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The Bights of Daughters Jj jd3LJ-fyfUla ' ZIZZ''" f, The Girl at the Cigar Stand
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By DOItOTIIV DIX.
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Frequently I get letters from girls com
plalping that their parents will not permit
them to have any friends, of cither sex.
visit them In their homes, and that no
jailer could be more
cruel or more tyran
nical to them than
their fathers and
mothers.
I confess that 1
have Riven scant
credence to these
charge, for It did
not 'seem possible to
me that In this en
lightened day any
fat'her or mother
could have little
enough fcense. to say
nothing of little
enough affection, t--
do the one thing that
was surest to drive a
young Blrl away
from home, and Into
the very dangers that beset youth
beauty In a great city.
I thought that the narrow, Ignorant,
selfish opinionated, mean little despot
of the home existed only In melodrama on
Fourteenth street, where tho stern parent
still survives, and turns his daughter out
of house and home. But It seems that I
was mistaken, as the- following letter
shows. nd-Jt'B' jh real, genuine,-, lxjtia
fldoletter. written by a woman whoilgns
herself, ,".qne llh 'rCcoubaV,, .
Sho writes; "I am tho mother of two
daughters, who aro both working, but I
tiling I have the right to control their
actions ri every way and expect their
Implicit obedience. I have no trouble
with my younger daughter, who Is deli
cate, and always obeys mo In everything,
but the older girl, who Is IS years old,
nnd' a milliner, gives me great annoy
ance. "I. thing a girl's place Is at homo after
her day's work Is over. Hut my daugh
ter wantn to go out. She' prefers other
people's company to ours, and likes to
go out to the theater. I do not give her
permission to go, nor does she go, as
sho knows her father would disown her
If she did, and she gets very mopy, and
this Is disagreeable, for us.
"W do not object to her getting mar
ried to a good man, but where Is one who
will be to her what wo have been? I
am constantly telling her this, hut she
rebels and says that she would like to
have young men call at the house. Now,
my husband has gout and wo cannot be
annoyed with .men calling. Hcaldes, we
all retire at 10 o'clock every evening, and
no one comes or goes from our house
after that hour. We are highly respecta
ble and allow no nonsence fn.our house.
"t have JuFt found out that my daugh
ter Is keeping company with some man.
I cannot tell how, as sho is alwayB home
before 10. I do not know how to keep
her from him. She used to tell me every
thing, hut as I put a stop to nil of her
other men acquaintances, sho Is hiding
this from me, and I am much worried.
I do not even know if the man (s a mar
ried man or not. and I do not bellovo
any respectable man would have anything
to do with a girl who cannot openly re-
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me how to gain my daughter's confidence,
and also how to stop this affair before
It goes too far."
Dcsn't It seem incredible that thero
could be two human beings In the world
with little enough knowledge of life and
youth to act as this father nnd mother
are doing? Undoubtedly they love their
daughter, nnd desire her good, and yet
tho most mnlevolent enemy In the world
I couldn't have devised any better plan for
ruining her life.
I To begin with, they are no lucredlhlv
I selfish that to prevent themselves from
' being disturbed und their provincial llttlo
1 pleasures broken Into, they cut their
daughters out of all of the Joys nnd
! pleasures of their girlhood. Youth has
it right to laugh, to have company, to
uancc, to malee merry and to go to
theaters and places of amusement, nnd
lor a girl's parents to keep her from en
joying these Innocent pleasures is to de
fraud iier out of her birthright.
Tills home, according to tho mother-!)
own statement of It. Is worse than any
Jail, and that the girl doesn't run away
and leave it. as she would bo perfectly
Justified In doing at M yearn of ago,
shows that sho Is a young woman with
an extraordinarily high sense of duty.
If sho had been of n niore pleasure-loving
disposition and 'a weaker fibre, shs
Would have skipped out long ago and
(joined the ranks.'of the chorus or worse.
