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THE CHANCE TO GET EVEN.
The disinclination of the British
government to provide a crown of
martyrdom for the militant branch
of the woman suffrage movement
has Riven these energetic and ingen
iously destructive women a rare
measure of liberty. They are per
mitted to stalk through an orderly
society and throw it into a state -of
profane disorder They have
license to break aud burn and ruin,
confident that when caught they will
go through the form of trial, receive
a lecture from the bench, be sent to
jail for a few days and then re
leased to start '.he thing all over.
There is one thing we have been
looking for, but so far in vain. The
militants have a large following of
male sympathizers. These prudent
persons have let the women do the
Ashland, Ore., Thursday, Mar. 13, '13 window smashing, the parliament
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THAT VICE INVESTIGATION.
That Chicago vice investigation is
giving local papers basis for "buy at
home'' editorials galore, if nothing
more. It is also causing consider
able discussion among local business
men as to women in business. There
is little doubt that there is some
connection between wages and im
morality, and equally no doubt the
wages of many are too low, but there
are other reasons which have much
to do with the immorality of both
men and women.
It is an old saying that "neither
man nor woman ever became crimi
nal between daybreak and sunset; it
is the old lure and lust of the night,
together with the desire for clothes
and style, which causes many n
downfall. In tho beginning it is
often the pleasure of a little clandes
tine flirtation with some stranger, a
flirtation only seductive because it is
clandestine; little by little the stran
ger gains an ascendency over-lhe
mind of the girl until the final fall
of the maiden.
Just what proportion of the cases
of immorality are caused by poverty
is hard to tell, but outside of the
big cities the per cent caused by
want is infinitesimal".
One of the witnesses in the Chica
go investigation made a pertinent
suggestion when he said that many
more than the 50,000 girls alleged
to bo working for- $5 per week in
Chicago stores and factories could
get good places at $5 per week, a
Rood room, board and washing if
they did not feel themselves above
doing housework. The girl who bar
ters her morality for fine clothes or I
even for necessities rather than pock
et her pride and work in a kitchen
as more pride than morality. She
is deserving little pity. True pride
Is a good thing, but the sooner the
American people, both men and wom
n, get over the Idea that they are
too good to do any honest work, but
little improvement in national or in
dividual morality can be expected.
An Ashland business man whose
only clerk was loafing away most of
his time for lack of business had a
car of coal come in. When asked
to help put it in the bin the young
man refused; tho businecs man then
left the clerk to ponder on his pride
and put in the coal himself. It is
thus with the younger generation to
day. Many a girl would rather clerk
in a store and be immoral, finally !
leading an open life of shame, than
work in anybody's kitchen, often
even that of their husband. Many
a young man would rather play the
ponies or gamble on his employer's
money in an attempt to ape the local
capitalist In his way of living than
0 out and shovel dirt or do other
menial labor and live on the wages
his ability will honestly command.
What is the cause of this condi
tion, which is steadily growing
worse? It seems to be simply an
accompaniment of the present pre
vailing worship of the material.
Success, spelled by material wealth
and style, is the only thing'to be
nought after. Tho world today, in
stead of being in advance of the past
in civilization, is really receding,
when material Biiccess is the main
aim and material reasons are given
for every delinquency of the human
mind.
The fact is that in Chicago at least
100,000 men are in kitchens and
elsewhere doing work which women
ought to be doing, and in Chicago
and elsewhere .at least 100,000 wom
en are in offices and elsewhere
where they have no business to be.
Every woman who goes into a busi
ness office with the idea that she is
entitled to a different treatment
- from that accorded men in tho same
line of business is making a fatal
mistake. She wants at the same
time to be the clinging vine and the
sturdy oal: and ends by being neith
er and only too often an outcast
from society. There never has been
a time or a city in America in which
a girl could not make her living
safely and well if she were willing
to take domestic service, and there
as seldom been a time when a man
could not live honestly in a city or
ing. But we can imagine that they
are greatly excited by all this glori
ous fun. They would like to have
a hand in the mischief. Carried
away some day by the fascination of
soma new plot say the tarring and
feathering of the prime minister
they may shake off caution and heat
the tar or gleefully join in the mis
sion of suitably arranging the feath
ers. That will bo the government's
hour to get even. It. will hunt down
the male miscreants as it would a
German spy. It will catch them if
it has to break the national treas
ury. And once these "gentlemen
friends" of the militants are caught
they will be made to pay the full
score for the months of worry and
annoyance and bitterness the women
have brought on tue country's guar
dians. vVe cannot think tho gov
ernment would be satisfied unless
a sentence of a million years at hard
labor were pronounced upon each
and every trousered accomplice.
