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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-01-28

her path during these later years with
an almost magical swiftness. She is not
hampered by her sex as her grand
mother was. She can strike out on her
own initiative and pluck her laurels with
bare hands. To some, this is a sad and
unfortunate thing, but only to those
who have not the gift of understanding,
and who cannot comprehend the SEN
tence Blessed is the man who has found
his work" To the women who have
struggled up from the marshes of gen
erations of inactivity, the new life is
wonderful and inspiring; to the women
who have found their work it is like
gift from the hand of God.
With the dawn of this new year the
words "Old Maid" have been erased
from the dictionary of the feminine
Never again Will the world be numbered
with ''old maid,' those pitiful shut in
starving martyrs whose lives were as
bleak and grey as the desert sands be-
cause the age-old customs compelled them
to sit with folded hands and idle brains
Now the unmarried woman searches for
her task and finding it, does it with
right goodwill and much cheer If her
evenings are lonely she has the morrow
and her tasks to look forward to; if
her heart is sometimes hungry, as wom-
ems hearts are apt to be, she has a
palliative in the work which her hands
and brain have found to do From the
"Old Maid" the unmarried woman has
developed into one of the mainstays of
the modern world; no longer dependent
upon the charity of relatives or friends
she has become a working force for the
betterment of humanity and all her days
are made glad because she has found the
blessedness of work
But to no other class of women does
the new year offer more opportunities
and more joys than to the wife and
mother, the keeper of the hearthf1res of
the world, the one type of the feminine
which will never disappear and whose
influence is the greatest of any other
class under the sun. A fuller life is
dawning for the married woman. and
les which are held in store for her in
the coming years She may still have
the joys of wifehood; the blessedness of
motherhood but, with these will come
added contentment in the opportunity
for individual existence; she will not be
merely wife and mother alone, but. she
Will be the individual woman also. Long
ago the housewife lived only within her
four walls; she spent endless hours over
the most trivial of tasks; she was called
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-01-28

infinite caution and tact and must guide
them Alright while but seeming to walk
at their sides. She is coming to under
stand that it is better to give them
less of her cooking and more of her self:
to admonish them less and to live with
them more; to spend less time on the
adjoining of their bodies and more on
the adjoining of their minds The task
which the 1916 mother has before her
is the greatest, the most important and
the most interesting in the world, for
what is there that can compare with
the shaping of human soul? And for
this work the mothers of today and to
morrow must have a wider outlook
they must come out from the walls OF
their homes and view the conditions
which are to confront their sons and
daughters when they fly from the home
nest; they must see things with clea1
eyes, and most of all they must take an
interest in the big things of life and
put the trivial things into unimportan1
places. This is what they are begin
ming to realize and what they are be
ginning to do. Everywhere we see the
evolution of woman going on In the
city and on the farm in every hamlet
the women are looking up and forward
In the cities they are spending less time
with frivolities and more in works OF
charity, philanthropy and sociological
investigation; in the small towns they
are taking an interest in municipal al
fairs, IN the questions which affect Their
husbands and sons and therefore them
sleeves; in the country the farm women
are organizing rural clubs, and perfect
ing the rural school and the rural sociai
work. All over the nation woman is
lifting her eyes from the earth to the
morning stars, and is welcoming with
delight the dawn of her glorious new
day And with this day she is putting
the small things of life in their proper
place and keeping the big things before
her Thus, though she may know il not,
she will discover the lost fountain OF
eternal youth, for to the soul that has
found the blessedness of the task il
loves, there is no such thing as old age
In this great society wide lying
around US a critical analysis would find
very few spontaneous actions. 1t is
almost all custom and gross sense
Emerson.
We should aim rather at levelline
down our desires than levellfng up our
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-01-28


paths in the vista of the near
future Blessed is the man who has
found his work" says Carlisle, Let him
ask no other blessedness." When the
author wrote those words they did not
apply to women, for then, with the ex-
ception of the fortunate few, there was
but one task for woman to do and
it did not require any searching to find
that; it was laid out for her even
before her birth, and whether she liked
it or not it was the task at which
she must work. But the world has
changed and is changing still for
women They are no longer compelled
TO sit in the valley where the shadows
of stagnation and old age gather so
swiftly, but are beginning to climb up
the mountainside and their eyes are on
the summit where the sunshine of life
fingers longest. Woman is no longer a
mere mite in the collective bundle of
the feminine; she has become, like man,
an individual. She is no longer a chat
tel. but free creature; no longer a
mere breeder of children, but the mother
OF men; no longer a mistress, but a
comrade of man. With each new year
the future for her grows brighter and
no matter what her work or station she
can lift her eyes and see new opportuni-
ties ever before her.
While woman has always been
worker, she has not long been a doer
Today, however, there is scarcely a field
where she may not stand an equal
chance with a man. She now has the
magnificent privilege of choosing her
own life task. She may become a jour
nalist, a sculptor, painter, a decorator
a preacher, a teacher, a lawyer, a broker,
buyer or seller in the busy marts of
trade Wherever her talents call her
she may follow without fear. 1t is no
unusual thing for the most insignificant
salesgirl in the basement of the big de
partment store to become the foreign
purchaser of the establishment at a sal
airy which many a man might envy
The callow cash girl in the small res
taurant has the chance to become the
equal of the greatest lady in the land.
All she needs is the perseverance and
the courage; all she must do is to fol-
low her work and climb, even as the
poorest of men, have climbed to the
highest rung on the ladder of success.
The obstacles are disappearing from
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-01-28

