THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. APRIL" i, R
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Ito Says -AbSilfcthielBiff 'Events of
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British House of Commons Holds Its Fifty-Seventh An-
;v ; if nul Humorous Discussion p
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fBy JTaady Henry Somerset)
(Ooprrlgnt. 1004,'. by WV K. Heant Great
Brlula Blghu Referred.)
NCE mor the same fare has been
-enacted In the national theatre Of
, the House ot Commons and the
a me dreary gag baa been enun
ciated, which does duty year by' year
the argument why women are not fit
to vote, and la received seriously by the
. house, v ? '-', ;f":;'v;"-f ."'
Fifty-seven years ago John Stuart Mill
. Introduced a resolution In favor of woman j
suffrage. ,. and . almost i each . succeeding
year the subject haa been dlscuaaed.
, rather aa anacademle question than one
: of serious, tnv.vW -j Vi-tv
Cheap and vulgar humor has never been
wanting to point (o the results' If such, a
measure passed Into law. , Extravagant
proposals were supposed to be hidden
under the modest demand for the parlia
mentary vote. The outcome, however;
of quiet, persls tap t work and greater en
'llghtenment la clearly visible . when the
house of commons laat .week gave assent
to the principle of ' granting women i
Tot by majority of lit on the 41
vision, cv-v - .
No sight m really more comic than
this assemblage of men Intent on finding
valid reasons against woman's enfran
chisement, but the shifting sands of po
lltlcal life are gradually but surely -dis
placing the solid ground oa , which the
opposition was founded. The growth of
democracy in this. country and the In
creasing power of the labor movement
are ' much ; In her favor, for they have
recognised . the need - of her ' work' and
worth, and the mother- country r has
learned a lesson not to be forgotten from
the example of the daughter lands elsewhere.-
. v , -1.. ,
It was said. "by one who was not a
woman seeking her rights oppressing for
ward her claims, that "there .had never
been In the history of the- world a de
mand made, for the liberties of one-half
of the human race;' and when the great
abolitionist wrote these words, Wendell
Fhilltps was not speaking then about
those to whose freedom he had devoted
his. life, but for the women who had
helped him so largely In that great cause,
and to whose devoted work the emancipa
tion of the negro was in a great measure
- ...
woman suffrage has ,
due.
The ttUH
or
passed out of the region of ridicule; it la
now a question of practical politics, and
therefore is likely to excite an even
fiercer opposition than In the past.
We must divide the objections against
this question Into those that -are sincere
and' those- that axe Insincere.
At the outset, however, we are bound
to admit , that those who object to wo
man suffrage often take a different View
of woman's place In the economy of the
world, and we are often startled when we
realise now mucn we have still- to lesrn
from, them; but t 'was not a little aston
ished when, a few years ago, I read as
article by a' gentleman whose nam is
known' In the literary world In on of our
leading magaslnes, pleading for more en
joyment in life,-In which he said; "Why
should I not enjoy my sherry, my chrys
anthemums, my dog, my gun, my wife
and my sport T" ..-. -
When you find Women classified In that
way.i you cannot be altogether surprised
that suoh men think women should have
no voice in the public management ; of
affairs... There are many men who look
to women for help In public Questions.
and yet most dishonestly deny them the
power or voting.' ;. i - vv
I do not complain of this, but I do
complain tnat women should lend them'
selves to Just that sort of work. I have
never been able to comprehend how it
was that In England women were willing
to- do the domestic political labor for
men,: to work hard to get men returned
for horns constituency, to speak on publlo
platforms, and to do all sorts of things
which are not supposed to V be their
proper celling at all, and then; submit
o be told that they are not fit to vote
or the candidate for whoso eleotlon
they : have .been working. .,
It is certainly sometimes not to b
wondered at that men are slow to believe
that women are In earnest about great
questions. The other day, passing through
the olty, t noticed the headline advertis
ing the contents of an evening paper.
which ran . as follows: "Hats will - be
worn large. Defeat of the government".
1 men , conspire . to make , It appear
that no matter what government stands
or falls, the pressing problem of feminine
headgear must claim attention T . Or Is It
that women are still so Insistent on the
paramount Importance of the details of
dress, that nothing can yield to Its , de
mands? ': - .'.'.; .' .
movements, of social progress, I see eye
to eye with you, or I diffor from you,
as the case may be,, we are both think
ing, rational and do not car at all for
thjs "Woman Question as a woman's
question. I care for It, because It Is a
part of the great human question. . o
) But the most potent objection raised Is
that by giving women the suffrage, you
will create discord In famll life. If
that argument was a logical one, It would
I have no pessimistic fears as to the
future, even If woman is still bound by
the swaddling clothes of fashion. Men are
equally slaves io tobacco, to sport, to a
hundred other forms of self , Indulgence prevent Women having th fight to eker
or mu.roc..i xy7 clso any religious freedom.?
and It Is ths-experience of almost all lonn 1 UY. nd h .mor ! !?
who study human natur that Maponslbll- lne tow ana am ano misery 01 jne
lv la tha haat mrltimi in ilovAlnn hsalfhv JWOrld. I feel' men CatUlOt b Contented
balanced Judgment and keen, "discern-1 with the present social conditions; they
Ing Interest ,' .. ;.; t .-?; Imust see that there Is some room for
It Is too late In the day for us to con responsible men and women, then I think
over th old objections which have been I there will be a closer tie between men
stated again and again as to why woman I and -wbmen than has ever existed before.
