Ashland tidings., March 24, 1913, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2

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A STKAXGK ANOMALY.
CITY'S RIGHTS AM) CITIZEN'S INTEREST.
TRAINING THE BOY.
Eugene Register: One of the
strangest anomalies in political his
tory is presented by the campaign
that has been waged by the English
suffragettes. These feminine fan
atics for no milder term can be
truthfully applied to them are loud
ly demanding the right to vote, yet
by their actions they are demonstrat
ing every day that they are totally
unfit for suffrage. It is as if a small
boy should attempt by twisting the
cat's tail, pulling his sister's hair
end being impudent and disobedient
to his mother to prove that he is a
good little fellow and should be re
warded with an exceptionally desir
able Christmas present.
Here Is a list of the principal ar
guments whereby these militant suf
fragettes have sought to convince
John Bull that they should be given
the right to participate in the na
tion's government:
January 18, 1908 Prime minis
ter's house raided.
February 11, 1908 Fifty women
arrested after raid on house of commons.
June 30, 1908 Twenty-nine wom
en arrested outside parliament.
November 13, 1908 Mr. Birrell,
Irish secretary, howled down at City
Temple.
June 30, 1908 One hundred and
twelve women arrested outside par
liament.
November 14, 1909 Winston
Churchill assaulted by suffragette
with dog whip, f
November 23, 1909 Mr. Birrell is
. mobbed in London.
Wvember 29, 1909 Prime minis
ter howled down at City Temple.
March 1, 1912 $20,000 damage
by window smashing in West End of
London.
July 12, 1912 Attempt to set fire
to Nuneham Park, residence of Lewis
Harcourt, secretary of slate for the
colonies.
July 12, 1912 Bombs sent to Mr.
McKenna, home secretary.
July 18, 1912 Hatchet thrown
Into carriage in which prime minister
and John Redmond were driving
through Dublin; attempt to set fire
to Theater Royal, Dublin, packed
with people; Mr. McKenna severely
assaulted in Wales.
July 20, 1912 Prime minister as
eaulted at Chester.
November 29, 1912 Paraffin
placed In mail boxes throughout the
country; thousands of letters de
stroyed.
January 30, 1912 Hundreds of
windows broken in West End of Lon
don.
February 3, 1913 Raid on Jewel
room In Tower of London.
February 19, 1913 Bomb explod
ed in Lloyd (Jorgn's new house
February 20, 1913 Kew Gardens
tea house set on fire.
Was ever a strauger method taken
to gain a point? it is hard to be
lieve that these are the acts of reas
onlng beings, who are carrying on a
campaign for the right of franchise
Rather this list of outrages Is sug
gestlve of the metnods of swndical
ists of the most radical type who
seek to gain an undesirable end by
paralyzing all of the present' ma
chlnery of industry.
What a strange ideal of citizen
ship these women must have! Since
they are seeking to win the right to
vote by rioting, window-smashing
bomb-throwing and arson, it must be
that the type of person they most
' admire is the low-browed thug who
believes in getting what he wants by
brute force.
The English have long affected
superior disdain for Americans and
American ways. Remembering this
when the nightmare that the Eng
lisb women term a suffrage cam
paign Is compared with the peaceful
orderly and sensible way in which
the women of our own western
states have won the ballot, nothing
seems to be appropriate but a horse
laugh.
Edward Holman and family have
Just returned from a three months'
tour abroad, in tho course of which
they made a visit to the principal
South American cities. Mr. Holman
is an observant man, and as a result
of that he has much to tell un con
cerning his tour in South America
that is thought provoking.
We take this one item of observa
tion as worthy of consideration: Mr.
Holman says that in the South Amer
ican cities they have direct and sim
ple methods for the inauguration of
public improvement, such, for ex
ample, as the widening of streets,
where, apparently, the need for such
widening is urgent. When a street
is to be widened, the commissioner,
or some other properly authorized
official, goes to the owners' of prop
erty that is needed for the purposes
of widening, and offers the values
that are sworn to in the tax state
ments. If the offers are declined
that is all the city will pay, and it
proposes to take the property on the
basis of the tax valuation, which It
does and proceeds immediately to the
demolishment of whatever building
there may be standing upon It.
In this land of liberty and special
privileges a proceeding like this
would seem arbitrary enough. It
would be regarded as intolerable.
