The evening world. Newspaper, October 23, 1915, Page 8

eet, = as THE SINGLE SACRIFICE. HE fate of an Kngleh woman backed agen Bruscls aud shot dood by & Gorme fulfile the formule of individual bum * garden wel) in eocrifwe which oo own to ws through hutwory oso recurrent cbalLeuge lo Lhe passions of Men and nation Whether it be Regulus tortured to death by the Carthaginians, an ed alive by lue captors, Joan of Are at the etake, of the guillotine, Nethan Hale with the noose o)06t his veck, John Brown—bow often (he sacrifice of one | oo against dark and) often it has esemed epecially timed by fate to stir pooples and arunes to deeper hatreds and more desperate) Tadien chieftain fi Maric Antoinette onder the kn beman being stands vut with ghartly promine tamuliuour becxgrounds, how exertions If there is apathy or indifference left in England it ir likely to} disappear in the rage and horror whieh the execution of Mise Cavell has sroused. Kven an Anglican Bishop cries: “God's curse ie on a} nation that tramples under foot the laws of chivalry.” What no cumulative tidings of wholesale slaughter at the front could effect upon minds helf calloured to such news has been done! fm a flash by the poignant spectacle of one loyal woman killed in cold blood that German military law might have a victim and an example. Germany bas its victim, It has also a ten times more formidable foe. “The name of Cavell will become the British battle cry,” declares the English prees. Perhaps that is what, unconsciously, Britons have ‘been waiting for. —— Anti: “So few women are intelligent enough to vote ov public problems.” Pro: “Why deprive ourscives of the intelligence of those few? Doesn't every bit help?” THE ACTORS’ FUND. HE ACTORS’ FUND, which does admirable work in caring for old and unfortunate members of the profession, announces a brave plan to put itself beyond the reach of bad times. Tt has been spending nearly $70,000 a year to help ite sick and maintain ita home on Staten Island. Its charities are administered with the utmost economy. Its directors and many of its workers give their services without pay. But calls for aid multiply each year. Ex- penses invariably exceed the receipte it ie able to count upon from contributions and benefit performances. Unless its resources are in- creased the good it is doing must come to an end for lack of funds. This fall, therefore, the organization sets out to raise a million ollars to form the nucleus of an endowment fund which shall give it security and permanence. Its list of patrons includes the President, the Governors of many States and distinguished men and women in! callings. Plenty of pledges should be forthcoming to help this worthy cause and put it on its fect. Charity in all its forms owes much to the actor. No professional worker puts his time and talent more often ‘at the service of others in their charitable endeavors. Nor is any kind of artist more faithful and indefatigable in trying to furnish the public fair measure for its money. The play may be good, bad or indifferent. ‘The actors work just as hard and give their best. Here is an opportunity for a prosperous country to show that it remeinbers and appreciates, “The female woman,” declared Artemus Ward, “is one of the greatest institooshuns of which this land can boste.” He would have marched. ———-4e EVENING SCHOOLS. ETWEEN them, the Mayor, the President of the Board of Kdu- B cation and the busy “Mrs. Fords” who, President Churchill says (and he ought to know), “wipe out the forty-six members ef the Educational Board,” have sorely puzzled the city about what is te become of its evening schools. President Churchill wants money for them, and one particular +7 ‘Mrv. Ford says there is money for them if you know where to look for it. On the whole we incline to pm our faith on Mrs. Ford. With all ft has on its mind, the Board of Education has probably mussed up fts figures. If Mrs, Ford can put her finger on some snug unneeded balance in the keeping of the building committee, all may yet be well. Give the lady every chance. Poor as it is, New York hopes the evening schools can stay open to ‘fantil it has to take public library books out of circulation and turn down the lamps on Fifth Avenue. a ees “But—Oh! ye lords of ladies intellectual, Inform us truly, have they not henpecked you all?’ Throw him out! Byron the Anti! Hits From Sharp Wits. men to think that Some men ate #0 versatile that ite be ere tn bow Gey lock aan pam pray fo @ tan con tae ea ek a Wat they my. him a gold-brick the next,—Norfolk r-) toh, ‘There few successes in ‘mis gn stand the strain of Snancial failure. 