Is not fit to vote, - and yet V so ' deeply 1 1 amelioration; they must now and then
rooted are these prejudices In th minds I ask themselves whether by, ( admitting
of many that It Is as well to -ask our- women to their counsels they may not be
selves where our opponents Und- - (able to benefit by woman's advice and
We are told that woman's Interests help.: They see th misery In our great
are so sareguardea tnat she does not I cities, vast masses of population herded
need to vote, but is that really soT I do I torether: they know that sweating dens
not for a moment detract from th merits! are; eating the very lives put of our
oi wnat men nav done, it is because 1 1 population; they must nf un ask .them
believe that men have opened the great! selves. "Can women do nothlngT"
doors of .opportunity to women that this In th long patient days in th home
cause la eventually certain to be vlo-1 she haa solved problems which are the
torlous. k t , . ' . sam as these, although on a 'smaller
' For we must not fall to.remember that seal. Can she not therefor bring that
every privilege w enjoy today w en-1 practical experience to bear upon these
joy jusi Decause men nave relinquished great and Intrtcat questions that affect
uwie oy nun me power tney neld, have I the vital life of any nation!
given It Into the hands of women. 'Need But although I plead for political lib-
we wonoer mat in greatest step of all Orty. I would rather forego this best hu
is, slow-In comtngT 4Tear by yes,r w man heritage If such liberty Is to degen-
nav won sometning, and although now erat Into laxity-of moral oblls-atlons.
and then there may be a retrograde step, I I should be untrue to my best convic-
Arcllii,' and; Drink Responsible
; Tf . ai
P1
tlons If I did not say that too often In
these days, I fee! that woman is build
ing up the greatest barrier to her own
progress, when I hear it mooted that th
most sacred ties are to, be entered Into
for remuneration, or that woman is to be
Fables rahd Anecdotes
By Ambros Sleroe.) , . -
(Copyright' J904, by W, B. Hearst)
MAN- who wished to be Grand
. t-anjanarum or the Republlo of
Oakwak was so reticent that he
Was known as "the allant nan)l.
date. As th country had for years
been suffering from loquacity; In high
station, this taciturn aspirant was ex
ceedingly popular wit's th religious ele
,raent that attended dally mass for th
rejwae of the executive tongue. , On
morning It was discovered that some on
had set up in th great public squar
of th capital city a wooden Iraag of a
man without a head. On th pedestal
was mis inscnpuoniTTh Bllenter Csn
dJdata." . ..! j..;,. trt':..:,i'-,f;.'.t-Th
other gentleman was not noml-
A newspaper war correspondent who
had sent to his paper a series of tele
grams recounting, the most rapid
marches known to military history, re
ceived from his editor one day a map
of th theatre of war. printed on the
roughest, paper that he had ever seen.
An accompanying not - Informed him
: that the newspaper had adopted a mora
conservative policy, and It was thought
best that ha use a map supplying in
, ferior facilities- for the movement of
'troops and wagon trains. Unable to car
ry out his strategical combinations on so
resistant a surface, he threw himself
jnm me mica or in rray, and, taking
poison, was soon dead upon th field of
swnoev is ".":' '. :"i:",-:yr.' ' .r
A wolf meetlns a tortoise aatd; -'TWV
friend, you are th slowest thing out of
aoors. .. x ao not see now you manage to
escape xrom tout, enemies." , -"As
I lack th power to run kway."
replied th . tortoise, "Providence has
inougniiuiiy supplied me with an 1m
penetrable shell."-' v - a
, Th wolf refleoted a long tlm then
. he said:. . , , ....
v5t neems to . that, it would, ve
- been Just rasr iclieapv to 'glv you Jong
"And then,! 'said th iortolse; :,Vhat
would have beeom of $h tortoise-shell
como maueiryr. . . , um -
r "Nonsense!" the wolf said; "that shell
- - pt your is eeUuloi4;:i
, Through th mouth of that humble
quadruped sp&K "the commercial spirit
of th age.
A- person who had been a great political
leader, but had retired to private Ufa
followed by th execrations of his coun
try, was observed frothing at the mouth
and declaring - that twice two were a
parallel of latitude. ?Th poor man has
gone unusual," said his party; ''we must
put him in an asylum." When arrested
he was found to have upon him a de
tailed plan for converting old boots Into
watch-springs and the outlines of a
methol of intercepting nothing In par
ticular until there Is enough of It to
make a president of the United States
H passed th remainder of his life look
ing out of a grated window and await
ing, his party's return to sanity.
l0nJth 'v of a great battle some
scouts captured th general of on of th
armies and took him before their own
cbmmander, who promptly ordered him
to th rear as a prisoner of war. i
-"But General." said the, crafty cap
tive, "I am a chaplain. o j..-
"Oh, I e." said the other commander;
"and did you, pray for th success of
your armyt" , ;' : . ... .'"..
"My ' holy .'office' compelled me," was
the reluctant answer. ... ; .
' Did vou orav. varv hirl anji tr....
