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PHILADELPHIA, WFtlNESDAY, DFCEMBFR 2. Mil.
Get Busy
THE directors of the Union Traction Com
pany met yesterday, ptoccedctl to declare
the regular dividend and adjourned. Tho un
paralleled generosity with which the city pro
poses to treat tho property' of the Union
Traction Company In tho construction of
high-speed traction lines merits and should
receive from tho company tho favor of Im
mediate action relative to Its contemplated
participation In tho transit program.
Tho city Is In no wlso dependent on tho
Union Traction Company. Tho company's
share In tho proposed arrangement amounts
to but a comparatively small part of tho
irroat sum Involved. Tho Inauguration of tho
new system, on tho other hand, without pro
tcctlon of tho Union Traction Company,
would Instantly read present great profits
out of tho company's returns and would Im
peril tho Investment of every stockholder.
Such a result tho city Is anxlons to mold,
for the very bono and marrow of tho Taylor
program Is fair treatment of capital already
Invested In Philadelphia.
In the circumstances tho procrastination of
tha Union Traction Company In reaching
omo definite decision Is unpardonable. Coun
cils, refleqtlng public sentiment, will be
compelled to talte action lrrcspcctlvo of
tho Union Traction Company unless the lat
ter chooses one course or tho other very
promptly. Tho defeat of lapld transit by
dilatory tactics Is no longer possible. Re
cent mass-meetings are very definite In their
auguilcs.
Throwinc Awav Money
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)KFICIAIi primary expenses In Phlladol
niiin r?mintv last icar and this wero
,.m Mv nut. of reason, according to Auditor
General Powell, who I of uses to approve cer
tain vouchers presented by tho County Com
missioners. "I w 111 not," lie declares, "pay a
higher price per thousand for printed bal
lots than It would rociulro to havo the bal
lots engraved." Other expenditures for
which the Commissioners seek reimburse
ment wero on tho same extravagant scale,
Tho Auditor General, somo of his critics say,
, ? "iu;,ayliig politics, Maybo ho Is, but his
position requires that he prevent waste of
I the public money, and that apparently Is
what ho Is trying to do.
Making the Best of the Boy
THE average boy is an undeveloped Titan.
Within his agile frame there aro pocked
and pent tho foicos that are to last him
through the forty or fifty years of strenuous
pnanhood. "When ho gets into trouble it is for
tho simple reason that somo of his energy re
bels against tho bounds that are set for It.
The boy does not want to be a nuisance, he Is
not inherently bad and he la not predisposed
von to mlschlevousness. The trouble is that
experience has not yet taught him what is
the best use to make of his overplus of
Vitality.
Naturally tho boy would rather, construct
than destroy, rather build a shack than pull
down a street lamp, mark a trail through the
woods than raid a fruit stand In tho city,
hind up a sprained ankle than kill a cat in
. back yard. But the average city boy never
has a fair chance.
' Time after time it has been proved that
the Boy Scout organization completely
changes the trend of a boy's life. The mo
ment ho Js uniformed, assigned responsible
tasks', finds a legitimate channel for his ex
uberant powers, he moves forward along the
line of rational development with enthuBl
jiim and Intelligence.
The Boy Scout movement has all of the ad
vantages -with none of the disadvantages of
military organization. It turns rampant and
Irresponsible boyhood into useful and vigor
ous manhood. Every dollar subscribed to the
Boy Scout -work is an Investment from which
society will reap big returns in efficient man
hood and elevated citizenship. Philadelphia
must Elv the local movement the substan
tial support that Js asked. Our future pauper
and criminal costs can be cut to the minimum
"by a little money Judiciously spent upon the
hapins of the boya of tpday.
Separating the Sheep and the Goats
TT IS reported that there will ba no
X change In the commutatlonrates of rail
roads operating out of. New York to the
south. This maybs due to the refusal of
the Erie to Join In the contemplated ar
rangement, that road and others apparently
being content with an Increase In mileage
rates and through tickets.
Commutation travel is subject to special
conditions. It Is a service in which the rail
roads must compete actively with the trolley
lines, whereas on the through routes there
Is, of course, no such competition. The Im
mensity of tha traffic offering disrupts ordi
nary rules for computing Individual cost of
transportation. Just as a subway may trans
port a person miles for a nickel because there
are so many persons to bo carried. Suburban
traffic is essentially urban traffic and Is en
titled 'to the low cost of transportation fionj
man to urban railway systems. Tt epee ta
handle commuters pn the same basis as other
travelers Is to erect a. barrier against Indus
trial and other progress and revert to stago.
coch methods of administration.
