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The New York herald., 1922-01-15
Girls Are Excellent Athletes
And Even Play Rugby Football

Women brought up In pioneer countries
are always self-reliant. Our girls go in for
athletics to wide extent. They have even
taken up Rugby football, but / am not so
sure that that will prove a success. But
we have fine women tennis players, golfers
and hockey players. You know we live
much In the open in New Zealand and are
fond Of all sports. We have no steam heat
in our houses. And, incidentally, we have
the lowest death rate of any country in the
world.
Horse racing we are particularly fond
of and our race meetings go on the year
around. Also we have our handbooks, just
as you have in America. only we simply call
them bookmakers. since any one who lays
bets away from the tracks is called a book
maker with us. This system is against
our laws, but the bool<makers thrive in New
Zealand just as the handbook men seem to
thrive in America.
Prohibition?
"Oh! my, yes. should say we do have II.
BY that mean we have with us the prohibi-
ton question. We are not dry yet, but the
question is receiving a great deal of atten-
ton. Just now we have the fight between
the reformers and the liquor interests. but
the big business men are beginning to grow
interested.
80 far the opponents of liquor have been
so extreme in their attitude that they have
falle0 TO win over the neutralS. NOT so
long ago Canadian prohibitionist came 30
New Zealand to speak quite crowd at
tended his first meeting. but he made fatal
mistake He started out by criticzing our
returned soldiers for drinking. He cited the
case of young soldier he claimed to have
seen in a deplorable state of drunkenness
He drew so lurid picture OF this young
man that people i'm the audience arose and
demanded that he name the man and pro-
ItfQQ he do
they walked out.
Nov, the New Zealanders are not drunk
ards 7 can say honestly that they are a
temperate people. They are too fond Of out
door sports and spend too much time over
them to permit of much drinking.
The New York herald., 1922-01-15
New Zealand Women
Modestly Advanced

who dwell in houses in small communities
Then there is the craving for knowledge
which Is so noticeable among your American
women, a wonderful and proper craving.
THE New Zealand woman is healthy
normal woman who, living In a country
which is still growing up. has a great deal
to occupy her. AS / say, we have had the
vote for thirty years and for long time
women have been elected to various boards.
including school boards, hospitals boards and
so forth. One woman was elected Mayor of
a small town. Three women ran for Paria-
ment at the last elections two years ago
but none was elected. Our Parliament is
elected every three years and probably there
will be more feminine candidates next TING.
$50 far II has been unnecessary for women
to resort to solidarity to gain their ends.
That may, and probably will come later as
the country grows industrially OF course
we have a few militants, but they have
little or no following. They are the short
haired, hatchet welding kind. known in New
Zealand as 'Wowzers.' might add that
'Wowzer' is not necessarily a rampant
female. A 'Wowzer is one who, as you
would say in America, is agin everything
We call our ultra Puritans 'Wowzers'. In
short, 'Wowzer with us is one whose main
ambition seems to be to take the joy out of
life.
"Industrally the women are beginning
to make strides in New Zealand They be-
long to unions and are now working for
equal wages. Many women took the places
Of men in various offices during the war
and, as in America and England, there was n
struggle for those places after the boys re-
turned. But that is getting adjusted
"One thing that operates to keep women
cut of industry in New Zealand is the lack
of servants. Do not forget that we are still
pioneers. Women in New Zealand have to
do great many things that the average
woman does not have to do in the older
countries. As / said, servants are scarce
and apartment houses are few. Most of the
women busily engaged in household
matters that there is call for them to
turn to outside work.
1.-THE women who have been going about
militaptly preaching feminism have not
made much impression on the general run OF
New Zealand women. Thus it was that we
found it hard to understand the suffrage
movement in England and America. Over
here some of the finest women I>have ever
met are ardent and active feminists. They
are women of refinement and culture the
highest types of the sex, who have stepped
out into the maelstrom of political activity
because they had good reason to do so.
when the occasion arises our women
will undoubtedly meet it, but so far there
has been no necessity for us to organize. So
far our women are taking their places in the
professional and business world by easy
stages. We have our women physicians and
lawyers our women bank clerks and stenog
raphers. The women are getting away from
the town pump, to use one of our expires
sions, and are offering no apologies
The New York herald., 1922-01-15