Many a girl Is driven Into tho primrose
path by her parents .making her own
homo so dreary and unattractive that It
seemed better to take any risk than to
star in it.
na iur rciusmg to let a girl have a
beau at home, aro there any parents so
dull as not to be able to flguro out what
tho result of that Is bound to be? If the
girl Is very homely, and tho father and
mother lucky, it dooms her to bo an
old maid. If tho girl Is good looking and
attractive. It means that sho will meet
men on the street and pick up chance
acquaintances, and that some day shu
will elopo with somo stranger of whom
her people never henrd, and who Is mow
likely than not to hfe Just tho man she
shouldn't have married.
Inbtead of driving young men away
from their home, every father and
mother of daughters should not only wel
come their daughter's male acquaintances,
but should use every means to get per
sonally acquainted with the young men
nnd find out everything possible about
them, for only in that way can they
guard their daughters and prevent them
from making disastrous marriages.
This mother complains that her daugh
ter doesn't confldo In her. Why should
she? How could tho mother expect it
when she puts her foot down on every
plan the girl has und forbids her every
pleasure? Such a woman Is not a mother.
She's nothing but a grinding tyrant, and
sho had as well realize that her daughter
looks upon her ns u despot nnd not a
sympathetic filend.
The mother asks, my advice. It Is this:
Turn over a new leaf. Wake up to the
fact that a girl of 28 Isn't n baliy. Sho
Is a woman grown with a woman's rights.
Give her noma pleasuro ut home If you
want her to stay there. I.t hur Invite
In all of lur friends, and make us many
parties as sho wants to. Suspend your 10
o'clock rule, for It s a lot better that you
und your gouty husband should lose a
little sleep than it Is for you daughter
to bo meeting strange tnen on the street
Just remember If you wnnt to keep
your children at homo you've got to make
your home an agreeable place to stay In.
If you want yqur children's love you
must be lovable, and If you desire your
daughter's confidence you must listen to
her with understanding, sympathy and
helpfulness. Nobody, not even a daugh
ter, loves a Jailer, or confides In a wet
blanket
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then he D&ew our the
Papers nno thc mn wis
flOOUT TO S6N THE A6J?eMffNr
WHEN OMe or THE CLHUblSb
struck his eye it &d.
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Hflve NINE6fiR ON
YOUR WITTLES?
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THAT THUNDEPCD THWOU6HOUT
THE HOU&e.HC PPCD,
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men by their first
Lays Blame on Human Greed
i in i i i mi mm mm n
Woman Tells How to Fight the High Cost of Living
who
l'ulnlril rnroicrxphft.
It's tough on the society hud
marries a becoming Idiot.
A bluff may prov an effective smbsti
tuto for tho real goods.
After thn fight Is over many a. man is
sorry lis didn't compromise.
No, I'ordello, It doesn't make a singer's
tones clear to strain her voice.
Some men never miss the water until
tho well runs dry In a dry town.
Don't waste your sympathy on the poor.
The rich need some of It.
Really, every man walks with a meas
ured tread. Ho uses two feet at a time.
It's easier for most men to pray for
forgiveness than It is to fight temptation,
"When a man talks about love he acts as
if he felt ashamed of his conversation.
Oneo in a great while nature makes a
mlstako and it turns out a handsome
man.
There imthlng better than niarHui!-..
1 for bringing out all the temper there is
m red hair.
h tu get tho reputation of haung
good , .dgtnent Ik to agree with tver -
body
It d" t take the man vim thinks 1 e
itrnws it silt v'lr ' ii g to Ml I, iw little
he ii all Kmws, "h.ag-i ,Vws
MllH WlWr'HliD ii. COOLdiY
By MAUOAKKT IIUIIHAIU) AYlilt. Prises Incur. Is It any wonder that the
Why Is tho cost of living hlxh? consumer has to pay high prices? Kor
"There Is something so utterly absurd j the consumer Is paying not only for what
in the Individual trying to solve tho high ' '"e Is getting, but for the possibilities of
cost of living,'.' said Mrs. Winifred Har- ! failure. u;id loss.
per Cooley, who Is at the head of so
many domestic science federations and a
real authority on foods, domestic economy
and such like neccsiary things.
"It is like ants laboriously tolling on
their little sand pllo only to have a
big foot stamp them out of existence,
"Hysterical housewives mob tho r
tall meat snres, forego bulter for
a week, or skimp on eggs, thinking
thereby to alter the conditions of Btg
Ituslncss. Their Ignorance Is absolutely
Pitiful, and they are doing nothing to get
at the root of the matter and to re
duce the high cost of living,
"All the remedies in the world invented
ror economizing in thn little home aro
' but tiny doses of medicine which do not
j reach the great economio 111.
