Life — January 19, 1911 — page 12: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

TIME WAS MADE FOR SLAVES How to Stop Smoking in Street Cars MOKING on the platforms of street cars, and the carry- ing of lighted cigars into cars, are a nuisance in New York. All the street cars carry the “No Smoking” sign where the platform riders can read it, but there is no effort to enforce its terms. If our street railroad managers wish to stop the smoking nuisance in the cars there is a way. They have only to direct their conductors to stop their cars until the smoker stops smoking, That method has lately been tried with complete success in Kansas City, and is said also to have been completely successful in Cleveland. When the car stands still, waiting for the smoker to abate himself, the other pas- sengers get interested at once and the smoker quits. Smokers who are violating a rule made for the public convenience can- not stand much concentrated attention, Leaderships in Issue ONTROVERSIAL interest is divided between the disparity that obtains between Mrs, Augusta E, Stetson, Christian cientist, of New York, and the directors of the Mother Church in Boston, and the lively fight proceeding in New Jersey between Has-Been-Senator Smith and Governor Wood- row Wilson. Mrs. Stetson, formerly leader of, the leading Christian Science Church in New York, was excommunicated by the managers of the Mother machine in Boston, but looms up since Mrs. Eddy’s death, as one of the powerful figures in the Christian Science organization. She has issued a mani- festo, in which she files a claim to perfect regularity, saying: “T stand for loyal allegiance to my forever leader, Mary Baker Eddy, strict adherence to her teachings as found in “Science and Health’ and her other writings, including the Mother Church Manual.” Has-Been-Senstor Smith has also issued a manifesto, but not so able a one as Mrs. Stetson’s. Instead of declaring, “T stand for loyal allegiance to my forever leader, Woodrow Wilson, and strict adherence to his teachings,” he has inti- mated that error has invaded Dr. Wilson in several particu- Jars. That was of course a mistake, but after all, Mrs. Stet- son's course was simplified by Mrs. Eddy’s permanent retire- ment from life and leadership, whereas Senator Smith had to deal with a leader whose hands had just grasped the plough- handles. Even though he realized that Governor Wilson's leadership was the chief asset of the New Jersey Democracy, there were embarrassments about making it his own in the teeth of Dr. Wilson's disposition to hold on to it. The Smith-Wilson issue will soon be settled, but the under side of the other one must be very interesting to those of the curious who know what forces are contending, and are able to read the signals and understand the phraseology of the combatants. E. SoM. A Critical Period ND it finally came to pass that the Women got the suf- frage. “What are you going to do with it?” asked an Innocent Bystander, “ Well.” explained the Women, “ nothing of importance can be done without disturbing business, and of course we don’t want to do that.” And thus was another crisis in the history of the world successfully averted. Mrs, O.: Wittig, RUN TO THE CORNER AND GET A LARGE PACKAGE OF TACKS; WE HAVEN'T A BIT OF BREAKFAST FOOD IN THE MOUSE. : comicbooks.com