The evening world. Newspaper, May 4, 1912, Page 8

ty ‘Te Che Rater of The Evening World: RSTABLIGHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. Praiine Daily Except Suptay by the ot Frese Fudiieniog Company, Nos, 68 te) settee SHAR Trees 3 IRE, Penton, ry sag te LITEM, Jr secretary, Gubeccipton hates te Office at New ¥. iter. World for the United end Canede. Row. Ma “ae For ind an Continent and All Cournries Or the International Postal Union. SCOUT FOR A CLEAN CITY. JHE Women’s Municipal League is going to work for « clesner, ] city by beginning at the root of the matter. Kighteen hun- dred members have pledged themselves to speak to mea, women and children who are seen scattering nowspapers and other | litter about sidewalks, street cars and other places, and ask them not to do so. | The League has had agents investigating public streets and con-| veyances, and they report everywhere a most unsanitary state of things. An official protest sent to Police Commissioner Waldo and: to the Board of Magistrates states that “cars, sidewalke and etation platforms show signs of a lack of cleanliness.” The League hits the mark, however, when 11 declares: “Vor th:s our own citizens are largely responsible. Litter of all kinds is care-) legsly thrown into the streets by men and women. Peanut shells, chewing-gum wrappers, handbills, all are cast off by the man or woman into the street.” The only real cure for untidiness is to tackle the man who is! untidy. Lots of careless people who throw away their newepapers would carry them to a refuse receptacle if they thought about it or iad a word of reminder. A wave of talk and feeling on this subject, | aided and enforced by the police, would work wonders with the streots | and parks of the city. This is precively the time of the yout for it. | Those cighteon hundred women of the Municipal League oan do ex:| cellent service with a well placed word here and there. The World recently suggested another strong ally. Why not throw the valiant army of Boy Scouts into the campaign for city cleanliness? That the Scouis could have a most wholesome effect | upon the boy world generally, which contributes no small part of| the litter, is obvious. They could also be shining examples and re | minders to their elders. Not that they need go about making them- | selves officious toward older people. But suppose each Boy Scout | were to wear a conspicuous button, with the legend “Don’t Be a! Musser!” “Keep the Town Tidy!” or something of the sort, which he | could push politely and silently to the front on occasion. In thou- sands of cases the result would be a smile, a thought, and perhaps a new habit. | ————<¢ 2 —_____ WHAT'S THE LIMIT? ND 20 the coal trouble is not reully setiled at all! Tho! miners want more than a ten per cent. increase in wages, full recognition of the union and ‘an eight-hour day. In short, they are willing to “compromise” provided they yield nothing. The country faces a possibility that the 175,000 miners who have been idle since April 1 may strike now in grim earnest. In Chicago the public is deprived of its newspapers while the Pressmen’s Union tries to convince the newspaper proprictors that the newspaper officos are going to be run by the unions or not at all. The locomotive engineers are already in the ring with a series of demands which the Conference Committee of Railroad Managers | is considering. The railway firemen on some fifty railroads east of | Chicago and north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers demand more wages and assistants, to the tune of some $15,000,000 per year. Meanwhile the public looks on and marvels. ‘The astonishing | thing is that most of these troubles are occurring in highly aid) industries, where wages and intelligence are supposed to be of the best. What does it mean? Are ihe unions taking more and more leaves out of the book of those very monopolistic methods from which the country has begged to be delivered? Is a more and more strenuous and reckless game to be looked for from their side of the table? And who is going to furnish the stakes and make good the losses? * The public wonders. 