New-York tribune., 1918-05-05

Inc woman Printer was disgruntled. She
was out OF job because the law wouldn't
let her work after 10 p. M "They call =
protecting our health when they pass a law
Nthat keeps US from earning a living" she
grumbled. "Won,em haze done might work
e0er sa'ce the first baby aUas born-but no.
Body ever found out it injured our health until
we began to do something we got paid for"
The Editor tried to imagine Mothers,
Union that would demand ar eight-hour dav
with time and half for overtime! Then
she signed Every one seemed to have griev-
ance-so she went to a feminist lecture in
search of inspiration.
Women are closer to the human type than
men," said the lecturer in conclusior. eve
are hurnars-they are males We have the
kindness, the sympathy, the justice, the spirit
OF service, the far vision-all the social quail
ties. They have the anti-social ones-ag-
gresslveness, combatlveness. acqusitivencss.
selhshness: The future of the race is in our
hands We mast remaolte the avorld."
She paused impressvely. A murmur of ac-
aulescence rose from her audience of women,
of the perfect being.
II there are any questions regarding the
r WORK that we can accomplish now that the
ballot has been given us'- suggested the
lecturer.
slight, serious girl on the back seat cleared
her throat and spoke:
II want to know" she said earnestly "where
can go to have dead cat taken out of the
gutter in front of where I live. It's been
there three days"
Those who were to remake the world stopped
murmuring The lecturer rose. The girl con-
tnued speaking:
i've asked the policeman, and he said it
was none OF his business. I've asked the street
cleaning man, and he answered something in
ltallan-lt sounded like swearing. I've tele-
phoned the Street Cleaning Department, the
Fire Department, the Morgue the Bureau of
highways the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals and the Bureau of Missing
Persons. But the cat is still there"
The lecturer had regained her poise. 'That
Just goes to show" she said, show badly things
are being done in man-made civilization
We mast 7enaake the aUorld"
But no one told the earnest girl on the back
seat what she should do about the cat
We hope that this page may be inspiring at
times. We also want to be practical and tell
you what to do about the cat.
We hope to prove especially to those women
who are neither for nor against the VOTE who
live in the gray valley of Indifference to civic
affairs how sentient and vital force the
vote may be to a. woman's hand, how closely
it is connected with the baby's milk bottle,
the childs school and play place, the food
supply and the saloon, the stomach and the
morals, the bodily health and the social en-
vironment of herself and her family; how it
can be used to make the rules of the game of
life more fair; how much more be done in
one year to promote health and happiness in
this way than by years of expensive and labori-
GUS philanthropy.
The 1coma's's point Of viesu Is needed IN, the
'0orld's AFFAIRS Our aim here is to illustrate
and prove it-and to give as well the practical
details and facts with which it is necessary to
be familiar in order that "The New Citizens
Point Of View" may be made effective.