Purely I could do no less."
"Turn to th light and let us have a
gwa iook st you." ....... :.v,. .
After a long scrutiny of th captive's
fao th other general said to an offlcvr
of the staff: "Glv th fellow whatever
no neeas ana turn mm loose. ' Bend away
miM. uivtune or inianiry ana 19 batteries
of artillery; w shall not require them."
An emissary from th president of th
unuea nuttes to the emDeror of ihva.
slnla was taking leav of that sover
eign., who, to attest his regret according
to th custom of his county, let fall a
uuuu ui icavrs. , .
"My fame la assured." 'said the ami.
sary; "I have discovered th source of
ha Ttffla -
' A widow whose husband had been
hanged la chains was keeping vigil by
the corps th first night and tearfully
beseeching th sentinel who guarded it
to let her steal it .
("Madame," he said "I can no longer
resist your entreaties; your beauty ovor
eomea my gens of duty. I win deliver
the body to you and take its place In the
cage,, where a stroke of my dagger will
baffle Justice and give me the happiness
of dying for so lovely a lady."
"Faith?" said the lady, "I cannot con
sent to th sacrifice of ao nnhla- ttr.
If -indeed you look upon: me with favor)
yet little by little we , are . slowly but
surely gaining ground. ; ,. ' ;. ;
I do not altogether regret' that this
greatest measure has been slow In com-
inc. for th time la not wasted-'. ICvarv
yea' woman Is fitting herself for het
greater responsibilities, every year la of simply aa agent to produce the population
educative .valu to her. and every, year of th state. Such Ideas may by some
win onng a more balanced responsibility b considered retrograde, but I believe
when the vote Is placed In her hands. that anything which touches the sacred
Women are allowed -to- have ' perfect I foundations upon which the whole aoclal
liberty as to the religion they adopt and fabrio has been, built not by man. but
ther Is no Subject upon which women oy God himself. Is endangering the best
feel so keenly as their religious views, I Interests of women.
nor Is ther anything more likely to ere There may b much to be desired In
ate (Wider division in family life. th mutual obligations of men and wo-
It is not suppression of opinion, that Is men, but I feel most strongly that the
going to build up the best Interests of greatest strength by which we can build
home life,' but th equality of 'the sexes up their future Is not by pulling down
In sympathy, in heart in study, and In that which Is' holy, but rather bv
aim. t wnen women can say to men,- "I strengthening It on still mora sacred and
am part or th state. I shall share with solid lines.
you all the' . difficulties of educational I believe the principles which surround
th holy mysteries that God himself has
corner recently., denouncln law as tvr- opined ar principles that ar eternal.
annvr' ' t. i . nd that must last for all time for
"I did your honor." ' r' '-"''' ltna ooa of th ommunlty, and although
Tha vr law whlnh vnn nnar an. I individuals such principles as the in
oeal for protection r.' r I vlolabillty of the marriage tie must some-
"Tes, your honor, I hat all law." tlme fall liardly,-let those beware that
i "In short you ar- aa anarchtaW are dar? t( touch for fear they destroy
you not?" . which. they cannot build again.
Tee. I am but not a bigoted one" . Lt n" that w do not interpret
- WelL I am not a bigoted nforcr of I jusiic 10 women to mean their emancl-
th law, Th prisoners ar discharged. Pon from, th great moral principles
and I Jnvlt attention to th fact that which . they hav hitherto been the first
you ar without standing in this court" " upnpia, ana wnicn make or mar the
- Soon afterward th Judge was removed 1 tuture or a nation. ; - - - : i
irom omca, respectea oy an wno Knew
him. j; ? , j-U:..'' v'Tv'
A famous orator pointed out to his I Alli'fttTlrtVlllCtTI
Alow members of th Mbomsu narlla- ""tWlllUUlXlOlll
1-; .f - , A NEW piSEASE
fellow members of th M bom gu parlia
ment that ' by- not - insisting - - on - their
rights they were forfeiting their power,
their dignity and their self-respect
r "Gentlemen." he exclaimed in impas
sioned tones ' that, stirred the sleeping
echoes of a thousand previous debates
to irrelevant Interruptions, "If you per
mit th king to trample you under foot
to walk upon you! what ar youT"
And a distinguished member of the
craven majority shouted; "We are good
walking." w , , ' ,
They wre. - ,..
A
Man and Maid.
" K. I, In LIpplncott's. ' ,
- ' ' I. " : ' ''.' '' ',!
- THUS LOVE OP A MAN". 1 '
Th, foam on the crest of a billow, -The
bead on a brimming glass.
Th south wind's kiss and Its whisper-
'f" log sigh, i! v ...
Th throb of a heart, andHhe flash of
. an ey: r.
Man's love, and It's sure' to pass.""
THE LOVH OF" A MAID. '
The hush of the waiting morning.' ' "
The night bird s tremulous call, -
The voice that sobs from th yearning
deep, - -
The soul awakened that may not sleep:
A love that endures through all. '
- V .:: .. K. I, in LIpplncott's.
(By atarquls S Oastelan.) .
u ivsnvaiuiaai- is : no longer a
SPort 4s 1 aa infection. An-infection
which, when It has once
entered th hlood. will no lannr
come out It Is a malady which no reas
oning and no - medicine can cur and
which leads In a bee line to the tomb.
