Show I 1 by elbert hubbard 6 the futility of violence here is a thought penned in kindness for mi lady militant by one w A ho bel eves in her cause but who deprecates her methods the victories of violence are transient th dane in hate have to be done all over and she who nho smears handrails with tar puts acid into mail boxes places bombs in an art gallery burns haa ha barns smashes windo vs de ies the police and is taken to ja I 1 must face the consequences of h r misdeeds just as if ehe she were a male man even tho the woman wins by vio lence her victory is bought at the price of her womanhood american women have been mise w ise in not riot resorting to militant methods the fighting men acquire the fight ing face the termagant gravs gro vs to look her part her dominant att tuie tude be cornea comes one of supercilious contempt not love eventually she is ing unlovely and unlovable the fighting att tude continued will disrupt any home for when fighting becomes a habit an elcus tor for fighting is easily found to shoot up the law is no better than to shoot up the court house if is right n where here shall it cease the fact that a woman is 11 a wo no man does not license the crime ot of arson nor make window smashing part of a holy war after an event has happened the thing is no greater than the man who records it A word to the wise is unnecessary 4 if the wolf comes howling and snit i ting fing at your door get busy and se cure your wife a new set of furs nature haa has no use for the person who quits so she must take his word mord for it critics are men who quarrel over the motive of a book that never bad lad any ally it ie is hardly good manners to ap a saint closely and examine ex amini his halo to see whether or not it is grm ne I 1 resurrection the cypoth i ne year a day in th calendar of the dead 4 every man who works out his own freedom gives freedom to others man mans s needs are two a hobby and a Giu grievance vance f fhe he hobby keeps h in 1 chaing chas ng and the grievance keeps him kick kicking i ng together they save h in from I 1 introspection which is death I 1 |