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Show r 1 Howe About- ; Sr ED HOWE ; I 'I . Bell Syndicate. WNU Service. A magazine writer predicts that within a few years women will dominate dom-inate buciness, the law, doctoring, preaching, and pretty much everything every-thing else. I do not think so. There will be less sentiment towai'd the sex In future, and more Justice. The modest mod-est useful women have been receiving wages too low, and will get an Increase. In-crease. The bold women who make a business of bamboozling men have been overpaid, and must suffer a reduction re-duction ; the woman who emerges from the chorus to appear In a mansion, man-sion, will be reduced. It will be a slow process, but that will be the tendency under "suffrage." The filthy writing the world objects to Is no new thing, but a survival from old savage times. Though the Arabian Nights Is a very old book, and the most fnmiliar In English, next to the Bible, It Is one of the least known, the reason being that fully one-fifth is entirely unfit for translation, and the most sanguine orientalist would not dare to render literally more than three-fourths of the remainder. A literal translation of the entire book Into English was once made (1SS5), and it was so filthy that not one man In a million has seen a copy, nor Is he able to procure one, so well organized are modern forces of decency. Of sixteen original volumes, all that Is safe to place in the hands of children has been easily reduced to one. An old city called Pompeii wag buried In the eruption of a volcano, more than seventeen centuries ago. Pompeii was occupied by the most advanced civilization of Its time, yet when the ruins were excavated, much of the art work found was so filthy that women and children are. never permitted to see it. So, bad as we are, we are better than our ancestors. Ugly things have been so covered up by modern men that we may almost boast of virtue. Sister men have too much gallantry and too little courage. I do not doubt that gallantry has accomplished more harm than good. One definition of the word found in dictionaries is, marked by showiness, ornamentation. Another, excessive attention paid to women without serious seri-ous purpose, or with evil intent. The courageous man can beat the gallant man with women, or with anything any-thing else. Sister men, with their gallantry, have encouraged every evil thing from which we suffer; as they are gallant for the favors of women, so they are gallant for trade. It's a pity old people .do not lose their appetite for food at, naturally and easily as they lose their appetite for love, I am still very fond of food, and it is a constant battle to keep from eating too much. I do not object to hypocrisy when It Is amiable, reasonably modest and clever. Hypocrisy makes up half our virtue. But when coarse and professional, profes-sional, It becomes harmful, and a bore. The people are wonderful even if they are foolish. And they might be saved, if the wiser men taught better. - Thomas Edison is a wise man In his business activities; one of a few the millions "look up to." I often wonder how these few great ones are in their attitude toward the ordinary things of life. After all, of greatest Importance. A certain famous man, several years ago, had a bad stomach. Without With-out the assistance of doctors, he overcame over-came it, and now is living In comfort well above eighty. There is a real greatness. Tlie'amount of comfort one is able to obtain depends largely upon his ability to behave well; his attitude toward his wife, his children, his daily associates In business, and social life. And most of all,, does he feed sensibly? sen-sibly? Does a new pill advertisement at tract his attention? Is a doctor hook an insult to him? Is his conscience as dirty as the garbage can? I have always admired the gentleman gentle-man of antiquity known as Pyrrhus, a commander of armies. One day he stalked out between the battle linos, and made a speech to the opposition oldiers. "Why not come over and fiL'ht with a decent crowd?" lie said. "We're In the right, and will treat you right." And the soldiers of the opposition Joined him. It was a great speech. Still another commander of olden times rode out between the lines, and said to the enemy: "Why should yon men In the ranks assume all the danger and privation of war? Why should not the commander com-mander share the danger? Send him out, and If 1 do not whip him, you win. without further bloodshed." The soldiers snt their general out. and the challenger not only whipped him, but carried him a prisoner Into his "amp. That endcr- the "-ar, and the soi"rs returned to tfelr neglected neg-lected homes ar.d families |
