The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
Interesting Chats
From Hotel Lobbies

q.
We may deny the women the vote. and
refuse to give them credit for such INTEL
hgence az they have. but we cannot get
around the fact that woman gradually
Is coming to the 'front.'" said L. W. But
Ter, OF New Castle. Ind, registered at the
Willard. Il employ great many
women," he said.
AS far as myself and many others
have been able to observe the only thing
woman lacks Is the physical endurance
and brute strength of the man. She Is
more honest. pays more attention to de-
tail, and has more, patience with little
annoying things than half dozen men,
When IL comes to investigating some
industrial problem, the woman can md
more technicaiities and naws in q plan
than any man.. They see farther and
nave sharper instinct. OF course the
type of woman the average man thinks
OF In connection with the ballot Is the
woman who gets off a street car back
ward, or does many OF the other little
stunts characteristic of the feminine
mind. But we must admit that we men
do things just as foolish looking, and
think 1t is all right
"Out of the whole lot of women who
are agitating the suffrage question, you
viii find some OF the greatest brains in
the country. and right now is the time
when solid gray matter is in demand.
whenever l want a particular job done,
one that requires infinite patience, and
constant application, call on a woman!
Then L permit this woman to call on the
men to do the heavy work, and take in
structons from the woman, because I
know from experience that a woman will
always take the shortest route in getting
things done.
we have had enough experience with
the brainy women in the country to know
that the brainless ones will naturally fall
by the wayside."
The Middle West is in a great
many ways responsible for the state
OF unpreparedness that now exists and
this AFFAIR has, in my opinion, handi-
capped the administration in many
ways, said w. F. Jordan, of Omaha,
Nebr., stopping at the Shoreham.
Too many of us in the West" said
Mr.. Jordan, Thought that the Rockies
on one side and the Appalachians on
the other side eliminated any chance
of an invasion.
But these people never thought that
In case of an invasion of the coast
that they would have the responsible
ity of caring for a great number of
people who would flee inward the
moment hostile force landed, or an
enemy attacked the coasts. We nave
been situated too far from the most
congested centers of population to Sc
riously consider the preparedness
question. Again certain people have
thought that they need not consider
the agitation being fomented in the
Eastern States for a heavy armament.
But some of US have found out
that IT behooves us just as we'll as the
people who live in the exposed areas
to begin to oil up our guns. The
chances are that the heaviest burden
will fall on the States of the Middle
West when war comes. We will have
to supply the food, oil. coal and pos
sibly some OF the minerals connected
with defense campaign. We have
not given the support that we ought
to have given the administration in
its preparedness program. We have
been dreaming all alone that we were
secure and never thought of the un-
defended areas that would be the first
ones to feel an attack.
''On the whole. we are not any more
secure than some of the coastal States.
because we haven't the population or
the carrying facilities, and / believe
any hostile force that could get over
the Rockies, or the Appalachians
would have very little trouble in
cleaning up the West. You may not
think so, but why take chances"