THE TITLE OK "MISS." '
COMFORT IN RAILROAD TRAVEL.
' A railroad Journey today, even In
the democracy of the day coach, is
not quite such a matter ot storm
and stress as formerly. A car of 20
years ago would seem like a freight
car now, with its low back and al
most springless seats, and the chinks
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The Home Circle
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H
I'houghts from the Editorial Pen
No Place l ike Home.
"If you've ever felt the pangs of
called windows about the height of j homesickness and have longed for
the quiet of a small town in con
trast to the hustic and bustle of a
big city," says the St. Paul Dispatch,
"your sympathy will go out to
Dewey, a white bulldog, who, pining
for his personal soft spot behind a
meat-market stove in La . Crosse,
is., walked tho entire distance
one s neaa. iMevertneiess, ranroaa :
corporations are slow to make need- j
ed changes.-
In Louisiana the legislature re
cently ordered the railroads to put
linen covers on car seats in summer.
The railroads protested, but ' have
yielded, and sticky plush gives way
to the gratefully cool linen May 15. from St. Paul to that city.
It is customary to say, while Eu
ropean railroads hp.ve comparatively
few accidents, that our roads pro
vide much more comfort. True for
the downy luxury of the American ;
Pullman. But very far from true
"A letter from La Crosse to this
city tells of the arrival there of the
dog, which !b the property of Oscar
Baara, a St. Paul meat cutter, who
formerly lived in the Wisconsin city.
"Dewey is now sleeping behind
V, . mncn 9 1. . . . . 1 ,
JO, lUC fc.caL iimoo ui uuttSIieu, (he B(ove jn the meat market jn La
who must jostle wi(h their fellows in: Cr0SBe( whlcu j,ia master formerly
the -batterings of the day coach. owned. Although Mr. Baum brought
The European compartment pro-' the dog to St. Paul in the express
vides a seat with a high cushioned j car of a fast limited train and of-
back on which the head rests com
fortably. A man with an easy con
science should sleep.
The American day coach saws off
the support for the head at or below
fered him all kinds of inducements
and delicacies not to be had in a
small town, Dewey was not happy.
"He ran away and appeared un
expectedly at his old home Monday
the shoulders. Hence the contorted ; Wagging his short tail furiously, he
bowknots in which passengers tie ' scratched and whined for ndmit-
themselves to secure support for j tance. The one hundred and forty
wobbling and weary heads. Some ! miles he had tramped had made him
lean against the pointed window cas-, footsore and weary. His tongue
ing, until the skull is well dented, j was hanging far cut of his mouth
Others slump until the body makes : and he was panting. Dewey's eyes
a straight line from the top of the were bright, however. And he was
back to the edge of the seat, leaving ' ROt too tired to yawn in a friendly
the back, nature's weakest point, j manner at his old and trusted
unsupported and aching. 'friend, the market cat.
One often questions why high back j "When his master 'telephoned
seats and other comforts of railroad ; from St. Paul that he would sro to
travel are usually denied the travel
er in an American day coach. Is it
the slight expense for their installa
tion? Or is it to force passengers
to pay the extra charge for the Pullman?
Certain Chicago suffragettes pro
test against the title "Miss,", which
they say carries some slight or slur,
and some unmarried women ar,e hav
ing "Mrs." placed on their cards.
"Mrs." is' an abbreviation of the
word "Mistress." This is the fem-
nine of "Master" and signifies the
feminine ruler of a household or
other establishment. The word has
a sinister significance in common
speech that raises the query. why the
title shoud seem so attractive. .
"Miss" is perhaps resented on the
ground that it suggests mere girl
hood, as one reads in the dry goods
advertisement of "misses' " clothiqg.
The latter title may carry a hint
of youth and coquetry that seems out
of keeping with senous-minded wom
en of defined age. At the same time
tho present custom in titles would
seem to give unmarried women at
least an equality of privilege as com
pared with their yoked sisters.
