The Washington herald., 1916-06-04

FIVE WOMEN.
BY SARA MOORE.

II parade of 5000 men and -r,orer
of 0drtoHS trades, all striking for BET
ter SD0ges, shorter 1Uorkinq Eopry o,
sanitary improvements ih SOorkshoe,
5Cliere clothing IS made, marches dolrr
Fifth u0eRRe during the fashionable
hour for the afternoon promendde.)
FIRST WOMAN (emerglng from an
exclusive shop, accompanied by a foot
man and maid)-Where's Otto? I told
him TO have the car here promptly at
three / suppose he's been DELAYED by
this. Why. every banner I have seen
is against war, It Just goes TO show
the ingratitude of foreigners. We let
the emigrants into our country and give
them work and educate their miserable
children and look what they DO as soon
as they get a foothold What's that
WE WANT FREEDOM FOR ALL PER-
SECUTED PEOPLES Freedom. indeed,
A lot that crowd knows about govern
ment SHORTER HOURS. SANITARY
ISHOPS'-Always whining. Always shirk-
ing honest labor! DID you ever see such
q looking group?
SECOND WOMAN "a debutante. In a
5000 motor car. filled with young Iris
all wearing corsage bouquets and fresh
from a luncheon at the Ritz)-what's
the excitement? A strike? Oh, what
tun. What did that sign read? DO YOU
KNOW YOUR GARMENTS ARE MADE
IN THE BEDROOMS OF THE WORK
ERS? Mercy, Who'd wear things such
grubby looking people make? Girls
marching, too. For goodness sake. look
at that one with the blue shoes and red
roses in her hat. Did you ever in your
life see such a ngUre-and the shoes are
hurting her. Let's turn the machine and
go back along the line SO We can see II
all It's scream-why, It's more fun
than a circus.
THIRD WOMAN "a nice old gentle
woman in black. elegant but conservs-
tivel-They are mostly Socialists and
against war! What is this world coming
10? Well, II the United States does fight
II can get along without them. And WIN
are they 10 set their opinion against the
best men in the country? Both OF nv
sons-in-law and my husband are all for
preparedness-all the respectable people
are. You have no idea how Tom worries
about the Germans But these-Look
at them. Did you ever see such unat-
tractive types? Criminals. I should say
not q straight clean-cut man among
them, And the women-It Just goes TO
show what feminism has done. 4
Woman's place is in the home: Il slwsvs
was and it always will be. You can see
for yourself our best girls don't 90 into
the stores and shops and get 70 look
course like that and bold-In nv cav.
nice girls never never. went on the
street alone without their rnothers-even
in the middle classes. Now-iust see.
in all those-indelicate faces-what going
into business does
FOURTH WOMAN with q sheaf OF
copy paper in one hand, trying to pre-
tend that she is getting dust out OF her
eyes bv poking them with the finger OF
rwTTH y r-T-
like 70 write il as ! see II? And wouldn't
the city editor have ft II DID? There
goes Mrs -, who was IN Belgian re-
lief work. She-she never even turned
her head to look at the crowd Aren't
the girls bully? You know. a girl IN
that class who gets the reputation OF
being strong minded loses her chances
OF matrimony. Sometimes Il means an
absolute sacrifice Of social popularity for
girl TO come out for unIonisr-. or anti
preparedness, or suffrage or anything
Ike that Butt suppose there are com
pensauons-Sure enough-watch that cou-
pie in the jewellers division holding
hands, ! imagine a girl would make a
pretty good pal to her husband when
she has gone through a struggle like
that with him. They've been striking
twelve weeks. They look hungry. Poor
I Have you noticed-not q man In the
| parade as tall as I am. All Of them
. twisted, or stunted. or harrled. Forty
| thousand souls marching. and have YOU
noticed-every last one Of them is round
/ shouldered2
FIFTH WOMAN Cvrapped in a black
/ shawl. her calloused, twisted hnFe-s
clasped at the waist line OF her battered
/ iEuTe)-Oh aind't II grand? ! an too
/ old TO be in Il, but mine Able and mine
4 Rosie und mine Lena they rlsrch-Ach.
/ just tnel The family is proud OF. It's
I just swell. the way all these poor people
| got right in this country 70 march right
| up the swell avenue where Is all the swell
! ltsterines and showers driving rich neo-
| pies round. Yah, SO il is. we educate
! the better classes. They can see now
| what il is we are telling them. We
gotta educate them. Right away thev
know something, they make Il better.
And all the swell banners show OF i
alndt their fault they don't do nothing
they don't come down und see und
what can YOU know at parties and swell
dances and SO much pleasantness? This
parade they can see for themselves. with
| out no unplainness. Sure. right away
they make it rishdt when they see how
swell and smart the young folks is-not
tough or nothing. You should see mine
Rosie. Ach, you wouldn't believe how
smart that girl Is. She tells il afndt
the millionaires' fault because they don't
know nothings and the parade will change
1t. I guess it Will make them educated
and understanding. Il is good. And amt
| it swell?
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