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The march of progress tias tierer hastened bu
assassination, though wars have been
precipitated bu it.
THE Evenino Ledqeii has received many
letters, signed with pseudonyms or with
initials only, somo of which end with the
familiar "we daro you to publish this "
Whllo tho Evkning l.KDOEn publishes letters
to which tho author's real name is not ap
pended, It docs so only when tho Identity of
tho writer Is known to tho editor. Anony
mous communications aro invariably thrown
Into the wastobaskct.
Prevention Better Than Contrivances for
Rescue
THIS death trap has dono Its work Now
tho Investigators will do theirs. It Is so
caBy to find out why a thing happened; so
hard, It seems, to discover In advanco how
to aold catastrophes.
It Is nppurcnt already that no extra sup
ply of lifeboats or able seamen would havu
been effective. Tho object of tho law should
bo to prevent accidents, not to minimizes their
effects after they havo hoppencd. Yet tho
wholo purpose of tho LaFolletto legislation,
which Is about to drlvo tho American marine
from tho oceans, Is to provldo means of red
cue, Thcro Is nothing In It to assure such
rigid inspection that pxcldonts aro not likely
to happen.
Tho Eastland was a vessel notoriously un
wieldy and dangerous. Cleveland was glad
to got rid of her Yet sho plied hor trado
unhindered in Chicago. It may bo comfort
ing to think of tho (lnal tragedy as an acci
dent, yet tho accident really Is that tho
catastropho did not happen long ago. Fate,
not tho Government, delayed It so long.
Against tho dangers of Insidious Iceberg,
fag and storm, man is Impotent, but thcro Is
ona thing tho Government can do and that
is prevent tho uso of enselH that aro not sea
worthy. Strict lequlrcment") before vessels
are given certificates will save moro lives
than all tho LaFollotto laws that over were
conceived of or put on tho statute books.
Tho Law Is the Law
r
IN England tho Nation, a weekly newspaper,
advises tho Government not to put cotton
on tho list of absolute contraband. "Somo
such similar action," it says, "united against
us in activo warfaro tho wholo civilized world
100 years ago, even In tho end dragging us
Into a dreary fight with tho United States."
It also points out that England protested
against cotton being declared contraband
during tho Russo-Japanese war, and con
tinues: "American cotton States wish to
know whether Britain's command of the seas
Is to Justify her In making or unmaking In
ternational law as It suits her convenience of
tho moment," .
England docs not make International law.
She cannot vary the rules to suit her con
venience. Sho has no Jurisdiction over
American rights. Her arbitrary edicts wo
havo not recognized. Tho only law wo know
anything about Is the law that existed be
fore this war broke out, and that is the law
which this country will obey and which It
will expect all other nations to obey.
It Is beginning to dawn on the British that
rigid adherence to tho principles of Interna
tional law is of far more Importance to tho
Empire than any temporary advantage that
can possibly be gained by opportunistic vio
lation of accepted precedents
No Interference in European Affairs;
Defense of Our Rights Always!
WE ARE not concerned with the machina
tions; of foreign Powers, Tho great prin
ciples on which tho prosperity of this nation
roats are written for the most part In the
Constitution and tho Declaration of Inde
pendence. One of the most important, how
ever, found1 expression In the warning of
Washington that we beware of foreign en
tanglements His close adherence to that
policy brought down on his head the bitter
denunciation of men of his time. But he
never wavered. Europe seethed and injus
tice reigned In those days, but the American
Republic took no sides. It permitted Itself to
be interested In only one way, namely, In the
protection of American rights. To this It
dedicated Its young strength and eventually
had to fight, first France, and then England.
It hesitated in neither caso when it was
evident that there vas no other way out.
The rape of Belgium and Luxemburg and
the atrocities thereafter committed have
sickened America But ofttaJftUy these out.
rages are none of our business. That has
been the policy of the Government, a polloy
fur which there Is an abundgntp qf hlatorlo
precedent and with wutea the grat maw of
Amwlcans ore in full accord. '
But when Europn begtu to repeat the
aggression of a century ago when the bel
llrmU attempt to fence In thai Mentis,
when they prey on Amerloan eemmweo.
murder our uttzena and Ue our Bfwfterty,
there tf no course left open to us but lnalnt.
inn our immunity from attach Here
eVfeie this Government follows precedent
It ftaay le that the time U not ripe for a
plltJ prwll tu Uitat Britajja, Wbfesfe has
:ili-.dy tMtea warned and ayatatt the de
iitjm uf vsrn iiiw court a. caveat bite
i.o rild i'euiiHly tbe (teieiMw of AJcrl
: l, rat i of tn.t ifnmUr UuporUlKe ttun.it
' i. c Mt ftt Aiwrteifi iropert Fr the
I :"!-.il liu ai U? luido- t!itt U Uu
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EVFK1NG
power that cnn lift corpse from the grave
or, from tho ocean's depths and restore to
them tho breath of llfev Wo have received
nnd are receiving from tho Alltesino hurt for
whlAh full recompense cannot bo i given. Wo
havo received from Germany Injuries of tho
sort Cor which thercicah bo no reparation.