Ten railway trips to Bala cost bow $1.13, or
11.3 coals apiece, whereas tit conjoined ul-wy-e!etvatd-3urfaa
faro, is but S cants. If
it does ast mn n railroad to operate
crowded ceajinuuritraJHs at double the trol
ley fare tt Is obvta is that tho nation ta pay
ing an oswrWMW wiwt fr m Uauajju.
tatiou ana thtt-Jsctriacatton of all rail
ways is 'renuwr'Uo prow national .
velupment. V r
$M ljaa f ltkel tu sjhmuM
BVMNlfrx JfLlQJUUKR PHILADELPHIA,
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with the railways In their Portland for higher
freight rates and to Join with them In their
protest against extra crew laws and other
gouging impositions of the -sama sort Is oven
moro HUely to resent tho argument that an
Incroaso In commutation rates Is necessary In
the vicinity of Philadelphia and not neces
sary in tho vicinity of New Yrk. Tho In
tcistnto Commerce Commission and tho dif
ferent State commissions will be Inclined to
take tho same view, we surmise.
' Publlu policy should not permit a railway
to make Its bed and refuse to llo In It. Tho
rdads havo built tho suburbs. They have en
couraged tholr development. They nro under
definite obligations to every commuter to
maintain tho efficiency of their service, and
do It at a minimum of cost. If doubling of
tho rates, as Is proposed In somo Instances, Is
i pally necessary, railroad mnnngement In tho
United Stales has seriously deteriorated In
quality.
Slabbing the Housing Law
JOHN P. CONNULTA. chairman of the
rinanco Committee of Councils, practi
cally serves notice that there will- be no ap
proprlatlon for the enforcement of the
housing law. and the word of John P. Con
nelly Is law so far as tho commltteo over
which ho preside1! Is concerned.
As usual, Mr. Connelly Is quick with n
plausible excuse. Thero Is no man In local
public Ilfo moro apt than ho In confusing
Issues. Ho lo particularly happy when offer
ing tho pcoplo a substitute for what they
really want. So, qulto naturally, he Inti
mates that Philadelphia cannot have Its
housing law becnuso tho money Is required
to assist the poor. How subtlo Is sophistry
when politics is being plnycd. Possibly It
tho city Is charitable enough Us largess to
tho poor may bo sufficient to pay tho doctors'
bills resulting from Insanitary surroundings.
In the Inst few months Mr, Connelly has
several times appeared as tho champion of
tho poor. Thero wero hundreds of thousands
of dollars he was going to get for tho unem
ployed, but tho box out of which Mr. Con
nelly was to get theso sums proved very
empty upon examination. It Is to be hoped
that tho money It Is now expected may be
saved by tho encouragement of unhcalthful
surroundings among tho poor will really bo
distributed among tho poor, ns Is promised.
II would bo a tcirlblc thing If tho less pros
perous got neither tho housing law nor tho
money, ct stranger results havo been
achieved by politicians In other tlmc3.
But Mr. Connelly or no Mr. Connelly, the
housing law Is not dead. On tho contrary,
It Is going to bo very much alive beroro the
fight is over. If a majority of Councllmen
aro willing to bo paraded before the public
ns advocates of premature cemetery-filling,
n. law of the sovereign State of Pennsl
vnnla 13 nevertheless not easily to be
Ignored. Before this obstructionist Coun
cils ha3 seen tho public flsc opened by other
hands than Its own, and what aro courts
for if not to see that justice is done?
Wards of the Whole World
ONIA" a few weeks ago Belgium was one
of tho happiest nations upon earth. Her
population was Industrious and fnugal, her
manufactories were humming tho song of
prosperity, her homes wcto snug and happy
Thero was an air of contentment nnd a sane
and healthy enjoyment In living such as
few other communities might boast. Then
the Invader, tho reck of blood, tho glare of
flaming cities, the desolation of ruined homes,
with the unspeakable sequence of famine and
despair. And all because the prosperous lit
tle land lay In the path of the red-fanged
demon of war.
Today tho Belgians are the wards of the
whole world. If the bravo men and gracious
women of other lands shall desert them now
It will bo fouler even than the atrocities and
barbarities of tho war itself. America can
easily feed Belgium on what IS wasted each
day at American tables. Without a conscious
sacrifice, without stinting our children or
trimming the edge of a single necessity, we
can put bread Into the shriveled Belgian
hands month by month until tho nightmare
of horror has passed and the day of peace
dawns'. Wo must! Every principle of re
ligion and every Instinct of humanity Insists
that we must. , What we have already done
we must do again and continue to do as
long as the need lasts.
