Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-10-02 | Page 11 | The Weapon of the Weak

11 The Weapon of the Weak il ilBy i I By DR FRANK CRANE Recently there was a procession of the maimed and wounded veteran soldiers of ot France conducted in silence with the hope of Inducing the United States to relent in Its demand for payment of it Its war debt This Is somewhat akin to the hunger strike a as recently practiced by advocates of various causes In substance it is to lo say that we acknowledge your superior r power but If you exercise It and I if you OU compel us to live up to the exact terms lerms of ou our I obligation we will wilI come around and be sick on your you youri doorstep It is the tyranny tranny of tears I Many strong men are under the domination i of their wives because simply to the their wa way vay brings on an unpleasant scene The They will v-ihl cry or have an attack of nerves or otherwise make the home disagreeable Perhaps the weaker people cannot be blamed blame for tor this for it is their only weapon They hey have hav not the he strength to carry out their will They have only strength enough to arouse pity arouse pity and sent sentiment sentiment senti- senti ment which they hope will accomplish lIsh their pur pur- pose Babies le learn rn this very early The The only weapon is to cry By making a loud Joud noise they hope t to get their way When we grow up we become adepts in hypocrIsy clay and Instead of coing crying we indulge in com corn But it Is all the same A complaining man o or woman Is b simply a grownup baby We Ve are all familiar with the man or 01 woman woma In a club church whom or 01 all aU must placate in order or order or- or der to keep leep the recalcitrant individual from maltIng malting malt malt- Ing trouble It is not a pleasant spectacle to see a mendicant making making- a living 11 by exhibiting his sores nor to se sea seea see seea a household dominated by bya a whining child nor t tsee to see a strong man terrorized because he is afraId his wife will flop Clop It l is no disgrace to be weak but it is a disgrace to use your weakness as a weapon by which t to gain your own way The tyranny of the strong by force Coree is intolerable intolerable erable but it is no more intolerable Ie than th the tyranny of the weak by their adopting means t to tomal tomake mal make e matters unpleasant until they accomplish their purpose purpose Copyright 1926 by McClure Newspaper Syndicate