We should aim rather at levelling
down our desires than levelling up our
means--A ristotIe
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-01-28
DAWN IN THE WORLD OF WOMEN

OR women. the new year dawns
~ with a rosy glow of promise and
- alluring glimpses of UNEMPLOYED
paths in the vista of the near
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-01-28

In this great society wide lyin
around US a critical analysis would fin
very few spontaneous actions 1t
almost all custom and gross sense
Emerson.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-23

Gen. Alfred Aver met Cats in de-
bate at Pennington last week and, ac-
cording to reports we have from
those present, entirely vanquished
him. Any well informed man who is
good speaker can put the kibosh on
Cats. Cats has several different
sets of speeches. When he goes into
a town, where he finds newspaper re-
porters listening, he "roars as gently
as sucking dove" But. when he
gets out in some back district where
he thinks the people know nothing he
rants. A good stenographer to stay
with him on his tour, and make re-
ports of his speeches, could more COM
pletely confute his arguments than
any other agency.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-23

It's all right to sheer at the mobil-
ization of our national guard on the
Mexican border as compared with the
mobilization of the German army or
the frontiers of France and Russia
Put there is one thing to remember
The single state of Texas is bigger
than the empire of Germany. IL Ger
many had had to move her troops
from Berlin to Moscow, instead OF
approximately one-tenth the distance,
she might not have made such good
record.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-23

Starving Armenians, who cannot be
fed by the United States because of
Turkish interference, have been fore
ed to turn to cannibalism, and are
eating human flesh. The God of the
Christians be praised! The Allah of
the Turks be damned! Tampa Times.
AS the God of the Christians hasn't
interfered in favor of the Armenians,
it is not to be wondered that the
Turks think Allah is the biggest.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-23

Henry Morgenthau, who quite sue
cessfully represented the United
States at Constantinople for over
two years, is Jew and his successor,
Abraham I. Elkus, is also Jew.
Somehow, Jews get along better with
the Turks than any other people.
There was hardly anything in reason
that the Turkish government wouldn't
do for Morgenthau, whose influence
helped many British, French and
Italians out of trouble.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-23
SENSIBLE SOLUTION

1AO 4A0Aa NAiC <14NdaLd
News seems to the Star such sensi-
BILE recommendation as to the best way
of settling the Knott Cats dispute
that we reprint it in full and give it
our hearty endorsement:
There is one way, and only one way,
that the Knott Cats contest may be
settled to the satisfaction of those
who wish justice to prevail 1t has al
ready been demonstrated beyond the
shadow of doubt that many errors
were made in the tabulation of the
second choice votes. Mr.. Knott says
he is now satisfied that such errors
were made in every county. We be-
lieve he is correct in his statement.
Under such circumstances the state
executive committee should request
the election officers of each precinct
in the state to reconvene and again
tabulate the second choice votes, us
ing every precaution to see that no
errors are made. Should there be a
statewide movement to this end, in
the interest of party harmony, there
will be few election officers who will
refuse to do this without pay, prob
ably none. In the meantime, each
candidate should pledge himself to
abide by the results of this recount.
In conversation with one of our
strongest editors in the state, a Cats
supporter, this week, he said if such
a thing were attempted he would per-
sonally request Mr.. Cats to abide by
this recount, and if he refused he
would no longer support him. This
question should be settled by the
party rather than by the courts, if at
all possible. It will be better for the
party for it to be settled thus. We
voted for Mr.. Knott and will yet sup
port him unless some condition arises
to indicate spirit of unfairness and
dishonesty upon his part, but we now
say what the prominent editor above
mentioned said of Mr.. Cats, that il
Mr.. Knott will not agree to abide by
a recount of the second choice votes
as ordered by the state executive
committee, then we will no longer
support him. We may not support
him any way, but such refusal upon
his part will show such a spirit of UNI
fairness that we are unwilling to sup
port any man for this high Office who
is not willing to have his party cor
rect known errors. The only thing
the people are asking is that there
be correct. and honest tabulation OF
all the votes cast No one doubts the
nomination of Mr.. Cats by the votes
as certified to, but every well inform
ed person knows that many errors
have been made in regard to second
choice votes, which votes are as much
entitled to be counted as the first
choice. The correction of all these
errors may or may not lose the NOM
nation for Mr.. Cats. The people Of
Florida are not nearly so much con-
cerned as to which of these two gen.
tlemen shall be governor as they are
as to which of the two has honestly
received the nomination. It will never
be determined as to which of the two
is honestly nominated until there
shall have been a recount of all the
votes, and not merely recount in a
few precincts. This statement seems
so plain that we can not conceive how
any one can question its correctness.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-23

