The Commoner
JULY, 1916
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THE PRICE OP THE WOMAN IS
THE MAN
As old as humanity itself Is tho
story of Marian Lambert and Will
Orpct being told in the columns of
every newspaper in the United
States, the old story of human frailty,
repeated every day of tho world,
though it does not always end in
suicide or murder, as the tragedy of
theso two young students in Wauke
gau, Illinois.
Six months ago, not one of their
friends would have predicted the ca
lamity that was to follow. It was
all so insidious, as such things are.
And little did Marian Lambert and
Will Orpet realize the full fright
fulness of tho situation they were
in the "very act of creating.
Was not life made for living?
they asked of themselves. How
beautiful the day how lovely the
night. There was an intoxicating
odor of lilacs in the air. The grass
was so green. The birds were twit
tering; all nature was happy; why
were not they?
God gave them their passions and
desires, and surely . youth and love
were sufficient justification. Caught
in a Niagara of feeling, they silenced
tho promptings of their better judg
ment, tf their consciences which told
thc-u unmistakably what is right and
what is -- -ong I say "they" because
the responsibility in such instances
res' about evenly upon the man and
woman, and tiey were carried far
beyond their depth.
Suddenly, Marian Lambert real
ized that she, had embarked upon a
dangerous voyage.. She had set sail
upon a grat sea, not knowing whith
er she was bound, nor if there was
a port when she could find- safety.
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How perilous was that voyage, tho
whole world knows.
Who can tell how many are tho
forces that entered Into tho undoing
of unfortunate Marian Lambert.
There may have been something ab
normal in her nature or defectivo
in her 'tr ining. Perhaps it was a
foolish book, or a careless remark
dropped by s mo thoughtless elder
that put tho coping-tone upon her
faltering decision. Young girls who
are debasing so perilous a step are
only too eager for any kind of en
couragement. Everything they read,
everything they hear, they interpret
to their own liking. There is no tell
ing how iany girls have found the
last note of approval in Robert W.
Chambers' novel. "The Common
Law." There is no telling how many
are now devouring Elinor Glyn's
"The Career of Katherine Bush" with
the same ideas and impulses. Books
like these are dangerous because
they fail to cry their stories to a
logical, ending and that ending
which is not so easily brushed aside
in re 1 life is that ypu can not offend
the moral lav without paying a price
it maybe J i one coin, it may be in
another, pay you must there is
no escape.
Marian Lamber. paid heavily be
cause she defied that strongest in
stinct ,pf -omankind which is to de
fend her virtue at all costs. She has
lost her life and. plunged her family
in terrible despair.
Will Orpet -.s paid. . grievously,
and may pay more grievously still,
because he was n t man enough to
protect Marian Lambert in the first
place: or to stand by her in the sec
ond. All the t" .me, however, does not
rest upon their two young heads. At
society's door we must lay a meas
ure of culpability.
. The breatkl i pace of our lives
when the ' ler needs of-man are
reckonrd as nothing more than the
shifting of the sands of time; the
perpetual strain of incessant and
restless activity; the insatiable de
mands of our ever increasing ma
terial needs, the breaking down of
many of the conventions, formerly
observed aiong young men and wo
men, and tLu- fact that the whole
world is keyed to the sex question
all these factors had their inevitable
bearing.
Li the face of these .influences
whi'i surround every, girl just as
they surrounded Marian Lambert,
they need more than ever before to
preserve a feeling of self-reverence..
Girls -must not hold themselves light
ly or cheaply. When they find them
selves longing for "freedom' they
must remember that really free 'peo
ple are- those who are capable of
self-disdipline; that the forms to
which rociety asks them to subscribe
embody the Wisdom and experience
of age ; that, in short, it is Impos
sible for us ' to satisfy all our per
sonal desires without bringing us in
to conflict with a deeper social life.
For Society says, and rightly, tori,
that the price of the woman is the
man.
Will Orpet was not willing to pay
that price and now he is paying one
far greater. Edith C. Johnson, in
Tho Oklahoma City Oklahoman.
MODERN MIRACLES
Is there a miracle mentioned any
where in sacred or profane history
comparable with that which enabled
Bell, tho inventor, to stand at a tele
phono instrument in New York and
make a speech which was heard sim
ultaneously by over 5,000 people in
eight cities ranging from the Atlan
tic to the Pacific and from Boston to
Atlanta? Incidentally the auditors
heard "Dixie" played in Atlanta and
"Yankee Doodle" played in Boston.
The improvements in tho long-distance
telephone will enable Chaun
cey M. Depew in New York city to
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FOR BIG LEAGUE TIAfBER. 2r7
Looking ovor tho roster of tho biff ust, 1910, -with whom ho has since
loaguo ball teams you will find namo played. Ho warmly cndorccgCoca-CoLa
after namo of men who only recently as a drink for athletes.
I?SyfS.thSfn10filnViaTll,aff D0YLB' I"""". Captain Now York
ShSJS t , n r Ur &nd,,f.ur" Na-tional League Club. Born at Canoy-
prlsinsly few hall from th b g cities. vlHo, 111., July 31, 1880. Second baseman?