It 1st Incumbent on Washington, In a crisis
which affects all neutral nations and wilt
eventually affect oven lho belligerents, to
atnnd footauro for Um law of nations. It
must ncqulosco In no aggressions, It must
mako no compromise, It must nt any cost
Insist on tho full recognition of neutral
rights. That It Intends bo to do Is fully ap
parent In tho latest German note. No Amcr
lean need fear that Great Britain will bo
shown any special consideration. Her time
Is not yet, that It alt.
Go Ahead: Councils Will Fall Into Line
"PHILADELPHIA Is nn old woman, nl-
ways looking for reasons why a thing
crinnot bo done. Sho has the caution of ago,
instead of tho optlmlBtlo vision of youth,
Tho way to got tho Republican National
Convention Is to go ahead on tho assumption
that Councils will nuthorlro tho convention
hall Tto assumo that Councils won't latho
sort of 'drunken fatalism that ends In dry
rot and I extinction " Tho man rcsponslblo
for this thought In tho kind of fellow who
would drlvo a railroad through tho Andes.
Ho wouldttnko n "Mcssago to Garcia." What
happened .after ho delivered It would not
make mucin difference
As far aa-tho contention hall Is concerned,
Philadelphia has tho money, has tho plans
nnd has tho sites. Tho only thing it has not
got Is tho authorization of construction on
somo particular Blto by Councils. Yot what
Is Councils but otio of tho Instruments with
which tho community accomplishes Its pur
posos? It may bota blunt tool; but It Is not
bo blunt that tho drlvo of tho community
behind it cannot mako it work. It will re
spond to public oplrdon. It has dono so bo
foro. Thcro Is no power that can provent It
from registering tho will of tho community
If that will Is properly expressed.
Councils Is Republican. It Is absurd to
supposo that It will definitely warn tho na
tional party not to havo Its convention In
Philadelphia. That It what a refusal to
authorlzo tho convention hall would mean.
Let the Chamber of Commerce put tho full
weight of Its authority behind a dcflnlto slto
and thero need bo no fear of what Councils
will do. Botter a convention hall on any
slto than no convention hall at all. Botter a
straight fight to compel Councils to show Its
hand than no flghtiat all.
It Is an absurdltyto supposo that Councils
can checkmato tho progressive program of
tho business men of tho city. It Is ridiculous
to assume that Philadelphia's future Is in
tho hands of polltlclansand not In tho hands
of Industrial leaders.
The fight to got tho convention has been
launched. Lot's seo the Phtladelphlans who
will daro to submarlno ltl
"Bill" Needed in Washington
THE nation needs Its great statesmen at
Washington. Admlrablo as Senator Vare
has found tho qualifications of his brother
for the mayoralty to be, it Is apparent that
tho same qualifications are greatly needed
In a Congress not overloaded with brains.
"Brother Bill" has been re-elected byahand
somo majority to sit In tho House of Repre
sentatives and assist in the making of laws
for tho wholo nation. Ho must bo needed
down there, whero statesmanship Is at a
premium. It would bo selfish, Indeed, of
"Ed" to withdraw him. Wo have no doubt
that at least 100,000 Phtladelphlans would be
glad to sign a petition urging tho emlnont
Congressman to stick to his last and continuo
to be a maker Instead of an executor of the
law.
How Will They Vote?
ABOUT 600,000 metal trades workers In fac
Xjl torles producing arms and munitions, it
is ofllclally announced in Now York, will do
mand moro pay and shorter hours. They base
their move on tho prosperity of the factories
affected.
How will theso 600,000 workers vote next
year? Tor a tariff policy that assures low
wages or a tariff program that renders
higher wages probable?
They aro undertaking now to take ad
antago of an abnormal situation. How
about a fow months ago when they wore
unablo to get any wages at all? Peace
wages, not war wages, la the prize worth
striving for.
Tho workman who wants to protect his
wage will vote to protect tho factory that
pays it.
