Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-13

To ~, Eduor Of Womou'R P10':
Dear MaGam-I' was with considerable"
interest and without II pans Of fear that 7
read the "answer'' to me. signed "A Ship
builder" whose name and address were
deI"ted by you
Perhaps 7 have not clearly explained my
position. Had done SO it is impossible that
the g"ntIemau.hero- -shphuiId"r would have
become 50 incensed at that he offered
irsidouslv. ius' like We wig-powdered and
t-tronseIsd Enllants Of ye oidsn dsXT +"
womaN prrpetrate ed by me might arpro-
pristcy be wiped out with the shedding OF
The gentIenan-hcro. shipbuilder already re.
ferrod 10 seems dwi"ularly ,pecrea because
mali Of the sDeci"@ as ''ramouiage."
OF course realize there are cxceptlGnS
70 he general rul" My wife. wn" @ Iieh
no greater can b" made by woman. was one
Of the exceptions. Ny sister is another. My
mother who died when | was four wears
I'D never danced. rJuGed or went 10 caba
rets or course sh" was gn0thrE % "X'rn,ion ,n,,n,
ike theni ard we always judge the world
by our own "Np%r,~nr"s dHrS say ,ssrG ssrG
yorld Al least ! would not deny it. nor
would "mphatirally affirm II. as o hSye GN Ee I9
woman question ! maintain spa ran Jn',-
cIal temperamcnti End before ! TGnderh tha,
ali the "yidcrcs be produced. And when when
ronclusiv" evidence. dtssipatnE ~ a"n'i,s,
shows T%Wan to be to S"s get the
best not the unreal and makS-be belGHe: ,a,i 6Hl
OF life then ~ sroye At her na tee srsneh sefts" S
protect her from the wolves.
Put any sensible man: even II ,,"i, ne be .n,t q
this tIps Of beauiful womanho9d is as hard
10 tind as is Wor1In}} Npf such ri' an un
man. seTGr@n stEins neShHse SpHssHS he is brutal Sedsh
and essiT ensayed take epE;s ny hat asSfntf @ l2
the woman hsGSMs% %Sdnmr fr her because. in most
;nsttrCes She seeks escape from her slayerS
not With 6I9Ts SEniG,, ana n@rpos% @Sne Of
merely getting mans goal r nrmmrnt SrTnFImk
in him for her own N matIs'" his asprstions and
his dreams. ..,-...
may have been cynical in my previous
ters EH,%smIi ElabsIi ~ SsS%aEt Sontempt Of STe
gsncraX speeking, may may haHe Nave ofS Known nus
mented doS SH woman , and that her sisters. com;
nnarGed 70 her. give tremendous evidence OF
fraud The women whS Ds are ana G0' who seek to
discharge all responsioi@itiHs @ rree nS"a with me
tense am Hir fnTS sfsters ahsy w'ai are impossble
This is big subject and and ,do II The sas dtsSTs o Do
ny ,4%, pfrt and Su half- baked heroes hereby an,
nounce that shall ACCEPT eIpt,,,ifeS nG S"a myssf by
aGSSi Hing N FOR or against camoufage and at
nv age thirty it's too late 10 psgrn' tIa,,, rsro-
MAY ! sussGd uTs.sad +, poem by Gale Young Rice.
have forgotten its name ana my a@sx pSoxs hut
= u" no cIted preliminary to going AVA pu
an an Isn get Rice's poems In any puonG u,
brary and he can idenufE fEni1p tTe o lines:
,"ol the trail to the wooded canyon
M trail from the sea
tot a,rard -, ling Irresistible in me:
M - J." dnne with things Of the sea-thlnss OF
,,a,.a dnHe nr viii waters that slip away from
under YOU; .,+,Ia.. things I'm
Have done with things fsithless' '"'hs9 u"
nav rsthomablc and vain,
u.;,b ,Sn =" Tasr deeps OF Time and the Here
AFTER ONE OF THE FOOLS.
- tho editor is not debarred from
. - oantroyersy she will soon mount the
} Irs tnn Of her page, endeavoring thought
, SI,I,y and without playfulness to answer