Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-21
Why Women should Vote.

From Harper's Weekly.
The anti-suffragists are harder put
to it every month. Lately they have
assertion that women are mentally
different from men. They over-em-
phasize the difference vastly, but, as
far as it is true, it is an argument
not for them, but against them.
American Medicine acutely SAYS:
This difference is the main reason
why women should vote" 1t points
out that in the beginning of social
life voting was done with the battle
axe, and women were, therefore, in
evitably disfranchised. As the battle
axe was displaced by peacea BILE argu-
ments it began to appear that laws
devised by one-half the population
for another half were unsuitable, and
especially unsuitable If there was a
fundamental difference in point of
view If mans mind, evolved in a
struggle of a million years to bring
safety to the social organization, does
differ from woman's mind. evolved to
save the family, what follows?
The anti-suffragists have put them
selves into much trouble in arguing
against public interests for women in
an age when all the traditional con-
Germs of women have been largely
taken out of the home and conducted
in public. They will have an even
worse task in logic. in showing that
women should give up their ira
ditional concerns and interests to
men because mems minds are so diff
ferent from theirs!
Dancing Dangers for the Middle-Aged.
From the Springfield Republican.
The dancing craze has brought up
once more the question of exercise
for middle-aged people and both sides
have been taken with fervor The
professional strong man. Sandow, is
quoted as saying that golf is too Sc
we're for men who come to it late, and
recommending a week end of COM
plete rest rather than exercise for
people of years who feel run down. |
Perhaps that is the safer side to take
II one must generalize, but generali- |
cations upon such question are very
difficult. Age is not properly to be
measured in years, but in the actual |
condition of the individual. So great |
are the effects of heredity, habits, en-
vironments, etc, that a man of sixty |
and one of forty may be contempora- |
ries. But certainly after middle life |
Is reached 1t is the part of prudence |
to make sure that there are no weak |
spots before going in for a more ac-
tive life. There is something in the |
saying that man is as young as he |
feels. but one is apt at times to feel !
younger than he is, and in one of |
these paroxysms of youthfulneSs, |
such as the contagion of the tango |
may bring on. he can easily by indis- |
erection do himself an injury.
That for the inactive a sudden |
plunge into dancing may be dangerous |
is plain from the nature of the exer- |
else. What is taken for the sake of |
'limbering the joints is really exer- |
cising vigorously the major muscles |
of the body and putting a heavy tax |
on the heart and circulatory system. |
"Limbering' can best be done by |
stupid little exercises which affect the /
part concerned rather than the whole !
body. It is not difficult to find calls |
thentics which are efficacious and per- |
fectly safe. But for exercises which |
get up so much steam as brisk |
dance it is well for people long un-
used to exercise to get into training |
and to be careful not to do too much |
Walking is a safe beginning for any !
body, and by increasing pace and dis !
lance and adding other exercises |
gradually one may go safely as far as |
it is safe to go. AS a rule, habit Is a |
safeguard, but social craze for dane |
ing or outdoor sport may upset es-
tablished habits and draw mature
persons with unfortunate results into
excessive sudden activities which |
their instinct and good sense would |
have avoided.
Ford's Plan as an Expert Sees 1t.
From the American Machinist.
The distribution of s10,o0Oo00 among
its employees by the Ford Motor !
Company is a situation so unusual
and exceptional that only in a few
cases would a similar distribution be |
possible.
The large earnings are the result of /
standardizing the product. of building
only one size of motor and chassis of |
having but three variations as to body |
and none as to paint or equipment, |
not a special order going through the