The evening world. Newspaper, March 27, 1913, Page 22

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eS {iS FRE CAPLAN BNE HEW USE FR SIL El Lack of Home Training ‘More Responsible Than Low ‘Wages, Says Rev. McGean. GIRLS NEED STRENGTH. If Moral Principles Are Ov K. it Makes No Difference if She Earns $6 or $60. Mooere Marehall. there is not the olightest con- Between low wages and a low ef morality for women, end tat even the implication of such @ egmmection te an insult to ah womea- ueed—here you have the answer of the Rev. Vincent de Paul MoGean to the ‘we have been hearing se often, teat @ woman's self-respect stands or ot i f Hi & E ily HT ult t “A WALL WY THEPARK OR ALONG THE DRIVE “I Do Not Blame the Men,’’ Writes “‘G. L.,’’ Who Asks, ‘‘Why Should a Man Take a Girl at a Valuation Higher Than She Sets on Herself?’’ THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, MAROH 27, 1913.' THE GIRL WHO WORKS AND WIN A $6-a- Yeek Girl Shows No Sympathy For Former Comrades Who Have Fallen Covyright, 1913, by The Prem Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) $100—IN PRIZES FOR LETTERS BY REAL WORKING GIRLS—$100 - Cash fi in: this series. 1 i Five other prizes of $10 each. iu i £ 2 2 i E fi iH i £ # re I 72 i kt Lie ls i & HE teks HS ilitn y! a this potat of view te still ts j }eaid for and against it. te Become immoral?” I asked, KIDNAPPING BELONGS TO FiC- TION, HE SAYS. er MoGean shook his head, and half smiled. ‘That sort of thing 5B to fiction,” he replied. “It be- Jonge to the days when any great lord might go out riding and, if he saw a girl who took his fancy, point her out to his henchmen and bid them fetoh her to him, “To-day the great point in win- © girl for immoral purposes ® saloon or public place we knew immediately to what class ehe belonged. But now every cafe has its ‘ladies’ parlor’ and ‘Indies’ entrance,’ and the girl of to-day aught form when sho is home board and when not acoompanied by father or mother. Aside from the liquor which dulls her moral sense, ® young girl's delicate Sengibilities will be eparsened by what 8 in eafe parlors “Do you believe that many girls are Rever to touch net forcibly Eidmapped, but le gently along, one step Qfter the other, until she has Feached the ultimate goa) without aay compulsion. “In many case of course, the girl 4 The Kind You Have Always Bought. respectfully call the attention Castoria to Meo that the wrapper bears a 4s removed the same pignatare 9 | peace t , fa me Parents who have used fastoria for | Bhall protect when w ee need BO ware to call the atten’ of tho lucing into their families are who are now en; ounger of mosa properly be termed counterfeits, for medicinal preparations not Its, bud for children’s medicines, It therefore devolves he prutiniss clonsly what she gives her child, Adults can do the ch:lld has to rely on bears the signatere of ‘ prizes amounting to $100 will be given for the most help- ful letters from REAL WORKING“GIRLS on the subject dealt with ‘The money will be divided as follows: Two prizes of $25 each. ‘The seven letters which, in Nixola Greeley-Smith’s judgment, are best and most helpful will receive these awards. tells of insults offered her while she was in the pursuit of work, and still she says only the women who formerly had w% been employed by them.” held by a certain number of women and fe much encouraged dy a certain class of men, let us see what there is to be Tt eeeme to me to be apparent at once that if we agree that men take ‘Women only at the valuation which poverty or weakness or love of luxury upon themselves, we convict men of having no morals momen impose upon them. This ts obviously not true, that men are only as moral as they have @ragged or kidnapped, and then forced | overconfiding rather than consciously TS the caxtion segligl to the blic announcement of Castoria that ranaey ‘qy bas under supervision of Chas, H. Fletcher for | at gaged in ‘ap and selling all sorts of substitutes, or what | Ad! | ' |S BY NIXOLA GREELEY-SMITB. Today we have the opinions of a young woman who earns $6 a week on the suggestion of the Illinois Vice Commission that the low wages paid to girls are responsible for recruiting