But If we analyze the situation care
fully we will find that it Is not eth
ically unfair; while the efficacy of it
from the point of view of municipal
advantage Is entirely beyond dis
pute. We hold it as a fundamental
doctrine that the good of the many
is superior, or should be superior, to
the good of the few. The doctrine
eminent domain is based upon
that principle. But in practice we
have much difficulty in getting away
from the consideration that the pri
vate property interest is a matter to
be considered as far above the public
municipal interest. Moreover, we
encounter that difficulty in two di
rections. When it comes to Baying
taxes for the proper discharge of
public functions the idea is to pay
as little as possible, or. in other
words, upon as low property valua
tion as possible. On the other hand,
when occasion demands that the prl-
Tne Chinese official newspaper,
which has been published for 1,50
years, bag been put out of business
by the new administration.
If there is anything which more
than another would have astonished
the boy of thirty or forty years agp,
it would have been to learn that bis
successors in boyhood were to be
considered in the light of grave na
tional and social problems.
The boy of that period grew up
under a system 'more disciplinary
than indulgent. He had chores to
do, tempers to dodge, playing to
play with tremendous earnestness,
swimming to learn, skating, bob
sledding, fishing in season, and that
substitute for hunting which consists
of carrying a heavy shotgun over
fourteen miles of slubblefield.
But a change has come in the
realm of youth. There is a thing
which parades under various names,
such as child culture, scientific pa
renthpod and the art of bringing up
children. In the book of a gentle
man professor back in Kansas, just
off the press, mothers and fathers
are told how to take their boys In
hand and so train them and prune
them that they will not become
"human wrecks strewn along t'ne
great highway of life," cases of
"missed callings" and instances re
gretting the impossibility of "living
one's life all over again."
It is quite true that there have
been countless thousands of "human
wrecks" and "missed callings" In
that generation which scrubbed its
slates in violation of sanitary sci
ence, colored the pictures in McGuf
fey's readers with mineral pigments,
drank water by preference from the
edge of the well bucket, took off Its
clothes half a milo before it reached
the swimming hole, played with gun
powder, ate green apples, carved
sled runners out with a dull hatchet,
saVed up pennies to buy rubber
bands for slingshots, threw the wood
into the woodbox in such a way that
the box was deceptively full, dodged
school on spring days, went bare
foot too soon and took chances with
the ruffian who guarded the side
walls of circuses. The growing gen
eration, thanks to scientific culture,
may escape the perils of failure.
But we'd like to wager It will never
compare with its fathers for ortho
dox health and fathomless appetite.
The Home Circle
Thoughts from the Editorial Pen
att:;iii:uKs
vate citizen shall part with his prop-!ON SHAVING AND BEING SHAVED
erty for public use, the idea enlarges
to a strenuous endeavor to get as
much as the public can be made to
It Is peculiar, too, that with all
our public enllghtonment we are dis-1
posed to regard Xhis gqing-and-com-'
tng system, this minimizing the duty
and maximizing the right, as wholly
legitimate. We know that on the
average the things attempted where
there must be surrender of private
property for public use, are things
that will enhance the value of all
property in the community, because
the value of all property in the com
munity, because as a rule they Im
prove living and business conditions.
But that knowledge seems to have
little effect. The Individual point
of view contending' for individual
profit and advantage is loath to give
way before the demand for the pub
lic goou. vi taia years we nave im
proved In a measure on this system
in American cities, but there Is room
for more improvement vastly more.
Weather Signs.
We have a new sign which was
never known to fail. It is this: If.
there is a fog in February, taxes
will be big the following year. Just
watch and see If this is not an un
failing sign. We have noticed it for
for ten years. In all that time a fog
came in February and taxes were
high the following year.
There is another sign in the Feb
ruary fog business noticed particu
larly by newspaper publishers, and
that is after a fog in February the
subscriptions are haid to collect. If
this difficulty is experienced prior to
the month of February, it is a sign
that there will be a fog in that
month a dark cloud, as it were, of
unpaid drafts upon the newspaper
office.
Pick out twenty young men as you
meet them and net five out of the
twenty are making an effort to save
money. The Indications are the poor
house of the future will have to be
ten stories high with foldins beds
In each room.
