The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-06-13
"PITIFULLY UNFAIR"
BY Josephine Daskam Bacon

lege is to provide broad educa.
Ton for its members. and IL such
an education consists in general
culture. which is a knowledge OF the
best That has been said and done
painted and written. set 10 music
or acted on the stage-then beyond
any doubt the university for wo-
men. which extends this culture %
the steadily increasing millions. Is
the great university which offers
its courses, weekly and monthly. in
the shape Of the American maRa-
zines " the home.
For $3.50 a year the women. who
have had neither time nor opportu-
nifty for advanced schooling, nor
sufficient means 10 indulge them
selves in large home libraries. may
inform themselves Of every modern
movement Of domestic science:
HOUSEHOLD art in every form; the best
fiction, written by the most popu-
lar authors. illustrated by the most
highly paid artists: the progress OF
current events. illuminated by the
most progressive editorial COM
ment: and a mass Of the highest
class advertising carefully selected.
which puts them in touch with the
great markets Of the country.
suppose il is generally admit
ted that in magazines Of this class
America leads the world and the
vast circulation that these home
magazines have very rightly attain
ed makes il possible for them 10 be
offered at many times their cost to
women on lonely farms and ranches,
who have been able thru these great
telescopes 10 study the life Of their
country coast 30 coast. Nobody will
ever know what vast strides in
home cooking and dressmaking, the
care Of children. and household dec
Grafton have been made by the
means Of American magazines alone.
In the smallest village, farthest
from the great centers. you will see
today most charming houses. built
and decorated i'm a style worthy OF
New Works best architects and dec
orators. You will find simple, nour-
ishing. appetiZing meals; charming.
fashionable clothes. and an acquain-
lance with all that is new in music
art and literature. all gained from
that great woman's university
which is as large as the circula-
ton Of these remarkable periodi-
Gals.
imagine that nobody. who knows
anything about facts, can possibly
deny one Of these statements: aud
certainly nobody can deny that the
zone postal law. which calls for
from 80 10 5000 increase Of mail
ing cost. will Immediately put this
great university out OF the reach OF
hundreds Of thousands Of its CRATE
ful pupils.
Nothing could be more pitifully
unfair than that the women, who
live nearer b. the great centers OF
the world. that is % say the pub
fishing centers. should pay half-'as
much as their isolated sisters pay
for a magazine. which they need
twice as much as the more favored
ones. In the very families. where
the arrival Of the home magazines
mean SO much and where they are
eagerly awaited. these magazines
are taxed 10 a point which makes
il impossible for these families to
enjoy them: and more than that,
the lowered circulation will. I'M
in the course OF time low
er the amount certainly. and the
standards. possibly. Of the advertis-
ing matter they carry.
II the congressman and senators
from these districts realize how
much Of comfort and beauty Of
their homes, the health and educa-
ton OF their children. and the
pleasure and stimulation Of their
wives and the wives Of their con-
were going 10 suffer
thru the taking away Of this great
factor in their lives,
they will be the first 10 urge the
Of this distinctly uneco-
nomic law. Every girl and woman
should use all the influence she has,
iomestically and politically, to
bring pressure 10 bear 10 have this
aw repealed. II she cannot do 1t
BY her own vote. she should make
il her business 10 gain the vote OF
very man within her sphere Of in
luence; for il this law is not re-
1ealed the loss OF all that the maya
lines have brought 10 women and
heir homes will inevitably show
Itself in the lowered standards OF
hose homes-standard which Moth
ng has rendered TO raise and bright
m more than these wonderful
visitors, the American
Repeal this postal zone law,