"Vailous organizations are doing splendid
service. The nil-star performance In the
Academy of Muslo yesterday received tha
support It merited and the grand concert on
Friday night deserves full patronage. Each
must do all that Is possible, and the utmost
that can be dono wilt not bo greater than the
need. Above everything else we must stand
by tho magnificent work being carried
through and projected by the Emergency
Committee.
The Passing of Admiral Mahan
ADMIBAIa MAHAN had the rare dlstlnc
XX tlon of serving hlsountry ns a brave and
resourceful seaman and of serving the world
as a scientific historian. As tha biographer
of Farragut and Nelson he showed Insight
and descriptive power; but It Is rather as
an authority upon naval strategy that he
will be remembered. Until challenged by a
German naval writer only a few days ago
his opinions were universally regarded as
the Jast word upon the subject, and the
criticism aimed at him In the heat of the
present conflict will not diminish his re
nown. In the qualities of accuracy, Insight
and wide deductions from history he will
remain unsurpassed for a long while, Amer
ica will count him among the most useful
and honorable of her sons, and the sense of
loss will be deeply felt throughout the coun
try and the world.
"About this time expect" a run of gloomy
days after the long spell of bright Novem
ber weather,
Lowering the cost of llvjng has not been
such a failure as It might have been. Ther
are some things that cost no mora now than
they did two years ago.
Emerson's remark about oonslstenoy being
a hobgoblin hardly applies to the widely
varying official reports Issued by the oppos
ing European war offices.
What with first the Kaiser and then the
Czar winning, the confllat In Poland resem
bles the famous battle of the Yaju, where
the Russian bear swajn tha river one day
and swam back again the next.
Judged by the cheerfulness which accom
Bnatert hU 19th birthday, Andrew Carnegie
Is Jiot oly out-0leriilig Osier, but Is doing
hla lV4l bast to fultt to' jRfrounfftd deter
mination to die poojnHNfeetis he take
his aw ttgw at it. ?
The Pan Ftyar 4oyftfty stal that aer
jiwwy ac tfawsMWd with a tr fanilne b
caiM of the totluw ef its brly crop. Yet
oak' , taw WMtM fco it wa acclaim -ln
sleful!y tlxe dtet of the Car in aiwlish
iu vodka a a Auutad national fcivntsi.
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SPLENDID ADVENTURE IN MATRIMONY
How Big Chief Croker and an Indian Princess Found Romance Through
the Mutual Compulsion of Big Elemental Personalities Hardy
Old 'Warrior Loved for His Scars,1 Not For His Millions
BY VANCE
I WAS in the smoking room of a famous club
the other evening. Of course, like all clubs.
It was anonymous and the members were name
less, so far as" outsiders are concerned. Any
way that part of It doesn't matter, for what
was said there was said, I dare say, In every
place wete men congresate In unpettlcoated se
clusion. There In the smoking room were politicians,
bankers, men of affalis and of public life
old and young. And as the fashion Is, most ot
thm were cynics by profession an unprofit
able tribe. What they talked about was the
marriage of Richard Croker and the Cherokee
girl.
"Why, he's 73!" the old men said.
Now the unanimous verdict of that club
and It represents New York opinion-was that
a red-sktnned girl had married an old man for
Us millions.
But look at the thing sanely.
There was no one else such a girl could fall
In love with. That Croker's millions are pad
locked to Croker had nothing to do with the
case. That they could not be separated from
him, except by death, was not to the point.
What was Important to her frank, savage way
of thinking was that Croker got thero by con
quest. He was a conquistador. The scalps
dangling from his roof tree, the pontes rolling
In his ard, were signs of his prowess. She
saw rightly enough that every dollar was a
scalp.
Here was a red-skinned slrl who had run
about on bare heels among blanketed Indians
until she was II years of age. A wild thing,
but In her tho soul of a prlncess-a raiding
princess. What she raided was the white man's
clyillratlon and the white man's culture. The
beginning was that she "went to school In
Muskogee." I do not know what that Is,
but already It has the air of an achievement
to face and conquer the learning of Muskogee.
And then a white man's university In Wiscon
sin and tha diploma ot Spinster of Arts; and
on-still going on-to the white man's Boston
"to study In a school of expression"; and, at
las, to New York and th highest white attaln-rnents-to
ride at the head of a suffrage parade,
to beat the war drum In a notable powwow at
tha Wqfaen's Political Union. A wide and
swift aareer she took in those eleven years.