that the public hears anything about our
activities. Out of the one hundred and
eighty cases which we handled last year, re-
ports of only three appeared in the news
papers
"The case of Jurgen' was called to my
attention by a newspaper paragrapher who
suggested that Cabell was getting away
with murder. Selected portions of the book
were read to Grand Jury of twenty three
men, who agreed that ii was not fit for cir
culation. Friends of Cabel from all over
the United States and England protested the
suppression of the book. But most of them
were writer's who admitted that they had
not read the book and were merely protesting
on principle"
We asked Mr. Sumner if he thought there
were twenty-three Grand Jurymen in the
United States who could understand "Jur-
gen." He thought there were Also, he said
that he thought it a perfectly fair test
of the book to judge ii on selected pas
sages.
why" asked Mr.. Summer, should the
novelist be privileged to put before the public
in book form what he would be arrested for
uttering on the street? AS for the plea of
realism, I have only to say that there are
some parts of life we don't want to depict"
Clinton T. Brainard, president of Harper
& Brothers, publishers. believes that morality
is largely a matter of geography, that the
Latin mind and the Anglo-Saxon mind each
has its own code of morals and ethics.
Case of Madeleine
Determined by Books Motive
I'VE have no unexpurgated editions Of De
Maupassant in this country" said Mr..
Brainard, nor of Flaubert, nor of any one
OF dozen Continental writer's. Yet
these writer's are not revolving TO the
French, the Spanish the Italians. 1t is
simply that they have a different attitude
toward life than we have here in America"
"A few years ago Harper's was prosecuted
through the efforts of the New York Society
for the Suppression of Vice for the publi-
cation of Madeleine reputed to be the
diary of New York girl.
"Harper's publishes three or four books
a day" explained Mr. Brainard. Naturally
l do not read them all. AS a matter of fact,
was at Verdun when Madeleine was pub
lished. was in the South recuperating from
an illness when the papers were served on
me in the case. The volume was brought
cut as an 'uplift' book 1t was the true
story Of a girl who had gone wrong and
II was calculated to point out the pitfalls
The New York herald., 1922-01-15
The Law of Taste Still
Governs Cultivated People


There is and there is not If we mean
oxVt prescription there is not. II we mean
that there is general territory which has
always been and is still recognized by the
high average of cultivated people as ground
that should not be trodden there is law You
accept the judgment OF these persons in
the matter of sex-a Judgment which is not
without its debt to the general public and
which, as we have seen. is founded upon
rature-and you are within the law You
refuse to accept 1t and you are without the
law The dividing line is not always distinct
and II sometimes shifts but in the main Il
Is quite visible and fairly constant.
This Is, 10 be sure. not entirely satisfac-
iory to those who will have everything in
absolute black and whites but Il is the best
we have been able to do. II is what we do
in other matters in which we recognize a
sovernorship of taste: in manners for ex-
ample, or In apparel
"Of course you may rebel. You may de-
clare that where so much is uncertain all
is uncertain and that your own opinion for
the moment is as valid as the opinion OF
cultivated men and women for all time since
Adam. You may deny the compe-
tence OF time and criticism in all other
matters regarding taste as we'll as this and
continue to assert that whatever is true
whatever Is sincere, that is whatever a
novelist feels like writing, is decent. Nobody
can prevent you. But II sounds great deal
az " one should also say that whatever anv
human being feels like doing is decent"
1t was our natural impulse 10 put the mat
Ter before the censor and. curiously enough.
IN response 70 a certain circulation man
ager, we obeyed the impulse. Say what you
win In the long run the censor should know
more about the line of 1ecency than almost
any other individual. lie is always on the
LOOKOUT Tor II. He has to define IL daily
Occasionally he has to draw a new line e.
fit particular case
John s. sumner chief executive of tho
New York Society for the Suppression of
Vice holds down the chair so long occupied
by The late Anthony Comstock Mr.. sum
The New York herald., 1922-01-15