And yet, this is not so surprising after
all. Even Jaying asldo our khowledgo of Ho hQ placed with tho Now York
tho big part that tho so-called country Nationals olnco 1907, and wao appointed
boy has always played in tho great af- captain in isuz, wmcii position ho nas
fairs of business and tho nation, tho
country is tho placo to lay the founda
tion necessary for athletes.
The photographs shown aro familiar
to all lovers of tho great National game.
In addition to tholr being representatives
of thqir typo in tho baseball world, all of players and that of tho bovcrago which
olnco .hold with them. Leading hitter of
tho National League for tho season of
1015. Lllco all tho best of them ho is a;
staunch believer in Coca-Cola.
Thero is, by tho -way, a wonderful sim
ilarity between tho origin of theso ball
theso stalwart athletes aro great endors
ers of that beverago you know and liko
so wellCoca-Cola,
Short Histerics of the Players.
JONES, Fielder Allison, Manager of St.
Louis Browns, Born August 13, 1871, at
Shlnglo House, Pa. Last season he camo
within one-half game of winning Federal
League pennant, finishing nearer tho top
they ondorso. Coca-Cola might bo called
an agricultural drink, both from tho ma
terials It is mado of and becauso of its
great popularity in tho country as well
as In tho city. For Coca-Cola, if ever
thero was a natural, wholcsomo bov
crago, Is such it itself is a gift from
Nature. Mado from Nature's puro water,
flavored with tho juices of fine fruits
and things that grow and sweetened
than any team in major leagues sine ,,M, wot.w- nM.f .n.n,i
l-r Toms... 4m i Don " voi. ci oKi
uio uiuwua in jkootf.
Ho says Coca-Cola Js his favorlto
beverage.
ALEXANDER, Greyer Clereland, Pitcher
Philadelphia Nationals. Born in St
Paul, Nebraska, February 20, 1887, and
lives on a farm thero now.
Alexander is one of the greatest pitch
ers In tho game today, being practically
responsible for tho Philadelphia National
Loaguo team winning the pennant last
year. Drafted by Philadelphia in Aug-
pleaso particularly remember this last
Coca-Cola contains no artificial sweeten
ing matter but just tho best of puro cane
sugar. It is this fine combination that
gives Coca-Cola its dcllclousncss of
flavor, its distinctively refreshing and
thirst-quenching qualities and great
wholcsomencss. That's why ball players,
athletes, fans all classes and kinds of
men and women drink and endorso Coda
Cola. Drink a glass or a bottlo and you
Will Tjo just as enthusiastic about it.
make an after-dinner speech to the
assembled members of the Chamber
of Commerce in Seattle. If Mar
coni's invention had been given 1,900
years ago Paul might have avoided
shipwreck by the receipt of a wire
less message warning him of a. com
ing tempest. Los Angeles Times.
THE PROFIT ON INTOXICATING
lilQUOKS
"Whiskey
Corn, 5 bu., 1 bu barley or ryo
malt .'. .....$ 5. 35
Yeast for fermenting ...... ; .10
Labor to produce . , .55
; $6.00
Cooperage, (less $1 resale).. 2.75
Average government tax (less
evaporation) 5 years. ': . . .42.00
Total cost . ..." $50.75
Retail (when- reduced to aver-',."
age 90 proof) 15c drink, or
2 for 25c $7.50.00
. Beer
Barley, Malt and Hops .t ....$ 1.35
Labor . 43
Governemnt tax, now.-. 1.50
Cooperage, $7-50 barrel . (tho
average refill is 500 times) . .02
$3.30
Retailer pays an average of
$7.50, retails in average 9
oz. glasses $32.00
Wines and brandies on an average
cost from 37c to 1.75 per gallon,
retail snnio as whisk'ey. , Contributed.
THE TWO PRAYERS
A youth stood with uplifted arms
and faced tho rising un, . ,
"O God," ho prayed, with earnest,
eyes, "ere my short day be done,.
O God of power, grant mo power! O
God of strength, grant me strength
To forgo my way to fame, to claim a
conqueror's crown at length, . . ,
Till when death's shadow creeps,-,
near, my name may show on high
Peerless amid earth's mightiest rt
then I could gayly die!" t
A man, still strong, but tanned by,
care, by tempering sorrow tried, .
Knelt, ere he slept, fn humbleness, &
spirit purified.
"Grant, God of Love," he murmured
low, "grant me the power to love.
The power to lighten tired hearts,
the .power cold hearts to move, "
The sense compassionate, and ere my-
working soul takes flight,
Let .me forget myself, to wake sun
- startled by thy light."
Selected. .
'PREPAREDNESS" ADVOCATES
PAIL TO ENLIST
"A preparedness parade indicate!
the amount of sentiment that the
preparedness movement inspires,"
says the Baltimore Star, "but it is
the -enlistments that give a practical
light on the subject." The Star
must have had in mind the prepared
ness parade of 1-00,000 people in
New York city and the thirty-seven
enlistments from the entire state of
New York. Herald-Courier.
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