She had raided the white man's culture. His
civilisation dangled from her belt. That was
her conquest.
And she locked over the heads ot mankind
and said to herself, "Whv's my roan?"
With what biped could this red eagle mate?
There was nevr an Indian loved .money. That
la why thety are dylas out of our absurd etv
UtiatiQti. That Cherokee maid had as soon
thought of laving her shoes or the paper she
wrote nr dreams en or any ottttr useful eora
modlty. as to love go dollars or rauad watts
dottarc ft couldn't gt into btr head that
tbw M anytMog sacrosanct about dollars.
t milttoM of thwn. She hadn't tb kind
of an iraaataatto" that a4oa mUUoau no
Indian baa It wasn't moty she wasted to
marry Only a raider like nereeM as nttbUes
and sneceutul, oalj a conquistador a tumid
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loose the braided, black colls of her hair. And
she looked over tho heads of men.
Taller than all the rest rose and gleamed Jhe
unite skull of Richard Croker. Big chief!
But he is a big chief. To the outsider, to the
unprejudiced observer, to our foreigner, for
example, Croker Is the most compelling figure
In the life ot New York for the last half cen
tury. And the world has very few to show
that are like him. When the fact Is stated
In a sentence the magnitude ot his conquest
takes on a new significance, thus:
An Immigrant boy, he came at manhood to
rule a city more populous than the land he
emigrated from. Look tor a parallel. I do not
mean that he was elected to office. He never
was elected to office. He made his own office.
And he took his office stool and made a throne
of It It was exactly what Napoleon did. That
Immigrant boy had in him an elemental force
at once cold and fierce. (That he came from
good Btock Is by the way; his father was a
nephew and namesake ot that General Sir
JSyro Coote, of famous and Infamous memory.)
And he grew old; and on his old face was a
look of savage wisdom. And It was this old,
white head the red girl saw as she looked over
I he heads of the world. What she said was,
"That Is the head of my man."
Primitive women adore the conquering male,
and especially they reverence the old chief
nhose scars and spoils are countless, and who
is gray with wisdom. And then to love a great
White Chief a conquering warrior of the race
that had conquered hers what Indian girl could
falter on the threshold ot such an adventure
In love? What I would emphasize Is that It
was the old chief's hoary age she loved in him
that more than anything else. She loved hlra
because he was old and wise and victorious;
because he was festooned with the scalps and
spoils of many a daring raid.
I think the love of the Cherokee girl for the
hardy old chief was as fine a thing as ever got
Itself told In romance and, withal, as true a
thing as can be told true to the psychology of
race and wild maidenhood.
And Croker? That white and silent and sav
age old man who has hunted peril and adven
ture and prey for more than half a century?
"Who else was there'he could love?
He had taken eer) thing the world had worth
taking. He had known all the great passions
power and tyranny; he had even established a
family and won the Derby, Then came this
red-skinned girl, and In her black eyes was
a primitive and racial adoration for tha White
Chlef-for the aged conqueror that stirred a
new exaltation in htm. After all, a man like
Croker Is as primitive as this daughter of the
Sequolan chief. He was never far removed
from tepee and saddleless horse. He was
primitive. And when she smiled at hlra, stow
ing strong white teeth between the red young
lips, the satage In him shouted aloud and he
said, "Huh, you are ray woman!"
It was simple as that, and It was aa Biagfdg'
cent a love story aa any in the world.
And In the eiuk hwe I sat-tfce eiub with,
out name or UmotaUtyhe old men caefcled;
they wero old nn of the whit race; tinherote
eld men who eaokted ; and the youg inea
cracked their Usaa Jokes on the wild and
savage lovers, and I went away Aad I said
-If a nervou dread hty of tvfc their
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OVERCOATS
An overcoat Is a sort of supcrcoat, de
signed for defense. Against a good thick
overcoat a hostile winter can charge vainly
for months, retiring with great losses In the
spring.
The overcoat is the logical division be
tween the bread line nnd the pay check. It
is the first thing a man buys after he has ac
quired a job and tho last thing he pawns
while watchfully waiting for the eminent
financiers of the land to get over their regu
lar attacks of tenth year shivers.
A good thick ocrcoat against which a
blizzard will curl up and ruin Its edgo can
be bought for $7. A considerably thinner
overcoat can alho bo purchased for ?120.
