Life — May 8, 1913 — page 32: what you’re looking at

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What Do APE You Think? We are Constantly in Receipt of Important Letters Which are Too Long for Our Limited Space. Brev' A Response From Georgia Eprtor Lire Dear Sir.—Why, why do you publish such silly and spiteful things as that ar- ticle headed “ Hail, Georgia, Hail!" on page 624 of your “ Awful Number,” just out? Why is it that you gratuitously and wantonly wish to sneer at and insult a section of country that, as far as I know, simply buys your paper and of- fends you in no way? I am curious to know the workings of your mind in a matter such as this, Is it innate vicious- ness and an insatiable desire to be ma- licious? Is it just plain ordinary hatred of the South such as we still find here and there in the North? Is it just ig norance of conditions? Is it just wanton meanness and a desire to slap at a sec- tion of this country without regard to decency or truth? What is your reason for such an article? It is not humorous, it is not witty, and humor and wit are supposedly your excuses for existence. It is true th t there are more lynchings in the South than in the North, but, a3 everyone knows, this is simply because there are more negroes in the South, and it is the negro who, in the great majorit of cases, commits the crime that bring: about lynching in the South. It is also true that while there are fewer lynchings in the North, as a general thing the lynchings of the North have less excuse than those of the South. All the ramifications of this question are understood by most sensible people— and doubtless are understood by you— which renders more inexcusable your article! I personally am sorry to see these things in Lirz, because I have en- joyed buying and reading Lire, and now must stop because I will not spend my little dime helping out an enemy of my section, There are a number of things in Lir that show your lop-sided intelligence, such as your crusades against vaccination and scientific research, against the Jews, and now against the South. And just think, you live in little old New York, with your white slavery, your police, and political and social corruption: where you can have a man maimed for life for $20 or murdered for $100: where Tammany 'y is Desirable is your ruler and Mammon is your God— and you sneer at Georgia and the South! Yours truly, Artitur H. Jexxinc. Lyxcusure, Va, Merch 25, 1913. Disagrees With Us Epttoa Lire: Dear Six.—In your edition of March 6 you speak of the convening of the Medical Trust. This you honestly know to be false. There is no such thing as the Medical Trust. The honest medical men of the country are trying to inform the public in regard to the fakes and im- Posters, and I am sure you must be conversant with the good work which has been done. Is the reputation of the men who are opposing the Owen bill to be compared with the noble army of medical men who are earnestly striving to conserve the health, both physical and mental, of our people? In every i: of your journal there are slurring in- sinuations against the medical men, Are such men as Carroll and Lagere and the men who died that the true nature of yellow fever could be determined to be held up in ridicule as among the so- called Medical Trust? You are fostering a spirit of class hatred, the results of which I am sure you are familiar with in the history of our country. Be hon- est, look into the matter carefully, and I am sure that you will be convinced that the noble army of physic’ estly and sincerely desire the alleviation of human suffering, the cure of disease and the saving of thousands of lives which annually go to an untimely death. Is the work of that grand old man of medicine, Dr. Jacoby, to be sneered at? Stop your untruthful statements and start a careful and systematic investiga- tion, unbiased by the men opposing your so-called Medical Trust, and I am con- vinced your honest verdict will be quite the opposite from the one you now as- sume. jans earn- Yours, ete., L. M. Hatsey, Chairman Committee of Hygiene, Medical Society of New Jersey. Good Reasons Epitor Lire Dear Six—In your issue of February 13 I notice that in replying editorially to the question of whether or not you would vote for Miss Inez Milholland, you men- tion a number of positions for which she would receive your vote, among others, “as the mother of at least six.” Know- ing your attitude on the question of woman's suffrage, I presume this is to be interpreted as a protest against Miss Mil- holland’s connection therewith—that she would be far better employed if engaged in gathering about her the half dozen or more above mentioned. I do not know Miss Milholland personally, but judging from her appearance—I have seen her several times—and from what I read of her, [ venture the opinion that she prob- ably would have no objection to being the mother of six or any other reason- able number, provided the circumstances were such as might be considered agree- able. Men are continually saying that women should be employed in making homes, rearing families, ete. without in the least considering whether or not it is possible for them to be so employed. Children, reasoning backward, imply marriage, and in order to have marriages we must have proposals; in other words, if men do not propose, how are women to follow the time-honored employment of bringing up children? A woman may be attractive and quite willing to under- take home duties—often this is true— but if no man reasonably cligible ask her to marry, how can she bring up a family? Men pooh pooh this—or attempt to, in various ways, often by saying “ any woman can marry if she chooses.” This may be true, but the fact remains that, according to convention, she must wait to be asked; and is she to be censured for desiring to exercise reasonable choice in the matter of whom she marries? Surely not. Not long since I read of a man who rose in a meeting of suffragisis and shouted a proposal of marriage at the speaker. She could hardly be expected to accept that, I suppose, or to be at- tracted by such methods. I am convinced at the home-keeping, child-rearing in- stinct is as strong in the women of to- day as it was in those of four thousand years ago. I have been a reader’of Lire for years. You laugh at women—why not be fair to them? Very truly yours, Aww Witt xcouver, B. C., Canava, Fetruary 20, 1913. comicbooks.com