Now It Is Poisoned Poland
BLEEDING Poland now becomes Poisoned
Poland, It Is not enough that Germany,
Austria and Russia should be raging back
and forth over this unhappy land, involving
an innocent people in their bloodshed. This
time Poland's prayer Is to bo saved from the
terrors of Germany's asphyxiating gases. In
Its appeal to President Wilson the Polish
American Committee calls attention to an
entirely new development in the use of gases,
"If used henceforward," they say, "it will
poison our citizens, make the water and the
crops unfit for use and poison our wells and
cattle, Tho effect after the war, we believe,
will be to cause tho population to die out
slowly as a consequence of chlorine poison
ing." Surely a, terrible penalty to pay for the ac
cident of living between the Russian and
German belligerents!
The Germans, may get to Warsaw. Napoi
leott gat to Moseow,
i imawaawaei n I i ina.i
Mr. Hearst Bays there are no statesmen
left In Washington slnoe Mr, Pryan left.
r&ubt!M Mr. Bryan will agree with him.
Mr. WBamakers prepal to py Jl&Q.OOo,.
cm.m for Belgium need, no be taken too
serfMMdy. "There ain't that muah mosey."
AH of our statawwao n to be In favor
of a "adequate" avy Just, as the Qeju
cratlo platform was, but why doeWt sjrM
one of them ay what he means ta4e
ojuUe"! Tb difference between lnllltariaw 4M4
tuwptradiUM Is the dtffwwe btW4&pMM
your boy to be nolclier nd rlsl ltrB in
ufc f W8.y thai tt kuwwe tww ( U
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LEPGEK-PHIEAPKCTmA", MONDAY, JTTinr 2B, TS;
. ..... .. "' '" " ' ""' Mill
DOES GERMANY
CONTROL AMERICA?
Tho Recent Assertion of Jurisdic
tion Over Germans In Munitions
Factories Hero Raises a Vital
Issue.
By ST. GEORGE BOLTON
ONE of thd causes of tho War of 1812 with
Great Britain was tho British inslstenco
on acting in accordance with tho policy ex
pressed In tho saying, "Onco nn Englishman,
always an Englishman,"
Thoy denied that a British subject could
transfer his allegiance, and they Impressed
Into their service American seamen who had
been naturalized and had forsworn alle
giance to tho King.
Tho United States could not admit the
validity of any such aot or grant tho sound
ness of tho prlnclplo underlying tho famous
British boast that a man who was born
British must dlo British and was at all times
subject to tho law of tho British Emplro.
A nation whoso citizenry was to( bo re
cruited from peoplo of all tho nations of tho
earth must Insist on tho right of tho Immi
grants to chooso for themselves whom they
would servo
Tho diplomatic archives In Washington aro
bulging with loiters In which tho right of
Immigrants to American citizenship Is dis
cussed. As long ago as September 23, 1800,
John Marshall, then Secretary of Stato, In
urging tho payment of an award by Spain to
naturalized Americans who had been British
subjects, a payment resisted by Spain on tho
ground that tho claimants wcro not Amer
icans at tho tlmo Great Britain acknowl
edged tho Indepcndonco of tho colonlos, de
clared that when tho lawn adopt on Indi
vidual no nation han tho right to question
tho validity of tho act, unless It bo ono who
has a conflicting tltlo to tho person ndoptod.
And In 1812, Jnmes Monroe, who was then
Secretary of Stato, wroto to tho British Min
ister in tho courso of a letter demanding tho
rclcnso of lmprcssod seamen that "It Is im
posslblo for tho United States to discriminate
botwoen tholr native and naturalized cltl
zons; nor ought your Government to expect
It, no It makes no such discrimination Itself."
It was not until 1870, however, that tho
British Parliament formally renounced tho
old doctrine, "Once an Englishman, nlways
an Englishman," and passed a law recogniz
ing tho transfer of allegiance from England
to another Power.
The Purpose of Pan-Germanism
Modern Germany, with Its Pan-Germanic
theory, has Btrlven to rotaln tho loyalty, if
not tho formal allcglanco, of Germans,
wherever thoy may havo migrated. Tho
Kaiser has dovotcd himself to keeping allvo
their Interest In tho Fatherland It was In
pursuit of this policy that ho sent his brothor,
Prlnco Henry, to tho United States a few
years ngo, and has kept in close touch with
tho Gorman colonies In South America and
has sought ta pcrsuado tho South African
Boers that Germany was their best friend,
although tho Boers oxo Dutch and not Ger
man. Tho publication in Berlin last week of an
official declaration that Germans working in
munition factories, particularly In tho United
States, 'aro liable to prosecution for high
treason Is an attempt to exercise criminal
Jurisdiction over Germans wherovor they may
be and to punish them for acts dono outside
of tho territory whero the German laws run.
It is a formal announcement that Germans
who wish over to return to tho homo of their
ancestors must earn .their living In some
other way than by making weapons that may
bo used against Germany If they wish to
escapo Imprisonment.
