Judge, 1916-04-15 · page 21 of 28
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This page contains two distinct editorial pieces critiquing gender discrimination in American institutions. **"The Schoolma'am Should Envy the Postman"** argues that female teachers lack basic human dignity afforded to male postal workers. While both hold government positions, teachers face invasive scrutiny of their personal lives—restrictions on marriage, motherhood, and romantic relationships—justified by claims that such conduct would "demoralize" students. Male postal workers enjoy the same civil service employment without these constraints. The satire's point: women are denied rights to emotional and family life that men take for granted, despite holding comparable public jobs. The preceding section compares treatment of female police officers across cities, noting that in Chicago (which had woman suffrage), the "joke" shifted from ridiculing the policewoman herself to mocking the men she arrests—suggesting that granting women actual authority changes social attitudes. Both pieces argue that women's exclusion from full civic participation (voting, personal autonomy) contradicts their assignment of public responsibilities. **The advertisements** (Evinrude motors, The Marlborough Hotel, Judge binder) are typical period commercial content.
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ically hand in hand. Chicago now has men by the score. A list of cities having women police pre: ented ta recent qational convention of Police Chiefs showed the equal suffrage cities far in the lead with the eastern citics trailing far in the rear. In a certain New York State city the Jicewoman after four years is still a joke. The leading daily paper said so editorially and regretfully nd it must be so. . Don't jump lightly to the conclusion that her service to the community was a joke because she herself was. Quite the contrary. The editor spared not the ink in paying tribute to her work, She had, so he said, hnbored day and night; she had saved many a young man and woman from a carcer of crime; she had acted as adviser in many sapublished cases; she had more than served city, she had served humanity; yet she as still a joke. Note the difference in Chicago. The joke was not on the policewoman. It was on Jobn—or his wife—as you may view it. It had shifted, and why? Well, let’s not mb it in. Women will be voting in a few yeas in New York State and then New York men will not be cracking jokes about the policewoman but about the over stimu lated gentleman she is convoying home. Why the Schoolma’am Should Envy the Postman OU never heard a schoolma’am sigh to be a postman, but as a matter of fact, his status is superior to hers in everything that pertains to human dignity. Aslong as he gets the mail in the right box keis free to dream dreams and see visions, tolove, marry, and have children. His emo- tional and family life is safe from the scrutiny ogovernment officials. Itis not true that the cities whose’ streets he decorates have divers rules about dis- posing of him if he marries. He never has to conceal his wife as though she were a crime The right of fatherhood is not denied him. Hecan augment the population according to tis taste and his pocket book, and it has sever been claimed that the children along hisroute would be demoralized by seeing him engaged in such an adventure. He has never been discharged in any city because he was in love and in consequence dropped a letter in the wrong box. He ha sever been encouraged to fall in love in any aty on the ground that, if one woman loved kim, all the women on his route would regard tim more tenderly to the advantage of the mail service. “His position has never pended on his ability to prove that his rie was incompetent or unendurable to re with. Yet each and all of these things have hap- pened and are liable to happen to the school- Yam in these United States. Election ‘4y isa holiday on which the postman votes tad the schoolma’am, perchance, washes ker hair and mends her clothes. Yet they hold a political office. 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STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, ETC REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF’ CONGRESS OF AUGUST 24TH, 1912, ot 3 published WE at NOY for ‘APRIL 1 pA YORK), County ot NEW YORK)® Before me. a Notary Public. in and for the State and County peared Keuben P. Slelcher, who. having been Taw. deposes and says that he ls the Business ind that the following Is, to the best of his Knowledge and belief. a true statement of the Ownership, manare- ment. ete., of the aforesal1 publication for the date showa tn the above caption, require? by the Act of Auguet 24th, 1912, embodied in section 443, Postal Laws ant Revulations, to wit: 1! “That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor, abd the business manazer are: ‘Publisner, LestioJudre Company’, 225 York, N.Y. Editor, Jamies A. Waldron, 225-Sth Ave... Manacing James A. Waldron. Busines 3 r. Reuben P. Sleicher, Sth Ave., New York. N.Y. 2. That the owner ts, and stockholders ‘owning of bolding 1 per cent r more of total amount of stock, are Owner: Lesile-Judze Company, 225-3th Ave., New York, Stockbolders: Joho. A. Slelewer "225-Gth Ave. New York, N.Y. Anthony N. Brady E:tate, 4 Wall St, New York, N.Y. 3. That th Known bondholders. mortzazees. and other security bolders ownin or holding 1 per cent. or more of total amourt of bonds, ‘other securities are: John A. Sleleber, 225-5th AV yz Mary Peckham Slelener, 710 Madison Ave. Jeaben P. Slescher, 225-5t Ave.New Yor! 176 Broadway, New York. 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