Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-11-07
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rooM THE BATTLE GROUND
OF THOUGHT.
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Cause of the Trouble.

Cause of the Trouble
r,a,,,inism challenges Feminism al
INC island in the person of Mrs
panxhurst. The oppressive laws which
ssnrive her of liberty without tria
20 NJ a piece with some other policies
vat are traceable to modern Femin-
ism. ,,-, o,,.t.o,
.anifestatfon has been seen in short
cut to desirable ends.
renoinisrn in politics nowadays ex-
nrssses itself summarily and arbitra-
~ It was the slap dash, now-or-
saver. hit-hard, dead-shot policies OF
progressive party last year that
Bed Feminism in its support.
(yvhether pursued by men or by wo-
an Feminism as recently expressed
.,nana haste. reclSlessness and sub
iiros disregard for precedents and con-
sequences.
Sensational Feminism in British pol
;+ics demands the ballot, but 1t will not
Give the existing electors time TO con-
90 II in orderly fashion. To hasten
eaters il breaks heads, smashes hats
md apDlies the torch to churches and
e.untrv houses. Political Feninism
doas not reason. Political Feminism
& NOT bound by any rules. 1t has little
,aoard for the past. 1t takes no ac-
count of the future.
This is why Mrs. Pankhurst got into
+,o,,hIe at Ellis Island. Feminism
cIoaked in a tyrannical immigration
law meets Feminism militant and for
the moment inclined to- travel, and
there is trouble right away. Feminism
protests nightly. Suffragists and anti
snffra gists agree that the Ellis Island
detention is inexcusably wicked.
which it is, but they do not perceive
that it is the perfect fruit OF temlhlsh
of the extreme type.
To point out the supreme weakness
of present day Feminism is not to deny
or to belittle the prodigious power that
GOOD women may exert, and in this
country always have exerted, upon
government. Political Feminism in the
United States is not confined to wo-
men There is no Feminism so OBJ
1ectionable as that of men. When the
follies of one sex act and react upon
those of the other the results must
be deplorable-New York World.
Wigs and Judges.
The long vacation over, barristers
and other officials at the law courts
will gain don their wigs, of different
sizes and shapes, according to the
position held by the wearer.
The higher the office the bigger the
wig. Doubtless it is from the fact that
the slang term "bigwig," so often ap-
piled to those in authority, is derived.
The shape and construction of a wig,
the number of curls on if, or the lack
of them. are prescribed by unwritten
law. From the full bottom" dress
wig of the High Courr judge, down to
the much less imposing headgear of
the "junior," the shape and size OF
every one of them, and they vary
considerably, show to what position in
the law the wearer has attained.
The wig of the High Court judge,
with the side flaps, falling over the
shoulders in front, and adorned with
rows of curls in plenty, is made of fine
bleached horsehair, and costs from
Us to ego.
Judge presiding over lower courts
wear correspondingly shorter wigs
- in the legal profession bob
Rigs They reach only to the tops Of
the ears, have no side-flaps, and only
two little curls on eL1her side. These
eurls are placed vertically The cost
Of bob wigs is from e. to e1O. and