Although tho United States has a treaty
with Germany It was negotiated with tho
North German Union In 1868 recognizing tho
right of Germans to transfer tholr allegiance
to tho United States,! It would bo as easy for
Germany to punish thoso who disregard the
recent notice as it has been for it to punish
thoso who havo boon naturalized hero with
out having first served their term In tho Ger
man army.
Treaties Full of Loopholes
Tho European nations, with practically no
exception, have Insisted on military service
from all their citizens, wherever universal
servlco Is required. And this, too, In spite
of agreements with tho United States In
tended to protect tho naturalized alien In his
rights of citizenship hero.
Tho treaties are so drawn as to leave many
loopholes. A man must first receive the con
sent of his homo Government before ho can
become an American citizen with tho same
rights as a native-born American, If he be
naturalized here without receiving that con
Bent and then return to Italy or Austria or
France or Germany, ho Is liable to arrest on
the chargo of trying to escape his military
duty; and If ho Is within tho activo military
age, he must servo his term before ho is re
leased. But It Is not easy to get that con
sent. M. Vlgnaud, Chargo d'Affalres In Paris,
wroto to John Sherman, Secretary of State
In 1897, that "before or after his naturaliza
tion abroad a Frenchman may ask his Gov
ernment for its consent to renounce French
national character; but if he Is of the age
during which active military service is due,
this consent Is never given, or given only
under very exceptional circumstances, I do
not know of any successful applications of
this charaoter."
But, M, Vlgnaud 'satd, the consent would
bo given if the man had passed the military
age; yet tho American Embassy has con
sistently refused to make any applications'
for such permission In behalf of naturalized
Americans, "as such a step might Imply an
improper admission on our part," meaning
that It would Involve the admission of the
American Government that Its naturalization
papers are not valid without the approval
of the Government to which the man had
forsworn allegiance.
Jf Germany should try any German-American
for high treason because he had. worked
In the Bethlehem steel planfy for example,
there would doubtless be a new diplomatic
correspondence which would make that over
the Lusltanla stum tame.
TUP SUMMER CLOTIIE3 PROBLEM
Fran tii Chlcaro Utti4
KethJus Ui so Important to a man aa to be
dreseed property at an evening fuaetlon When
you aw lBvlt4 to a dlmwr during these eura
row months call up other malee that you knew
are going to be Invited and And out what they
ate aeJnB to wear. They will all He jke war
centers, but never naiad, call them up anyhow
aild get oma kte of an Idea. "
' But if yo PWt OK your flrat part clothw you
will diffCMMr when the round up at the club
dinner com that every r,mle i, weafaag bis
Ofttiajuy QfSce or ueat going ay tlolh irttb
tf. ebOM On the oil.c; hand If you WMjr
yoyr oAce Uotbo e,.j-,i od ei,, ftlj rtehjy
ba ornavwiy atttr.a .,, Iuu veul drt tK
welter ni i I. fjpKiouii at tu u.nd row
b4e w . , ,v ,( , Qt (l my teUjL
t ought to have told you that the men were go
ing to dre"
Ft U almost Impotslble to tell you how to get
the right dope on tho correct thlttg to wear at
dlhner or ntt evening party In the summer It
would probably be best for you to go out to the
country club early wearing your tuxedo and
carrying your evsnlng dress suit, jour business
clothes and the flannel trousers and black cOat
and vest In jour suitcase Also take along a
neat tent. Erect tho tent In a small but com
pact forest and then, climbing briskly to the
top of the highest tree, gn?o earnestly upon the
ctubhouso Yernndft through a telescope.
In due time tho guests will come out on the
veranda to Inlmlo their cocktails. Then you can
see what they ore wearing and, sliding down
briskly from your tree, hasten to your little
tent and adorn your person In the appropriate
raiment.
LfcTtERS FROM THE PEOPLE
Securing tho Sympathy of tho Gorman
American Justice for Mr. Lovekln nnd
tho Women of Maine.
To the Jldltor of the r.vsnlng Ledger:
Sir At a time when mighty Influences and
powers of Inesllmablo strength are at work In
an endeavor to keep our nation from the guilt
of unjustifiable war, or from the dire conse
quences of war for which we may not be full'
prepared. It Is somewhat encouraging to read
In somo of our dally papem editorials of tne
safio and evenly balanced character of those
of the Evr.NiNo Ledgeo.
And yet, not with tho view of praising you,
but rather with the Idea of pointing out somo
of the un-American and very questionable
nolhocls of thoso favorable to Germany In this
'world conflict hns this letter been written.
