Show Sluggards Ware the Eno Bill Universal Employment and Bo Bone Dry Bone Dry e-Dry Dry Prohibition Are the Constitutional Pillars of the Utopia Projected b by y Woman Woman Citizen Eno Whose Radical Compulsory Bill Has Found Sponsorship in the New York Legislature LL ye who like to lie out in a summer ALL sun sup or or in a bed in wintry weather give heed to the horror that oer o'er- hangs Langs your heads Be De it enacted by the Asse Assembly bly of DC New York York so so runs the writing on the wall waIl The majesty of oC the law is threatening your peace But what goes the writing on to say It says That the Governor be authorized require every bodied able person between 18 IS and 60 50 years not then engaged in lawful business business- of oC age not age any to register his and name and any other information with the Clerk of the county in which such person may be The Tho Governor shall thereupon assign or cause to be assigned such assigned such persons to occupation Occupations Do you realize the extent of your danger For a period which shall not exceed six continuous continuous continuous con con- months But that is not all No this new threat is cate It weaves a web from which not even the wary may escape Failure of such persons it goes on in ruthlessness ruthless- ruthless ness to register shall be a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a n fine ine not exceeding fifty dollars donars N Nor or is the end yet et Any person failing or refusing to do door or or continue to do the work assigned to him shall him shall be guilty of ofa a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction be fined not more than or be imprisoned not more than six months or be fined or i imprisoned O OH H you think it couldn't apply to you You sir have a wife ife to support you And you are a gentleman of means Your our father left you a large income No of oC course you are arc not a burden on the State Still Mrs Eno considers you a menace menace- Mrs Alfred J. J Eno the framer of the bill biU Quite so gentlemen Your wrath is within reason These women never know where to stop Just looking at Mrs Eno might give one the impression th that t sho she is amiable She is a tall trim lady with blue eyes the vivid sparkle of which arrests you And her manner is frankly charming channing Possibly it is the charm of the spider offering his Lb parlor to the fly But it is there undeniably She began as one ono might expect by denying any animus against the sex My bill to is aimed against women as well wen as men You will note the word person in the phrasing I did and might possibly have been convinced by this ruse if I I had not had Iud the privilege e of or listening listen listen- listening ing to her conversation TALE after tale talo she told me of men who simply could not be induced to support their families There was one with three children who had been sent to Sing Sing for a crime of no peculiar depravity He came out and the ladies of the Women's Citizens' Citizens League of Queens Borough h of which Mrs Eno is President consented to give him legitimate pation But would he take it t Why he seemed to be always ys absent on the days when we needed his services most moat Then there was another man whose earnings totalled a fair sum sum but who preferred to spend them elsewhere than in his homeI home I took his case in hand myself Such a slippery customer For two years now he has been evading the law but never in such a way as to be caught rought You see Mrs Eno has had her experience with slackers of the sterner sex For ten years she has been prosecuting through the lawyers lawyer of her league t the e cases of oC wives and sweethearts whose men cannot be made to behave So numerous indeed arc the demands on time and energy that she has been forced to open an office at No Fulton Street Jam Jamaica ica The servants objected to the crush in her front hall haIl WHAT HAT are arc the causes that lead to such Ir Irresponsibility irresponsibility ir- ir responsibility on the part of the man Have they less moral sense than their sisters Oh I dont don't think so 50 said Mrs Eno I III think it is mainly a question question- of drink And she la launched into a speech on the merits of prohibition A world in which every man should work and no u I I E L. L r rt t J. J A dtP i iI ll I I I I JUr Mrs Alfred J. J Eno President of If tILe the Women's C Citizens Citizens' icu League a of Queens Borough New York City Cill y and framer of the compulsory labor bill bin now before t the tk e State Stale Legislature g lalure man get a drink to wet his whistle such whistle such is the Utopia she desires Try to imagine it you believers in the gypsy philosophy of George Borrow Try to imagine that world where fine and imprisonment may be bethe bethe bethe the punishment for a delightful day in a dingle where a donkey cart dallying between blossoming hedgerows hedgerows hedgerows hedge hedge- rows may be summarily seized by a stern stem policeman who is searching for the delinquent owner owner owner-a I-a I a world in which there is no ale to wash down the cakes and no time to eat the cakes in comfort EFFICIENCY said Mrs Eno that is the watchword of my life When we arc are all efficient there will be less poverty and misery And the short cut to that condition lies through and employment Of course that bill has not yet passed the Assembly Gather what comfort we may from Crom the thought But if we may believe Mrs Eno and I think we may the passage is only a matter of time Decker is sponsor for its success It is only meant as a war measure said i its framer and immediately after confessed her hop hope that it would be for Cor all time f Quite so gentlemen women are ruthless creatures creature Isn't it lucky for George Borrow that he is dead |