The Washington times., 1915-05-13

not she kept her job, 1t did not
seem wanton wiCkedness on her part
to take a swallow OF whisky. When
system demands work that a hu-
man being cannot possibly perform
under normal physical conditions, Is
the worker to blame for the sin OF
drunkenness?
And so that and many other
things were revealed to me and at
last saw a great truth.
II realize for the first time that
the greatest force in human politics
today Is labor. and that the evils OF
society and not of the individual
our hospitals and prisons. and makes
possible such universal social
tester as unemployment.
Now It's Explained.
Il was. in other words, first made
a suffragist, and then | espoused the
cause of the trade unions. | became
the greatest trade unionist you ever
saw" She paused TO laugh a mo-
ment. Il got position in res
taurant. and for many months
worked about as a waitress. ] ac-
cepted the most poorly paying posi-
tons and worked under the most
distressing Of circumstances. all OF
the time, however. gathering ma
terial for the evidence which ] in
tended to use for the betterment of
the other mattresses. i was elected
president OF their trade union. ! as
sisted in several strikes, and after
that-well. l just began to be sent
for. here and there. by other trade
unions and organizations until l had
the strangest job in all of the
world.
Il don't know what would do
NaIt
There one can sec what the proper
organization of labor has done for
the people. If labor IS strong
enough In any city there Is no need
for intermediary legislation such as
consumers leagues aNd organiza-
tons for the upkeep of the injured
class which Is bora of poor labor
conditions.
But perhaps ! haze wandered a
little in m, enthusiasm. The Mil
honaire Waitress stopped. ana
caught her breath with g iittl, ttut-
ter. She talked in little futtcrs, IN
soft voice; in fact. she Is such
~ account for her success as a
labor organizer she's SO different
from the type which the dlscour-
ayers OF interesting lives for wom-
en- paint.
Looks Like Clinging Vine.
She looks like she might have
been the heroine Of the ola sCng.
Won't You Come Back to Me.
Douglas. Douglas" and could he
used as an exhibition type OF the
Clinging Vine variety OF woman.
She's tentative ana SuDnllss siye, LlIt
arguments that float out are good
and logical, and they arr backed up
by the most astounding supply of
testimony.
shook my head at her fears.
and assured her that her wander
ings were justified. There's just
II you have time" she continued,
leaving her voice in the air in
question.
''Of course. that Is just my own
story of what | learned by first
becoming a suffragist. but there's
another story that Is better and
concerns many women.
1T was not long ago at a
woman's luncheon. given in Cali
fornla, The SPEAKER was ex-
Mayor Nathan, OF Rome, and a
brilliant man. Eut he had never
this type of woman. And they ac
tually did succeed In bewilderlng
and completely routing him with
out opening their mouths.
He began TO talk about the usual
subjects suitable for discussion be-
fore women MILK. fattery, gallant
sHlhes, cleverly Joined sentences he
tried them all, but his audience sat
and waited patiently. He saw that
he was making no headWay, and,
hopping his brow with his handker-
chlef. admitted that he was up a
tree, didn't know what to say, and
sat down. He couldn't Vision he
couldn't realize that he was talking
to an audience of women who want
ed to hear something new. some
thing that they had not heard be-
fore, and something that would give
them Information.
"Of all Of these subjects upon
which he had spoken they were well
informed. For instance, they had
jult finished rounding up and set