What, Indeed, may not bo the significance of
tho oratorio efforts of on ex-Secretary of State,
who, with tho advantago of a close acquain
tance with the former policy of our Stato De
partment, and a soomlng determination to mako
himself heard, given forth expressions of Ill
concealed hostility to our Prcsidont In rhetori
cal phrases which cngngo tho attention of a
large following? And, on tho other hand.
we find this effort to secure tho sympathy and
otes of German-American citizens counter
balanced by the hoarso and dire muttertngs
of nn ox-President, to whom the policy of tho
Administration seems weak, and who would
havo unhesitatingly plunged hla nation Into war
with no possible reasoning as to Its causes or
Its results Indeed, besldo tho strongly pro
German tono of German dallies, wo find In our
own city our supposed legal counselor address
ing an audience of several thousand hyphenated
Americans in a frenzied appeal for a protest
against the policy of our national Government.
But In tho midst of all this passionate pro
test against tho shipping of munitions to tho
Allies and denunciation of our present Admin
istration, combined with hypocritical protesta
tions or loyalty to our Government In case of
war It Is gratifying, ovon encouraging, to ob
servo that tho moro sober-minded citizens
of foreign birth or extraction aro cither main
taining a rigid silence or clso by their acts
and expressions aro openly expressing a pref
erence for tho American flag first. And not
less encouraging Is tho absolute Inability of
tho German Ootcrnment to distract attention
from hor barbarity by references to alleged
misdeeds of England, or to evade the Issues Of
humanity raised by America. So, too, fa her
failure to enlist American sympathy a tribute
to tho bettor Judgment of our peoplo. With
our President at the helm we can truly expoct
an honorable peace If practicable, or wo can
awalr with somewhat of tho spirit of '76 a Just
war. If necessary.
JOSEPH McC. BnOWNLEE.
Philadelphia, July 22, 1915.
HIGH PRAISE FOR MR. LOVEKIN
To tho Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I notice with much pleasure that In the
list of 14 Phtladelphlans deemed eligible to aid
Mr. Edison on the Invention Board, which jou
published In your edition of July 15, you have
given the namo of Mr. Luther D. Lovekln a
place. The list Is a flno ono, and Its only mis
take Is In putting Mr. Lovekln'a namo at the
bottom of tho list Instead of at the top Speak
ing as an engineer of more than 40 j'ears' serv
lco and from a close personal knowledge of Mr,
Lovekln's remarkable abilities, I havo no hes
itation In saying that tho transposition sug
gested would do no more than pay to thoso
abilities a proper and well-deserved tribute.
Mr. Lovekln's position as chief engineer of tho
New York Shipbuilding Company does not re
flect In any full measure tho merits of his
qualifications, even though tho marked and un
surpassed excellence of the naval vessels built
by that company show In no small degree his
designing ability. Ho isia noted inventor along
many lines of engineering and Is probably today
the leading mind In practical steam engineering
problems The records of tho Patent Office will
bear witness to tho variety and Ingenuity of
his successes In evolving means to accomplish
results, and when It comes to Inventive genius
as a requisite Phlladelphlans should be proud to
doff the cap to Mr- Lovekln aa one who has no
peer In, tho community. I congratulate you on
tho selections you have published
A. B. WJLLITS,
Rear Admiral United States Navy, late Director
vi inavy xarus.
Philadelphia, July 23, 1915.
'INJUSTICE TO .MAINE WOMEN
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Maine Is one of the States where any bill
passed by the Legislature can be held up until
tho 'voters have expressed themselves upon It.
This year the Maine Legislature passed a
law that women In factories should not ba
mado to work more than 61 hours a week. But
tho luw has not been allowed to go Into effect.
It has been held up by a petition signed by
13,000 male citizens of Maine the signatures of
women would not have been legally valid
calling for a popular referendum on the ques
tion. Tho people are to express themselves; at
least, about 50 per cent, of tho adult citizens
of the State aro to express themselves. Tho
other 50 per cent, that share of the population
most directly and vitally concerned in the ques
tion at issue, has no legal right of expression
when this law Is submitted to the popular vote
Could there be a more striking illustration
of the reason why women, wage-earning women
working under conditions established by law,
should want a chance to help in framing those
laws? ELEANOIt G. KAUSTEN,
Bryn Mawr, July 21.
LIMITATIONS ON FREE SPEECH
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir E. A. Crewe in answering "American
Legloner" makes the mistake of confounding
free speech with license. In this colony, whose
dependence on England is as complete as that
of a babe on Its mother, It Is a prime necessity
that the enemies of Great Britain should be
considered our foes, too, and those who side
with Germany and her allies should understand
that they cannot plead "free speech" as an ex
cuse. By the way, If E. A. Crewe believes that
free speech etlll survives In the States let him
tell a Philadelphia or New Tork "bobby" or
policeman, eo and he will speedily be con
vinced to the contrary. If Mr. Crewe was as
sure as I am that only England's strong arm
stands between us end the wrath of a certain
transpacific nation he would, instead of pratine
about "pro-German lines" or a miserable USD -000.000
worth of cotton lost or detained, thank
Heaven that his country has euch a guide and
mentor as john BULL.