in weight
clinton
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-16

moving backwards. One required
railroads having tracks along
moving streams to keep the chan
mel of such streams clean. Tween
,ty-eight states specified headlight
requirements without regard for
uniformity and fourteen states
have totally dissimilar safety APP
pliance regulations. One bill was
offered requiring the railroads to
see=that the minimum moving dis
lance for the average freight car
should be fifty miles a day, al
though the average for the entire
country is only about twenty-six
miles, and a fine of $40 per car
per hour was imposed for failure
to make the average. One state
actually enacted a law requiring
that when two trains using double
tracks met at a road crossing they
must both stop and that neither
should proceed until the other had
passed. Recently the state COM
mission Of Oklahoma decided that
a man may eat in a railroad depot
dining room If above his waist he
be clad in nothing more than his
undershirt,'' Mr.. Lewis said.
He concluded his address with
an appeal that a protest be made
against such legislation in the In
terest OF fair play and good gov;
eminent. ---T-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-16
Sidelights
SA5AsEENBABET5FlfFN w. EbslR
RASH

The temerity OF state legisla-
ture was forcibly disclosed in the
address@of@O. S. Lewis of BaIti-
snore.freight traffic manager of
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, at
the annual dinner of the Fair
mont Chamber of Commerce last
evening. w pray to be deliver
ed from that worry OF legislation
thatSmakes for needless expense
to the&carrier merely to favor a
particular class" Mr.. Lewis de.
cIared. There are min ety-nine
agencies in the United States that
are trying to regulate the rail-
roads Last the legislatures
OF forty-two states introduced 572
bills dealing with the ~transporta-
ton which 161 became laws"
hee pointed out.
aAmong these 572 measures
wasSone to require the railroads
TO fence@the entire right of way.
One Prohibited smoking on trains.
One prohibited the S of paint
spraying machines. Another pro
hibited advertising for men dur
Ing threatened or actual strikes,
One prohibited locomotives from
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-16
RUFF STUFF

-
For a. nou-politica1 affair, there
were quite a few celebrated candr
dates at the G. of c. party last
night.
Three willing-to-be senators, and
one congressional aspirant were
there.
They were divided three to one
in favor of the Republican party
Guess that's a pretty good indi-
cation of the returns next fall.
HershH Ogden was over from
Wheeling. "Bedticks-Politics" Ed
wards dropped in from Huntington,
J, ID. Parrdott hoped over from
sMoundsviIle, and Major Nicely
came down from Watson avenue
They al1Smade right smart good
after the strain OF a3Nbis
dinner, and coming unprepared for
the glorious welcome they all got:
Bedticks-Politics,5 says when he
was young he wanted TO go fo3HuntF
Ington-now he wants to go to
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-16

dot the names VIII be proud
stoSyote,when sreaIcontestgcom insthe fall
Ga.adfdatess for party
carefully studied during #the#nextSsi weeks-%TThe
congressman orNthe senator sent out to Washing
ton from West Virginia hold the@de
Gliding vote ON questions of most vital importance,
or his influence may turn the balance either bene-
sfcia1ly or disastrousiy on issues Eyitally Affecting
the general welfare OF the pubiic.SEvery congress-
Nman and senator sent QUITO represent West VIZ
ginial must therefore stand four square for the
best. Particular attention must be givens#to the
attitude OF the candidates upon the light wine anu
beer question. Candidates must not be permitted
to dodge coming into the clear with their conyic-
lions upon this matter. The instant the LIQUOR in
terests feel that there is one smallest chance to
force the issue into Congress it is going to come
up. Every representative elected this fall will be
besieged by powerful influence to reverse the de-
cision Of tn American people upon the question Of
intoxicants.
Watch the local candidate also. The home fires
must not be neglected. The time is past that any
individual at all who has nothing else to do may
aspire to Office and be elected Marion County
needs alert, progressive mn in her county Offices
Right now she needs men with the right kind OF
business sense. This county is on the very Of
magnificent commercial development. Men must
be kept in office who are in sympathy with the
forging ahead spirit. The public is tumbling over
its leadership these days. In preponderant in
stances leadership is a stumbling block, a check,
instead of clearing the way for its following. and
keeping a full measure ahead.
BY all means let the women voters express them
selves in the primaries. The QUESTIONABLE issued
by Mrs. Ruhl presents this in section IS: is it Of
great Importance for you and me to vote in the
primaries? A primary is of Just this Importance.
it determines the kind of man who will represent
you in office. If you don't care what kind Of a
man represents you, wou will stay away from the
primary. If you do care you will let nothing pre-
vent you from registering and voting in the
primary"
Just so. There is little to add to that, excepting
that assurance be made doubly sure that the kind
o;-je~ ,,o,rE h rim r Y i
the kind of a man whom you desire to represent
you.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-16
4 WOMEN IN THE PRIMARY

