis-
lature to pospone until next year, by
technical trick, the regular election which
should be held this fall An even worse
travesty of democracy exists in the mat
ter of civil elections; although three years
have elapsed since the establishment Of
the republic, not a single city election has
been held and all the cities are now gov
erned by military administrations.
1t Is this almost universal dissatisfac-
ton and sense of injustice which, COM
bined with one or both of the other dam
gers-monarchists or syndicallsts-an-
archist-may break into open revolt and
make the country too hot for Costa. In
that case, what will become of Portu-
guaPs strong man? The opinion is wide-
spread In Portugual that he has feathered
his own nest and that in preparation for
the day when Portugual will have him no
more he is secretly building a magnificent
retreat in Switzerland. The writer has
made extensive inquiries in many we'll in
formed quarters, even among people vio-
lently opposed to Costa, yet he can find
nothing to make him believe that the
premier is other than a mistaken but
honest zealot, greedy for power.
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the press and on the platform that thew
hold peculiar views of women's natural
functions, qualities, and place in society,
winch are antagonistic to family life.
While to some all reference to the SEX
instinct Is degrading, others advocate
free love- and both publish in their pap
ers which are sold In the street to young
and innocent girls, articles apparentlv
intended to warn young people of tho
dangers of the white slave traffic and GER
tain diseases, In reality spreading know
ledge, which, IL for no other reason but
that 1t is half knowledge, is highly dam
gerous
"The granting of the franchise will not
change the tctlces of these women. IL
would only be the beginning of the strug-
gle, for adult suffrage would mean an
excess OF female votes by a million or so
and the inevitable sequel to this Will be
the claim of women that such a large
numbers of voters should be represented
In Parliament. The same agitation will be
carried on as now, for what is the good
or having votes unless their views are
represented by candidates of their own
choosing? Since the women will out
number the men, one half of the parlia-
ment should In fairness consist of women
and after that the cabinet would have to
be divided. the one half male, the other
~ men really tnlnk tnat this
preponderance of female voters will be
the beginning of new era in national
virtue, keep the wolf of foreign compe-
tition form Britian's door and enable her
10 nght the battles, which are threatens
ing her. with increased efficiency?
Suffragfsts quote the example of other
countries in which women are already
enfranchised, but not in one of these
countries would the consequences be so
serious. The glory of the British empire
depends on the fighting capacity of its
men. British ships, railways cities.
nnance. trade. mining transport and other
industries, have been made and are con-
quoted by men: the greatest inventions.
tne most powerful discoveries for which
Britain gained renown are all due to male
talent: by the ambitions of men has the
British nation become great and by tho
sense of justice of British men are mill
lions of people kept subject Are British
men now going to abdicate in favor OF
Mrs. Pankhurst and her followers? They
must wake up from their indifferences TO
the suffrage question before II Is too
late and either political party, anxious
merely to gain or to keep power, has
given away to the tactics and pressure
exercised by a minority of women who
have nothing to lose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-07

mitted only to the daughters, whereas
both parents contribute to the mental
makeup of the child; indeed. boys often
take more after the mother and girls
more after the father.
1.-THE other accusation that men do not
want educated wives arises from not dis
tinguishing between general and 'spe-
cialized' education. A man wants a cul-
tured and educated companion, but it has
yet to be proved that a girl who takes
b. A. in classics or b. Sc, In chemistry
makes a better wife and mother.
Now that women have obtained the
privilege of writing letters after their
name, they find no life easier and GER
tafnly not happier; on the contrary, there
is more employment offered and better re-
numeration in the lower spheres of activ-
fty than in the professions. The problem
What shall we do with our girls? Is
keener than ever. TIL one pursuit COM
merce, which has made Great Britain
what she Is, the richest and most power
. ful country in the world, is not followed
by women. True, numberless women
have invaded the city of London, the
heart of the worlds trade and finance.
but they have not got there as inferior
clerks, and there is not one wholesale
house owned and managed by women.
