The evening world., 1914-03-09

Back II the agitation and turmoil
Of the I. w. VS. spectacular church
raid and IL rapidly thinning army
a unemployed" stands Q curious and
quaint figure woman. Unseen,
almost sscreted from the eyes q tho
world she wants to revolutionise,
apparently disdaning notoriety. yet
capable q vitriolic utterance and VIC.
orous act-she 10 the guiding hand
and the genius. . woman with Q most
sensational purpose in life.
She u Jane Rolston-vividly Dor
traysd a. the RED Virgin" In Jack
London's book The Iron Heel" She
u refined and remarkably we'll edu-
Gated. . college woman. In fact, be.
cause years ago she attended welles-
ley-leavins It because Of her new and
strange views to 20 West and take up
what to her had become the gospel Of
life. To-day she Ii . teacher ana q
writer and belongs to the small circle
Of what II described a. the brains Of
the I. w. W." She says she 10 only
secretary Of Branch No. 17s. formerly
with headquarters In East Ono Hun.
dred and Twelfth street and now At
No. IA West street.
BLOW up Fifth avenus3" she scofIed
whom an Evening World reporter
found her In q little room In the house
at No. 16s state street. Brooklyn.
why" she biased. 1T wouldn't do
any good to blow up Fifth avenue!
I tell you everybody II misrspresent-
ing u. There 10 no fear Of the I.W.W.
blowing up anything or doing any
thing violent!"
GENERAL ATTACK ALL ALONG
THE LINE.
Thersupon Miss Rolston launched
into torrid attack upon the institu-
lions Of the day. upon the ciergy,
upon the police and the judges, upon
the press and. above all. what she
called the plutocracy. She 10 q
woman between nifty and hfty-nvs
years of age. rather heavily built
with gray hair slightly streaked with
tho original brown and eyes that
flash whom she grows excited. She
lives In q front room. rather com.
fortably furnished. and filed to over
flowing with books and magazine,
rejecting her temperament.
She vigorously defended the "marct
Of the hungry" and deridsd thu
churches and the clergy. Whereupor
she heaped enconiums upon the head
OF young Frank Tannenbaum. thu
leader OF the church raidsrs."
"Ah. no 10 q beautiful child" she
exclaimed. land the smartest Of air.
She called Vannenbaum md tn,
rest Of the horde my boys" Sh,
appeared strangely In tho role o.
mother to the young recruits Of tn,
!. w. w. She was asked why she
too, II she was 10 thoroughly II
sympathy with the idea to go on
and demand food. did not join tn,
army:
for me to marchY Yes, / woulC
|
suppose, because l am woman
We are not seeking not0riety. Nj
boys all detest such q thing: It 4
distasteful to all Of us. and especially
to the boys. because II seems to savO
30 much OF the antics OF the middl,
clasa.
| This woman-the original Of tn
|, hctional character. the Red Virgin
l-exhibited . strangely POVERTY
mind. able instantly to IRE answer
; to arguments against mob tactics an
I. w. w. propaganda. that, II the
did not explain certainly. did brini
down vituperation on the heads o
society, a. represented by things q
. they are" She quoted Plato an,
; Aristotle and Sir Walter Scott an
the Bible.
> "You know" she said. II Va
!. brought up in q Puritan church, an
II know my Bible pretty we'll"
"Th0 churches were aapeciall