A1HE#WE T#vIRGINIAN carries today some in
Aformation regarding primary elections that
the voters ought to read with care. This
information which has been prepared in question
and answer for, was compiled by Mrs. John Rum
aof#Glarksburg, president of the state League OF
women Voters; and is being sent out for the in
formation of the women, although it is more than
Iikely.that male voters will also find it enlghten-
ing.
practically the whole primary law is revealed in
This simple QUESTIONABLE, and voters should clip it
from.the paper and file it for future consultation
AZ NECESSARY.
elections are to be held the first of August, and
tpat@this$ is the first time in the history Of West
#Yirginiaethat women have been permitted a voice
in8theS election of their party candidates for office.
thu privilege and the duty of the women
togssee#fhat they are properly registered and to
turn out for the primaries and place upon the bal
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-16

Here and There
BY Y II. EAST.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, June 10.
A. j. Manning, one of the Repub-
lican members of the House at the
last Legislature, is out for renomi-
nation and reelection, according to
a letter received by the editor OF
this column. He is a resident of
Saxon. Each Legislature has its n
usual characters and the last one
was no exception. Mr.. Manning
was conspicuous by his peculiari-
ties. Nevertheless, he closely guard
ed the interests of Raleigh County.
On more than one occasion. how
eve he was a victim of conspfr-
acy, his Republican colleagues TAX
ing advantage of him becausesof his
deafness. Among the things he
stood for was the adjustment OF
the state police and of the public
service commission. He introduced
a bill advocating the former.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-16
FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 1s, 1922,
GREAT YEAR FOR IN NORMAL.

summer course is attracting by far
- 1.-The largest number of students this year, that
has eYer@been% enrolled for a similar course in the
of stheBschool. The response for this train
&ing8has@been astonishing to those in charge. Up
stoathe8present the enrol1mentis over four hundred,
8and the entireHnumber will range close to four
hundred and fifty before registration7is over, it is
thought, for new students are arriving daily.
TheEenrollment as it stands for this sunl-ner term
gof@nine weeks exceeds by more than one hundred
that OF anysprevious registration, verifying the gen
@gera15trend%of all educational institutions toward
enormous increase in those seeking admission for
additional education to that of tue high schools
and elementary grades
M#TheEcourse offered at the Normal is a splendid
one and the teachers who are entering there for
addftiona1#training will be amply repaid for the
sninesweeks they will spend under the instruction of
ofsthe#men and women who will give the course
THE model school which will be featured during
methods,8and greatly assist her i'll developing the
bestsand$th he newest in modern training and instruc-
sttonsof4th pupils.
@Fafrmont Normal School is an institution that
every citizen should look upon with pride. Includ-
8gigtry#atsthe Normal during the past year has e3-
Sceeded@1 10 students This will be astonishing to
numbers of local persons who do not closely fol-
#low#the&extent and standing OF the local educa-
stionaI$feId Before the buildings of the Normal
be complete there will be a demand for their
senIargement,it is almost assured. The beautiful
Buildings on@the hill top are not only an inspira-
tionMto# look at, but they, together with others of
similar import, represent the hope of West
Virginia so far as the training and education of
hersyouth is concerned.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-16
PERFORMANCE or THE
RED DANGER FORBIDDEN

NANCY, France, June 1e.-The
mayor of Nancy has forbidden the
performance of The Red Dancer"
a play dramatizing the career Of
sMata-Harf, the Partisan actress who
was executed during the war for
her espionage activities. The mayor
feared the performance would cause
disorders tomorrow and Sunday
during the visit here of Marshal
Fochf who is to4take partein a&pa-
triotic celebration.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-16
STRIKE SETTLED