9 8 foremost rabble-rouser of two centur is not bad from} a lawmaker in action on the Moor of the House, Puzzle:! Whom aia she mean? ~2¢~e- GOLDEN THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. The female woman is one of the greatest inatitooshune Of which this land can boste, —Artemus Ward. Another Version. tate in that section and the educational advantages? In there aay opportunity | there for man or we struc. © the ehil Tt {9 not more than two or three years ABo that the poem “The Old Fogey” hag reference to was republished. ‘Thinking it to be a very sensible one myoelf, I cominitted it to memory. It * pesds as fotiows: Tonce had money and a friend In whom | placed great store; Tileaned my money to my friend, And took his word therefor. iu the pub- soiools) of fatyl, aaitst| 0 of fatrly well-to-do famille: What te the nature of the soll part all there modern improvements? Ie the climate varied or continually warm? Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. RB. Wants Outdoor Work, ‘To the Editor of The Evealug World, t my money of my friend, Tam @ young America x* nn mar: “i naught but yes 1 om and with a family, It is ne mart lest my money and my fr me (0 seek @ posi r . For sue him 3 would not: Position that wil! keep| me out of doors in order to of @ Rervous malady. Wil some ox- perienced reader kindly advise me if it would we 40 wo into the fruit hat is, from ho: be cured are the outside of New York or Information readers can mubject Wi be gre “dia “Gate” tor the | Brooklyn? An w hat season, sive me on thi J. A.B. leppreciated and may interest many ot! NEWTON B. The “Treating Problem,” have | Te the Bulitor of The Krening World: for a bi ‘ply to “A ‘Treating Problem” Pg tan I wish to render the tole South | }0Wine eokution to same: ‘The difference Of $10 is accounted for by the fact that) there 9 8 ase of $ per round on| rounde ($20) and an intrease of wg Co. Covyrtahi, 1912, by The Wreee, Ful 66] DON'T see why women cannot ] make a- success of everything they undertake,” eaid Mrs. Jar. “I'm sure the Suffragette parade test Year was a great success and to-day's parade will be even a greater one.” “The order is perfect," ventured Mrs. Dinekton, “the discipline remarkebdle, the women, rising in thetr might and demanding olvic equality, will march | with military precision!" “We are united and with but one pur- pose; equal rights!” said Mrs, Mud> ridqe-Smith. By these fragments of conversation on the all-absorbing topic of the day It may be surmised that the ladies inter- cated in Suffrage and the great Suffrage parade had gathered in Mrs, Jarr's par- lor to discuss the event. re that no cartoons ked Mrs. Rangi women who get in the Iime-light and > give thelr orders.—THEIR order: Dinkston. ree peated Mrs. “You know, after all, I am not going to work to-day, and so I'l be in the pares, ‘The pros- | “What's eletaialet a four.” WHILE her mie MOWER MARCHING oily pective customer I Being to show some real estate to in an anti-suftragettc ‘and she doem': wam to mise the par- ade.” “Why ao, if she's an anti-suftragette’ asked several of the ladies. “Gre wants to stand along the line of mareh and hiss," explained Mre. Dinks- ton, “But I didnt dare tell Mr. Dinkston this because he'd be afraid the antl-suffragette would be offended at my marching and woukin't buy the IT am trying to sell her.” “What do you care for that?” asked n'¢ @ @reat principle at Domestic By Alma en = Coprright, 1912, vy The Prem Vulllshing Co, (The New York World), The Evening Woffd Daily Wi giklas. Sstueds AND WHEN MOTHER IS THROUGH MARCHING WHY f NOT Mrs. Jarr’s Eagle Eye Will Review the Suffragist Parade. Watch Her! 0000000000000000099 ataket* “I should say there was. My bus- band expects the commission on the sale will be at least Méty dollars and he has already decided what he's! buy with the money. Poor dear! Suppose I should | loae the sale?" “What do you care? The money ‘would do you no goed," said Mrs. Mud- | ridge-Smith. “He woukk only get it aus.” “It would break his heart, when he has been depending on (t to go Atientic