The evening world. Newspaper, March 8, 1921, Page 21

’ Now'the Women of Mexico V/7ant to Vote | WILL FOLLOW AMERICAN METHODS Most of Younger Generation Educated Here, Where They Imbibed the Spirit of Men Inclined to Favor Movement. Soa SN Sane a By Fay Stevenson. Copyright, 1221. by The Preas Pubilahing Co, (The New York Prentng Werld.) AVE you heard the jatest news from Mexico? The Mexican women want Suffrage. “And they will never be content until they get it," says Mra. Helen K. Williams Morton, who has just returned to New York after an extended visit to Mexico, Mrs. Morton will prohably be better remembered as Mrs. Helen K. Will- lams, who in 1914 came within a few thousand votes of being Lieutenant Governor of California. At that time, as Mr. Williams's widow, she was most active in the Suffragette world, besides being the publisher of ‘Women’s Citizen. , Since then Mrs. Williams has he- come the wife of Frew Morton of San Francisco, and in settling up the estate of Mr. Williams sheound that she must travel to Mexico to renew a business contract, / “1 arrived In Mexico last October,” Mrs. Morton told me in her room at the Biltmore, “and I can't tell you how astonished I was to find that women want Suffrage there just as much as they did in California.” * “of course they do; that is the next top after gaining a real repubiic,” I “fuughed. "Yes, and I believe they have a permanent Government this time, repiled Mrs. Morton, “Both President Obregon and his wife seem to be pop- lar among all classes, “You see, the fine old familles of Mexico are almost as aristocratic as aid English families,” continued Mrs. Morton. “It doesn't matter if a man hasn't a nickel to his name if he has a long line of worth-while ancesters back of him, That is why I belicve Obregon will satisfy the people. «He comes from an old and distinguished fumily, but at the same t.me Obregon has arisen from the people and he knows their needs. Mrs, Obregon is also very popular, and her name is upon all the committees to ald Suf- trage.” “What started this Suffragette movement?” I asked. “This last revolution, For the last ten years most of the girls from the ‘etter families were sent off to the States. Many of them have been edu- cated right here in New York and they have caught the spinit of free- dom and women's rights. All the better class women in Mexico speak Pngtish fluently. They wear the latest gowns right from New -Xork, London and Paris, and T must say they are the wrout beautiful women I have ever geen ix my life. “They are going about Suffrage in a very deliberate, quiet way, Most of thelr men folk desire them to have a voice in the Government. At present there isn't a woman's club or an organization ja all of Mexico. Their meetings are mere social teas and afternoon affairs composed of com- miltees, speeches, tea and talk. “The moment they learned that I iit mes 2 —— Hon Se Ke eae WiLuAms— <= MORTON had been an active Suffragette worker in California they called upon me to speak at their homes, They wanted to know some of our methods and asked all sorts of questions after every ad- dress | made.” WE went “Did 5 about it “Indeed I did.” laughed Mrs, Morton, “but I thoroughly explained that mili- tant methods would never get them anywhere. I advised them to pick out ten or twelve of their most prom- inent women to onganize the others, to draw up a national bill and to gain the confidence of their men folk. “Since most of the young women between twenty and thirty of the best families havé been educated at co! loges in our States, they have a num- ber of plans which they ure going to follow up. Their mothers and the older women of Mexico are leaving all this organization part of it to them The older women, however. have done splendid work in their Red Cross. During the revolution they became very active along these lines, “America to these women is an ideal world, a Utopia, This is also true with the better class Mexican men, When I visited Castle Chapul- tepec, where President Obregon lives I was muoh moved to find (Geo! Washington's picture in the long art gallery. Phe Presidents and rulers of other nations were ‘also upon the walls, but George was the first along the line, “The Mexican women—why, as confident they will get as I did about California!” tell them how I feel Suffrage D FAMILY tT. . MSCARTALS Copyright, 1921, by the Press Publishing Co, (The Now York Evening World.) Tt. JARR was feeling depressed; he had the blues and he was afraid to say so for fear Mrs. Jarr might deem his low spirits were duo to the promptings of the monitor Conscience and insist that he confcss. Wither that or Mrs. Jarr might think it a case of Liver if not of Conscience and insist he take medicine. 