Pathologists call it speed intoxication:
I. for my part call it automobllltls, its
real name, Just as we speak of appendi
citis, or smallpox. . Of Inebriates w say:
"One a drunkard always a drunkard."
So I say of chauffeurs: "Once a road
fiend always" a road-fiend;'1 Thedemon
has caught hold of them and once they
ar started nothing will stop them.
When you see them flying along the
road upsetting everything, sweeping up
all before them; dogs, goats, sheep, child
ren snd women, hav compassion on
them; for they ar "madmen with their
thoughts In a fine frensy rolling, like
those of many a poet ...Th Italians say
they are matto and In English we say
they ar daft ','",.'.-- '
- Daft they are. - All of them suffer
more or less from nervous degeneration, j
They exhibit queer' propensities, brutish
Impulses and a cynical Indifference that
clearly indicate a want of mental equi
librium. How . els can we explain the
act of one of them who stood up and
pompously saluted th body of an old
man whom he had Just crushed to death.
(By Mrs. Joan A. Sogaa.) .. .
(Copyright,. 1904, by tha American-Journal-Ex
aminer,' , Great Britain Rlcbts Reserved.)
RKACHER8 and teachers assert
that - th vices of smoking and
drinking are rapidly on . th In
crease. . and the demoralising
Influence of such indulgence Is more
and more manifest every day in the
schools and In society. V
It Is a ' humiliating thought . If this
Is true,' and there Is every indication
that it Is. Our wealthy cltisena hav
become such travelers abroad that they
seem to have adopted the small vices of
European countries and to ap all th
non-American customs or tns oia wona.
It must be admitted that until Inter
course with Europe became so frequent
and our people began to spend so much
time "with the leisure - class abroad
they adhered mors tenaciously to their
Puritan . Ideas of. right living. ; No
spectabl - woman v would - have under
taken to outrage publlo, opinion by
moKipf ana unnaing. .. . . .
1 The class who may hav Indulged In
such habits had no "recognition socially.
The -old witches who -were known to
snjok ' were looked upon ss veritable
Meg. Merrillesv and were supposed to
be in. league with vll spirits and given
to incantations and fortune-toning.
It 'was a long time before our trav
elers abroad. : after having adopted
these' habits v privately,- wer courage
ous en o urn to acknowledge . their de
parture from American ideas, of propri
ety In women. --' - ,, -.
They; wer very Secretive about
smoking . and drinking, and would not
for the world hav. had any on whose
esteem they valued know 'that they
Indulged In these vices. . . I remember
well . th consternation - with which
som American young . ladles whom I
was chaperoning observed - a . distin
guished party 1 of foreigners who wer
dining In ;th -hotel " w her ""vt -wer
stopping,- asf th men and women
smoked, drank and talked,, th 'women
seemingly enjoying the ' cigarettes as
much aa th men. ---v" '. '
It was to ; our minds Very shocking
to. see these beautiful women- holding
cigarettes between their dainty -fingers,
puffing the smoke ao' that It ascended
above their heads . In successive curia
It was so Incongruous, with their, re
fined faces and. gentle "manners. ,. .: i
' Russians, Germans, French, Italians,
Turks, , Egyptians and Spaniards vie
with on another in th use of to
bacco, the Spaniards probably leading
in the consumption of cigars and cigar
ttes. -"-" - -7 -7- - -"-.- -.--
The effect of the excessive use of the
deadly tobacco plant la evident th
moment you meet the people of Spain,
and especially the younger class,' The
majority ar ' nervous, swarthy,; dull
and untidy. Their teeth and fingers
ar stained with nicotine, and altogether
they present an unfavorable appearahoe.
On contemplate. wHn. deep solicitude
th possibility of Americans becoming
Just ss demoralised, and If these hab
its increase at th stm ratio as during
the past 10 years the tlm is not far
distant when they will be almost uniJ
versa), to the degradation of th race.
Already ths alarm has been sounded
because of the physical : and ' mental
detrimental - effects . of cigars ttes . and
drinking on th youth and woman of
th nation. Th educators of th ooun
try hav tried to prohibit th use of
cigarettes by minors, but their efforts
to stop It absolutely hav bee futile,,;
Th question naturally arises, What
can educators do If the women of th
land persist In th demoralising, dis
gusting and degenerating habit of using
toDacco ana iiquori .,.
If Americans ar so weak that they
ar ' willing to adopt customs so dia
metrically opposed to everything Amer
ican, what can teachers and preachers
do to counteract helr Influence In th
homer ir they . are not to b relied
upon as being opposed to vlo In all Its
forms, ' ther is llttl . to expect in th
future.' . . -. .-. -. -
Som amlnent writer has said: - "Show
m th womon and, I can tell you th
character of a nation," Woman ar natu
rally expected to be always on th side
of virtue and morality. - v v;
- Selene ha proven that tooacoo not
only destroys - th mind . and body, but
the morals of Its victims. -On of th
most prominent professional men of this
country has stated that, cigarettes are
fatal to th high moral character of any
on who Uses - them, ' and especially . to
that of women. - " . .; ' .
