Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-03
THIS STARTS THE STORY

vessel fedvcS port, AlDcrnon AdoriS
perCipdl is brought before Captain
Trigger as stotcdtoay. The captain
questions ht,n as to hoW nc boGrded
Siae vessel und learns he came aboard
os a coal pdsSer. He rurts 20 return
20 the United states. and explains that
robbers hare taken oil his money.
The captain also learns that tro deCk-
hands hare teamed iron, the ship and
he suspects a plot to tCreck the peSSeL
percivdl Is put TO cork under guard.
Neat morning TIE WTcleSs operator
reports his trdrsmittsr ont Of order,
carry around their jetccis for safety:
Yhtis at tcork PCrCiudl Is recognized
bv Ruth CLINTON. She met MIN az a
dance Shortly after he Is reco0niEed
Jortv-str Of the creio and passengers.
The ship -emdinS dfodt, ho0eper.
Both the cdptuin and rcrcipdl toe1e
omon0 the injured. Ruth, Chnfon
dresses Psrcirdrs rounded hdnls.
Three days pass. aud not a sail mas
hrrn siobfcd' me ship iCcdthCrs ono
Of the tc-TIfc storms Of the southern
Atlantic, but Sprir0S tedk. Mmc,
OboskV, a beautiful young RuSstdn -
rerv frank IN her ddmirdtcn o. Per;,
citmI She inquired about his tpounded
hands and whether MISS CLINTON stu
drsssCd them. "Once a day." he re-
,ncd, "She's cTen phtCktor than ="
arr, Madame OboSky. Yes. bee! <
she believes wc are going 70 I. ncc,
every one Of US II takes pluck to kceP
,ojn1 ,rhCn s.cuve got that sort or
Thing to -. doesn't E'
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
TIER gesture took IN the dozen or more
men within range Of her vision III
should take no more pluck to keep
woman going than man. my friend.
You do not call yourself plucky, do you!
trary. call myself n coward. am
afraid TO stay in my stateroom' l nHe
20 be out in the open Ike zis. One mas
20 be very, very brave, Mr.. Perciva'I. 10
lie In ones bed all alone and think tna'
death is waiting. just outside the ulih
little walls. Miss Clinton Is splendid out
che Ia not plucky. She is aa nm
afraid Of the darkness. AFRAID 10 ue
alone, afraid to be where sho cannot
know and gee all Eat Is happening She
has a womans courage just as nave u
If you please. It Is ,nc courage 'n"t
depends 80 much on the courage OF
others, You think | am brave. am
brave because I am with trained en-
cient men. But II the captain were 10
come to me now, as l stand here ana
say Eat the ship Is to sink in ten MN
utes and that We all must go down with
her, would l face Il braTeIy' 40
would throw myself down on the moor
and scream and pray and tear my haIr'
why? Because the men had given up
I am kept up by the courage OF others
That Is the courage Of woman She MIST
ee supported in her pain, IN her suffer
ing, in her courage"
,,IIF
are very few men who would take such
an announcement from the captain
calmly"
Perhaps not. my friend. But II there
were room for but few in the boats, who
would stay behind and go down with the
ship? Nine out OF every ten or the
men. why2 Not because they are a.!
courageous. grant you, but because OK
the horrible conceIt that makes them our
masters. Pride and conceit constitute
what stands for courage in most men
The wild animal has no, conceit. he mas
no pride. Does the male lion 3ush oHS do
not. He sneaKs of in the high reeds and
leaves her to take care Of herself Ine
captain Of this steamer ie SO tull or pridc
the wave, II IL not courage, Mr.. fEr-
c!vaii It ia his pride In the power Eat
zat God has Biva TO his sex htse
men here--you. my friend - race me
Iause for axes and ages you have be
Weve in and depend upon the man beside
you. the men around you. Zat IS the
difference between man and woInan'
Woman believes in and depends on man
She has no faith in her own sex. 80
you see. my friend. when l say l am
brave and you say Miss CLINTON q
pluCky, Il Is all because We have mon
about us who are 70 proud and cor,
caited zat they will DIE before they VII
admit that they are not as helpless and
as weak as we are IN H., tines nhe z.s. z.ss;.-,,o,,
BY her argument. IT'S usually pride
that makes man stand up and hght
another, even when ne knows mes eure
30 be beaten. It's neither SonIEHenSe nor nor
courage. It's just plain fear or being
a coward"
"fou, VII! admit then tnht unptr- uHttI
stand the wOnoeTtuI mae ANNA! "!nCL.
struts on t"o leBs anu L-5eS -; '.ts OSI,1, 5, :,
ahina!s OF sne woI:u g" ,,.orid 20 za"IEat Sto
animal IN the whnLe D "or'o hoST-'I'.tt az
is completely sHt,sHeu WI .Sc' - -
now: Mr. PerclVdu, YOU H% inc Se|' r. " " ;
OF the so.caiieu courage VI 1'ie '''a4o u
our species: -,o,n., haven't, yona ,nto
the subject 30 deeply. ne sag: g. win 4 !
ruetuI stn,ie. lou H'""e l">''o' S''''''
VoIsIoes ot 10 ,ho," obo criad "for
an 90 doniaS no,a+oes"
e4eS, am ueH'eS poc1tSU9I patS I.,,gp,rg "ir
~ ',, Wi, '!'vt G;-stCoS ,Is 80 Vii as Won
a. a. "ot.'eu worId4't rule The world very
90; W. rge.. rrheyd WINK VS. or iig
6ntof nScn IpnSGi a5G -e,ti% ys fSrevSrn.or4
1But YOU do not Understand women,
,ny +riand TId We not bring YOU into
+ ~ trnrIGa Ar YOU not our sons. ana
,pererorl hagottcI, 10 bp kings? We may
Gean,ss our 6usba0ds, we may louthc our
Sr0thers and our fathers. We women, but
Gsar Mr psrrIyall. women will go on
Icing ruled 10 the end Of time unless
|Tev cease Dopulatlng tho world with
sons
""Tba mother OF the man is the hum
bIest subject Of the son and yet the
Troudest. The mothers 0" l,ings Of en-
T,orors OF prcsidents--do they think OF