80 Mr. Jarr determined to walk abroad and see if he could get in MONG the American women who make $25,000 or more annually is LijMan Trimble Bradley, who “ fe @ theatrical acenic director, She is one of thone people who make the stago wo attractive to the alr; or, by observing beggars and cripples, be comforted that there were others in this world worse off than he was. But as he came from the hallway on the ground floor to the street he heard a blithe spirit singing an in- coherent roundelay, which, when th¢ song ended, the blithe spirit plemented with a peal of laughter. " As Mr, Jarr emerged from the door- Way he was aware that the blithe spirit who laughed and sang was none other than a Mr. Harkinson, who resided in the ground floor flat “What's the matter with you, any- asked Mr, Jarr glumly, at's the matter with you, you forlorn as Edmund, the poor ”* replied the blithe spirit, remarked Mr. Jarr. en, and I have an in tax to make out and no money income tax, Bul what rea- you for feeling good?" every reason to be merry d the jocund Hankin- wife has left me, [| am t paying the rent, my going to have me passing a bad check--so a laughing hyena,’ asked Mr. Jarr, I bought @ case of hooch that out to be colored water, my pockety were picked of my last dol- lar and a watch I was going to pawn, and I am waiting here for the detec- tive my father-in-law is going to send to arrest me, Here they come now In @ taxicab; I can see the bull- dog face of my wife's father pro- truding from the window of the cab. So why should I not be joyous and carefree?” Mr. Jarr stood by to behold the human laughing hyena being fed away to his cage, but a good-looking young woman emerged first from the taxicab and threw her arms around ithe unfortunate, “Oh, Harold!" she cried. “Papa forgives you and I forgive you. J have explained that Jt was bad con’ pany. and their evil influences ¢ you astray. No o1 stra) sup- merry geome to pay the won hive “1 hav and gay. son. ty evicted for ni father-in-law 1921, Sitting On, to The (The New York Preaing Warkl) Gio AND ENTERTAIN MISS VA CHARMING LET HER, ENTERTAIN HERSELF | I WANT TO READ MY ~ - PAPERS OWN | MISS VAMPY ! BEUEVE WOu HAVE STOCKINGS ON TALK CLOTHES, THAT's ALWAYS Yes, THEY ARE WEARING INVISIBLE STOCKINGS 2 MADE OF INVISIBLE HAIR NETS Atos, A Few Secrets About Song Writers THE BUSINESS END OF SONG WRITING, Earnings of $100,000a Year Not Uncommon — But Where Do You ’Spose They Get Some of Their Tunes?—Read and Be Surprised. By Will B. Johnstone the Proms 2: ork Evening OW much money d Mrs. Sooper Carroll in alimony proceeding» says her song writing husband, Ha Carroll, nets a yearly income $100,000 It doesn't seem possible that a piano thumper's financial reward equals the salary of the President of the United States. President Wilson has written many State papers that were considered “big hits,” byt they compared with “Oh, make? . him within tho flat, while her father patted the human hyena comfortingly on the back, As the little group passed Mr, Jarr the human hyena winked at Mr, Jarr. And Mr, Jarr went on hin walt: feeling bjuer than ever, He reatlacd he bad mistaken bis way in lfe, FREE COPES FOR “ PLUGGERS” What a Pal Was Mary” or “Broad- way Rose, There's a Tear in Your Lye." The answer is that you can’t dance te the Peace Treaty lynes. If Article X, had been set to music by Irving Rorlin it would have been whictled t n the Sepate and no objection to its rhyme or reason. make Song write fortunes to- day providing they “tinkle the bell,” Analyzing public taste and writing it is a Broadway seciénee, “Tinpan Alley” is always trying the pulse, Sheeplike they stampede in the wake of a “hit.” For every “pis= crative than a Ponzi business, You don't have to be a musician to write hits," in fact, too much musical training is a handicap. Irving Berlin, the greatest song writer of all time, has written a hun- dred “hits,” and hie plano playing will never make Paderewski jealous. “Alexander's Ragtime Band," “Every body's Doing It, “My Wife's Gone to the Coun were a few of his nrahams, who wrote and "Get Out and Get picked out his componitions with one finger. Some of the biggest “hits” are written with a pair of sc ‘This is called “unconscious tol-shot” hit there are innumerablé ab: "echo You will find “styles" songs same as in clothes. “Smiles” introduced the smile-song vague. “Kisses” led to more “kisses,”" At present all the Broadway Bee- thovens are “eye” specialists. “Bright Byes," “Blue Eyes," &c. show the trend. Possibly we would have “ear” songs if the girls would only show them. In former seasons we had epidem- change tn tes of “Arms,” “Phin and “Moons,” 4 or” song always being a hardy perennial, , >uecinl recently discovered gifted comedian Al Jolson’s name was appearing as co-author of valon,” which the court decided an exceijent translation of a part of the Signor’s “Tosca.” If the shade ef Chopth drops tn at “Irene,” the musical: muccess at the Vanderbilt Theatre, hi lighted with the clever in Harry ‘Terney has give “Minute” waltz, With a nice twist in the middle and some end, ( under the In “Tulip Time,” hit of the Wolltes Slamper made belt L melody | f, mhowing: Vo & growl musclan ‘Books ec Row will