Cly for a r sighed Mrs, Dinkston. “Well, Ud to see enyeelf give MY Dialogues. Woodward, can take nowadays. Of course I can't be @ stenographer, because 1 don't know & blessed thing about a typewriter; and 1 can't be @ bookkeeper, because figures alwaye muddie me up terribly. But 1 thought maybe 1 could be a buyer {ot something in @ department store. I know that lots of ‘em get four and five thou- and art Mr. J. (angnily)—-Have you taken lea of your senses, Mavel? Mrs. J. @outing)—Well, why couldn't Ibe a buyer? I'm nice looking end I've Sot @ good gure and I know lots about clothes and—— Qr. J. (coldiy)}—Do you think yeu can jfall into @ §5,000 Job on that collateral? Most of those buys have been in the business from infancy. Most of them were cash girls originally, 1 Bo wey Share eT: dey and Mn. Jay. fine dinner, Mr, J. (lighting @ clgar)—Fire away, | alr, J. (brfefy)—No; but then ft never bad Just to worry them, whether it worrled. But I've been thinking, and struggle against in the singe world! about time for them to help thelr hus: | always tried to make you see the lye | |with @ spending streak in me! I'll ne Mr. J. (concealing @ broad arin)—Way {searched the “Want” columns of all the difference between ” eight hours} m: and the other has to worry twenty-/@o and get unreasonable, Ge Madame Karne a Living. HS. J. (softly)—Did you enjoy your dinner, George? Mr. J.-Yes, dear; it was & Mrs. J. (eighing)—I'm glad, because I want to talk to you sertously about something, my dear, Mrs. J. (with elight hesitation)—Busle ness (an't very good, 1s It, George? ‘s, Mrs. J. (sweetly)—8o many wives com. plain that their husbands say dusiness r not; and they aay they dan’t pay at{ention to them any more when Usey begin to grumble and say. they're {I've come to the conclusion that (t's jabout tine far wives to wake up and} jrealize what thelr (Mr. eal Sind Ty AS npr ala uy shal Cause oaks | Mra, J. (going on)—And I think it's hands—inancially, 1 mean—as much as ‘they can. Me. J. (gantly)—Well, you know I've of econamy, Mab | Maw. J. (with fine scorn)—Oh, econon That's not what 1 mean. 1 was bor jhave any aoney by BAVING it, have it only by MAKING it, @ouldy't 1 make 4? Ino!, indeed? | Mis J. (seriously)—l've given this a lot of thought, George, and ['y the papers every day and—- Mr, J. (explosively)—Wihat! 3. (aoothingly)—Nor n't you ‘There od positions that women are ote of g 1 OTOP eee Cnt Mre. J, (dleappointed)—Really, Geo Mr. J.—Of course, But if you're really #0 anxious to help me, dear— | Mrs. J. (eagerly)—W Mr. J.~You can come down to the husbands have to omce two or three nights next week and} ‘I think it's p jhelp me go over the spring reports. \Phey're tedious things. (Mra, J. ie silent, Me, thee | tase 6" purted fa es haads ood th apely shoulders are heaving, Mr J. (frightened)—Why, Mabel, wha Me matter? What's the matter, dear? Mrs, J. (sobbing vtolently)—You're only |too anxlous to have me go to work. You ended you were shocked in the , L know! (at sea)—Why, jdo thin Jurt bee 8 to help me | (aareastioall isn't itt |You're all alike. Yor all alave drive jera, J ady to have your wives work jt | to the bone for you! 1 might have known you COULDN'T be different from the rest! All yight! Wil! work for you! I'll lose my he my looks and become a ni and perhaps have to end my days inj some sanatorium working for you! I'm letting you husband the money I made!” eaid Mrs. ‘Mudrédge-Gaith, ‘That'e why you are in the parasitic clase,” said Mre. Dinkston. “Tou will never understand the joys of self-sacti: fice! I thought you weren't going to ‘parade, by the way." | my husband eneered at the “Well, {dea of the Suffragette demonstration lest night, and just for that I made up my mind to march," replied Mrs. Mud- tdge-Srmith. “Oh, 1 am 90 glad!” cried Mis. Dinks- ton, ‘No husband should ve penmitted | to coerce « wife! Of course, in my case, | Mt te different. My husband wents me to be @ euffragetie. The Cause en- larges the field of endeavor for women, Mr. Dinksten sags, and if I Jerr. “The tone Of negation,” replied Mrs. “Doesn't it sound are “Everything that man Dinskton says sounds gtend!" snapped Mrs. Jar:, “But if he were MY husband I'd take him by the ears and beat his head against the ‘wall til he wem to work and supported ime."