Palmyra, N J , July 28, J915.
BEST IN ANY PAPER
To the Bditor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I than yt for the neat dleplay you
wade oj &atmajhs of the Welsh jirls I
gave yew qb Wednesday of this week. Jt was
the neate-t oianUy ei any Bauer in the city
and the material was mora readable.
JOHN T. B1CHARJM3,
Divlaloa Secretary. V. M. o. A.
Philadelphia, July M.
HIS GREATEST PEAT
r-rn tM 0MU la4Btf .
A ceneeMMaoeM of tt Kew Ywk Sua wm
a remarkable tribute of a negro peaafear to a
wfcite preacher who had contented ta tiitmirr
the bl&ok faratfeer's pulpit one Suwlay V mM:
"0U noted divine u on at create! wan or
da Af He kaowe unknowable, ta im dff
the un4oble b kin eAmrew 4s onsnt
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THE "SERVANT"
What a Woman Thinks of the
America She States Its Elements and Suggests a Way Out.
Pays Her Respects to the Sterner Sex.
By COROLYN DULLEY
THE question of hired girls is an extremely
dangerous ono to tackle. For landing you
swiftly and uncomfortably In personalities,
It Is only equaled by the national pastime,
"Discussing T. It." Indeed, It Is1 far moro
opprcsslngly near than that great household
duty.
Somo peoplo declaro vehemently, "It lo all
woman's fault," others blame It (or rather
undofino It) on mon, whllo again tho naturo
and habits of hired girls como in for a severe
.drubbing.
But everybody agrees that thero is some
thing vitally wrong at prcBont Jn tho regime
of housekeopors and housoworkors.
Now that Is qulto hopcfulj bocauoo when
you got everybody truly convInccd,that thcro
is a wrong abroad in tho land, you havo
dono ft considerable sllco of tho work toward
getting It righted.
Among other things, why expoct all women
to bo either borr) or mado not only house
keepers, but teachors of tho gontlo domestic
arts as well? Supposo whon a man "gots
himself a houso and gots a wlfo besldo," ho
bo expected personally to Instal a plumbing
system In his house, and keep it in ropair
afterward.
Tho Rcductlo Ad Plumber
"I don't know anything nbout plumbing,"
says ho. "How can I fix up a plumbing
system?"
"Shocking!" retorts tho world (and his
wlfo). "Eyory homo needs a plumbor. What
woro your parents at when they reared you
to years of discretion In Ignorance of man's
Noblest ArtI Howovcr, If you can't do tho
work yourself, and perhaps you can afford
not to do It all, anyway, hero Is a nlco
young map, a 'Moran' (ono of thoso products
of our oocloty whoso montallty can novcr bo
devolopod boyond tho point supposed to bo
attained by all normal chlldron of tray 12
years), you can toach him to plumb."
"Worso nnd moro of it!" cries tho dis
tracted man. "How can I teach him, who Is
In tho first placo untouchable, what I don't
know myself?"
"Thai is silly," ho Is told. "Tho subject
must havo boon written up in books. You
can find out all about It If you try."
"Oh, well," says ho cheerily, being a young
nnd hopeful husband. "No doubt wo can
both learn it together in tho courso of time."
"Courso of time, nothing!" rejoins his wlfo.
"Can't you soo, my dear, that as wo' begin
living In thl3 houso right away, now, this
minute, you'vo got to get somo sort of do
vlco going whilo you learn tho prop'er sys
tem?" Tho world is nearly convinced, at last, that
thcro will bo Just as many marriages, and
moro of them happy ones, it girls marry bo
causo thoy havo an activo dcslro to do so,
and not simply becauao thcro does not seem
to bo nnythlng clso for them to do, But it
is perfectly Just criticism that, if wo want
to rush about doing ovory sort of thing ex
cept or,bosldo housekeeping, wo aro much to
blamo for tho lack of system in tho house
work proposition, for not organizing tho
household arts and standardizing labor, as
men havo dono in tho field of plumbing. I
am morally certain that in tlmo we aro go
ing to do all thoso things. Of course, that
doesn't help tho situation for this year's
crop of brides, who are sotting up house
keeping now, this minute, and no doubt tho
process Is going to cost tho world many
masculine digestions and dispositions. But
wo shall arrlvo. Don't forgot that wo aro a
Big Social Problem, nnd Blg'Soclal Problems
move slowly.