W . cannot help thinking . that wive
and momars sre largely responsible for
th rapid growth, of those- revolting
habits, If ss wives .and. mothers they I
encourage the us of tobacco by tholr
husbands and children by Joining them
In either smoking or drinking, or by
giving them elaborate tobacco-pouches,
pipes, match and : cigarette . holders, ',
som of them enameled 'with ballet-; '
dancers Snd all .sorts of devices tnat .
suggest dissipation Snd easy morals; -by
giving snd accepting lunches . and
late suppers at public resorts ana
smoking and drinking in these' places
with their husbands or others, and by -allowing
their daughters to go to even '
the most respectable of publlo places -
wUh other-young people. . ;.v
- A fashionable hotel or restaurant Is
no place for, a young woman to be seen -
unaccompanied by her. , parents . or r
guardlana To say th least thev '
come to look upon dissipation too flip- v
pantly. their standards of high Ideals
are lowered, and they are not fitted . '
for th sacred duties of wives and
mothers by such exposure and expert .'
ence with the world, and tmnk too light
ly of the influenoe for right living when
tbey ha V become young matrons. .
Many , modest lovely youag women
hav been completely, spoiled by asso
ctftlon with people . who looked upon . ,
temperance and virtu with contempt
Another fruitful source of demorallxa-
tion of both sexes is the subtl trick
of dealers In -tobacco In offering prises
to their patrons which - range from a
cent to many dollars, . Inducing their "
victims to buy and smoke thsfr poison- '
ous products for th sake of th prises
offered. ' Vi ': : ;':...,.-". t.:.
One cannot . uelp' feeling that "th
women who enter th coupon contests -ar
without conscience or proper eppre-' .
elation of th evil Influence they ar
exerting. . They extravagantly express ":;
their . enjoyment of ' certain brands of ;
cigarettes. as "dreams of delight" "de-
llolous, and many other '"like terms,- -
making on shudder at thes evidences v
of perverted Minds and morals.
There has always been a ' fear- that
women s , oiubrooms would gradually
b on a par- with thos of man, and
that eventually th smoking-room, with
all Its appurtenances of tobacco, liquor
and cards, would be Introduced.
It is claimed that ."bridge whist" . be
gets th smoking habit and that smok
ing creates a thirst that can Only b sat
isfied by - a stimulant; thus . on vie
paves the way for all others. .
i. GirU Don't Talk Too Mucji.
" A mistake made by many women :
..!. 1 jZa 'It. v . m7 .lu v,jr' to talk too much; they chatterror, asluaying: "Honor to the viotlms of prog
fh! L?a J5S2SK ,"u,i"!t t0 tmye It was one neatly described. "they talk ressr -
vV.7. aofi J "vc, wuoro at you," Such women appear to talk for
wk 7m mm-J l &iKmtr$ mix', ihy oiscuss n weauiej
TWwrK vwvaV aV UI11 U1S OUUIIUJT,
"Nay." said tha sentinel. "I should
surely b discovered and torn H rom your
arms, in mree aays you can claim the
body of your beloved husband: then vou
can confer .upon an honorable soldier
such happiness and distinction as you
ior inina nis aevouon merits." -v-"Three
days!" the lady exclaimed.
"That Is long for waiting and short for
flight; If unincumbered we may reach
the frontier. Already the day begins
to break let us leave the body, and set
OUt" ' "" " : :-
Some rowdies, having savae-ely beaten
an unoffending person, were hauled be
fore a judge and prosecuted bv their vic
tim. "I seem- to remember' vou." said
the Judge to the prosecuting witness.
xia you not make a speech on a street
and every hackneyed topic - under the
sun, and then -fall back on ndles Ques
tions, never waiting to hear an answer.
To be a good listener Is to have achieved
one of the triumphs of social Ufa and
this in itself affords a sur sign, of , a
graceful, considerate- manner.
Birthdays in Japan. .
There are no individual birthdays in
Japan, but - a sort of general, birthday.
which ; is kept - with great ' -rejoicing.
Ther are two of these common birth
days, one on the third day of th third
month called the ? celebration uf n;th
boys." The fifth day of the fifth month
is "the celebration of the girls." These
days are holidays for the young people,
and they receive- presents according to
their circumstances and station.-
They have been called "the savages of
civilisation," and the name could not
suit them better. -Their minds are un
htngedtjhe, .Instincts. theaK.develop;show
a return to a degenerate atavism and a
resumption of th violent propensities
of primitive human nature. Like all
savages, they are cruel add ruthless, en
joying the terror-they-inspire, and are
delighted when tney nave rrigntened
some ' poor villagers to death.
They have their frensles like those of
the poet- It Is rather a bold comparison,
yet it is true. Are there not many who,
when tbey are whirling, along in their
powerful machines. Imagine that they
are dashing ahead on some mythological
chaae, like the race to the valley of
death In the Valkyries, over landscapes
that are strange, preternatural- and
dimT . ' '
The dust which whirls-around them
In cloud4!, th resistance of the air they
cleave, the noise, the shocks., and rolling
of th carriage, th landscape which
com and go flying and finally vanish In
an indistinct has,, all this combines to
glv them r the - Impression - of - flying
through space In the regions of th f al
rles and demigods. - ' . ' .,'r;
There is not one out of ten who will
not say; . ."It is a pleasure which, I feel,
has become a necessity, and .they add
"You can legislate all you like against
speed Intoxication, you will not suppress
it . It exaltsUbe noble faculties of man,
his energies, his skill, his contempt of
danger, and. contrary to other forms of
intoxication,-, it " ele vates - instead - of de
basing th mlad." s.. . ; i -;
I have 'even known of women who
hav spoken lovingly of their auto. They
com to cherish the machine which pro
cures .them so many sensations of. de
light and express ' themselves ' almost
with maternal tenderness about it call
ing their car 'the dear llttl thing."
