The Nome daily nugget., 1935-02-23
Howe About:
More $40 Executives Clear Writing Men vs. Women
By ED HOWE
@, Bell Syndleate--WNU Service.

| only hlgh-priced experts to man. age the street railway; It was not believed an ordinary local man could handle so great problem. But somehow the experts could not pre- vent steady falling of in revenues, or increase in expenses. so a local man, at thirty or forty dollars week, was given trial. He turned out to be the most capable superin- tendent we had ever had. There are thousands of big institu- tions in this country in need of the services of thirty or forty-dollar week men in the management. One railroad official gets Sl65,00O a year, but In spite of his great ability, the income is steadily declining. Are some of our suffering big institu tlons being robbed by their own off clals, through the payment of out rageous salaries?
 In book copyrighted in 1926 selected list of forty men of con- siderable age and prominence wrote what is intended to be inspirational messages to the young. All of them, with two exceptions, are un- natural, not understandable, and in some cases, 'oolish. The head of great university includes this In his message: Take Gods armor; hold your ground, tighten the belt of truth about your loins wear in- tegrity as your coat of mail, and have your feet shod with the stabil- ity of the gospel of peace; above all, take faith as your shield, to en. able you to quench all the fire tipped darts flung by the evil one, put on salvation as your helmet, and take the spirit as your sword" try to be honest and decent in my judgments, but to me this is dread full stuff. It isn't beautiful, It isn't sensible; 1t has no appeal whatever no excuse for existence. Yet ask ten average Americans to write for large audience, and seven will at tempt something like it. The writer quoted is probably an excellent man. In his private capacity no doubt his opinions are sound, helpful and interesting, yet when asked to write message to mankind, he thinks 1t his duty to write nonsense. It Is another of the American ways that cause so much astonishment abroad; no really creditable foreigner, asked to write message for the young, would sign his name to such mean ingless and foolish stuff as this. Men are meaner than women, yet for the best interest of themselves and their families men try to get at the practical sense of things. Wom- en refuse to do It. One of the most surprising things I have encoun- tered in long years of reading Is the statement that there has never been woman philosopher. Why Is it that In the long list of the specially wise there Is not the name of woman? l can see no natural req son why women should not be as wise as men, since they have lived as long. and experienced as much. One explanation Is women have fought the men instead of worked with them. Women do not always win. but the general goal of their sex Is to make slaves of the men. Winning men work; winning women go In for society, amuse- ments; play cards, dance. or do showy welfare work with funds pro vided by their victims. The philosophy of every woman Is fur ther weakened by the gross flattery showered upon her when she Is fourteen to twenty-five years old. and the false impression she thus gets of herself interferes with cor rect thinking when old and neglect ed.
 Something I once heard l have carried along in my mind for years, as new. important, and inspiring hope. I cannot remember whether I read it in newspaper, book or mag azine, or heard some one say 1t; nor can I recall the name of the author. Briefly, the statement was that if man practices good behavior for it's own sake (because it is finally easier and more profit able than bad behavior, and renders his success in life more probable) such practice improves his intell
 gence; strengthens and betters his brain, as other organs of the body may be improved by exercise. Thus a well-behaved man has double advantage: 1. His good con duct pays him, in increasing his comforts; 2. He is pursuing the course in life best calculated to i'm prove his intelligence and his char acter.
 The story told during the war that a German soldier ran his bay onet through a Belgian baby, and carried it all day as trophy, was disproved. But Americans can not deny that an American stole a two-year baby, brutally beat 1t | op tE, f,,.. h. T