The Washington times., 1915-05-13
Maud Younger Looks Like
Typical Example of Cling
ing Vine, But Suffrage
Made Her Over Into a
Force To Be Reckoned
With.
Greatest Force in Human
Politics is Labor and So,
ciety's Greatest Evil is Un-
employment, She Says.
BY FLORENCE E. YODER.

By FLORENCE E. YODER.
~ LILLY HARD. tho labor and
suffrage fan. and sociological
IL expert, once said:
It's not SO much what wom-
en- are doing for suffrage that ts in
teresting. but what suffrage Is DO
ing for women" Now other people
besides Billy Hard have s4id the
same thing. but It sounds 80 much
more convincing from the nps Of
a great person that I prefer to use
the remark with quotations.
The best practical example of and
proof for this statement is Miss
Maud Younger, ladies and gentle
men: otherwise known as the NIL
lionaire Waitress.
Miss Younger insists that she Is
and not the 2ossessor CT great
moneys, but merely a woman with
a private income; but sinco II
makes the story sound so much
better We use the title first re-
slowed upon her by tho New York
papers.
Given Wider Outlook.
For Miss Maud Younger. through
suffrage. was changed from a rather
lonesome person with narrow
mental world. who believed in anti
suffrage and the non pa articipation Of
woman in public life even though
she rnight have been excused by
the extenuating circumstance Of
he. y.rt patn
to a full fedged suffragist. who num-
bered her friends among the hum
dreds and who at last came to ad-
nit that there was a bigger, more
vital problem than even suffrage.
The cause which is big enough
the fact that there are other causes
more vital. Is indeed one worthy
Of being espoused,' said Miss
Younger as we sat chatting IN the
lobby of the Shoreham, where she
Is stopping while attending the
meetings Of the Industrial Relations
Commission.
She is a woman with a sensitive
eager face. a sweet smile. and wide
set, keen eyes. which seem ever
registering and cataloguing all that
they see. The thought that she had
ever been disinterested in anything
seemed impossible.
"Story of My Life"
All this time the Millionaire Walt
ress title has awaited explana-
ton. and. indeed. it was the first
thing that asked Miss Younger to
explain to me, after. OF course. I had
mentally gauged her to see whether
or not II would be safe to ask direct
and personal questions.
We'll, you see." she said smiling.
the title of Millionaire Waitress was
given me by those New York papers,
but to really explain how II happen
ed is to tell you the story of my life.
and what suffrage has done for me.
/ made signs indicating Joy. waved
her to proceed and settled snuSgly in
the cushions.
Il came from California, and when
! first stopped In New York "A: the
College Settlement. was an anti
unionist. anti-suffragist. and anti
everything which stood for something
different from that which had been in
vogue for the last few thousands Of
years. ! didn't know anything" smil-
ingly confessed Miss Younger. Il had
lived and breathed and had never
known that others, less fortunate
lived and breathed also"
But while l was there In the set
tement I began to see the scamy
side Of life. The cases began TO
come before my notice which wern
the barometers of the conditions OF
life and conditions in a portion Of
the world Of which l had heretofore
had no knowledge.
Vision Of Causes.
Crime. trickery. unemployment.
Drunkenness, sickness rubbed elbows
with me daily. and ! learned that
hearts beat and pulses thrill with
Joy or terror In one bosom as we'll
as another. l learned that the whole
class with which l came in contact
was not wantonly wicked, but gen.
orally necessarily so.
when an operator could not pos
sibly sit at her switch without some
sort OF sttmulant, and when the lives
of others depended upon whether or