Rather than take the. trouble to
change the marks on the ballots,
somebody at Glen St. Mary destroyed
the entire contents of the box. Sig
nificantly, the precinct gave large
plurality to Catts.-Tampa Tribune.
Very significant indeed. Looks like
the Cats faction was afraid of re-
count and took the most effectuaI
means to prevent it.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-23

One Florida editor seems to be aw-
fully mad about Ring Lardner's stuff
in the Saturday Evening Post under
the heading "Gullible's Travels" 1t
is a very funny lot of rot. The editor
must be lacking in appreciation of
humorous writing.-St. Petersburg
Independent.
There is more truth than humor in
Lardner's story. Plenty of Florida
people have handed US the same dope.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-23

We notice the Zolfo Truth is run.
ming its tax list on a supplement
Hope the Truth won't have any trou.
BILE about collecting its pay. We have
always understood that running 8
legal advertisement on supplement
made it of no effect.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-23

It's because we haven't the nerve
of some people that we amt rich. The
other day,a steamship company which
has been doing business for forty
years, but which never gave the Star
line Of advertising, launched new
boat, and in commemoration thereof
sent the Star page description of the
proceedings, with cuts of the boat
and the high mucky-mucks of the
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-23

company. 1t would have been about
twenty times the space we give to
launching the biggest battleship in
the United States navy, and we were
expected to print it for its news value.
Said news value to readers of this
paper would be about six lines.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-23

The republicans thought they haG
Daniel come from judgment, but
they find that it is only jonah
Columbia State.
Reminds US more of another gentle,
man of scripture note, whose mon
aker was jeremiah.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-23

1t is an openly stated belief in some
quarters that if the great strike
comes, President Wilson will operate
the railroads until such time as the
men and the managers can come to
an ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Chronicle.
1t would be the proper thing for
him to do, and most of the people in
the country would approve OF it.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-23

In recommending that Pershing's
troops be withdrawn from Mexico,
Gen. Funston is probably doing what
he is ordered to do. If they remain,
they will eventually bring on war, and
the administration doesn't want war.
But it does want to save its face
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-23

We see very little use in the ship
ping bill just passed. If it had been
put thru a year and half ago, and
the government had bought the Ger
man ships interned in our harbors
and sent them to sea, we would now
be carrying large proportion of the
worlds trade. The bill now is only a
bin without any ships.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-23

Right now, while everything is
serene, would be mighty good time
for Ocala to institute a white pri-
mary. 1t would save much agitation
and bitter feeling in the future.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-23

Of course Americans can't under
stand the French spirit of "revanche. .
The average American will not only
forgive the slayer of his best friend,
but will sign a petition to have him
pardoned out of the penitentiary in a
year or two after the killing.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-23

The Germans have dug themselves
into impregnable positions on the
Riga front. But if the Russians win
far enough in Galicia, the Germans
will have to abandon the Baltic prov
inces without fighting.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-23

The London Times says that Amer
lea, by its weak and wavering foreign
policy, has lost its post-bellum rights.
America is like any other nation. 1t
is sure to lose the rights it is not
strong enough to keep.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-23

Sturkie announces thru the press
that he isn't for Cats. If we were
Sturkie we would enve,op ourself in
a wide, thick silence and remain in
side of it until the campaign of 1924.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-23

r. V. Tracy, supervisor of registra-
ton of Baker county, says that the
ballots stolen from the box at Glen
st. Mary favor Hudson for high man.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-23

Congress has so far done nothing
toward preparedness except appro-
pirate great deal of other peoples
money. And the average congress
man will divert as much of said mon
ey as possible into his own pork bar
rel
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-23

"Language," said wise man, ais
used to conceal our thoughts" and
sometimes we think people use their
faces to hide their feelings.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-23

A large crop of wooden arms and
legs in Europe is the legitimate re-
suit of wooden heads in the Austro-
German governments two years ago.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-23