Such la th disease or the poison
against which we are trying to fight
Alas, we are only dreamers. It is a pity
we cannot make up our minds to be
placidly run over. When automobllltls
has got Hold of a man he Is Its victim
forever. -According: as tlm passes the
number of automobiles will Increase and
so will the number of victims. - It Is no
use reducing their. speed. by. som auto
matic contrivance to 10 or 10 miles an
hour; they will run over exactly the
same number of people, tinder the cir
cumstances it might be better to become
an illustrious martyr of this marvelous
progress than to be crushed to death as
an obscure victim, zet tner is one way
of reducing the speed of thes fiends to
harmless proportions. The scheme was
discovered by the 'peasants. - It consists
In digging, trenches across those por
tions of the road where they want their
children" and cattle to be safe. These
trenches are Just deep enough to' smash
the- chauffeur and the - automobll to
pieces if they try to cross them at an
unreasonable speed. When one ha to
fight for his life every means Is legiti
mate. It is no us waiting for the bear
to come to. lick your hand before . you
shoot hlnv ' . i -- - ' '
When a Czar Dies. - ''
A feature of every dead csars funersl
is the appearance . of two men in
mediaeval armor, on mounted and the
other on' Toot The mounted knight
wears armor of burnished gold and visor
p;H symbolise iifTThe taiignron
foot - wears armor of coal-black steel.
His - visor Is closed, and he bears a
drawn sword, two-handed and shrouded
-in...erap-.-.H.ymDoliws-'dath-r
The weight of these suits may be Im
agined when it is remembered that a
fallen knight had usually to wait to be
lifted, -it being impossible to' raise the
weight of his own. armor. The ' most
powerful men of the Imperial guard, are
selected to wear the symbolic suits,
therefore: but on ' every -occasion - the
burden, of the knight on foot has proved
beyond human endurance.' ' The soldier
who served at the obsequies of Nicholas
I fell dead of exhaustion on reaching
the-church of Sts, Peter and Paul,
where the royal mausoueum Is. . - j
h The : Social Problem in ; Japan
TTT
YV
(By Prof. Henry Dumolaxd, Pa of
th University of Toklo.
ITHIJC- th past 40 ? years,
roughly , - speaking, . japan
has changed from a mediae
val - and feudal country to
on Imbued ' with.- all the advances of
modern 4 western -civilization, a point
which has been pressed- horn to Euro
peaii countries wlths great -fore -sine
th outbreak of th war with' Russia.
But modern civilisation, as w know
from bitter . experience. - may bring
curses as wen ss blessings In its train.
and w are led to wonder whether th
rout of --Japan's triumphant progress
has not been strewn with some of, that
human wreckage which In . Europe has
ever marked the path of mpir. -t-r-r
Slnoe 1S68, when - th present eTn-
peror was crowned, ths whole manner
of life of a large proportion of th peo
ple has changed. ..."
, Luxury - has enormously ' increased
among . th upper, or middle - classes.
and, as a consequence, there has ensued
sn inequality which dally becomes
greater, and a separation always grow-
tag, mor profound between, th dlffer-
eni eiemenis 01 society.
Under tha hard ; effects of these
changes th good natur of th people
has ' disappeared and their classical
courtesy snd gentle manners have given
place to the western ways, for in Japan
as elsewhere the struggle for existence
develops egotism and cruelty. 1
Japan, therefore, Ms 'now faced with
"social problem," the aspect of which
Is, alas, only too familiar to us. Th
old relation of mastef and servant liv
ing under th same roof and working
together - according to their respective
capacities in the . production , Of. thos
quaint works ' of ' art which ' w have
come to regard as so characteristic have
passed away and the flotation of com
panies has given rise to the building of
Immense manufactories where - thou
sands , of workpeople ar congregated
under the direction of .salaried officers
whose' Interests are those of th slure-
holders. - '.'. --.iU: .t-.i j,,.
i. Women and children - are extensively
employed, -weating wrth its-element
of small pay, long hours snd unhygienic;
surroundings Is rife, and tht. depth of
poverty to which som of th 7 inhabi
tants of the large towns are "aunkvls
appalling. At Osaka, th "Manchester
of Japan," of the 68,009 workers 13,000
are children under 1 years of aire.
Certain Industries, for example the
making of matches and mats, - employ
almost entirely children of 7 or S years
who work 11 hours a day., In the silk
and 'cotton manufactures women from
the country districts, enticed into the
town Dy misleading representations, are
engaged under agreements - to Work IS
or 14 hours by day or night since th
cotton mills run continuously for seven
days a week, except that they are al
lowed to' abstain from - work for - two
days 'In ah'month.--.3-;.'i' .i'-i. ''-.,, .
