Show J HOW TO FIX IT A A. A lady writes a fine letter to the N New NW w York Sun demanding suffrage for women She p points ints out S that women arc are t to compete with men in the 5 I t j ll world though without the opportunity which t J t. t f t If I 1 3 aye nl to to the hours of work f the condit concHS condi- condi S t under which they labor and the pay which tiey ther J shall ahaU receive an and says Women are thrust the firing line defenseless She he thinks too S t that if men would stop to think thin they would see that women see and think and feel and are as asS S vH vitally lIy concerned about the ta tariff iff and any other otherS q questions 1 demanding solution as ag the men are She Shea S S asks a s if woman oman does not have to pay the same taxes the he s samo m rates for food clothing and lodging that 5 n-ien n nten pay and while women work just as hard as r Juen because of their civil status they receive S. S ij smaller sma ler co compensation so that the cost of living is isTuan Tuan la cven even n n more rc serious problem for them than for S me r S. S But Bui they do not buy theatre tickets and ice re m and soda water and pay for carriages and they wager on dead things to get glo gloves es and they S I i p pay r for all these things in smiles which smiles which is ample ampleS tc compensation for a generous and appreciative man S pitt but it hurts the curmudgeon eon At the same time S. S Vc bh hold ld that if woman wants to descend from her herS S p perch ich as a born angel just to get on an equality an-equality b- b V 1 with those brutes whom we call all men she ought to i luve the privilege S And in this connection we have a ve 4 4 a s suggestion to make The other day at West Point I th the whole senior class of cadets when a ee certain tain professor entered the dining room gave him theS the'S the S 'S pu punishment of absolute te silence They could not exA express ex- ex A press p s th their ir Contempt ont in any open opel way so they L. L re- re elved jj silence not one spoke not one saS sa- sa S not Itte not one responded to to his Good his Good Goo m in morning oJ g S SS j I S V r 4 j And And the thing was c called Jed a national scandal S For it the senior class at West Vest Point is denied its S j Christmas holic holidays ays this winter The rhe rule is that f L L the cadets have havea a a week to themselves and arc are alS al al- al- al S lowed lo t to visit their homes if they arc are not too far way away They Tiey year year that is all countermanded f Now we suggest that the reform that thal the wo- wo S are seek seeking ng has lIas come fr from m the wr wrong ng class Gui Generally rally they are staid matrons who make S c demand nd in n the Ue name of justice and man is too n ch of a brute to accede But BuL if they will go home ij nd- nd post their daughters that they make a compact compact com com- S. S p pact and that until suffrage is obtained they give v the young men who ho call upon them the medicine of I r it S 'S silence ce when whenever ver the they sweetly say Good evening Miss i give them nothing but a tony stony stare when- when f e hey get o on their knees and and tell the youngS young S S ladies that without them would be so dreary aS a S 11 W auk Jk that they would be glad to give it up up now S fh them them the silence Exercise that hat sil silent nt tre treat treat- tl t- t i l ent on on then them It might reduce marriages for a two two but not longer It would win out in t J long on ru ruu v It should be explained to the young la ladies lies that S V hi is their last grand sacrifice that they are arc do- do ip inh it for the cause muse of their sis sister er women If It would bi ii an effective remedy It would not be six months until every young man when he cast his 5 5 fir first t vote would woul l vote for unreserved served woman suf- suf sufI I v I if frage rage S |