The unmarried woman bears the
name which is the very bone of her
bone and flesh of her flesh. Through
it runs the blood of her ancestors, it
links her to her own race as born of
a certain' clan, entitled to its honors,
protection, standing and position.
She may be a "Miss," but she has
saved the tribal name of the for
bears that made her what she is.
When she marries 6he gives up her
own family name for that of her hus
band's family, which did not bring
her into life, and feels but a slight
responsibility for this captive from
another people. All the associations
of her past, sentimental, dignified or
aristocratic, are blotted out of public
view as tho price paid for being a
"Mrs."
To youth, tho word "Miss" con
veys subtle allurements of the yeter
nal feminine. Let not the Chicago
suffragettes thus cast away the ro
mance of life too hastily.
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Skunk Hide Stir Up Ire of Clerks
Medford Mall Tribune: During
the past two or three days the post-
office and express office clerks in
the city have been having the time
of their lives with shipments of
skunk hides. Trappers are', begin
ning to make their annual shipments
of the winter's catch, and highly
scented offices aro the result.
The express company got the
worst of the deal as Chief Deputy
Fish and Game Comlssioner Frank
L.( Sandry ordered the shipments by
express held in order that he might
inspect them and determine whether
any heavier hides were shipped or not.
The opening of the packages added
to tho occasion in a great degree.
THE WAY OK A CHILD.
La Crosse to get him the gaunt lit
tle fighting pet was sleeping the
peaceful sleep of the weary. Be
tween his paws was a discarded
bone, and the satisfied grin on his
battle-scarred facn told more plain
ly than words that he preferred a
meager bone in La Crosse to a por
terhouse steak in St. Paul."
A child of about seven years of j
age was seen recently who walked ,
deliberately out from the sidewalk I
in front of an approaching automo-
Things W e Think.
It is getting so there aro nearly
as many people mortgaging their
bile, stopped, turned her back to it j homes to buy automobiles as there
and placed her hands upon her hips : are to buy eggs,
while she stared at something in the All men are equal at the altar
distance. The occupants of the ma-! that is, none of them count for any
chine were surprised when she was ! thing.
seen stepping out into the street, Two Irishmen recently died, one
amazed when she stopped with the aged 119 and the other 120. The
auto rapidly near'ng her, and while former smokod, the latter did not.
somewhat of a forced smile came to
their faces when the machine' slocd
down and tooted, upon which she
rapidly whirled about, jumped and
ran to the side of the street, it
brought to the minds of the occu
pants what might have happened if
the driver had been as careless as
she.
The young girl is like too many
parents in every city who allow their
little ones to play upon the streets
without properly safeguarding them.
In this respect the way of a child
is often the way cf a parent. Too
great care cannot be taken of the
little ones in this day when swiftly
moving autos and unmanageable
horses are so often the causes of sad
accidents. Because parents are not
manifesting sufficient care of this
kind over their children, scores each
year are killed.
The wise parent will be warned.
The others will not be.
A Boston scientist, Prof. A. J.
Honej, claims, to have discovered a
cure for leprosy.
Arizona in 1912 produced
000,000 pounds" of copper.
350,-
MRS. CRYSTAL BENEDICT.
Pretty Wisconsin Suffragist
In Parade In Washington.
The PORTLAND EVENING TELE
GRAM and Ashland Tidings one year,
$5.00.
elsewhere if he were willing to do
any kind of work! The trouble is
that there are too.many wanting silk
waist and white shirt jobs and- too
few willing to take work which re
quires the wearing of old clothes
and the performing of manual labor.
See what an end smoking may bring
you to.
When meeting , a woman these
days with "Mrs." affixed to her
name, it is the part of wisdom to
learn if it is present or past tense
before inquiring too particularly
about her hubby.
Abtfht the only difference between
a job and a position is in the amount
of work.
We have never yet seen a man so
loyal to party thai he would refuse
votes from the other side.
"Language was made to conceal
thought." Some people are keeping
alot of things to themselves.
Every man gets to the front soon
er or later. If in no other way, he
always heads his own funeral pro
cession.
The jar a man receives when he
slips on a banana peel usually
breaks one of the commandments.