'The same educational facilities having
peeHSBfdHteu anu all VdfltleS of employ
ment having been opened to women: 1t
is not to wondered at that the mass of
women thus liberated from the domestic
sphere clamored yet for another change,
namely, political representation First
they asked for voice in purely local
affairs, and having obtained the munich
pal vote, gradually an ever-increasing
number agitated for the parliamentary
franchise which would give them infiu-
enec in state affairs. This agitation only
required to be conducted with sufficient
noise and advertisement to find adherents
even among sensible and contented mar
ried women, some joining from mere SYM
pathy for the sufferings of those not so
fortunately mated as themselves and some
from having too much leisure and no
serious otJect in life, which the suffrage
movement now amply SUPPLIES What
stamps the movement as peculiar, and
dangerous to the stability of the state.
is the fact that 1t is carried on chiefly
by women bachelors and few disap-
pointed married women, mostly childless
who have no interest In family life.
No doubt that many men feel it an
Injustice that intellectually gifted women,
loving wives and mothers. capable man
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-07
Angry mob burning Kiosk in the
PracO da Dom Pedro

in the prime of life, for years he has
in Portugal with a large income from
his profession. For a long time prior to
the rebellion in 1908 he preached armed
resistance to the government of King
Carlos. He was caught red handed in
the abortive rising of that year and
thrown into prison. Later, when released
he entered the chamber and constantly
obstructed its work, making a speciality
of opposition to financial grants to the
royal family. Just before the rising which
resulted in the establishment of the re-
public he was forclbly elected from the
chamber for this very reason. A few
days later the fires of revolt broke out
Costa drew up the republican propa-
ganda, according to which taxation was
to be done away with entirely and all
who applied were to have free sbread.
fish and other necessities. In other
words, the ushering of the republic was
to bring in its immediate train the So
cial millennium. A large part of the reac-
ton which has undoubtedly set in against
the present government can be traced to
the inability of Costa and his government
to live up to this irresponsible docu-
ment.
1t is safe to say that Costa does not
know what physical fear means. It is
not an exaggeration to say. that during
the past few months his life has been
in danger every moment of the day and
night. His enemies are numbered by
the thousands, and monarchists, syndi-
calists, anarchists and disgruntled dem
ocrats look upon him as the author of
all the ills from which the country is
suffering. Yet the writer has frequently
seen him moving about through the
streets of Lisbon without guard of any
kind and has seen thousands of people
near enough to him to stand good
chance of killing him If they so wished.
Yet the splendid audacity of the man
has carried him through with safety. L
saw him drive in an open carriage
through the densely crowded streets of
Lisbon just after a bomb had been thrown
in the Rua da Corma, off the Praca da
Dom Pedro,s to the hospital where the
victims were lying. And l saw him look
defiantly, half satirically, at the rows upon
rows of sullen faces that were turned
up to his. 81 shall never be assassi-
nated," he is reported to have said to
solicitous friend "All the scoundrels are
on my side.'
Costa not only dominates the country,
but he dominates even more effectively,
the government. Possessed of a terrible
temper, he cannot brook opposition and
he has surrounded himself with men who
are willing and anxious to do his bidding.
He rides rough-shod over them and
through them, over the Chamber of Dep
uties. The latter sometimes balks at his
demands; he jumps into his open car
riage, drives in haste to the legislature
chamber and whips them into line with
his fiery tongue. The syndicalists and
anarchists dare to criticise his adminis-
tration; he orders out the troops, breaks
up their meetings, forbids them to con-
gregate and throws their leaders into
prison. The royalist papers criticise his
use of the French language or ask the
date of the long postponed civil elections;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-07
Great Brain Specialist I,1d;cts Won1a,,s Suffrage

Copyright, 1913, by Curtis Brown.)
