Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-23
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Because Woman Is Mother Of the
Race She Must Open Her Ears to
Vicious Facts So That She
May Combat Them
BY SARAH ID. LOwRlE

m
nr.r - NJ"
a ohhal deal mas been said of late about
women serving on Juries. The papers
nave given space to many yerdicts on the
ainary proceedings OF their courts to excuse
women from serving.
Inns excusing takes the form Of an
from some court official that tho women
would rather be excused on the ground OF
business elsewhere. or ruthless turning
down Of women in making up the panel by
one or other of the opposing lawyers or an
''opinion" from the bench that women on a
jury make the trial Illegal
The judges who excuse the women by an :
nouncing that no decent women will care to
remain where she will be Obliged TO hear the
indecent and foul testimony about to be
given in the case called for trial no doubt
feel that in so doing they are maintaining
the spotless purity of good womcn-a purity
that is not supposed TO be aware of the ex-
istence of some forms of abnormal crime
or 10 be more than vapupIv covnizant az tho
implications involved in technical names and
phrases. or to have more than a conventional
knowledge Of the commoner forms Of vice
And they are correct in supposing that
most protected women are ignorant Of the
common terms for varieties of vice are un-
aware of the details of the business involved
in pandering to it. and arc only vaguely
conscious Of the abnormalities. physical or
vice. And never from choice would a woman
of this sort add to her knowledge on this
subject except for one thing-to safeguard
the coming race.
II ~ not chance that has made women
mothers. All their instincts really focus
there. Which fact makes the following
story of peculiar significance.
,r,IIERr ,.os I..., .-,-. ..-.
- ~ HaS s,i. my IN. M htaroy county 4
- Juuse VINO leit u sudden shame and loath-
ing tnat group OF women VINO were present
';sie ~ f a. sent on general
WoI,.1 ". y, SitNehsniP y! tnS league OF
;,caI,.aa o'ei', snouLu heur tne testlmony
tbat ,nnrnina's so.s; Ina' "as scheouieo lor
'"T. ~ 'noL s HIns session.
oeit ne USED sucn technicai language to de-
accused that severa, of tbe woman pat ,'rosonf ma
Ala ,ot s.I ,n"I SSN-tai Vi tue women present
croun Of chiIIror hro,aht .s y, anu seeing
of staying. believing tbnt e criIdrsn pUnre ,Uars
invoIved i ,yas tbni J,,tr - stn,,d u "'lI lI
sec iustice done '' Uu'' ~ ''"Hu W 'nu
The children voro axornirod :, ror,,,o,o
no one could fail TO understand. and vet
words hardly describe The sbSar borrnr 'oSS S
their testimony. The women had n sort 90
double main OF commemorative cer,oi,, nno,,l
mites for the first time and of Iearning !,
from the lips Of ruined little children
What further added tn tb1, bidno,,s I'm,
preston of the hour was that tho comrt was
fuU of a IoU. and warrant crn,,d of ;Ji 80 80
and boys. who were there for tho nmrnnsn
of finding amusement or at Ieast low,
& lor ia warning the good women out of the
,Lo ;,Ia ,s xau p'eh at no pains 10 warn
Tba cb;IJro,' W , t,teN anu anu s"uSnS 70 DC gone.
yenorataIy but i;,,oa nv orousnt IN
strries nnd bod .hoir 49, w one aholBer ;
tho Isst Jo,aT ,.;.h III Ie"'Di t 'tS urasBtu ior
cmrioI,S and I,,f,I iH M al ; aooul tileth faces.
ali thew had to saw ''''"' 'n c"'"'hs
II H. mt 70 bo .o,,Io,oI -. .i... ..
L. ~, n ,n,,,J ;.;.: a. that present
,bat tbay covid Iaa,.n t.a.ion .i rom the Judge
Vent n,,T ~ fb. ,'a',r.u w "piheu observers
sbor, tLo ,,an;o," ~ I'm tnahhiui 10 cut
ropaet !. 'e"'' anu utsirous never 10
AND tbcp ,boro =, - -. ..
a ."en 'nere cal'c-,o one ol Them at
-; ie"sI-'hat hlght thls natural revul-
,o,,,. .. -
,,o, ~ 80 ing a. l"Hne cnIluTrh were mere ~
"a nv' d" Pia't from "hlch women should
W TaniSntI or rven excused;
,,..'s = ~ suiH ~ uerSsli w nose business
!, Iier very goodness and loathing of the
t!nS nf n'adH nsr llhaglnation proof, Nothing
pi lnc 'NH lhcr" couid harm her, and her
ErtnS t"'rf put me whoie miserable business
H.' - >hah'''hi piacr SO that all men Ot
InI IdI, m"'Ii, from Tue Judge 10 thG surly door
nv F,i ,ii muIcu .Ic Sin pi II ana IN" waste
anu .hi VI !. I'LL the! 'Ou!H hardly
=" "h VIII tnclf parts
49,, :" nun l"r women on J"rl"> under the
"'oS' Trying oi cohdltiohs'
THE judges who would prt them ont of
| rhe court as holm, foo n,r,, o,,d ,,.o,,
Imna Ia ~ taCI nnc W en!' tHerr would doubtless
iiii 70, Cont FL Ouo @ y, '"c no>pit"S ana
,i,, ioioa n'e !rnrs ago "n"n they went
,nJ dogrn,Iod p p victims OF wee
I " ia; ,"ol'S' i'". no one email
'"Tit uutS :" nurSe tn"N' Sick To-Day.
=. ~ d',ttl i''"dv WIN "nNn n nave Somethlng
T,I, ~ w., 'nr qursLiohS lnht "'r" asked those
J.. y. oourI huEe 10 OG. asked OF chi'-
frI V. W Jmri. NiotiIIs !iF any 1aE' Inc nurses
,Tbo' a. m,, M'a st himu 'niHSSNe races.