Esperanto hasn't any swear words.
This is probably the reason it is
shorter than any other language.
Burbank has grown a seedless
prune, and now it is up to him to
produce a pruneless boarding house.
If you really want to flatter a
person and make it stick, just tell
him tha't he is not easily flattered.
The person who always scatters
sunshine along his or her way need
have little fear of the day of judg
ment.
The souvenir business is the mod
ern way of disposing of stuff that no
one has any eartnly use for.
A truthful man sometimes has to
tell a lie to attract attention.
Cannibals must .have easily satis
fied palates.
I
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ASHLAND, OREGON
ture to possess a moustache that
drops downward or inward, .' ermit-
ted to grow, it makes your 'eatures
look as if they were toeing in. It
gives a discouraging, despondent,
drooping air.
lo matter how greased by the
barber, or how twirled before the
home or office mhror, no drooping
mojstache (an permanently be made
consistent with au alert appearance.
And yet many youig men of 21 wear
3uch moustaches because it makes
there look 30 yeais old.
At the other extreme lies the man
who has worn a beard unt'l be is
GOOD ROADS CONFERENCE.
Important Meeting to be Held
Eureka, Cul., in August.
at
Plans are now being perfected for
a conference of unusual interest and
character which will be held in
Eureka, Cal., on August 21 and 22
oT the present, year. The object of
this conference wili be the organiza
tion of a Pacific coast good road
association, which shall in .every
practicable way promote and ad
vance the cause of good roads in
California, Oregon and Washington.
50 or fnore. Neither he nor his I Governor Lister of Washington.
frie'icis know what his countenance i Governor West of Oregon and Gov-
lea'ly is. Seeim; one day how a
neighbor has grov-n youthful by a
ernor Johnson of California hav
promised to attend the conference.
clean shave, he tries likewise to turn i which will be presided over by the
first named of these gentlemen. It
is expected that Judge J. T. Ronald,
president of the Pacific Highway
Association; Samuel Hill of Mary
hill, Wash., and rriany other promi
nent good roads advocates will also
be in attendance.
The proposed conference will pre
sent Borne novl features. Eureka,
where it is to bo held, is the largest
town in the United States without a
through railroad, end, except in the
summer months, wholly , dependent
upon the sea for intercourse with
the outside world. Thus, those at
tending the conference will have to
make the journey by steamer from
San Francisco or Portland, or br
automobile from the north, east or
south. Many of the delegates will
make the trip by auto from San
Franciro northward along' the coast.
A number of those coming from the
north will turn westward at Grants
Pass and follow the coast south to
Eureka. A greater number, how
ever, including the governors of the
three states, will journey from Red
ding or Red Bluff 'across the Coast
Range to Eureka. This trip will in-
back the hands of time.
But lo, the years have wrought
their subtle changes under the
screen which nature gave him. He
may have a retreating chin, a silly
mouth, or he may have blubber lips,
briftal jaws and a fat and flabby
neck, and no one ever discovered it
until he shaved.
From all which the lesson is to
let every man arrange his face ac
cording to his own individuality of
countenance, not according to the
whims of his neighbor or those of
Broadway. The nmooth face gives
an impression of youth and sincer
ity; the bearded face suggests dig
nity and stability. Let every man
choose what fits h.m.
The great trouble, with the beard,
as actually worn, is that the major
ity of whiskered men think that
dirty necktie and shirt front are
thereby concealed. Wherein they
greatly deceive themselves.
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at the Bay Hotel nd annex, Crescent
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the finest scenery in the west.
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Beard vs. tk? Smooth Face.
A recent dispatch from London
has attracted wide attention, with
it3 assertion that "pointed beards,
the moustache, and possibly whis
kers, are coming in favor."
If style is again to leave hair on
man's face, and thus placehim again
among the fur-bearing animals, let
us hope that there will he more dis
position for men to arrange it more
in accordance with their own indi
vidual features.
There is no reason why the. man
from New York or Oshkosh should
wear a beard merely because some
London chappie is tired of shaving.
In early youth one watches with
keenest hope for the first downy
traces of a moustache. As it length
ens its preservation ought to depend
wholly on whether it looks well or
not.
' Many young men are fated by na-
OutS
pedal Offei
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