"Alodern competitive business Is In.
' affioient ami criminally extravagant."
continued Mrs. I'ooley. "Here and there
firms realize their waste and get up
srhen'sn of scientific management and
efficiency Hut 93 per cent of alt business
enterprises ..re raid to fall Of course.
"Our present commercialism is artificial
and opposed to common sense.
"A big expose was made In Pennsyl
vania last week of a railroad charging
the same freight rates tp carry a cer
tain amount of goods fifty miles as It
charges to carry similar goods Sot) miles
In another part of the country. i
"In Michigan It was found cheaper to
get refrigerator cars of meat from Chi
cago, rather than from the country near
by. iook at the street rullway systems I
of this city. Homo of them will not trans
fer to certain crosstown lines, and the
working man and woman has to pay 10
cents for each trip or 20 cents a day.
What Is the use of wondering why the
coat of living Is so high?
"Human greed Is at the bottom of It;
just common graft and criminal selfish
ness. "Kggs brought here from Ing Island
are handled eight times. Klrst. by the
farmer to the middleman, then from him
to the shipper, then to the receiver, who
ells on the railroad tracks to the Jobber,
who again sells to the wholesaler, from
Of course, each one of these men has
to get his profit. Is It any wonder that
we have to pay s cents nplece for the egg,
when It eventually appears on the break
fast table?
"Every one knows that food Is delib
erately held up In time of plenty to keep
the price up, and that large crops Imvn
nothing to. do -with lowering the prices.
This has been a phenomenal summer and
harvest, but the cost of living continues
to soar. '
Tortunatoly, people aro becoming tired
of being manipulated. Almost every
woman that you meet Is really seriously
endeavoring to find out what Is the mat
ter. and een those who advocate market
ing nt certain central markets, and other
futile forms of economy are earnestly
anxious to get at the root of the matter
and to find tho remedy
"Of course, everyone must meet the
problem In his or her own way, day by
daj The housowire must buy cheap cuts
of meat, nnd she must learn to substitute
nutritious fruits and rrreuls when she
can. she, can co-operate with her neigh
hois In purchasing through little market
clubs, but all thiMie things are only a
tiny temporary makeshift
"Wo must somehow get control of the
trusts which kepp up tho price or roorj
'and necessities. And we must control
human greed through law."
' Mrs. Cooley Is well Known as n. sui
frnge leader, and speaker, because her
arguments appeal particularly and con
I vert the woman In tho home who doesn't
! know whether she wants to vote or not,
and doesn't sie What gooq u is going
to ilb, her. Mrs. rooley has been all over
the country educating women In domes
tin economy, endeavoring to standardize
certain food products and to awaken tho
i women to the possibilities which they
have of getting better laws regarding
food and getting these laws enforced.
"Yes, 1 think that Mites for women
would help rrdu;e tlie high cott of llv
Ing to a certain extent.'' continued the
hard working authority nn domestic
science, "for there are millions of con
scientious home-makers whose first
concern will lie to tncklu this problem,
and women are now organized to such
nn extent that a concerted action on
their part, once they have the ballot. Is
bound to bring about results.
"But even with the ballot, women must
he educated as must men also, and realize
the great strength of tho people against
the plutocrats, the heads of trusts, who
can fore up tho prire of living necessi
ties at will. Then the people will bo able
to compel better legislation nnd a wider
distribution.
'7 think the parcels post will do a
good deal towards simplifying matters
nnd getting the products from tho farm
to consumers without passing through
so many hands and increasing In ex
pense. In a few weeks a farmer on Ing
Island will be able to mall a dozen eggs
to a housewife In Harlnin. providing thev
are in a proper container, and she can
get her chickens, butter and fish direct
by pot
'Or you can ern ha.va your laundry
Hy KlillKIlT
- A new-type of new woman has evolved: j
You will find hor presiding at thn cigar1
stand in tho lobby of the first hotel you
vnter, 1
Sho curresponds to
thn barmaid of
ni n r r y Knglaud,
being a sort ut sur
vival of the days
when Bhnkespcnrc
niado luvo to Mis
tress Uavenunl at
tho Oxford Inn.