The -women recelv pay at th rat
of liH cent a day. of which 10 cent
Is. retained for food, so that tUeir net
weekly earnings amount to 1 cents.
. . In som of th silk factories, as there
is ho legal 'limit of ; time, persons of,
both sexes Snd "all ages work 17 'hours
a day "..v,... ; :,, ,.v-v, ..... .. ,;. ,; a
- It is consequently not surprising that
pauperism Is becoming in Japan a mat
ter urgently .demanding attention.-Ther -is,
'indeed, under consideration by th
houses of parliament a species of fao-
tory bill., but it appears to have llttl
chance of parsing except In such a form
as-to render It practically-deft ecu ve.
as yet Jspan has but a very imperfect
Imitation of a complicated , system by
means of which relief fs afforded to th
need oftfii indigent in this country. ,
An ordinance of 1871 chara-es the
state 'with, an allowance for foundlings
under 13 years of age, while another of
1373 Imposes 'upon the. separate depart
ments the . obligation . of succoring
urgent or deserving cases of poverty.
The allowances made ar of rice pr Its
equivalent wmoney - T r .--V' .:::
A further ' ordlnanoe, by the minister
of the interior in 1383, makes provision
for th ia.1 of thos suffering from
contagious diseases. In, addition to
thes resources ther a re 108 depart
mental hospitals and three supported
by - th state. fortunately these meas- -ures
are supplemented by prlvat
charity, which has erected 871 hospitals '
and founded - benevoleiTt societis-f -
which the most noteworthy Is that of
Aklta, known ss Kan-on-ko, which,
slnoe Its establishment by the Prince
of j Aklta In 1830, has relieved over
4,000,000 Of th poor. ; -"'. : ..-'iU'..-
In 1893, after being fr som tlm
under government control, this society
obtained a charter ..which, placed It on -
more satisfactory basis. . It -is' now
managed by a small body of directors
and administrators who arrange for the
supply of food, clothing and fuel to
deserving .cases In th towtr of Aklta,
while help, in the shap of Information, -tools,
or small sums of money. Is also
glven-to- thos who-rar 'in - search ' of . "
While there Is thus a certain amounts
of similarity between th Japanese and
the European methods' of dealing with "
tn problems raued by modern condi
tions of life it Is not likely that Japan
will follow very closely in the footsteps
of the. west ''-;;.. ': : v-.
V For centuries, throughout the "greater
part of Europe Christianity has guided '
mor or less directly th conduct of po
lttical and social affairs, but Christian
ideas seem to be Wholly foreign to '
Japanese modes of thought, and Jspan
may therefore be confidently expected
to deal with her economio difficulties in
her own way, with results which csn
hardly fail to be of the greatest inter
est to sociologists elsewhere. 1
Counting Sixty Thousand Votes1 in One Hour arid Twelve Minutes the Latest Feat, of Science
v7i-,i,ar IV,n . . ' "' . nour n? minutes later the last re- vote untU after I o'clock, suoh was the I of the third ward, arrived.; Two more
. v. . ju v. l. 1 iiifin..iiii 1 mm nan rw.n n. ivkha . mail. i ju i . - i . i. .,,. . . . , , - ,. . . n . . . . - . n
Tnnllnta tvmntaA in n.. k,. . . . i " "...-v yvnt, uw 1 uiaiiBuu wiui wniiin mo . macnines per-1 precincis rami in ai iwg ai 1.3J,
.. v. u a .uiih- uuarisra. ,- I mlttnil imMn that nn kiim ,n ra.JanH frnm that lima until 8 nVln-Ir tha,.
utes at th rat of 833 ballots a min
ute, , .
A score of years ago anybody who had
. ' said that" such a thing could be done
. would have been laughed at Even to
day it. seems a . trifle remarkable, yet
that Is just what voting machines did
in Milwaukee at the spring election held
. this month. . Voting machines hav been
tried before In New York without satis
- . faction.. Mil wauke - Is th first- large
city to demonstrate the success of this
. method of recording the choice, of vot
" ers.' The' poll s; closed at -7 p. m. In
stead of having to wait until midnight
for returns from a majority of the pre
cincts tc guess at the result the people
of Milwaukee knew the city's total vote
in a little more than an hour after the
last ballot had been cast ' v - -
: -The success of th machines was best
demonstrated when the polls closed and
the returns -were made up. Th first re?
turns were received at police headquar
ters from tha second precinct -of the
seventh ward at 7:04 ft clock, and. one
hour and 13 minutes later the last re
turn had been delivered at police head
quarters.
