The evening world. Newspaper, May 19, 1911, Page 21

‘‘Them Was heLLo Aa ovcn We eten sorte NERIWNERE — You HI os T NST oF JACK Townson 7 wer He Gave IT To me AND V WANT pny OPINION. come On = }| The Time | Busted You 'N THE EYE AND CALLED ME AM ILUBRED O10 Thine. Sune) sume! WIT THE SPONGE SOAWED IN Topasco| ot no wel & | RACKED You oP iM = if ) Te EAR & THROWED You Dov @ RuBAed , ( TTY GOOD , WASNT GLAD To SEE The {}| SAvcE — HA! Aa: Remember 7 ° BusT OF fe bie IT'S Kitt 0 SOFT, ANT IT BiAck ByoTeR- RA! \ Twere's Teac me) At WAL THAT WAS 7 ag: | ams Bust At: Ha \/o#vlda waily Magazine, the Happy Days!” Friday. ‘Copyright, 1011, by The Press Publishing Oo, (The New Tork World). eee — Ha’ HA, A YOU LOST CONTROL CF YouRSELF AY HA! THaT Remmns Me OF )I % | “VY cour iret On YouR HECK — HAHA’ Recoue i i 1 AWats CARRIED SOME Cow ITCH WITH - Halwa’ Thera was THe apr 7 \¢ SNA aT THEN vara 2 WH Aur— now | PLEASE Cont! SMASH AT! AYHAS Wave some Feeung: 4 “SI Ce nnn nn enn AAA AAnAAAAARAAAAAAR PPP ODD PAOD The American Woman. What Are Her Aims, Her Characteristics, Her Fature? To What Js She Drifting? No. 2—“ She's Not Independent Enough,’’ Says Cynthia Westover Alden. $é W- are too much absorbed in Kving a life of pleasure, It is a mania with a danger,” says Kate Douglas Wiggin, concerning the American woman. Thia te the latest of many thousand slaps at the woman who Hives on the western side of the Atlantic. Few of the criticisme agree. Representative women have given The Evening World their tdecs on the query: “WHAT IS THE REAL AMERICAN WOMAN?" hersel?, epeak for herself, act for h Bho is still playing the old Game of ‘Follow My Leader.’ What she needs chiefly to vigorous and or! “Ts. Ameridan woman {s not independent enough. She will not think for Mra. Cynthia Westover Alden, the well known philanthropist, President and founder of the Internationa! Sun- shine Society, makes this contribution to the study of the Am by the American woman, don't want to minimize the won. | help I have recelved from certain ends," she observed yester- ‘but I have found that whea I want to get anything done, any real work, T can reach the children more vloan woman ;\ quickly t thefr mothers.” { “Then you do not consider the 7) American woman generous?" asked ‘ Marquerite Mooers Marshall “She is spasmodically, hysterically generous, but #he 48 without the MRS. CW.ALDEN, grace of self-sacrifice," replied Mrs. Alden. “American women are too fond of pleasure, using pleasure tn tho correctest, Widest sense of self-gratification. They go to cRarit, oalls und attend puilan-| thropié dinners, and feel that they ere generous and high minded to a degree.) Yet, really they are only satisfying their matural instinots—the wearing of fine| @lothes, the consumption of cost!y, delicious food, the gratification of the senses. “When we workers have to go and eat three hours In order to secure attention | for those whom we are trying to aid, something ts wrong with the spirtt of Amerian womanhood. GETPPHEN T have noticed that the Aimerican woman ts tmpattent of continuous, | T exacting labor. And she ds essentially fugitive and undependabdle. | “She drops her work in a heap and flutters on to some new) SA) ald. That ts why her dencvolence is 40 unsympathetic and unsatisfactory 4} “With this trait of nervous indolence ahe combines a cowardice that 1a partly wysterical, partly worldly. ‘U have had women here in my office to whom TI have told the tragic and { pathetic facts of my crusade in behalf of the biind babies. I have seen them| { weep and moan and wring their honds. Such women usually went away! ' breathing all sorts of promises, and then 4!4 thelr best to forget what they'd | eard by rushing into the nearest matinee. “They were not selfish eo much as afraid—afraid to admit the existence of pain and terror, even in an effort to remedy tt, “Our women are also affilcted with another sort of cowantice, @n unwilling- ese to wet off the cleared tratL ‘They are too dependent upon their conception @f what ‘s popular, E remember once addressing a five minute appeal to a large meeting of women's elubs, tweniy different ones being represented in tiie audience of five Qundred. I asked for #100, a contribution of 20 cents per person, to carry a little blind baby from that clty to our New Jersey home, 1 did not get anything Ike! | Gat amount; but the speaker who followed me asked for contributions for an abject which would be reported in every newspaper, and he secured $9 at once. “American women are too apt to judge by the surface of things, and they are too anzious to receive applause. They say ‘Such and such a fund teems to be making a hit, I must be known as one of the contributors.’ Or élse they ace a fashionable woman's name on the board of directors and they rush forward'to be associated with her. They will not take the time end trouble for the patient investicction necessary to discover real worth “They are narrow in their judgnient, shallow in their conclusions. errs prejudiced,” added Mrs, Alden. “They get an idea fixed tn their heads! and they will not @top to reason about ft. Nothing can convince them { thet they are wrong, and they pride themselves on being unchangeable and steadfast, when they are only ignorant and stubborn, “Please don't think,” she broke off, earnestly, “that J eam saying any of these things in a spirit of bitterness or uncharitablenoss, Only I do pelleye them to be true, and I think the women should learn to see themselves ag others cee Wen. “The thing at the bottom of tt all ts a lack of individual independence. The American woman must learn to etand on her own feet. She must not be a parasite, depending upon somedody else for her support and even for her opinions. “She must not look to @ man to Go her share in the worla's hard work. She maust do tt for herself. 8 a mother, the American woman is the best in the world, “Only I wish @he would teaoh her daughter more independence of thought and action. “Our ideal future women must be as strong, as selveg and weaker ones, as their husbands and brothe mal Justice Deports ‘‘Harem’’ \Vearer. TUSTICE OTIS of Brule, Ned. has! utes to get out of town. If you are shown that he will not allow the harem skirt or anything approach- 5 it. Mise Bess Luneburge of Ogailaia Mies Laneburge got out of Brule at a was the first to inour the judicial dis- | pace chat shattered the speed ontinanc: pleasure of Justice Otis. Geekcing to fly in the face of fate, two. Mise Luneburge motored Gown tn her| deye later Miss Freddie Randolph, a li cor, Wearing the first harem ever seen| pretty Brule girl, in the evening got ble to tate ca’ of them- “J TKD atl narrow people, they are inclined to be opinionated and| | pon the etroeta here, She halted her/ out tn the street in front of Judge Otls's maehine In front of a department store, | residence, wearing a pair of paw aloonn jumped out, and ine “harem” of bright! belonging to her broth: ‘vlue etarted for a litle promenade Jus- took judicial notice, ce Ous was firet person she met. girl to his porch, held coyrt, fin! outed: ‘I't give you just Sve min- sae? © aie Handy Andy evrerwrer By Gene Carr WoT DE Ye “Three 4 OUT HERE FER, ME HEALTH oO ye) e . 1, ied we Urs | Notes That Crossed in the Mail | By Alma Woodward 40k, AMAL, by The Krom M'ubiishing Ge. (The New York World). | From Me, A, Sellem Lot (of tye wa'ot your congenial prerence aa | Yo THe OTHER ENO the Fiurrab Land Company) convincing fow ot reui entate eurthe- ovyrlatt, 1911 oy The Press Pu ag ishing Co. (The New York World). HAND ME THAT Son. I'LL SHOW You How OF THE LoT yt | oa | to Mr. Josiah jones (Plain| 1 expected to find « transplanted Gere | Citizen.) | den of Eden two stepe from a magnite | oJ | eent concrete and platesgiass station, } having beard definitely from you venerable trees that cast @ biack, eoel in regard to the lots we were shade, and picturesque homes on vel- ve on Wednesday Inst T have. vety lawned terraces. erved (iam tn your name, The titles! ‘That's what I expected. THIS ls what Row awalt your signature 1 found: you remember, they were Now, 61, I alighted from the train when the M' JOSIAT JONDS Dear Sir; Not! wide, floral dotted roads, bordered by and 6, on {asta avenue, the | conductor called Hyacinth Villa and was 3 ots on our property. T real. | left, @ solftary visitor, on an element 5 igo (hat no man of your tntetitgence eaten boardwalk, two and a halt feet ; and business foresight could turn down | wide, with an infirm shack composed A geden opportontty of this eort, eo 1) mainly @f barrel staves and remnants have definitely jatd them aside, even, of potato encks at the end of it Without your having seen them After @earching diligently { unearthed ny, as you know, leada all | & man who ted me to a she under ® suburba in chotce location | which reposed tho sorriest and most land advanced physical development. No | evidently ribbed nag I've ev had the other new property haa the spactous | Misfortune to ere. boulevards, fing sradings, &e., to offer) He tled—I use the word atyis the prospective home builder. this equine apology te a proh'stor Nowhere ti the suburbs can you find | Cestor of “the one-hoss s)ay," and we miperh land, near adequate transporta. | set antl for Anastasia