Railroad men, their families and de-
pendents number about ten million
people, which is almost 10 per cent of
the population of America.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-23

Mr.. Hughes is not Haunting the
bloody shirt, and the democrats who
say he is are not helping their cause.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-23

THE STARS PHONES
The editors phone is

The editors phone is D
"51-Y"
while the business office re-
mains the same. Our friends
will save themselves possible
annoyance and delay by keep
ing this in mind when calling
up the Star Office in future.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-23

ocala is not dead. She is only TAX
ing siesta.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-23

About 80 per cent of the people of
America favor the Allies.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-23

rather less artistically framed up. We
think Lardner was unfair to Fort
Pierce, however.
Evening star., 1916-11-12
BABB|TT Wins FINAL
Defeats H. R. DuIany 6-5 att
Chevy Chase Club.
ANNEXES PRESIDENTS CUP

E. Z. Babbitt won the fourteenth an
nual competition for the Presidents
cup at the Chevy Chase Club yester-
day afternoon, defeating H. r. Dulany,
jr., in the final round by the unexpec-
edly large margin of 6-5.
Baboitt outplayed Dulany all the way
through the final match, showing the
same brand of fine golf which he has
played all through the tournament
Particularly on the short game did
Babbitt outshine his opponent, and
although Dulany has a very fine short
game, it could not compare with the
excellent quality of golf shown by the
victor.
Babbitt won the first four holes and
Dulany managed to get a half on the
NTH by sinking a long putt after wad-
ing around in the bunker, but after
halving the sixth hole Babbitt won the
seventh in a par to be up, and re-
tdIned his margin at the turn. Dulany
was slicing his tee shots and this fault
cost him several holes.
Babbitt did not miss putt under six
feet for the thirteen holes played, and
part prevented the contest from being
green's Anywhere from thirty yards
from the pin to the edge of the green
usuall- found Babbitt down in two
shots. and to his great accuracy may
be attributed his high margin of vic
tory.
Evening star., 1916-11-12
Carolinians Play Raggedly.

The CarolinianS played in rather rag
ged form and showed lamentable lack
of team work. except in few instances.
The game. therefore. could not be re-
garded as an out-and-out test of the
strength of the Middies in view of their
big game with the West Point Cadets
to be played two weeks hence, yet the
future naval commanders did play in
markedly improved form. as compared
to previous games of the season, and
especially in regard to their showing
last Saturday, when they We're forced
to taste of defeat at the hands of the
eleven of Washington and Lee Univer-
sity. Their attack seemed to get off
with greater dash and the forwards put
in some good licks of work by charging
lower and harder than formerly. The
Aggies' line, however, was somewhat
lighter and weaker. The Navy Goa ches
used two sets of backs in the course of
the game and all of the men showed
up we'll Whelchel started at quarter.
with. Perry, Davis and Martin behind
the line They were succeeded in the
second half by Orr. F'ashiel. Roberts and
Ingram, although Whelchel again Went
into the game in the final quarter. All
ranging from 10 to 45 yards. Ingram,
Roberts, Davis and Martin acquitting
themselves particularly we'll Ingram
got away for the longest run. 80 yards.
when he intercepted forward pass at
tempted by the Tar Heels" He was
finally downed on the Aggles 2oIyard
line as a result of d running tackle by
Won Brocklin. This auburn haired.
stockily built fellow. by the way. was
the star in the visiting lineup.
Evening star., 1916-11-12
C. U. Penalized for Tardiness.

States touchdown came a short while
after the opening of the second half.
Catholic University WAS put the
compelled to put the bail in play on
its 15-yard line as result of d PEN
atty for being late III coming out after
the intermission. 1t attempted 10 rush
the ball. but failed ia gain, and runted.
Maryland got the ball in the middle
of the field and carried it to within >
feet OF the goal line and was held
for downs. c. L. punted out and again
the Maryland eleven started for the
goal! 1t got within 20 yards of the
goal and opened up with long
forward pass after u double pass Rich
caught the ball and went unhindered
squarely behind the goal posts. Smith
kicked goal.
Near the end of the third period
Brewer dropped back on {. US 40
yard line. took plenty of time and
booted another goal from the field.
After this the Marylanders played a
punting game and Were not in danger
at any time except in the last few
seconds, when the 30-yard pass made
a touchdown seem imminent. However,
the first attempt to get the ball over
failed and time WAS called before an
other could be made
There was a lot of good foot ball
shown by both teams, with the Mary
landers having a little the best of it.
The contest was all that could have
been desired from spectators stand
point. and the three thousand or SO
present were satisfied that they had
watched a brilliant struggle in which
the men on both teams had put forth
their best efforts.