In each voting booth was stationed an
official whose duty it was by means 6r o
aummy machine, to Illustrate to the vo.
ters the method of using .the new sys
tem, dui me -services of these officers
were in comparatively, llttl demand
most of the voters having examined
the machines at the time of reglstra-
uvn. , " r . - '
... Almost no trouble was experienced
with the machines, but 'three complaints
being received at the city clerk's office
during the. day. All of these were
trifling disarrangements of th mechan
ism of the machines and wer remedied
with but little loss of time, a half hour's
delay being th longest Wo break down
of any machine was reported . and the
thre extra machines kept In readiness
for such emergencies, wer uncalled for
during the day. ,
Although it had been 'feared that a
congestion: might occur at 7 o'clock- in
some of the precincts where a large la
boring VOte iS DOlled llV Mainn .
number of th voters deferring their j
dispatch with which the . machines per
mltted voting that no cases . were re
ported of voters being unable Jto -record
their votes before time for closing the
nstl 11 Vtn A 4 wal , l i
JVUS tMU BI g II EUa . " " '
-The general verdict was that the ma-
chines were an unqualified success, and
It was said that at another election,
when th voters are more familiar, with
the mechanism ! many : who confined
themselves to a straight vote, fearing to
spl't their ticket will r undersUnd .th
macnm well enough to record 'tholr
preference in an way they choose.
At police headquarters, where the re
turns were received,- ther was a scene
of activity at 7 o'clock when the polls
closed. At 7:0H o'clock Patrolman Ar
thur Handley arrived with the first .re
turn from th second precinct of ' the
seventh ward at J eff erson and Blddle
streets.- Then cam a Walt of eight min
utes before the next return came In.
This was from the first precinct of the
seventh ward. Precinct l of the third
ward came next at 7:2J. Prrelnct 1 of
th sixth ward followed at 7:27, and at
7:30 the, return from the third precinct
arrived so '. rapidly that Stationkeeper
Joseph urost could scarcely check them
off. ; Then, there-was a Jail, most of the
returns --having been received, and at
8:13H. one hour and. Id minutes after
the cloeng of the polls, the return from
the second precinct of the seventeenth
ward, on of the most remote precincts,
was brought in, closing the list, of pre
cincts and .completing the returns. - .
, At noon .. 29,731 votes had beerf- cast
an increase of 2,973 votes over the totaL
vote at noon two years ago, and an In
crease of 6.10S over the voteat noon in
the last state election. 1
- The early vote was jJartly attributable
to the us ; of the voting machines.
which, belngia novelty induced many to
go early to the polls, and th fact that
th ' social Democrats had Instructed
their adherents to vote early was also
kald to hav contributed to this result
Vln most of : the precincts .voting
started promptly and most of the elec
tor had received Instruction, in the use
of the machines so that comparatively
little time was consumed In instructing
them how to vote. Deputy Clerk Scbults
stated that In 10 precincts visited by
an attache of the office during th after
noon, " the average time consumed ' by
each voter was 10 seconds.
In some- precincts, however, where a
large foreign vote is cast' som tirne
was taken by the inspectors in explain
ing the use of the machine and assist
lng voters, but the most of this occurred
early In th day. It was noticeable that
where a voter, was Instructed by . the
Inspectors he generally confined his vote
to the candidates on. the city ticket and
the ward candidates, omitting th vote
for supreme Justice and on: th bond
Issues. The same thing was observed inj
many instances wner men wno unaer
stood tha machine, discovered after
leaving, the : booth that' they. had. neg
lected tovote on th bonds or for. the
Judicial candidates. -
While each voter was allowed, on
mtnuta under' th -law to" remain In' the
booth at th machine, it was stated at
the city clerk's office that the general
average was much below this limit In
th first two hours that the. polls wer
open it was said that an averare of
from 100 i to .120 - votes - was recorded
in each precinct making an average of
less man nan a mmuie lor each voter.
During the .afternoon an irate cttlsen
of . the third ward called at Republican
headquarters and Insisted that the-voting
machine In th first precinct of that
ward had been "fixed" so that it was Im
possible to split th vote for alderman.
He was referred to the olty clerk's of
fice, where he mad' the Same complaint,
Insisting that the machine had don that
trick all day to th Injury of good citi
zens who wished to record a free and
untrammeled vote. Custodian ' Schrubb
was sent to th booth, and after testing
the machine and interrogating the elec
tion . inspectors reported at the clerk's
office that the trouble arose through th
voter casting a - straight Democratic
ticket and then endeavoring to vote for
Mike Walsh for alderman without turn
ing up the pointer above the name of
one of the other candidates. ' Explanations
were made to the Indignant cltisen.'Who
had accompanied th custodian to the
booth, and he departed, somewhat- dis
pleased at the new method of voting, ;
which restricted th Humber of votes
a man might cast at the election, . -
-Three machines wer held In reserve
all day yesterday, on in front of each
police station, ready to be sent Instantly
to any precinct where a machine might
break down, but they were not required.
Th machines wer ready for immediate
use. and each was placed In a wagon, to
which the horse remained hitched all
- ' , .
. , "V Hot rstlsUkuL ,
..." - From th Chicago News.
Sam smith I can hardly sleep -nights
on account of chronic guitar.- J '- .
Jimjones You mean chronlo catarrh. .
; SamsmltnNo, I don't Chap in tho
room next to mine twanae th tmr
every night till nearly o'clock.
"I- 4 j '' 1 1 I I I I hi...'. ! J ' '-
- : Bl Thing. .-o. ,v. . .
rrom th Chicago Nws. -
Blmklns Enpeck Insists that hia
has -a sunny disposition. t- ; . v
'iimKins -well, I guess that's right-.""'
Blmklns What's the- explanation, f
Timklns flhe certainly makna it hot
(or aim at times, .