the army of vice, The members of this commission hold that $10 or $12 @ week is the least sum upon’ 4 which @ young woman can support herself, and they view the $5 or $6 girl as hovering perpetually on the brink of a precipice. This sug: gestion is repudiated by the New York girl who earns $6 weekly. Her letter shows, in fact, an amazing lack of sympathy for former com- rades who have fallen by the way- aide. the burden of her obilosophy. should a man take a girl at any val- uation higher than that ehe sete upon hereelf?” “I do not blame the men” ts) “Why The writer of this communication “I do not blame these men, Evidently this young woman thinks to be, I don't agree with her. Granting that contact with unscrupulous wom may tend to make men unscrupulous, bad, She trusts the man ahe loves to her own undoing, and then he or others attempt to persuade her that there ts no going back. This is the time for the social workers to intervene with @ gen- tle appeal to her better nature, such @ girl can be convinced ¢ reclamation 1s possible # willing to attempt it. “The girl wh for what to grow up with \eals. To her, fine clothes, rich fo0d and plenty of allowe: false rich women wearing she tries to make her 76-cent head- ear an imitation of it, and whes 19 Pity TIMES — there etill remains the reproach to them ‘mot that they lack morals, but that they fall utterly in discrimination. Here we read of an instance wherein a man dem- onstrated his monstrous stupidity by ae- suming, @s some other men do, that what | some few weak, silly specimens of wom- anhood are all women may be and so measured his conduct upon the principle of French justice by judging all women guilty till they proved themselves inno- — AS BENEFICIAL AS WINE DINNERS IW RESTUARAN TS” "Gh? cent. THREE LAME GI geese ti to de lame. It 4# more or less natural for the male of any species to be a perpetual Barkis. The woman of the world does not waste time in reproaching men with this trait. She resents only the perpetual willing- ness they assume in others. There are} few women a stupid that they do not} pure alr know upon first meeting a man whether | i his interest, ao they resent naturally the complacent fatulty which leads certain | women find them e difference between & 6004 woman and an evil one is mainly men to feel that charming or that NIFY ALL GE ARE LAME. It would be just as intelligent to fter having met three lame it 18 the nature of all geese @ matter of opportunity. PREFERS TO LIVE HONESTLY ON ndards, And the time to prepare he: against temptation ja in h Just he a 0 Little against counterfeits and | girlx should learn such rightness mere | purity of thought at cines, | Knee that their moth jvation or temp- ower over them, tation w The f tenderer, Therefore should p y ood, j@ naturally finer, n the masculine, he moral training of boys unrelentingly from thetr ‘or, in the last analy- is the Inward principle of virtue, | and not any outward influence, which determines the rise or tell of woman or . Sb tab al on the women. | ‘Whatever the past experience of he owes it to to take for Here 1s an account of one of them: $6 A WEEK, Well, #o it seems, and It certainly is very hard to make $6 go far enough to cover all expenses, ‘That ts all Learn. Out of it I pay a week for room and board, Sixty cents goes to pay my cartare, which leaves me $140 to dress on, Of course, 1 am fortunate enough to know how to make my own clothes, which is @ thing, I think, every girl ought to know how to do, Itecently } made myself @ dress by saving $1 ch week for three week: had $3; the material co 0 cents. I cut out of cardboard lit tle round pieces in the shape of but- tons, covered them with scraps of the material left over, That was all the necessary trimming required to e the dress attractive, though p Girla who earn barely enough to exist ought to make them: little inexpensive dresses the wa: do, They should know how to sew and that would help But I have found that the &lrln of to-day, Instead of themnelves to the task of learning how to make a dress, preter running out of an evening, and generally spend their time flirting. You can hardly blaine the men. It fe not their fault that