avenue ton, at the absurdly low figure at| At first etght tt reminded me of the which we offer 4t. Many of the eub-| least populated portion of the Sihara, stantial fortunes of ¢he day were made | suddenty Krown with kempt In realestate, it ism thing for the brown vegetat O- ) | man who has the nerve to step in when the slender shadow of { prices aro low, and watt hie time! & lonesome tei h pole, T scoured ‘As you have experienced, no Aoubt,| the horizon for lots 62, i and *M, on j lOpportunity has @ habit of knocking | Anastasia avenue. I found them! | but once, and if the door fe not epened | On 602 was a yellowed real egtate j | she goes on her way, never to return. | pamphlet, mlories of "a | Here ts your opportunity. Grasp tt! real home;" on 608 was the crownlers | } | | } Kindly mati me your inatructions and | brim of what once was a derby, be- oMixe, Youre truly. longing, no doubt, to eome pertshed ex- A. SPLLEM LOT. | plorer, and on 6 Iay the dejected re- one-tiine | | good thing I had my hip | From Mr. Josiah Jones to Mp. | pocket preserver with me, otherwise I would have succumbed, Allow me to | | A, Sellem Lot. inform you that I wouldn't give a 14 N. A. BELLEM LOT—Dear @tr: | plueged laundry ticket for the whole of | M Helng an old theatrieal man and | Hyacinth Vila, &, And aleo allow me } knowing the full value of atage|to hand tt to you for being the most / settings, I determined to take @ trip| fervent fable finger ¢hat ever fiums! down to the property on which you ex-| Munehausen bad nothing on you! Very pended so lavishly Mr. Dantel Web-| truly yeure, JOSIAH JONES. Siaring monstroumy Oc ® “1 SOOO ®) ! ; By Wells Hastings ess And Brian Hooker it Ocseare POOTTTDOVOO GLLHVGOIOSOHNEGOVEGAECOOS || (Coppright, 1011, by Bobte-Merridi Company) mage," and I drew her to {t, halfjdoor behind me, Lady was atill altting | ‘There's nothing In there that'e of; She was heavier than I had thought:;Miss Tebor, “You are to help Mr. tel —— | tor sing her down into it. She eat very | Where 1 tha t her, but as I came o” Leald q y. “I should say|not bevond my etrength, but more than | Crosby carry her down to the cas.” | DING INSTALMENTS. still, mechanically obedient, while I) across the room she got up. ve would be to seut for an 1 could walk with safely dows @oss| The man stared at the woman on the looked ‘around me What are you going to dot whe at sd y stairs. |floor, “Hurt? he cried. “Mr. Cresby ' ar It was a atrange little room to find; Aske. “I'm sure T can help in eome Lady Til eal! the chauffeur,” 1 eatd. “He said she was ill.” He glanced about j 7 About her manne vga hye urinals. In this decaying ten On tho wil! Way. You were gone a long time, but ewe must n help carry her ” he Uitte room, ey the 4 war, Stamfont, lie raves Meacort ber | Of the eingie window that gave upon) I salted.” ‘ f tuke her away, Can't wel "Yes, but I'd rather he @@n% ee violence thet had passed, and shrank } " Cros e eR, " what rely that the street blossomed an uneven row of Til ehow you in @ moment,” T said ak er a4 Bie 4 a t F A Fs ra fn j@tarin, 14 it he hme of MMi | gr One pat had to tie We talked in whispers aa if in’ the pres © ee 4 Aownstatra enatly| "Ile eq her anyhow when we) sw that? He pointed at Micetto oper floor and tay shatteres ence of death; and yet I was almost wire ¢ ‘sald I, surprised, “but some sit het Gowns end, wo ont. 60 [dart tists “Mate ene ce to ome | Ee roa cere wha le nf its broken plant pite fiat the woman was alive, Ne ~ Holy wight to be arrested for 4 Ving for her here, Where aha |’ That," T enewered lightly, “te none { Tarrant from" be {1 saw the mirror softly cloud. be Her hustand, I suppose Wasn't there a bed tn that roomm | Pf, Zour business, Guppose you take } parely answers shag Croaby sre her lips Lad ' fe ts t @ agked T - id ‘3 ; arin from "ihe “tt t 4. "She's alive." 1 4 gy. Shelia ip off your coat; eho wilt be all! pond," he Ri rvs Ma Pg I ] i ’ Are some & would ha when he came minute. |_ “Nonsense, man; the woman | ed prints ¢ ss , 4 Ke coat and spread She fell and hurt her head, nents of Sunday 4 0 q 1" Lady breathed. ya tie hoards, taking Shetia’s hand At any rate, } ar, [04 11, "What ape we to do ‘nt the figure before us| in her lop av T laid her down Upon It; | where she cam be cared. for, | mn | nOW phe sais He used 1 ratved the Little window and looked | 1 What do nk we had better do? : reet. ‘The ear stood ee Uent ‘Bot to leave the sor ] 4 there ar there’ | snare that fell away loc ‘forehead was blak a CHAPTER IX. How We Escaped. | ing down upon her) eve with the stark briliian i wroun ted and wenactese a tail, about fifty; Irish