be de- the sensational recently, Dave a Vietor ert did ny writer for musical themes that can be jazzed into popular songs, which ought to please the blue law purists, ‘The writer Wrote a lyric once to beautiful melody that turned out to be a Mormon hymn. Also, the song writers have just discovered fruitful picking ground in the old Gregorian chants, and Broadway will, soon dance to the @trains that were sung way back in Solomon's day. ‘The phonograph contritvutes largely to the fortunes made by successfal song writers, algo the mechanical plano players, ‘These are fifty-two companies making records and rolls to-day. it 25,000 orchestras throushout country “plug” the popularity of a “hit.” stimulate the sale ic. For example, it will sell up to a million and a * copies. On a “production” song | ITTLE MissMuffet Sat on a tuffet And threw her curds away For right there beside | her | She suddenly spied her Bond-Bread-and-milk | | for the day. read At age TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1921 BABY BLUE ° BY N - =e AWS AL R. OHA me am r The Statutes Aren't So Tight-Fitting as the Wrens Could Make ’Em—Theg’ve Been So Busy Giving: — Us Orders That They Never Got Around to — Giving Us Laws—Now’s Their Chance! ' Copyright, 1921, hy Tho Prem Publishing Co. (The Now York Evening Woeld.) y give votes to the girlies and let ‘em be jurors, but we gyp ‘en W out of their laws. The statutes are man-made, which means they, aren't so tight-fitting as the wrens could make ‘em, Now the dames have always believed in law and order. The only trouble was thag they got so busy giving ug orders they never got round to giving us lawsy A shift in the works will change all that, * Some guy thought he was giving the girls a square deal by blind> folding womah in a loose-fitting gown and putting a pair of scales in front of her. The statue was christened Justice—as If you'd get fuss | tice anywhere in the world by standing blindfolded before some _ seales! Sy However, eqtial suffrage can darn ali the holes im our laws. The wrens can give us statutes to cover everything except, maybe, low necks and lithe backs, Hereafter the female Solons will frame the-laws and the Sheriff can do the hanging. Some early items that are booked for the will deal poetic justice like this: j ¢ For cheating at bridge, the unfortunate culprit gets ninety days’ sole tary in a kimono. * For maltreating Chow dogs or Pekingese, the offender shall be tied ta” a whipping post ine backless gown and severely lashed with silk whips. For wearing wool stockings out of season, sixty days without lemon dm her tea. : For assault on one’s husband with a dangerous weapon like a rolling A REPRIMAND FOR ASSAULT ON ONE’S HUSBAND 4 } pin, a severe reprimand from the Court, For the second offense, a sevefer reprimand. / 4 For criminal negligence In arriving at the opera before the curtal goes up, the offender shall be beaten over the skull with a chocolate eciuir, Second offense: The culprit shall be placed fifteen paces from a firing squad and treated to a fusillade of cream puffs, 7 “For wearing summer furs in winter weather, the flapper shall be twenty pages of trading stamps. . For looking at a traffic cop with intent to kill, the prisoner shall be sentenced to four weeks’ fliyvering without a veil. 4 ' For copying an exclusive gown, the Court shall deal out a sentence'ot thirty days in @ red flannel straitjacket. For perjury in the sewing circle, dofinitely. For conspiracy to obtain an unfair allotment of attention, ten days: hard labor ‘with an eyebrow pencil. t For dirobeying the female traffic regulations by walking three block: when a taxi is handy, the defendant shall be denied the use’ of a powder puff the first time she has hay fever. i a For scorning a movie {dol, the prisoner forfeits all rights to silic lingerie. «+ f For preferring a gold to a platinum ring, a fine of 300 soap wrappets, For fraudulent use of the males, three years of cotton stockings. For violating the Immigration laws in Reno, the offender shall hake her marcel wave flattened amd her electric iron confiscated. ; For sneering at a young man’s mustache, the violator shall be sen= tenced to carry a handkerchief of not more than 14x14 inches and not less than 12x12. ‘These may look Iike a lot of baby blue laws, but something's got to be done to curb low-necked criminals. F ———<—$ Ike this the composer and lyric because releasing his composition to writer usually get three cents on one releases it to all. ‘This discrim- every copy sold. Authors get more ination and the fact that the music or leas than this acéording to thelr publishers horn in on his record roy~ tmatnens ability In dealing with pub- alties keep the song writer poorer lishers, than a Wall Street magnate. A “Love Nest” hit will also sella “After the Ball,” by Charlies K. million of the records, which aweils Harris, was the record sheet musio the royalties. 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