Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-15

end of the week to the other has little
reserve power to recuperAte. Her
life IL too monotonons to make her
feel fresh, strong, hopeful and resist
ant. -
"The frequency Of crime among do.
mestics may be explained by the desire
for excitement which tho kitchen
routine does not allow. This craving.
for excitement We have Inherited from
our parent-nature. It IL an imperative
need. The domestic who can not read
and who Is shut up In tho kitchen gives
herself something to think about. some
thing to stir up her feelings. to excite
her hopes and fears, to keep her inter-
ested-by stealing her mistress dia-
mond pin or blue ribbon.
The same may be said OF the girls
working for long hours In factories at
a pace which withers the blood and
wrinkles the flesh. 10 Il any wonder
that the dance hall, the streets, the
cafes, attract them? They must have
excitement else the monotony would
exhaust their young lives. All this
emphasizes the Importance Of educa-
tion-one that enriches the mind-and
provides for it the choicest company
and the TaTest Of pleasure. Idle hands
and idle minds make the criminal.
Vice Fought BY the Golden RuIs."
Police Chief Kohle., Of Cleveland, il
hardly mentioned without some refer
ence to the golden rule. but he mod
esfly disclains seeking the ASSOCIATIONS.
His main guiding principle Is to keep
people out Of Jail instead Of putting
them in 1t. and the reporters gave him
and the Cleveland police force the title
that characterizes their work. He re-
Gently told the members Of the Eco
nomic Club Of New York how his force
drove the gamblers. the men propri-
etors of disreputable places, and the
opium-joints out of Cleveiand and re-
duced the social evil to a minimum"
The men associated with the women OF
the underworld. especially those OF the
class owning such resorts he declares,
are the worst menaces to municipal!
honesty and the direct mediums Of of
ficial grating and politician corruption!
In the New York Herald his words are
reported:
Every policeman knows every
gambling joint and disreputab1e house
ON his beat. don't care what he says
to the contrary. We went after the
gamblers first. sent for all OF them,
and told them to pack up their para
phernalia. not TO store it in Cleveland.
and to get out and stay out. Most Of
them did. We broke in on the others
and smashed their tables Hnd destroyed
their property. We were sued and en-
joined, but haven't lost dollar. There
isn't gambling place open in Clete-.
land. defy any contradiction OF that
statement.
I'VE have had success because we
have never started to do anything we
knew we could not do. We did not try
to extirpate vice and crime. Reform
ers are often worse than crooks in such
matters. We had a lot of them after
us at first. when they found out We
were going only to regulate vice and
not try to drive it entirely out of Cleve-
land. They are all with Us now. how.
ever.
I'VE went after the women and told
them to move. We did not let any sell,
out. We cid not tell them where. they
could live in Cleveland. but we did tell
them where they could not. We stopped
music and liquor selling in the houses.
We don't permit anything on the ex-
terror Of the ten blocks Of houses OF
that kind in Cleveland to distinguish
them frOm anv othar honSex