8 When janitors organize it probably army. will be tito a altting $5 FOR YOUR LOVE STORY! Do you know any good love stories? Not imaginary love stories, but true ones? Your own love story or some friend's? one published, simple, They are: story must be told in 260 words or lose, Tt moust be true in every detail, It must be written or typed on only one side of the paper Teli the story simply. Don't aim at so-called “fine writing.” Ay boeged and address must accompany each manuscript, “True Love Story Editor, Evening World, New York City.” ‘The Evening World will not return unused stories, a firing equed terriviy The Evening World Daily —— ' The Wee 6 HAT kind of a professor ts this Joseph French John- fon who advocates puttink more taxes on married men in order to keep down the birthrate?” asked the head polisher, “Ob, he's a regular professor,” re- | Pilea the laundry man, “He teac@s students in New York University, it must be quite an experien this be- ing @ student in our colleg ad uni~ Versities these days. At frequent im- tervals professors burst forth on the Public with principles and theories that appear to nave veen prepared with the same amount of care and the same study for elfect that a skilled workinan exercises in compiling an Intricate plece of fireworks. “The public gasps. The professor enjoys hia brief spell of front-page no- toriety and drops back into the com- parative oblivion from which he came up to blow. So far as effect on the bifc is concerned the ‘ofessor t made any more of @ dent than if be had thrown # sofa pillow against the Palisades. “He disappears from the public eye, sometimes forever, and the public for- ets him, But the professor doesn't rget hii He goes back into his college or uhiversity and continues to teach his theories. to young and plas- tle minds. For years and years, per- haps, he plugs day after day into the responsive mentality of a group of youths and maidens, who respect him @ learned man, the fat head Idea, for instance, that the population of the world is growing too rapidly, and eventually the people must all starve because there won't be enough to eat. “Ia it any wonder, in the light of the weird {heories propounded by #0 many professors, that students are graduated from our colleges and uni- versities with about as much knowl- edge of the actualities of life and human nature as exists in a plate of oemes Gamat “ eve who proclaimed that the eatth Is fat and ‘the sun do move,’ Is dead. If ao, he died too soon. He would be eligible now to @ place on the faculty of one of our colleess or universities. Saving Cash Till It's Gone $ ' RAR AAAA AAO OLAD 6] THOUGHT,” suid the head pol- ] iaher, “that the city 1s broke, but hero we are going to au- thorive the expenditure of $9,860,000 ‘for the mew round house or court house near Mulberry Bend." “A sirange process of reasoning ts impelling the city officials who are pushing the court house project,” said the laundry man, ‘They admit that the city can't afford to spend the money, but they also assert that the city cannot afford not to spend it, “They set up for our inspection the fact that the site has been bought and that the carrying charges are very heavy. Therefore, they say, we must put a court house on the site, “They don't claim that when the court houge 1s erected at a cost of $9,860,000 the carrying charg site will vestment and expenses on “| do Smith's work? Nix! —By Martin Green — | Covrright, 1919, by the Prem Publishing Co, (The New York Brening World), Rev. John Jasper,| k’s Wash the land will go right on, whether the court house ts built or not. Then why build @ court house at this time, when the city {s so near the end of its resources? We have to pay the carry- ing charges, anyhow. The present court house will suffice in hard times. If more room 1s needed for courts there ts plenty of it in the Municipal Ce 6 $ Write Your Own Ticket. $ RRR nnn 1 SEE,” said the head polisher, “that William Jennings Bryan, in arguing for peace at any Price, says this nation does not need burelar’s tools unless it intends to make burglary @ business.” “Let us put @ personal application to that remark,” suggested the laun- dry man, “It means that William Jennings admits that' there are persons who make burglary a business. Now T'd be willing to bet that Mr, Bryan carries @ policy insuring bis prope! against burglars.” sbi ieinihs! —== TH —By Roy L. —— smith wave iF a 1 don’t do anything |! don't have to.” The Jarr Family McCardell —— { Couyright, 