* my husband!" orled Mrs, Dinskton. is a New Man.” ‘He'd feel like one #f I had anything to do with him,” retorted Mre. Jarr. “Well, it’s time to take our place in the parade,” said Mrs. Mudridge-Smith, “Mrs, Jarr is going down town with me in my automobile.” “And I muat hurry off to attend to a Htot of things for Mir, Dinskton!” said the philosopher of negation's ride, “See you in the rarade. And she bustled ou "Bhe won't #ee eaid Mrs. Ran- Ble. “Do you mean to tell me {f women ‘ike Uthat are Guffragettes that I would |be one?” ‘He “ectly silly, too!” ine “While 'it is true that some faghionadle women twill panticipate I notice they oaly march {with thelr own eet or else dn charge of a irl (oller’s section, so they can dignity labor, Well, I am glad the Cause ts {doing away ‘nith anobbishness. Is your jmaid going to march tn the housework- er’a division?” | “ves, wadd Mrs, Jarr, “and that's why |! wouldn't march tn the old parade for anything.” “And how n a lot of women wil! be when they see us sneering at them from my automobile!" calrruped Mrs. | Mudvidge-Saath, | BURA He KEEPING IN CONDITION. “Do you take any regular exer auked the doctor, “Yes, of course I do. I walk from imy automobile to the elevator every jmorning and from the elevator to my rmi— Mr. J. (dashing from the room) —— tee et lle we on sutomobile every evening.’ —Pit:sourgh Poa, Sayings of . MRS. SOLOMON. Being the Confessions of the Seven Hendredth Wife Lcanplated By Helen Rowland Compete, S088, by The Frm Pubtidting Os, (The New Work Wye, LA, my Daughters! The Day of Days is at hend, when the lion and the lamb, the bride and the | ROMLAND bachelor girl, the star and the chorus lady, th 9 | queen of the home end the slave of the typewriter shalt don their giad rage ani fare forth orying: “LOOK at us! Are we nut ALMOST human? Then why longer deny we the VOTE!” But, I charge ye, whatsoever ye do, think not to satisfy the eyes of | men; neither to escape their ridicule and their ha-ha's! \ _ For 10; if thou appearest in commonsense shoes and a fedora hat; if thou goest corsetiess and uncurled, they will greet thee with taunte end | contumety, crying: | “Bah! What a terrible thing is Suffrage that it should thus transforrs |@ woman into a CARTOON!” “Down with the ‘Cause’ which turneth a RIB into a freak!” | But if thou appearest arrayed in feathers and frills and French heels jand open-work and ALL thy hair, then will they mock thee, saying: | “Ha, ha! Look at little Cutie, that thinketh it can vote! “Look at little Curly-girly, that fancieth it hath intelligence “See little Paint-and-powder, that yearneth for the pretty ballot!” | If thou stridest boldly and with chin uplifted they will ory: “Uneexed creature!" “Horrible exampl “SEE what her folly hath brought her to!” But if thou trippest daintily, with smiles and Ulushes, then will they exclaim: “Alas, alas, how shall such a frail and delicate little creature think to endure the horrors of politics and the terrors of the POLLS? Nay, tet ws be MEN and protect her therefrom!” And thus will they ensnare ye, coming and going! But, I charge ye, be not dismayed, nor seek to answer them; but suffer them to babbie on. For a woman ia utterly without REASON. But a man hath FIFTY reasons for whatsoever he desireth, and 1+ ‘wo of them are consistent, one with the other. Yea, a woman is utterly without logic. | But a man's logic worketh both ways, like unto a ferryboat. | And WHAT shall a poor girl do to please them? Selah! The Week’s Wash. By Martin Green. Copyright, 1012, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York World). | ger puter must | boneheads fine bunch of er in Massachu- setts,” remarked the heal po!l- the Republican party, had adopted « primary law which would make possible a ballot sufficiently deadly to invalidate fomer, “when about | 11,000 votes, Mass meetings would have. 11,000 voters, who! been held in Cooper Union and Carnegic have passed the|IHall and resolutions would have been acid test of ability! ‘What ts his phitosophy?"’ asked Mrs, | “I'd Mike to ee you lay @ hand on| to read, invall- dated their bal- lots by voting for nine Delegates-at- “I'd rather lose eye,” the laundry man, “than {m- Pugn the intelli- ®ence ef the free and untrammelled electorate of our grand and glorious Union. But, at the risk of going blind, I an free to state that you don't have to go (0 Massachusetts to find voters whose beans will produce ringing sounds | when struck by a hammer. The per- of osseous formation under the f the voters is pretty and ampaign or election prove: However, the perspicacity ef thu clec- not the main issue !n the Mas- | setts primary. . The old Codfish \8 was one of the pioneers in ballot reform. Staid and stead: chusetts | the conserv-tive road at times and runs {clear through the fence. ““Massachusetts has long had what they called @ simplified ballot, and well- meaning reformers have tried to get that my right maid ballot tntroduced in New York. The bal- jot carries no emblems. ery candidate must be voted for individually, This makes {t necessary for voters to be able to reud, although I suppose the bosses have some Way of getting around that with sample ballot rehearsals. “The form of ballot is the result of a} lot of earnest and provably honest high brow thought. When the Massachusetts Legislature passed the Presidential Preferential law it was specified that the regular ballot form should be adopted. Thereupon the persons in au- thority proceeded to frame a primary allot of such complicated nature that it invalidated the votes of about 11,00 citizens. And to vote at the Massa- chusetts primary it was not necessary {for one to be enrolled. “Here is the point. Supposing the Legislature of this State, dominated by Charles ¥. Murphy and Boss Barnes of a tied cata Jest uigiit? NN an slarm clock that wak and To got rid of chat, an Severing Old Ties. Ww and split some si ‘Well, air, ” V Sine a eat ar et as Cig ‘ ea He |b our, We, J te ‘iting ‘~ the" eawioty wii hs aee i" woul. they “Fouer | lokam, TLLAN, was gent ont by Mis mother to the | ¥ adopied calling on tie Btate to care for Murphy and Barnes tn Sing Sing for the rest of their Hves, Murph Barne- are bosses and everything does ts wrong. And everything those who ar continually denouncing the bosses do 1+ right. Nobody, apparently, is respon- aible for the sachusetts mix-up. An: there you are {Tee Wisdom at pat! “—D” you get the declaration of that eminent progressive, f mer Governor Stokes of N Jorsey, nated a: hat “No man should be nomi-+ dency concerning whose election there the candidate for the Prest- 1 @ reasonable doubt?” asked the head polisher. “We are indebted to Mr, Stokes for a Great truth,” declared the laundry man, “We e been waiting for years end definite information as to the proper way to nominate candidates for the Presidency. “Do not nominate a man whose élec- tion Is not certain, Of course this ap. piles to both parties. Who is to de- termine the certainty ts a minor detail, With both parties putting up candidates that cannot be Beaten we must, mat- urally, eleot two Presidents, Ber depth and profundity the dictum of Mr, Stokes stands in a clase all by ite lonesome.” aaid the head polisher, “that 900 men have announced their intention of marching In the suffragettes’ parade.” “Well,” replied the laundry man, “the average male will do almost anything to keep peace in the family,” » i | That Helped a Little. tase dat em, fhe gated hae hone. Ne N ‘mother,"* replied wo taalog, "Tek ttc ae Ty alte to that street and sever old ties.”"—Lippincott's Mi ! sing upon the jorches of Mi Leister, Krai Hobinaun, Sheldon, et al~ ‘wtose fate are in Suxteposition to that’ of M i rt | Not His, TALL. | nervous-looking ont erties are “Anything tarned a aees today”? the man at the desk, + has anything been he repeated in a louder ining Lily eyes, hy couldn't you say sot" he shout. turaed tn here to. vole, man @t the desk, | wienont I've lost oa. was no reply, Ive Jot an wmabeetla* nr tend tat “Well, why was tamed inte S*Y °An't g0u tell me