Yet the man who Iiujb tho latter coat re
gards the purchaser ot the former with
scorn and alludes to him as "the Ignorant"
class.
Overcoats tell much moro to the careful
observer thnn tho palms ot the hands. When
a man wears a broadcloth roat with a Per
sian lamb collar It is a sign that he will
curse fervently when the Income tax Is men
tioned. When a man wears a costly old coat
with a greasy collar It Is a sign that he Is
right but not socially ambitious, and that
dollars escaping from his hands will be
considerably thinner and wider than before.
When a husband and father wears an ar
rogant overcoat which flares In the skirts
and looks saucy about tho waist, it Is a
sign that his wife has to plan an attack
upon him for a new winter hat as carefully
as If ho were defended by floating mines.
On the other hand, when a husband and
father Is continually making last year's
overcoat do for one more winter his family
devours his pay check and he walks to and
from work for exercise.
Now and then a oung man may be ob
served wearing an overcoat which was ap
parently designed b a cubist master. In
such cases it Is perfectly safe to approach
the oung man In a familiar way and ask
him for n cigarette and his college yell.
Occasionally one also discovers an elderly
man with Iron gray hair wearing an over
coat with billows of furry collar and cuffs.
In this case one should mention the stage
with caution unless ho Is willing to spend
the rest of the afternoon hearing about
Broadway.
Overcoats are a punishment to the small
boy, a boon to the grown man and a trial
to tho old settler who has to be hoisted Into
one by two daughters and a grandson,
Americans are divided roughly into two
classes those who worry about styles In
overcoats and those who ask how long they
will wear, George Pitch.
THE HOUSEKEEPER
Oh, Woman, what Is the thing ou do, and
what Is the thing you cry?
Is your house not warm and Inclosed from
harm, that you thrust the curtain by?
And havo wg not toiled to build for ou a
peace from the winds outside.
That you seek to know how the battles go and
ride where the fighters ride?
You have taken my spindle away from me,
ou have taken away my loom,
You bid me sit in the dust of It, at peace with.
out cloth or broom,
You have shut ma still with a sleepy will, with
nor evil nor good to do,
While our house the World that we keep for
God should be garnished and swept anew.
The evil things that have waxed and grown
while I sat with my white hands still;
They have nteahed our World till they twined
and curled through ray very window-sill;
Shall I sit and smile at mine ease the while
that my house Is wrongly kept?
It is mine to eee that the house of me Is
straightened and oleanMd and swept!
My daughters strive for their souls alive. har
rled and starved aad cold
Shall I boar it long, who wa Ut and etroag
in guarding them while of aid?
My children cry in our bouse the World, neg-
letd and bard-ODpreet
Is my right sot then ta command all men to
be sUU while the chlWren rest?
I who labored beside my BM.U when the work
of the World began.
The watch X kept while j- children slept I
will keep today by Uan
I have crouched too toag by the little hearth
at the bidding at Man lay nate
I go to kindle the Hearth of the World, tfet
leas hu left deeolat'
Hawgwot WlddKOW, hi th lBlou4nt.
THE SUFFRAGE COMVENTIOSf j
Dlffnltv. EarnesfnflsaUnti SnirAritvnrtlin fJattlftf .
inj an Evidence of Roman's Fitnei for Vtoii, 3
TJTE.K.M.
Regardless of whether or net the Pennsylv
nla suffragists are coin td lead their Causa
victory In MS-nnd some of their most ardnlj
welt-wlihers are of the opinion that so loll
as the liquor Interests continue to be of don
nallng Importance In the politics of the Sts,
the hopes of linking it up with suffrage ttJ
visionary at beet tho one great fact whfcj.
stands revealed at the present time, and whlcfc
was forcibly demonstrated at the recent con
ventlon at Scranton Is that Pennsylvania worn- ..51
en are not only eager for tho ballot, but, l
what Is more to the point, are ready for It
No one, not even the veriest misogynist, could
h4ve been present at the six-day gathering ot
those 350 delegates representing thousands of,
women all over the State, without being im
pressed by the dignity, earnestness nnd sa
lacity of their convention.
No one could have viewed the cautloii
which they moved without' feeling that
was an eloquent refutation of the wlll-o
wisp hjsterla of which the sex has be
often accused, or have contemplated tho
which they devised whether It brings si
$I
or not-aftor n careful analysis of the sltr
-a
In Pennsylvania, without realizing wl
magnificent contradiction of tho char
llglit-lieald short-elghtedncss It was, V
cheap, Inconsequential clatter about w
mental unfitness to tako .part In the a (To
government, all tho silly, clap-trap talk
the "defemlntzatlon" of the votes for
advocate wero reduced to dust and nai
this representative assemblage.