women hold thelr honor #o Ughtly. Why does not the working girl en- Joy the beauties of nature? A walk ne & drive in Atty Melal than a wine Still, tt Kirl to be taken out by @ Man—not because he consi her cultured, refined and inteDigent, but beoaune {s nature's female, and in exehange for empty amusements she eacrifices her ‘womanly dignity. What a pity! I am twenty-three years old and have not looked for positions in New York city without receiving Verique propositions trem huslpess E DON’T 6G. Foursonh rac FRANK J, GOULD SALS ceccreresoee’| FOR HIS DEAR FRANCE | TO RAISE ARTICHOKES New York “Bores Him Stiff,” He Says, So He'll Become a Farmer. to be a Frenchman, taking vith him his new nd her three smartly unt- formed and feaving bebind this cryptic reply to thore who asked if It were true he would be an expatriate: “My reatdence has been changed long ago, but my domicile has not.” ‘The Goulds stood by tb repel reporters on the deck of La France of the French line looking wery much Ike my, Yor the former Mdith Kelly, who is now Mre, Gould, and her three sisters— Hetty, Mabel and Mathilde, who te only ten—were dressed exactly alike, and car- ried thelr diminutive chine at an exact military angle. A green ribbon fluttered in Mr, Goukt's lapel—the ornament of the French Order bf Chevalier Merit D’Agricole, meaning “Knight of the Plough.” “And I'm a ballly good farmer too,” he boasted. “At Matson Lafitte, my home in France, we raise the most fa- mous and most delicate artichokes in the world. I want to get back to the farm. “There's positively nothing to do in Now York, The city oi 1 atiff. There im't any offering of pleasure and there isn't any chance to get ito busi- ness. The Government controls every- thing, #0 there isn't any large amount of money in circulation.” “Are you going to come back to Amer- ica again?” he was asked. “I hardly think 60," he replied. An immense swimming pool that hi been constructed in the gardens * | Maison Lafitte is calling the Kelly back to France. It 1a to be the moat of palms will fringe it and over will be @ roof of glaes, men. But I do not blame them. 1 blame the girls previously employed by these men. Last autumn I looked for a position —ofMice work. The owner of the place, ® man somewhere around the age of forty, was rather pleasant look- ing, He engaged me for the week to follow, and I felt happy to have ob- tained work. As I was about to leave the place he took hold of my arm. At my look of alarm he ex- claimed: “Well, you know, if you are so particular it 1s of no use for you to come and work for me. All the girls I have previously employed have always been willing to do whatever I say.” 1 would much rather have my $% earned by honest work, even if I must do without pleasures,and beau- tiful clothes. A plain little dress 1s Good enough, and knowing that I am allowed to live in this beautiful world, to breathe cach mormng the tre: {a happiness enough for m tance; if he should force his atten- tions and become insulting advise him that she is a young lady and as such should be treated accordingly. If he should take no heed and be- come #0 annoying that it becomes unbearable 1or her to continue her work I would advise her to demand her salary; if she has done her work properly and saved as much of her earnings as ble, she need not worry about another opening: are & great many concerns in New York City who want bright young women who are willing to work hard. A girl should remember that she elf-respect; not. A working girl can only attain success by conscientious wor an self-respect. . AP. ——_~.___ FATAL TEXTILE RIOT CASE IN JURY’S HANDS. Out After Midnight to Decide Fate of Boccini, Accused as Leader in Little Falls Battle. HPRKIMER, N. Y., March %.