The difference between an agri
culturist and a farmer is that the
farmer gets upmt the break of day,
feeds his stock and has breakfast at
sun-up. After his frugal meal he
hitches his team to the plow, takes
the hard handles in his horny hands,
calls "gee haw" to his team' and
plows all the long, weary day. The
agriculturist gets up at 8 o'clock in
the morning and after an easy
breakfast pulls on his gloves, orders
his horse and buggy and drives to
town.
. The groundhog came out of his
hole as usual, but seeing the high
cost of living, wa3 not slow in get
ting back.
LET THE ARMY CARRY IT.
Senator Nelson of Minnesota has
suggested that, the government vote
a lump Bum for river and harbor im
provement, to be used at the' discre
tion of the army engineers, instead
of following the discredited "pork
barrel" system of specifying by law
just where and how each dollar of
the appropriation shall be spent.
It was a bold idea for Senator Nel
son to broach, particularly since there
are many of his colleagues of the
senate, newly come to Washington,
who have never had a hand in di
recting the distribution of the river
and harbor funds. It might seem
as if upon the evo of his own de
parture from Washington he were
trying to spoil a "good thing" which
would be useful for those yho stayed.
But surely members of congress
must be weary with the slurs about
the "pork barrel." They must be
weary with the charge that they use
the rivers and harbors bill as a
means for promoting their political
standing with the home folk. They
must tire of the cartoons which show
them practicing the time-honored
methods of Tammany Hall. Also,
they must be tired of the movements
promoted In different parts of the
country to grab of vast sums of gov
ernment money for visionary Bchemes
of waterway development.
In this state of mind, congress
ought to see that the Nelson idea
offers a way out. It will assure the
upkeep of rivers and canals and har
bors. And, at the same time, it will
transfer the difficult task of decid
ing between rlva! claimants and
clamorera to the shoulders of the
army engineers.
The sizzling light of publicity that
beats upon the president has spread
abroad the important information
that on the morning of his inaugura
tion President Wilson shaved him
self with an old-fashioned razor after
his custom.
The average man looks at a pres
ident as always surrounded by a cer
tain grandeur of official service. He
imagines lackeys and menials wait
ing at every turn to hand him his
hat or open the door for him, and
may not think of him as shaving
himself. Yet the number of public
men who perfrom this intimate and
personal task for themselves is prob
ably larger than ever before.
The habit of joining the line at
the barber's shop for a daily or
semi-weekly shave used to be more
common in the more leisurely days
of years ago. The clean luxury of
the barber's manipulation had a cer
tain restfulness. The barber's shop
was a free parliament of human in
terest. It served the function for
the village or city man that, the
crossroads store provided for the
countryman. The give and take of
congenial spirits was an incident of
the day's program not to be neglect
ed. The modern business man finds
that the time spent in waiting his
turn is hard to gain in the stress, of
modern life. If he be very wealthy
and have as his "man" a servant
who is a trained barber, the dally
shave continues to be a luxury that
can be enjoyed witnout loss of time.
But probably the great majority
of Americans who have acquired
wealth of fame do not take kindly
to the fussy attentions of a valet.
The idea of having a trained" barber
in the house to perform this daily
task is as repugnant as hiring a man
to wash your face. So It happens
that the busy, hustling captain of in
dustry or head o! a state may be
quite as likely to shave himself
mornings as was the obscure village
storekeeper of a generation ago. It
Is a part of the hubtle of modern life,
There's a smudge in the garden,
a smoke in the air; a smell combined
of burnt leather and hair. There's
a girl on the lawn with a rake in her
hand; there's woo and distress all
over the land. There's carpets Jo
beat and rugs to shake; enough of
such work to make a man 'quake.
There's stoves to La moved and car
pets to put down no wonder a man
wants to get out of town!
Whether you handle a pick or a
pen, a wheelbarrow or a set of
books, dig ditches or edit a paper,
ring an auction bell or write funny
things, you must work. If you look
around, you will see that the men
who are most able to live the rest of
their lives without work are the men
who work the hardest. Don't be
afraid of killing yourself with work.
Work gives an appetite for meals, it
lends solidity to your slumbers.
It gives the appreciation of a holi
day. There are young men who do
not work, but the world is not proud
of them. It does not even know their
names; it speaks of them as so-and-so's
son. The sreat, busy world
does not even know they Are here.