This girl at the
clgnr stand Is fluffy
ruffles with ft busi
ness education. Her
hnlr effect Is won
derful to contem
plate; her manner
friendly; her Infor
mation colossal. She
know everybody and
their relatives and
calls a thousand
names,
When not otherwise employed, you can
find her carefully examining her features
In a hand mirror and applying tho polish
to tho part of her classic, physiognomy
that seems to need It most.
This operation, I liave sometimes
thought, Is In the line of publicity. It
Is always Interesting mid usually causes
comments by the males who stand close
hy.
'Chore am fushlons prevalent In cigar
girls. Tho demand now seems to he for
tho blondu with tho Titian crown of
ulory.
Next hi favor Is the bichloride effect,
with widow's weeds to match. This onu
usually goes on nt 3 o'clock and works
until 11. Hnr partner, who goes on nt
7 o'clock In tho morning and works until
3, Is played ngnlnst her by contrast. And
for her, walnut brown or raven black
uro Just now tho vogue with ribbons
and violets blue.
Tho lady Is nover oast down or abashed.
Uood cheer Is her chief asset. Hho shakes
hand with all the customers, young nnd
old, as sho passes out tho persiflage
Jolly and Josh leap easily from her lubri
cated tongue.
She lives right out In sight of tho
public. HerJIfo Is above suspicion. No
man flirts with her excepting across the
glass caso where thn cigars Hre kept. A
full yard of distance sepurates her, save
ns sho reaches over and gives tho glad
hand.
Hho knows the smokers all. or at least
she pretouds to. Uach one flatters him-
IIUIUIAHD.
self that he Is next. The older he Is.
the bolder he Is and the moro short of
breath tho mora the affinity microbe Is
In his mlmt and nowhere else,
A llttlo mild gonslp with the girl, x
shaking of the dice; the telling of a few
stories, trimmed with lilac on the edges;
the purchase of'u big, fierce black cigar--these
things fulfill tho requirements for
n bit of psychlo deviltry. satisfy
the ninbttlons of tho has-been.
In any event, he huys cigars and as
the, girl talks to htm she shakes ths
bones in the leather box, and then she.
throws out the dice on tho glass case.
Hhn throws again nnd again. And then
they shake for tho cluars.
The morn the girl shakes the mow
money she makes. If she could do thin
all diij' she would make ttnone for tile
instltutlun. Sho knows thin full well, bo
cause the man buys cigars at tho 'otsll
price, nnd when she loses sho loses .it
wholesale; and so If this girl did nothing'
r1o but shake dlco for cigars, according
to the., law of averages, she would ho
money to tho good,
She Is an honest gill. Hhe gives an
undivided service and she ndda greatly
to the good cheer nnd to the picturesque
ness of thn lobby, Just ns women always
do where.ver they officiate.
Depend upon tills, that no girl at tlio
cigar stand who meets any of her cus
tomers In exccutlvfe session aver holdti
lift Job, The girl at thu counter that
you sen thcro week nfter week, month
after month, Is on the dead level. Sho
! a wcrklng woman nd her ruffles,
flufflcs, frivols, smiles, rouge und won
derful hirsute creations nro all In the1
line of legitimate business.
At the same time sho drives away
nostalgia from the hotel habitue. Two
hundred times a day she Is addressed ail
"sister." and confidentially told that sho
looks exactly like "my wife," "my
daughter" or "my sweetheart." as th
rose, may be. Five hundred times a day
sho Ik called "klddo,"
Hut sho gets even by selling the frcslii
party one cigar or a box. She never to
cnts anything. She Is a salesman and
when she passes out a box at cigars and
the maw scowls and says. "Not those'"
sht smiles sweetly, apologizes profusely.)
puts thn box back nnd takes out an-'
other label, and the man Is satisfied,
Kven if you do not uso tobacco, you
can talk to tho girl at the cigar stand
Just the same. If you prefer to "shake"
for gum, she will accommodate you.
She does her work ns well as sho can'
and Is kind. CopyriKht, 1912, International
News Service.
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