Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-21
STORM OF PROTEST At
STATEMENT OF JUDGE
London Magistrate Raises Hurri-
CANE by Declaring Women More
Prone TO Cheat.


Seryice.)
LONDON. Sept. EFFICIENTLY the
suburban railway companies OF Lon
don have been carrying on a regular
senSers. In consequence Il GENIAL city
mag istrate. Sir john KUN, who pre-
Sides at the Mansion House, has
raised STORM OF protest by dcclar
ing that women are more prone to
cheat than men. lie based his state
inent OH the fact that the majority of
the cheating passengers brought be
fore him are women--which at least
proved that more women than men
get caught.
The nrst effect OF this bold deciara-
lion was that Sir John himself got
storm broke when Sir John reached
home. and judging from the num-
Der of letters he has received. prom
My WIFE" said Sir John. nearly
hit my head on when she heard
what | had said: feel that must
20 carefully in future. After all. we
Brush" and many possess elastic con
sciences.
There has been 4 great Increase in
brought up before me for cheating the
railway companies recently. | can
only attribute this increase to the
larger number OF women who use
II do not say that they set out
with the Intention OF cheating the
railway companies. but the ease with
which this may be done has an ire
Sir. John knill's statement is borne
GU, by the anecdotes of a leading
railway official
a passion for travelling first With n
third-class ticket and are really of
Tended II n ticket collector points
'''Fba dear l1 LADY, yykn lie IN ftt,o
ing. and Invariably finds herself in
the era ~ re, &c selasfi; has become by
The most glaring case OF cheating
/ can remember is that of n mother
and her two daughters, who shared
mother used the ticket in the day
time: one of The daughters used it
at night, and the other when 1t was
going begging"
the English public service compa-
MES. All of them are run on the
honor system, which is high trib-
g a5e ;I TO ,he general honesty OF ne
great a strain on the individual OF
weak conscience. There are 50
an my S wagdH ways vs. OF cheating that it
Mrs. Helena Normanton, NJ. A.. who
Is leading feminist and was one
or the first two women law students
~
Johns joint of view.
rs 1t true" she was asked. that
women are worse cheats than men?
Much depends upon the tests en-
p,oyed, was the reply. eff men are
cleverer cheats than women, of
course. fewer Of them would be de-
,,ected; and SO the white flower Of
wrong address. do not say this
tor but II might be true,
But even IL Sir John Knitl's STRIFE
lures are Just in narrower sense.
are they right in a wider one? Do
continuously cheat women of th heir
Just material dues?
suppose that, instead OF railway
travelling, women chose to make tho
crime OF food and drink ad,ilteration
tne test OF honesty. how would men
rare! What would any magistrate
say as TO the proportion of Offenders
OF women traders to men? Can the
seq that consistently sands the
much? And NIL this cheating cuts at
the very physical existence Of the
working classes and their defense
less children.
What. TOO. OF the laws or primo
Eeniture. whereby the daughters for
ever yield place in the Weather
families 10 the eldest son. even
though he be their Junior? Suppose
hat Henry VIII had entered into n
few more matrimonial adventures
and reared Il few more young cubs
Ike Edward VI, then good Queer
Bess would have been for ever robbed
or her chance, and England would
have missed her greatest sovereign.
What OF daughters in humber