The Bottineau courant., 1922-02-09

three major vices. They go hand in hand. They
are allowed to run rampant in the city of Dem
ver." So men and women of Denver have organ
lied the Cooperative Law Enforcement associa-
ton
In Illinois an Illinois Vigilance association has
been organized Ito bring back dancing and substi-
tute 1t for the one-spot wggle that reigns today"
In Chicago Joseph L. Moss, chief probation off,
Ger of the Juvenile court says:
Girls are worse than boys 1t used to be axi-
omatc that the average girl is better than the
erage boy, but that's tradition In 1920 we
had 1912 boy cases in this court as against 1882
this year. During the same period we had 638
girl cases, compared to 694 in 1921. Fffty-five
per cent of the 6S4 girls before the court this year
were there because of sex delinquency None of
the 1882 boys arraigned on that charge
Thirty three per cent Of the delinquent girls were
incorrigible, against only II Der cent OF the
boys"
Reading between the lines there Is found here
an Indictment Of woman almost If not quite as
strong that of man.
Some of the visiting foreigners express them
selves rather plainly about American women For
example, Princess Antoine Bibesco wife of the
Rumanian attache at Washington and daughter of
Margot Asquith, whose saucy book about person
ages in England caused storm of criticism. and
herself the author of a still more audacious book
says:
american men are charming, but it's Just be-
cause they are 50 charming that the women aren't
SO nice. They are utterly spoiled and good for
nothing"
Prof. Albert Einstein, whose theory of REL
ativity" made him famous, made some observa-
tions about US Of America. he said:
women dominate the entire life Of America.
The men interest themselves in nothing except
work. They think of nothing except work-and
to an extent have never seen before. As for
the rest Of the men, they are nothing but the lit
tie playdogs of the women, who spend their money
I'M reckless manner and veil themselves In a mist
OF extravaganza. They do everything for the wom-
en- that Is in vogue the whim Of the passing
moment"
So; In view of these indictments, various ac-
tivities Of women take on an added interest and
are being widely discussed OF course the women
who are doing things and discussing things
stand by their SEX Lady Astor, the first woman
to be elected to the British parliament, has this
to say, In part:
lis there such person as the New Woman?
Or are women much the same as ever, in spite OF
apparent changes In their position?
The war has given tremendous push to the
reaction from Victorian social ideals which had
already begun. and the quickened pace has been
dsconcerting. The early and mid-victorian girl
was brought up in as complete ignorance as pos
sible of the fundamental facts OF life and Of mar
Hage while the dark side of the picture the social
evil, was kept closely hid from her. ~. -. -
During the last twenty or thirty years girls hare
escaped from these narrow walls. 49,.
when women first began to realize the existence
OF some Of the worst social evils It made some
OF them embttered against men, In way which
was comprehensive, but, nevertheless urIeason-
able and anti-sociaI. The moral problem is no
doubt one Of the causes which have put women