| Show THE FUTILITY OF VIOLENCE By ELBERT HUBBARD EBL is a tho 1 thought ht penned panned in kindness kind kind- kindness ind- ind HERE H ness for Mi MiLady Lady Lady Militant by bJ byone one who believes in her cn cause se but ut who vho ho deprecates her moth meth The victories of violence are arc tran tran- Things done in hate hato have ha to bo be doneall dono done all over And she he who smears hand ra rails s with tar puts acid into mail boxes boxe places laces bombs in an an art gallery burns bar nay ay barns smashes mashes windows defies the poJ police ce and is taken to jail must face tho the consequences of her misdeeds just j justas as if she ehe were a malo man Two wrongs do n not t make a a rights Even Evon thou thoUgh h the woman wins ins b by violence violence vio vio- lence her victory is bought at the price of her womanhood Ri Righteous wrath in is of often e an excuse i for tor a bad bud tem temper or Hatred of th the tho wrong soon Boon yields a diminishing return We le become liko like the thin thing thine VO hate hate hate- aye ayo more more we aro tho the thing wo Ve hate hato lh Lady Mi-Lady LadY Militant hates bates the t of ot tho the male malo Granting that this t tyranny tyranny tyr tyr- ranny r anny exists it has haa grown up out of the centuries and has boon beon fixed in the thea a ages ages' os' os by usage It was old when whon Abraham Abraham Abraham Abra Abra- ham bartered with Laban for Rachel and was a habit when whon Ruth R glean gleaned co the fields for Boaz Boiz To assert that tho the man of toda today is is responsible for wom womans woman's ns n's status is ig isto isto to taco onoe noA self on n a par with that fabled Irishman who attacked a R Jew Tew because forsooth tho the Jews T crucified Jesus Tho The Fighting Face American women warnell have ha been wise wio wise in innot innot innot not r resorting to militant methods Fi Fighting men acquire the fi fighting face Tho The termagant grO grows 8 tto look the part Her dominant attitude becomes doe ric of supercilious contempt not l love ve Eventually she sho is unloving J unlovely and and tho the lighting attitude attitude atti attl tude continued will any my home when fl fight fighting nl becomes a habit an excuse for fighting is easily casily found Carlyle hated the tho wrong Emerson loved o tho the good Which man would you Jou prefer for a neighbor need not be asked The Tho persistence of Mi MiLady Lady Lady Militant an and her perfect willingness to sacrifice herself for tho good of tho cause causo is 15 b beautiful just in in tho the degree that you youa a admire martyrdom But remember r that martyr and persecutor r. r shift places with lightning lightning- like ike rapidity Ho He who is willing to suffer sutTer and die for forr a n cause will make you suffer and anddie anddie die lie for the tho same cause if be hc gets ets the chance Chalice Law protects i the tho life hie s and I of women but not so 80 much as it should f. This applies also aIso in degree to men Resort to Anarchy But to repudiate the law law Jaw does cloes not do all an it might and resort resort re reo re- re sort to tor anarchy in order to win a legal victory victorr is playing the par of a mental defective or a minor minor Harm must follow such tactics sinco it supplies in itself an argument wh why women should riot not bo be aU allowed owed to help make laws Jaws The ability to abide b by the Jaw law is the test of fitness for citi citi- Before YO you ou aro are fit to giro orders you 3 must show your our ability to tako take them To shoot up tho the law Jaw is no bettor than to shoot up the tho courthouse If is is ri right ht where shall it cease Tho The fact that a woman is a woman does not license the crime erime of arson nor make window smashing part of or a 8 holy war Great reforms require great reat patience on the part of those who would bring n about When you ask for a in tho the making making ma ma- kin king of government o your our voice must not be bo keyed too high lest let mayhap you on inspire fear as to what may happen happen hap hap- pen pon when you ou acquire the power for which you seek Equality at the Door Equality is all right and it is at tho the for But the thou thought ht of the supreme sway of a 11 battling termagant tongue ma makes cs men pause Flee ce tho the fi fighting taco face and tho the shrill falsetto Avoid Avaid the clan clang and clash of often tea ten pots flung with precision Ware tho the Feminine To win the vote voto is 15 not all aU any more moreth th than n to win vin a husband is tho end of the play It is only a beginning To commit a wrong that right may follow is at least debatable Those born under tho zodiacal si sign of Taurus tho the Bull BuU should 1 not be allowed allowed al al- al lowed free run of at china shops Possibly Asquith is 51 per cent ri right righton ht on going oin slow Violence said Edmund Edmund Ed Ed- dmund d- d mund Burke is is the weapon of weakness weak weak- ness r |