Tho Eight-Hour Housemaid "
Not that I mean to suggest, by tho way,
taking tho organized plumbers as our pat
tern of standardized labor. Just picture it:
A young woman wnnders in leisurely about
10:30 in tho morning to do our housework,
pokes nt tho dirty dishes, looks over tho
dusty rooms, and finally announces that she
cannot do any work on tho Job until after
lunch, because she has to go back to tho
office to got hor duster, soap and tea towels.
Of course, sho couldn't guess what she had to
do till she came to seo. No, sho can't stay
to get lunch, because sho has left her union
cook book at tho office, and sho isn't allowed
THE AILING FARMER
His Cure Was Not Effected Till Ho Bought
An Automobile
From the Indianapolis Nana.
Farmer Hopkins had been ailing for coma
time. He did his chores in the customary
manner one expected of a Hopkins. He paid
Just as much attention to the drove of hogs
over in the pasture lot. He followed the plow
Just as he had followed It for 5 years. He
swore softly at times, mayhap, at the contrari
ness of old Ben as he went down between the
rows of corn, After the day's work was over
he milked tho threo Jerseys and bedded down
the horses In his old painstaking manner.
But with all of his thoroughness there was an
air of preoccupation. Tho clean white boards of
the barn door on the Intldo were covered with
rows and rows of figures His wife colm?
down there on her dally egg-hunting expedi
tions had noticed the figures and wondered
what they meant. Could it be that after all
their years of married Ufa her husband was
engaged In somo transaction which he wished
to hide from her, that he should do his figur
ing on the barn door Instead: of at the oldv
fashioned secretary In the living room?
She ran back over his actlonu of the last few
weeks. Sho remembered how he had grumbled
at Nellie as they rode to town behind her.
Surely he could not think of selling her? He
had always boasted of the trim little mare's
speed; how he compared her to a snail.
The children had all married and moved away
hiiu it bcvu'qu iu iud who mac no snouia he
taking life easy Instead of raking up trouble
for himself as he seemed to be doing,
One evening when he had come back home
from a drive to the town alone he seemed to
be in a moro cheerfuj mood. He told his wife
the children were away all year and only got
back In the summer. To go see them meant
a long ride to the pwji and then a longer ride
on the train. Then ho adroitly shitted the
conversation around to horoea. Feed was high.
Horses needed shoes, they were liable to eleken
and die. Tby must be fed whether they
worked or not. They could not be driven hard
in the hot sun. It always took a horse two
Moure at the least to make tho 11 miles to
town. At last the faithful wife was gettlne
at the cause of her husband; preoccupation!
Soon she would know what the real trouble wax
Probably he wished to sell Nellie endt that
9 JO trotter he had beea looking over at the
county fair w v 00
So so viom h mind if he bought an au.
totuobllel They were so much cheaper now
Ty mHA set around so muah mere qulakly
ta vlstt their liee. and take their friends
ildlog. eta,, 4 Injnllum la a half hour 'Mm.
HpoMm wa ao extte4 that ab tntet Sa
wa to took at a roa4 rami to see how thiv
acting a catalogue tho next day and even hi
wouU e to & JewU and the hby
la two weotta ooe of the ataua had been torn
out te M4 room lor Ow uu od iMiMd
teak 4 been -ok lu tho frtmui itMtoui
U. it J r Aos U i a,, 4Hvl5Jg
IN THE HOUSE
Greatest Domestic Problem ii
i
to cook out of any other. Eventually M
comes back, works along steadily enough
perhaps, hut can't possibly finish a day's
work in threo or four hours. So na tho It
o'clock whistle blows she departs, leaving &
ungodly scattering of dishes in tho kltrh.
ai
itho drawing room furniture herded in the
hall, and upstairs tho mattresses turned ovejj
tho bottoms of tho beds to nlr, with instruct
tlons to tho family not to try to uso the beds
till sho gots back in tho morning to fix them!
But let us go back to thnt "Moran." PraeJ
tlcally tho only person who cnn bo persuaded'
to becomo domestics for tho present-day f3
housawlfo are tho malm, tho halt, tho blind
and the "Moran" In other words, persons
who would bo Jolly unpopular anywhere else.