1916, by the Prem Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World), | 66 Z7* UESS who was here to-day?” asked Mrs, Jarr, when Mr. Jarr came home the other evening. Mr. Jarr feigned interest and ran over the names of half a dozen persons. “I knew you'd never guess,” she sald, “But it was Mrs. Jenkins, wife of that man Jenkins, down at your office.” “What did Mra, Jenkins have to say?” asked Mra. Jarr, “Ob, the same old thing!” replied Mrs. Jarr. “About how expensive it is to live in the country when every~ body they know in the olty has an automobile and drops in to see them on every bright Sunday.” “The Jenkinses are safe enough from us,” ventured Mr, Jarr. “Bhe probably meant us, too,” said Mrs, Jarr, “for sl 1d that on nice Sundays they had so many callers > Jekyll-and-Hyde Husband By Sophie YOUNG woman of twenty- three, married three years and having two children, writes: “I do all the work from morning until night, I do not com- plain no matter how hard I work, I do everything In my power to please «et so that I am discouraged of living, and makes a nice salary, but what good is that If there ts no happin strangere In the house, young or old, bDUL as s00R as we & at me, He never as with bim, though he g: kindly, of love, is all that keep the heart and soul of her alive to Help her to bear the burden motherhood and wifehood, Thei hundreds of women hike her the fathers of thelr children, | the women wish they they married, Many & man uses bis own little my husband, but to no advantage, [ “He bas no bad habits whatsoever He ts full of life if there are any lone be nags to go out Whenever he pleases, But I don't mind that if only be would be pleasant and act “Ll am not jealous, but it burts me Here ls @ case where just # litte bit of consideration, just a little bit weeded to are ing, to-day, for jeyt a amall measure of consideration fiom thelr husbands, ‘The cruelty of the man who, having married & Woman, assumes the right to neglect her, ls one big element in domestic tragedies that make had never heen born and sorely regret (ho day that Irene Loeb > Copyright, 1918, by the Prem Publishing Oo, (The New York Eveuing World), children as the rope to tie a woman down, to make her tolerate bis abuse because of them. He is the man who smiles at every one outside of his household and endeavors to make soolety believe be ts “such a gentle- man;" when at home he practices cruelty and shows the worst side. jg the Dr. Jekyll-and-Mr.-Hyde . He hus- 1 wonder that he does not shrink into his mean, narrow, little soul with shame. I wish he could be pointed out wherever he goes as the meanest man on earth. There is no excuse for him. No matter if he has lost bis love for his wife--the respect and the Kindness that are duo her should be forthcoming, By his brutal methods he breaks the spirit and pride of und goes forth to face the world very mueh Uke the ostrich that hides its head and thinks no one sees it. You have seen him--the kind of husband who leaves Dis mean self at home and presents himself to the world in the to think that he treats others better Fates ce 8 tau myo. 7 aus aiwaye worrying | SHS OF wm eu can’ it * jut Nemesis is on the job, Bome- ate tinge''t goat dase tt om how, sometiine he ts found out, and # his.” In such cases he ally turns for comfort and advice to the wife who has borne with him and sacrificed herself for the sake of wee es Whose happiness she sought to ve, Many times he realizes his fault when it is too late, The woman who has stood by him and for him so long, and has grown wan and weary Waitipg for him to change, has lost her stréngth in the battle, And thus he is the loser, But there is another mode of pro- cedure: If such @ husband would just call his bad nature to task and expend the ou of thoughtfulness in time he ce: nly would get the pound of reward when he needed it mest. / | reply. that she never got a chance even to take a walk, now when the woods wei beautiful in autumn, And when the weather was miserable and sbe had to stay indoors nobody came to see them. And right after saying that she asked me when wo were 00 Peeing Werks @ printing « corte Of (nenty etteree ert Oy fhe ment Prominent momen ee Pramate phing (onty mont a> de two phoning ene pertentar T on eer oe fie hy ot opment Reason 11—BECAUSE WOMEN ARE PRE- PARED FOR THE FRANCHISE. By ida Musted Marper porler wee eterting out te tnterriew on Ant toot weap A the editor aald “Try to get © Beger print of her trate! rooults of « hee erence an approval when thé that they are pot \itelligent enough to vote When