Tho modern suffragist, as exemplified
Pennsylvania delegate Is no "dodo."
1
contrary, she Is more apt to prove a
breaker than an eyesore; a fasclhatlncl
pan Ion rather than a fanatical bore. She!
a
what sho wants and she Is learning
quickly the best methods of going a
She knows when to wiggle her husban
car and rumple up his curls In- bring!
around to her viewpoint, and sho know
a strong doee of John Stuart Mill, Hux'
Olive Schrelncr, administered before.
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and after meals, will be the most S I
means of gaining ber ends. And It ntj
teer or propnet to say mat wncp n. -
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begins to comprehend all these tilings.
Is not far'away.
With the possible exception that It
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bit more serious, a bit more dignified' anu
great deal' moro energetic, this convention dff
fcrcd In no gTcat measure from thr typical
man's.. Thero was the same tug between tboj
radicals nnd tho conservatives, tho same pro-l
portion of striking personalities and colorless'
nonentities, noticeable In every large gathering'
Thero was not, however and this point so,rv
to emphasize tho difference any factional feefl
Ing or any dissimilarity of Ideals and ambitions
The AVoman Suffrage Association of PennsyS
vaula exhibited but one ambition In Its cof
vention, anil on tins tney stooa as united 1 5
the links ot an endless chain. No congrei 1
ever saw a greater unanimity ot desire Tlit'i
want the vote, one and all, and they wail
only tho vote. After that they ask for notffl
ing more. Because after that they will
to ask for nothing more. They will be lit j
position to get what they want.
The two extremes of the suffroge cause, tip
"antl" and the militant, received small col
alteration from the convention. And riahtj
so. The drunkard, who is a practical "'
to the temperance cause, because he pr(
what he preaches, or, perhaps, preaches wt
he practices, would never be considered for?
minute as a serious opposition to the causs.i
Nor wan It thought that Carrie Nation, $ta4
slbly the greatest militant the world has evgrj
known, did any big damage to prohibition prln-1
clples.
The Pennsylvania women adopted the aameil
attitude tow ni d the "antl" and tho militant
the temperance leaders take tov.qrd the drunk -j
ard and Carrie Nation. The former Is to
converted, If possible, or Ignored, If not Tl
latter
to be frowned upon or laughed at rl
doesn't much matter tvhlch.
AVhen the rampaglous Carrie took out hcri.
tla hatchet ever so often and began hit
things up to the right and left of her peor
thrtsn at a. distance, nt lejist smllerr efj
thought the lady a bit.craz). Those in til
nlnltv nrnhahlv rtlHn'f ntnn in thfnlf u ?.
were they dodging. No one, however, thi'
for a minute that because one champlonlF
rntiKA ran nmttpk thi movement was ft V
harum-scarum one. 1
No open-minded man would refuse to1"
his ballot for religion or temperance, zf
because there were Carrie Nations U
ranks.
The suffrage convention frowned oi
Carrie NatIon-minellne Pankhurst tact
applied to the campaign in the Keystone
Moreover, they declared against spv tacu)
of arty sort, and registered the- stamp d
annroval on the Btate-vvlde aemonsl"
which was to take the form of a par
Harrlsburg, suggested by an Insurgent
was not sentiment. It was real sapient.
ness sense. Tarades have been tried her
found wanting. Conservatism, on th
trary. has shoved the cause along a g-'
t&nce. and whp knows but what it r
take It the whole way?
When Mrs. Frank M. noessing, pres
the association, whose personal lnfiu
great, and who has always been for
fled policy, conducted along dignified
her chair nnd taking the floor, rem ggi
convention that at the time of the 1
the national suffragists from New
AVashlngton in 1913. when only a t
of Pennsylvania was Invaded b H
slon, the demonstration cost the lou
tlon three volts In the Legislature
cold shower over the radicals, cat
ot sueh Intensity, that they had r
out when the gathering adlourr
Thst question Irrevocably s
ness ot outlining a oonstru
continued, with tho result t"
(inn of tha woman suffragist
la on a more solid, a more'.
optimistic baste than ever f
And whatever his feeling.;
whatever his oonvietlon, it9
cart of sport. Indeed, who
glass to their "spank" at
obvious effloleney, if not,
speedy siwe
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