MEXICO CITY, June 1s.-Dis.
patches from Merida. Yucatan,
say the strike there has been ami
.cably settled and that the men are
returning to work. The basis Of
agreement is not stated.
In Vera Cruz the situation shows
no improvement, the city remain
ing without transportation with
the hotels and restaurants closed
and all the port activities paralyz-
ed.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-16

loves a game fighter, therefore the
world as represented by the sports lovers of
America is rejointng at the good news now sent
snutafrom Saranac Lake, N. y, in regard to the
Improvement of Christy Mathewson, who has been
lighting tuberculosis there for three long years
sMathewson has put up a rem arkable fight for life.
is now announced as up and around and
gaming strength rapidly"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-16

Nedgar E. Merhie of Charleston
has announced as a candidate for
the Republican nomination for
House of Delegates from Kanawhs
County. He will receive tire sup
port of the foreign element here.
He is the West Virginia representa-
tfv of Pathe News and a manufac-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-16

Captain NJ. R. Lowther of Park
ersburg has filed certificate OF his
announcement for the State Senate
from the third district On the Re-
publican ticket. His opponent fol
the nomination is Harvey Marsh,
business man of Parkersburg.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-16

The country can never rea1l,
make much claim to progress SO
long as automobile races are per-
mitted.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-16

Democratic friends of Robert L.
Ramsey, an attorney of Wellsburg,
are urging him to get into the race
for congress in the first district.
Mr.. Ramsey served two terms as
prosecuting attorney of Brooke.
County in spite of the Republican
majority there.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-16
END OF A BIG YEAR.

ID for the Chamber of Commerce
IN dinner tonight at the Presbyterian Church
have been coming in in gratifying numbers. The
annual report of the work of the Organization will
be made and it is a report SO full of accomplish
ment during the year past, that the. value of haV-
ing an active, body of this kind will indehbly i'm
press itself upon the business men who Will be
present to hear it,. The Chamber of Commerce IS
the power that clears the path for a city's growth
beyond the city's immediate vicinity. It is to the
Chamber of Commerce that inquiry comes inces-
poets. To get capital Interested ITO get the city's
products into larger markets. to put the own on
he map, to fight for her preference among out
siders, that is the man sized job of the Chamber
OF Commerce. It can be summd inTone expressive
Americanism, Boost
The meeting tonight will be an interesting one
attended by . number of ,Baltimore"& Ohio repre-
sentatives. and freight experts Cooperation be-
tween the shippers and the railroad people will be
the t bought uppernno st at the meeting The Cham
her of Commerce in its prolonged endesT3r to
secure reduction of freight rates has as good as
closed an agreement which will reduce rates save
to the city of Fairmont, alone, the sum Of $4,000
yearly. The saving to the Monongahela Valley will
amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars upon
shipping commodities exclusive of coal
every business man in the city should belong TO
an organization that means so much to the indus
trial fe of Fairmont. 1t is not fair that any ousl-
ness man should sit back and benefit by the work
OF the%Chamber of Commerce and not lend his
personal interest and assistance. The organization
is an every mans organization. it builds FOR the
good Of all and it should have the active support OF
all. More than one city has been made hancially,
socially, fraterna1ly, industrial!y- by tile efforts
of its Chamber of Commerce.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-16

A baseball game between the Philippi Kiwanians
and the salem Kiwanians broke up in a fuss yes
terday. Since these games are arranged to
cement good Fellowship between the towns, it ap-
pears that the real object has been lost IN this
instance of childish temper. Kfwanis baseball is
not Observation-Disclosures nor is it the strenuous
spirit of college contests, it is sound, solid, mature
business men at play, and thee games should never
be anything else but play conducted in royal good
spirit.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-16

Now that former Congressman
Nicely has eliminated himself from
the congressional possibilities in the
first district, there is much specula-
ton as to who the Democratic as.
pirant will be. Some OF those men
toned are Judge C. w. Ewing OF
Wheeling, a veteran Democratic
war horse, former United States
Marshal C. e. Smith OF Fairmont.
and Robert l.. Ramsey of Wells.
burg.