—The case of Filippo Boccini, charged with rioting durt the textile etrike at Little Falls, last October, was given to the jury shortly after 6 o'clock last evening. As nothing had been heard from them at midnight, the Presiding Judge went home. There was a great crowd in the court room at that time, The was turned over to the jur- @ day of oratory. Mr. Mo for the defense, jnsistei that the entire proseoution & “frame up.” Litde Falls, he asserted, was in control of the manufacturing interests of the city and at their behest this trouble was u, ADVICE ON RETAINING ONE’S SELF-RESPECT. Dear Madam: I have been a sten- ographer for the last six years, and am not surprised to read that girls find employers insolent. One of my duties ts to interview men daily, and 1 have learned a great deal about the other sex. I would lored e@kirt is Have the hair combed ni ing: puffs, curls, rats, velvet bands and i ribbons, etc. Do not powder the face; men will form poor opin- fons of a girl who sits at a desk in a costume resembling an actress, The trouble with a good many girls is that they encourage flirta- Sea Service Regime im Navy. tions and then blame the man. In | WASHINGTON, March 2.—Gecretary one of the set! ft vons stated that | pantels gave the navy another surprise many employ le tyne of ei he ord He a girl who will True, there | to-4¥ ble a - ere HORS $08 bag a are such men for T hi ist them [be ab RDAOIURS COMMIMON TOF Bromonon often, but If a girl is she will [of naval officers, It 1s sald that the know how to treat them, I would | Bureau of Navigation has in spirit advise her to avoid him as much as lecting of- oticing tt, oth- | ficers on the basis of pecullar fitness erw things unpleasant {t in good humor as though | meant well, but keep him at a ry to make | for duty and serving at sea under others who have seen less service. ————— Substitutes «. Imitations Geet eee" HORLICK'S MALTED MILK e Sate ip he lars Malited ju and sani al i : Milk plant in the world We do not make “milk products== Skim Milk, Condensed Milk, eto, But the Original-Genuine HORLICK’S MALTED MILK Meade from pure, full-cream milk and the extract of select malted irsin. reduced to powder fo: soluble in water. Best food-drink for all agess @@ ASK FOR HORLCK’S Used all over the Globe | Frank Jay Gould sailed away to-day) to sleep with in, 0 abeinla from (he ‘Pes ot “ai sntoxion ety, and to take at least « half hour's exer cise every day. HARDSHIP CLUB WALKS FROM PHILADELPHIA TO GOTHAM IN THREE DAYS Students of University of Pennsylvania Form Organiza- this trip,” ald Cromie, “was an brella and an extra pair of socks. first night we sept in Trenton, the cep ond in New Brunswick, and last night we reached the Battery via Gtaten Ine land, We are all in fing shape.” fechas Ne Tol CONVEYED HIS LAND TO GOD, — ATLANTIC OITY, March 1.—Watle making search ‘of;tities of property tm Bulliven County, Pa.,\ ts of the tion to “Harden” Selves. [Seige Eireax aut ath fo s006 td provisions of: which stilt Peter EB. Arinstrong, disgusted by @e Eleven very bedraggied and tired] fight among neighbors far land and the youths, who looked ax if they had just] operations of land share, dcided te remove nearly 700 acres of the temptation of everyboty on, He and his wite duly eed in which emerged from the cyclone belt, arrived at the World Building to-day and sald that they were members of the Hard- from ship Club of the University of Penn- sylvania and had just completed their first real “stunt"—a walk from Phila- delphia to New York. The party was in charge of William J. Cromte, in- structor th gymnastics at the untver- 414 property to “God. a1 Jesus Messiah.” GETTING GRAY? How to Restore Youthful Color of Your Hair. ‘There te no longer an: ashamed of aray or faded that you look older than you Bclence has found @ simple and easy to quickly restore the saturel‘coler of hair, Amyone cam use the Quees Grey Hair Restorer, o liquid preparation that a Zz We intend to follow this up by sleeping outdoors, by a so-called monotony walk—ten miles around the running track by other feats boys more endurance and courage, There are five requirements which must be fulfilled before one may become cligible to the Handship Club: You must | @n4 elim! ver-hand for twenty feet, under thirteen minutes, run mile in less than seven minutes, ewim a hundred yards and be able to “dip ten times on the parallel bars. All members of the club are required the ‘and it ‘ment stores throughout ¢ dames McCresry & Co. 23rd Street SPECIAL SALE On Friday and Saturday. 2,406 Men’s Raincoats ° . (Manufacturers' Samples.) 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