7 ONDON, December 6.-(Special.) )-"1f
love were universal in marriage we
- should hear nothing of this cry for
independence; but marriage being what
it is, so often a dead failure, it is only
natural that the women who are unhap-
PLY mated should decire to be indepen-
dent of their husbands. If statistics
were available of the number Of children
born to women members of suffragists
societies and women who are Indifferent
to the suffrage the result would be amaz-
ing Woman governs by affection and
is herself influenced by affection. If a
number of women do need some other
weapon to protect their interests then it
is a confession to the decadence of their
natural qualities, but the great majority
of women still prefer to make their own
bargains with a particular man, to be
wives and mothers, and leave politics to
their husbands, knowing that happiness
cannot be conferred by legislation
These are the opening words of re-
markable indictment of the English
women's suffragist movement. and es-
pecially of its militant phases, by DR..
Bernard Hollander, founder and president
of the Theological society and one of the
greatest of the worlds experts on di-
seases of the brain. He has just laid his
VIEWS DeIOfe Ine IiieIlpeiS VI tho IItHo-
logical society, and coming as they do
so soon after the now famous book by
Sir Almroth Wright on the same subject
they have caused great indignation among
the followers of Mrs. Pankhurst
There is great deal of talk of the
drudgery of women" he continued. but
what about male drudgery and the sacri-
fices made by men to keep the home
together and shield the wife from cares
and sorrows? E:ow many men have to
do work which is sheer slavery and hand
their hard earned wages to their wives?
Il have heard ladies whose chief amuse-
ments are motoring and bridge playing
complain that domesticity leaves women
no time for higher culture, as If women
had not more time than men for reading.
THE position of women has improved
much more than men, His labors are,
If anything, harder than ever, for the
struggle of existence has become fiercer.
We see this every day by the ever-increas-
ing number of the defeated, the broken
down In body and mind, the nervous pa
tients and the suicides.
''Marriage-before the law at all events
lis a privileged status for women and
penalized one for the man, and that while
marriage remains contract with all the
privileges on one side and all the respon-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-07

sibilties on the other, every attempt to
all to the privileges of the married woman
can only result in further decline of the
marriage rate. Indeed, up till now, men
have been very patient with their women
folk and remarkably silent concerning
the discomforts they themselves are SUBJ
1ected to. If men, suffragists declare
are really brutes, 1t is equally certain
that not all women are angels, and the
conduct of some not to speak of their
volubility of language, is enough to drive
men mad.
1T is mere delusion to say that woman's
social conditions are dependent solely
upon the laws; they are the outcome of
habits and customs of which laws are
merely the ratification. We have in this
country already too many legislative at
tempts to make man moral and sober.
1t is not by legislation, but by the educa-
tion of public mind that the morals Of a
people are raised
S'By all means let women demand equal
treatment of the sexes in divorce affairs
only let them remember also that the sex
charm of a womans life is short and that
therefore increased facilities for divorce
will be to the advantage of man more
than woman.
although women's brains are on an
average smaller than mens there is a
large number of women who possess a
development of brain which for intel
lectual capacity equals and sometimes
sIrpasses that of the males. BY the
training and education that has been give
to women in recent years the number of
gifted women is steadily increasing, and
such women, although independent, still
feel the restrictions of their sex. Dissatis-
faction, too, has spread among married
women, who, even If happily mated, have
not the duties and responsibilities that
their mothers and grandmothers had, and
therefore less outlet for their surplus
energies; while those who are unhappily
married resent living in subsection to
their husbands, depending upon them for
the merest necessities, their food, cloth
ing and pocket money. These women are
dissatisfied with the life as it has hitherto
been mapped out for them by the needs
of society and the laws of nature, and
are possessed by the ambition to do
something of more active and elevating
kind than domestic duties.
The present suffrage campaign is only
one of the outward signs of the discomfort
ment of women and militancy is merely a
by-product which has helped to focus
public attention upon it. so that the ques-
ton of votes for women has become a
burning onein more senses than one 1t
would seem that the number of discon-
tented women must be still insignificantly