by the look of rather ther, and eariier good 6 woman up in my arma. | | The fellow shook his head. i |," he repeated sulleniy, The ere hae been murder done. I'll have j Rothing to do with {t" | ed Maetf from| Mies Tabor broke in: “Thomas, mart ‘What, oir?’ heard what Mr. Crosby ead, You are to |n nm thie instant.” | 4 tie threshold ned, and the dark s beneath the woma err Vincent’s jAdvice to Lovers |ji ee .Rm sotietaiee | 4, all ite little deta is nt he crosed the aide for this hour of the | ech, Ghe was & | light ane | jared in the hall door throats anleep in the street ands Gena | thin woman of! ‘To the right of the door by whitch y woman lying abov ve potion new Al po Pity an Jay Wan another ¢ There Is Ko “Lobe Charm. T wouldn't blame her husband too and I go now." fe RiP | cuuetie, aba tena cha a ANY of the young people who write to me for advice 1 ae T tumed from the 1 do nothing of the kind," I ree broad | ‘This was ¢ th ask mo how they may win the affection of sume i m. Tt held on ome pa Ae person I ing only here and t t and an fron They seem to taink 1 know some mien eal aaaeie ly started. “What makes you think | fiver, The large bi rage ; . i open, and the face was deathly white, | 8 one rende Ie 1, but did not answer, at with a flys Bi She had n away from the door | “L know no tnfaluile ne pe for winn a t yo s in my garage, J h her eg pressed closely against | ' tis an} + |and all sorts of strange folks coming ft, as though sie had been trying to 1 ha to be y It etart. “What?! 1| and wolng at the house, and calls at all when the blow came, ¢ y any chance aiso a| M and Lord knows what you thins she ts dead?” Lady * ve et sno decent place, I'm the & eee ye eS : Ox let : ' n , For the love of Gc MGR TD . y a a * that “Of course not," I answered, but 1 ga ; on 49 . } s very h efratd, 1 knelt 40M | go. then let iim fa 1 @/0 afraid T cannot te! any way to win him from he ne in the | round had startled us all, and it beside her s'ened to her heart. |), I glanced b 4 @ sure | YOU tn the frat place he would not learn a tor you ‘ r was whom T had | was rep betwixt a groan f I wag not eure, but It @eemed to Me |that the door was The man ont you make unwomanly efor ivert his attention to ywureelt. |eoen at ihe ton an who had| and @ growl I glanced toward the that {t beat faintly; @#o faintly that | bed muttered t! y, ehifting his bow —_— - | threatened her fathe man to whom door of the {anor room, 14 it mfght have been only the drumm#ing | ton: and something thudded \ipor ; |hor—her twmbend nad given money. of my own pulses in my ears, four, and roed to my feet, It wan a| After the Theatre, A Sensible Ida, T met the chauffeur tn the hall, guff- , | “Can you find @ mirror?’ I esked| ¢ fivon, rather more thick at | ing and evidently dinguated the room, but I was before him. I : from th Lady then caine beck to me with unoompre- | sta ending What for? T aprang quickly to my f lay overturned on the bare f the floor. ar the win there, floor, one end than at the other; and as I| GIRL who etgna her letter “PD MAN wh ced vaguely about the room, |turned it over in tay hands, It left a Low writes signe his letter “H. 2. A very low quarter, wir. 1 wag afredd | turned the key in the door, and placed r my life below; and thie ts @ dtrty,| my back against it. From within the ' if al Somewheere I had eren euch an, w & young man escorts a “r h employed tn an office bad.«meliing ‘ouse, alr,”’ growls came with greater frequency, { “No, I can't eee any. | instrament before, but T could not at the | girl home from the theatre is it proper @!! day and sometimes I ca & young "Well," Tsatt, “there ta woman who |The chauffeur stood before me, shak- 5 he eald duily | moment recall where; and I dropped | tyr e trom the theatre is ik proper tudy in the evening. Would it be proper te alck’ tn} : ‘Tabor ‘has | ing with the anger of terror, } A chair} the thing into my pocket not without | tay to him on the doorstep > ask her to go for a walk once in @| come to take h y ecar. You, “Very well,” I eaia, “you go down \ te boards! some feeling of disgust me 39% Hl while aro to help ) y her down.'* \to your car and etart the engine I a 3 pines tt up, setting 1 r hung over the wash-| Th® Young lady should do neither Tt be wenetile and very Ife eniifed do'efuliy, and I opened the| will carry the woman down without took down, and | She should simply thank the young ¢ ark young lady to take @ oor, closing it quigkly behind him. — | you. i " eet, “while 1 ad ‘od sees itt the room, civalng the | man for bie ewcor, and go indvors, jy occasionally, | “Odin, Oarucel depp burt,” said, {te Bod Sentnpet Hi