Judge — August 2, 1913 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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THE MODERN WOMAN Curbside Comments By OREOLA W. HASKELL With buctes and with banners, the suffrage cohorts £0, And I, a wate the curts look out far weal of woe, ‘And note what word the gaping world in passing may bestow, Ammunition A PROFESSOR at the University of Chicago, lecturing on ‘‘The Future of Marriage,”’ says that ‘‘it is not psycho- logically a good thing for one person to be dependent upon the will of another and solely attached to his interests,"" and that a woman's life ‘‘de- mands some first-hand reaction to the world for the sake of herchar- acter and intelligence."’ Alas, that our educators, who ought to guard the sacred fires of custom and tradition, should thus furnish ammunition that might well be rammed into the verbal gun of the suffragist and aimed at the defenseless head of society! Marriage has been the great woman crusher, and if the mate of man is encouraged to retain and develop her individuality in the bonds of wedlock, what will she not aspire to outside its lim- its? It isa disquieting thought. A Crusher DETERMINED gentleman ‘ rose at a suffragist meeting and said that he was against the giving of the franchise to women forone potent reason, And that was because the married man, having a voting spouse, would have the advantage over an old bachelor who had neglected to provide himself with a female ballot caster. This would cer- tainly be injustice of the worst type. As it is now, we have nothing of a similar character to worry us. We have married men with grown, unmarried sons walking en masse up to the ballot box, and equally worthy bene- dicts with grown, unmarried daughters who can only wave a handkerchief from the window after pa when he strides forth to do his duty on election day. But this, of course, is all right, because Old Dame Custom stands in the background and her shadow falls in such a way as to quite obscure what would be apparent in the bright light of truth. Their Discovery OUR young women who went to a city church lately were treated to their just deserts, The evening sermon had been advertised as ‘‘An Address to Young People,’’ and the four, all new wage- earners recruited from far-away country towns, went with glad anticipation, think- ing the chilliness of the great city would be mitigated by the warmth of the pas- tor’s words. But they discovered that “tyoung people’? means strictly young men, that only the latter need the warn- ings and encouragement of the church, and that it is only their salvation that is important. The tendency of females to consider themselves worthy of mention THE WOMEN ° ELECT MAKE ENFORCE LAWS LAWS ————— GS are your WOMENFOLK MC LESS: INTELLIGENT ? Lou ROGERS FACING A FACT when men are around is to be deplored. When they come to the front as voters, ministers and statesmen will be less apt to forget they exist. Thus a death blow will be struck at womanly subservience. Ff THE we $1 PUBLIC OFFICERS} Chivalry.on a Vacation OW TRUE ict is, as the antis 80 often declare, that all women have to do when they want anything, froma needle to a nomination, is to ask men for it} Chivalry is so powerful that political power is but a pale shadow beside it, This was illustrated lately, when ‘women, relying on a promise made to them bya fire commissioner that there would be six vacancies in the fire prevention bureau to which women would be appointed, devoted time and money to preparing themselves for the examination. Although they were placed on the eligible list by the Civil Service Com- mission and had already showed their fitness for the positions by serving satisfactorily as tem- porary inspectors, the fire com- missioner all at once bashfully preferred John to Jane and nobly distributed patronage to his own sex. Perhaps his chivalry was taking a vacation, or perchance he remembered that men need the jobs because they have to provide themselves with more necessities of life, like cigars and cocktails, than women do, Knights of Toil HE workingman of America, quite unconscious of the damage he is doing, is coming forward more and more as an advocate of suffrage. Twenty State federations of labor have indorsed the principle, union aft- er union is inviting women to address it on the subject and is passing resolutions in its favor, and prominent leaders have put themselves on record as ardent champions of the cause. Women of Mount Auburn, IIl., cast 54 r cent of the vote at a recent election. The Tired Man and Votes for Women By ELINOR BYRNS HE AVERAGE man has found many articles on woman suffrage in his favorite newspaper of late. Those he hasn't skipped for the financial reports and the sporting news have caused him vaguely to realize that out in the West, where they pass all kinds of what he calls wild-cat legislation, they have been let- ting the women vote. But the recent action of Illinois and of the United States Senate has made him sit up and take no- tice. What if, for once, the Western men have started a fashion, which will spread Eastward, by recognizing in their women a tremendous force for good in the State? Of course the Eastern man knows his wife is as intelligent as the Western woman; but hasn't he been lack- ing in efficiency methods in not utilizing her intelligence for municipal and State housekeeping as well as in herown home? So the tired business man is beginning to meditate; but he won't be left long to his deliberations, for the Eastern woman is going to surprise him into giving her a vote before he knows it, if he doesn’t hurry to offer one to her. comicbooks.com