In short, as things aro now, wo are up
against plowing and sowing barren soil,
against making bricks without strniy,'
Women and girls who can get any olher
remunerative employment under Heaven-
oven clerking In our department store basetJi
monts, which Is considerably under Heaven-
won't do housoworlc. j
Peoplo say that is becauso wo havo made'j
nousowont now. won, wo protty nearly
have, and wo need to mako 11 considerably
moro attractive out i tion't think that is
tho explanation. Waiting on tablo Js no
worso than standing behind a counter In a
ton-cent storo soiling asbestos matB and cur
tain roas lor eigne nours every day. To
watch tho family roast is not a more satanlo
imposition on a girl than to havo her hang
over a stovo in a factory all day, and fill
Bmali tin boxes with soft, hot, brown stovsl
polish. No, but call your domestics, your
hired girls, by that fatal synonym "servants,"
and you havo tho wholo fundamental soclayl
wiujih uuiuiu you in symDOl,
Women Want "Sorvant3"
No matter what somo pooplo may bo, tS?
fact remains that what many men aft
women havo had, and What as many morf
hopo to buy with fresh-earned fortunos.js1
sorvants, not employes. To bo frank, they,',
want an obscnulous croaturn nf thnlt- hM,ii
wh030 subsorvlenco to tholr commands seuf
thorn off as Important persons. And tho2
really Immoral part of It Is, they will put Upj
with no end of lncompctcnco In a ''servant
,..-w ..., .w ,.,,.. ,,, b liufc una tuaa
too strongly, becauso, you see, this survival
of an ngo of rigid class distinction, beside
being vlolontly undemocratic, in stiirmntMnw i
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certain iaDor in an ausuruiy arbitrary lash-
Ion.
When wo women can mako of tho neces
sary work that Is to bo dono In our houses al
standardized, respected profession, and ca
give tho hired girl at least as elevated social
position as the ton-cont storo clerk now en
Joys, wo shall havo achloved moro comfort!
nnd domestic happiness for ourselves and for?
"tho working girl" (whoso determination to
bo "tho working girl," not "tho lower class,"
Is tho most hopeful thing In modern society)
than wo now produco through nny four
dozen of tho charities to which wo dovote our
sparo hours and dollars. -
Wo women are not unllko the rest of man
kind in that wo novor seem able to seo a fix
coming until wo aro in it. Tho few rare
ones who look nhcad can only howl in tho
desert, llko all tho prophet mon. But, then,
this domestic social moss wo aro in now will
havo been entlroly worth whllo and, after
all. It has not boon so verv terrible If In the
'end wo shall havo given tho hired girl her
long-denied casto, and if, which Is equally,
important, wo shall have mado it possible for,
tho women who do not llko housework, arst
not iittca or it ana can't possibly do suc
cessful nt it, to go forth and do tho things '
they are fitted for.
Don't suppose I advocate making tho hired
girl "ono of tho family." I fancy sho herself,
wouldn't bo tho last to object to that. Iin
aglno a lawyer or an nrchltoct who expected
all tho young men In his ofilcc. no matter
how interested ho might bo In their personal
woiraro and development, to becomo mem
bers of ,hls family circlet
No doubt In tho end women aro going to"jf
emergo from all this not only liberated, but'
Chastened SOUlS. Tn tlm m.nntlmn hnnv.r r'
do we not llvo, love and dio pretty much as
U4UUt f
lesson Farmer Hnnklnn lmrnii th.t hr-,
when a plow Is to be guided to the right pre-
u. o um no cxenea on me loft Handle, wnen
an auto Is to bo guided to tho right the steer-J,
ing wheel must be turned to the rltrht. 3
- And gasoline isn't so hitch, after all.
THE NATIONAA POINT OP VIEW1"?
President Wilson has not been caught In th
clumsy net spread for him by the Germans.-"
uumreai jieraia. ,rt
. T
Who will venture to mediate between 3wl
ACdams and tho Colonel oil the peace question?
uyuuiiucia j.cpuoiican.
If President Wilson Is not the mart to draw
a Nobel peace prize by service in ending the
war, Pope Benedict XV Is likely to be,-Nebra
ka State Journal.
If the Mexican guerrilla leaders haye dont
nothlmr. nelth ho. r.i.i-.. a v. .! :
. - ' '- ." ....ajwiigwu, mm cam f
tne country Is more and more impatiently woH
dertng what may be Mr. Wilson's Interpreta
tion. the phrase "a, very short time," as sp
plied to the Mexican situations-Detroit Fret
Press.
Say what you please of Roosevelt's "Jmpul
slvcnees." "JInKOlflm" nnrt fh. Iltr. nnalltlCS
whleh are misapplied to him. As a leader of
mo iieop.e anu doer of things that ntti to
be dope in the people's interest he is vrortU
a million Bryans any day Colorado SprinM
Vi.AJ.VltD.
THE QHAPEL ON THE HILfc
There is a church of Qod
Upon a hillock nigh,
Its pavement la the sod,
Its vault the dreamy sky
And there at fall of day
My dear ones love to be.
To hear the organ play
And Jn the ebanoel see
God lighting, one by one.
tw eandlea, pure and bright.
To guide Ills holy nun
In safety through the nlrbt
Harsuwa Htx4era. la Collier a Weakl H
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