enPrevident Tall said in bis amasing article ty the Philadelphia Heturday Kvening Mort thet women were not intelligent emough te feta there was @ loud chorus of “Thank you, kind oir,” from the Anti-Bulirage Association, end tte National Mrerid Mra. Dodge, hastened to corres bie assertion that Lbey might be felelligeut enough tm the feture by easum og Bim that (he mewderebip of her aeoctation was constantly increasdiag. if the Guvermment should Ox « stondard of Intelligence for voters ead require Men (o come Up to It, women would be quite willing to de the seme, Dut they object te this requirement for only one-half the poople, Pear Glasses, generally speaking, have been enfranchined since ite beginaing, whee 4 small handful of church menibers and property holders claimed this a» their exclusive right—wage earners, immigrants, negroes and Indians. | Women are portectly satiafied to moot all the qualifications which were im- posed on thene four clasees, but they object to betas stigmatized as the only class ip the United States not tntelligent enough to cast « ballot. 1, seems superfiuous to produce « single argument to show that, taken as & whole, they are now infinitely better prepared to vote intelligently than any body of citizens ever admitted to the electorate, And in addition they have some other qualities which that electorate needs badly and dido’t get when apy of the otbers came to. “Arguments Against Suffrage By the Opposition Leaders {Reason 6—WOMAN SUFFRAGE IS BASED ON FALLACY OF SEX ANTAGONISM. By Mes. A. J. George. OMAN BUFFRAGE must ultimately fail, It ts based upon a fallsey | and no fallacy has ever made a permanent conquest over mankind, The fallacy of Woman Suffrage lies in the belief that there ts |in our socta! ordor a definite sex division of interests and that the security of woman's interests depends upon her possession of the elective franchise. | Tu @ healthy state of society there is no rivalry between men and wo- men; in the economy of life they have different duties, but their interdbts are the common interests of humanity. Women are not a class—they are a sex whone interests in a well-ordered government are represented, automatl- cally and inevitably, by the men of their social group. It would be a fatal day for the race when women could obtain their rights only by a victory wrested at the polls from reluctant men. These truths are elementary and self-evident, yet all are negatived by the votes-for-women movement. Woman Suffrage is the political phase of feminism; the whole sweep of the relation of the sexes must be revised if the women’s vote is to mean anything more than two people doing what one does now. Merely to dupli- cate the present vote !s unsound economy. To reinforce those who clamor for individual rights is to strike at the family as the self-governing unit upon which the State is built. coming out to see her. But I knew what she was up to, and I got a chance to whisper to Gertrude not to serve luncheon till she was gone.” “That wasn't very hospitable on your part,” remarked Mr. Jarr. “I am going to treat people the way they treat me after this,” replied Mra. Jarr. “So i never pretended to take it to myself when she kept talking how she had to get dinners for all the people that stopped in to see them in their automobiles, and yet when she and Mr, Jenkins came to town, she said, they had to go to @ restaurant when they wanted something to eat. But I didn’t take the hint. After all, | the Jenkinses only moved to the sub- urbs to get into society." “I thought people moved to the country for the sake of their chil- dren,” suggested Mr. Jarr. That's what they say,” was the “But the Jenkinses have: any children.” “How do you get into society in the suburbs?” asked Mr. Jarr. “Oh, there's lots of ways,” waa the reply. “You find out what is the fashionable church and you find out from the trades people who are the society leaders, “Stull,” Mrs, Jarr went on, “East Malaria, where the Jenkineos live, ls & very exclusive suburb, It would be nice to Hve there, where the children could meet and grow up with young folks that would advance them socially.” “Can't they moet young folks who will advance them socially while they live in town?” asked Mr, Jarr, ‘Oh, | suppose #0," waa the reply, but Clara Mudridge-Smith and Mra, Stryver, the best people we know here in town, have no obildren,” “Nedthor have the Jenkinses, if we) should move to Mast Malaria.” "Oh, the Jenkinges,” sald Mre. Jarr with fine scorn, “They would be the frat persons I would cut if we moved to Hast Malaria.” “But I oouldn’t out Jenkins. We work in the same office, you know.” “I euppose not,” remarked Mrs, Jarre with a sigh, “Mra, Stryver is wofng to take us out for @ drive in her automobile, Sunday, if it's a nice day, and I promised Mrs, Jenkins that we'd call at their place,” “But I thought you said or implied | some day.” that the genkinmce had BO freat social ion?" ventured Mr. Jarr, Coppright, 1016, by the Prem Publishing Oo, (The Now York Brening World), Bachelor, laying a box of golden chrysanthemume in the Widow's “You perfectly lovely man!” erled the Widow delightedly, hi T don't but”— height of four-feet-eleven-inches, “I look #o frivolous and—and ridiculous!