So find out what you want to know
and go in; take off your hat and
make a dust in the world. The bus
ier you are the less deviltry you will
get into, the sweeter will be your
sleep and tho better tho world will
be for you.
If men are the s.alt of the earth,
women are undoubtedly the sugar.
Salt is necessary sugar is a luxury.
Vicious men are saltpeter; stern men
are rock salt; nice men are table
salt. Old maida are brown sugar;
good-natured matrons are loaf su
gar, and pretty girls are pulverized
sugar. Please pass the pulverized
sugar.
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to become commonplace to us, but
we know they will do to tie to, and
it is not best to give them 'up for
those whom we do not know. The
man or woman who builds up a
character and maintains it for years
in the same community deserves
some consideration, and the friend
ship of such people is to be preferred
at all times to t'ne showy attention
of strangers.
It is truthfully said that rain or
shine, cold or hot, hard times or
good times, money or no money,
measles or no measles, the printer,
the preacher and the doctor are al
ways expected to make their visits
on time.
The fellow that's on the water
wagon ought to be comforted by the
thought that water will soon be
changed to the Ice wagon, one of the
most comfortable spots in the sum
mer time.
If President Tart is to take the
chair at Yale, it's high time that the
furniture makers should begin work
on it so as to give the concrete base;
time to settle.
Isn't It.
Venerable Stranger (addressing:
Sunday school) Boys, what la the
hardest thing to remember?
Tommy Tucker (seeing that no
body, else had anything to offer)
The hardest thing to remember Is to
take down the ice card in the front
window after the man has bee?i along
and filled the ice box.
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The command to "Remember the
Sabbuth day and keep it holy" is im
mediately followed by "Six days shalt
thou labor and do all thy work."
The latter is just as imperative as
the former, and the Lord has as
much disgust for the loafer as for
the Sabbath breaker.
Better Off Than Ever.
Representative Berger, the social
ist member of congress from Wash
ington, and the only man who ever
sat In congress representing the so
cialist party, declared that the Amer
ican worker was better off today
than ever before In the life of our
industries. This statement was liade
In a speech before the forum of the
University of New York. This de
claration is important, as it comes
from a man who represents a party
that claims the condition of labor Is
deplorable and because of its condi
tion demands the socializing of all
our industries and governmental systems.
There is more benefit in a good
laugh than in all the hot water rem
edies cold water, electric and all
the other new-fangled treatments in
the world, and it does not cost any
thing. Laugh. If you have nothing
else to laugh at, laugh at your
neighbor. He Is probably improving
his health by laughing at you.
it frequently happens that a
stranger coming into a community
and putting on the airs of a gentle
man is taken up at once and lion
ized, though nothing whatever is
known of his antecedents and the
sequel often proves that it is best
not to take up with strangers too
readily. The old friends whom we
have known all our lives and whose
characters are firm and established
as the everlasting bills, are too apt
E beg to remind you of the continuation
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and Boys' Ready-to-Wear, and below quote
a few articles that you can save money on
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Shirts
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Fancy Flannel Golf Shirts.
Regular $3.00, sale price J2.25
Dress Shirts in Fancy Stripe and Plain.
Regular $1.25, $1.50 and $1.75, sale price $1.00, $1.15, $1.35
Men's Shoes
Regular $6.50 dress shoe, sale price $5.25
Regular $5.50 dress shoe, sale price. $4.20
Regular $5.00 all purpose shoe, sale price $4.00
Regular $4.00 all purpose shoe, sale price $3.20
Regular $3.50 all purpose shoe, sale price , $3.00
Twelve-Inch Top Cruiser Boot.
Regular $8.00, sale price j6 50
Twelve-Inch Top Cruiser Boot.
Regular $G.50, sale price $5 00
Blucher Cut, Heavy Double-Sole Work Shoe.
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Blucher Cut, Heavy Double-Sole Work Shoe.
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Regular $3.00, sale price $2 50
All sizes in Boys' Shoes at cut prices.
Men's Hats
Our Best $3.00 Hat, All Styles and Colors.
Sale price , , gg
All $1.50 Hats, sale price $1 00
Full line men'a and boys' underwear, all go at greatly reduced
prices. .
Boys' Suits
All Ages, 3 to 17 Years, at Cnt Prices.
New arrivals of LADIES' SPRING and SUMMER SUITS and
COATS.
Dress goods in wool, silk and cotton fabrics at right prices.