+ worth two in a last year’s raincoat and a fedora.” feel ‘sympathetic’ and remember thelr ‘chivalry’ and all that, and”— naughty vote? grinned the Bachel: “Well, they would! Be- By Helen Rowland BDOBQOHHADGIGDGHOIGHOI®HOHHHDHDDHOHDOHOWOHONSNL SHE MAKES A CONVERT WITHOUT BALF TRYING. ‘cc RE you going to march in the Suffrage Parade?” inquired the A lap, and smiling down upon her with cynical amusement from is lofty height as he unfastened his gloves. te chrysanthemums up to her face, “They’re just the right oolor! know,” she added thoughtfully. “I WANTED to march in the parade, bub— “But what?" urged the Bachelor. “Isn't your new fall hat “That's just it!" exclaimed the Widow, drawing herself up to her tal! I—I don't know whether I'd add or detract, I want to HELP the Cause"—, “Nonsense!” laughed the Bachelor, “A euffragette in @ picture hat ta “Perhaps,” agreed the Widow dubiously. ‘But I'm eo Mttle, and Tr afraid if I got tired and began to Mmp the men on the sidewalk would el When and Why Chivalry Collapeed, } “cc ND be tempted to say, ‘What does little cutesy wootsy want with the FA fides, chivairy ta nicer than suffrage, anyway. “Mr, Weatherby!” exclaimed the Widow coldly. ‘You are Itving tm the dark ages! That old ‘ohivalry’ argument wae buried four years ago, along with the sheath skirt, and the merry widow hat.” “{ wonder why?” remarked the Bachelor, “It was @ good argument." “But,” explained the Widow, “men found that {t interfered awfully with keeping a seat in a street car and smoking in cafes where there were ladies, it wasn't consistent with modern comfort and convenience ao thoy wisely discarded it, Of course, there are atill a few men who cling to it just as there are a few who cling to their beards. And, of course, chivalry I8 nicer than suffrage, just as pate de fole gras is nicer than corned beef and cabbage —only ‘chivalry’ In the old-fashioned sense is almost as rare among the maasen as pate do fole gras nowadays,” “Great Scott!" exclaimed the Bachelor in astonishment. you were 4 REAL auftragette!” “Pm not,” sighed the Widow, shaking her head. “'m fust a widow. And in our State the laws are ‘all for the widows,’ unfortunately, #o that | can't seem to work myself up into a passion about tt, Now if I were just nothing but a WIFE “Just ‘nothing but a wife?’ repeated the Bachelor in amazement, “Nothing but a rib—an annex—an Infertor fraction!” reiterated the Widow. “Because that's about oll a wife ts legally—I might be rabidly pro or anti, according to the sort of husband I'd drawn. Just Maten to THIS for instance. Little Mrs, Trimmer wrote it—and it's rich! “Nine little antis, satlefied with fate! One got caught in a subway crush—and then there were eight. Dight little antie said, “Home is woman's heaven!" One tried to coliect alimony, but her husband went to Ludlow street—-ana then there were seven!” “T didn't know “Alimony ta the Price of Ered: “T can't stand another y. may be logic, but it’s not poo Stil," he added, wiping hia brow and gottling back in his ohaly once more, there's consolation that last stanza. If you get your vote you'll lose your alimony, ten to on “Alimony is the price of freedom, Mr, Weatherby,” returned the Widow calmly, “But we'll never lose any allmony we deserve. A woman who haa children to rear will always get alimony, and a woman who hasn't any children and is strong enough to work, hasn't any right to it, A lot of alimony i just gvatt anyway.” ar, hear!” cried the Bachelor tn the suffrage parnde {f you want to oS ae halp!" cried the Bachelor. That sounds good! Go and mar 1 guess after all I'll vote for rs “Thank you!” seid the Widow. nyway, There are~er 1 reasons why I can’ Ighed the Bachelor happily. “Vital reasons?” ‘“My new purple sulf hasn't come home from the tailor’s," “And my shoes pingh. y Em eving to—ride in an automohiie! at Was all L wanted, IT didn't intend she admittes, iii