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WEDNESDAY. APRIL 2. 11)13.
THE CHILDREN OF TODAY.
The "enfant Ierrihle" nf I lie j
linin' is mi • 11111111 a ver\ terrify.
ms specimen. And children's
manners Inward Iheir hellers are
certainly lint as delight fully pre
cise and respectful as mice upon
a time. Hut we wonder if Hie
situation is reallv ipiile as omi
nous as is sometimes assumed.
Take Superintendent Maxwell's
remarks, for example. recent ly
before the Parents' Association
in Ohicafio. life prexailins lack
of respeef for authority he traced j
hack to the parents who failed I
to "leach respect at home." An
other cause of disrespect he found
in "the lapse of churrhsning.'’ All
of which resulted in a most de
plorable condition, il was to be
inferred, that would presently
disintegrate families, schools and
nut ions.
But is not I lie freedom of the
American child of today only a
fairly normal expression of the
spirit of the lime? It mishl be
very ipiainl and pleasant to so
back to the little sirl of a cen
tury ago who sat in a hish-baek
chair and constructed samplers.
But to do so would we not all of
us, parents and suardians and
unchls and aunts, have to. revert
to the mental habits id' the same
period ?
It. is Hilt t llill general inlelli- i
gence has made any vast leap j
ahead, hul rather that, thanks to j
one Charles Darwin and a century j
of science, our whole point of
view has been shilled. We no
longer take :i world upon faith.
The miller upon which we fix our |
hopes resembles a flowing river j
much more than a rock of ages..
Whether we like i| or not, some- ;
tiling of the manner of thought, j
that has been lagged pragmatism j
has crept iii loom* daily habit ol t
mind. And the parent who-has
learmtd not In dogmatize in his
own mind is a poor one In leach
the source of all dogma, obedi
ence and respect to his child.
Where ibis moving picture age
is coining out is another mailer.
VoVry likely we shall revert In
samplers in a generation or two
—Iiv a wholesome law of reac
tion. Hut that the present period
of doubt and searching and
change has ils line side few will
deny. If the human mind was
ever more courageous and auda
cious than at the present hour
the times have been few and far
between.
And out of an audacious age
what would you expect save an- ;
daeious children ?
A QUICKENED CONSCIENCE.
In taking up lire (piesliuri
whet tier low wages are responsi
bly for women's enkrainV, into
commercialized vice the Illinois
legislative commillee may ac
complish few immediate practi
cal results.
The truth is hard to obtain.
The employers of low paid fe
male lahot say that wages have
little to do with morals, which is
natural, since they don ol wish
to have any responsibility for the
existing evil upon I heir own
shoulders. The 'women of the
streets called as witnesses tes
tify Unit low wages have been
the chief cause of their own
lapse, which is natural, since they
would seek to oiler I he best ex
cuse possible for their plight.
Hut whatever the conflict in the
evidence tin1 public will hold the
common sense view ttint insuffi
cient Wiiges are one important
factor driving women to I he
si reels.
Though the committee should
hold this opinion its opportunity
to relieve the situation by legis
lation is slight. The minimum
wage is a doubtful expedient. In
stead of raising the wages of the
underpaid it might have the effect
of forcing most of them out of ]
employment. Anil any regulation
of wages would have to be adopt
ed in full view of the fact that
the industries likely to be affected
would have to bear the pressure
of competition in stales where
similar humane theories did not
prevail. I
The real gain from this inves
tigation is tin' investigation it
self. When the public appoints
an official committee lo find out
if wages have anything lo do with
the lapse of women wage earners
into vice il abandons an age long
attitude of helpless acquiescence
ill exit and suffering. Il is no
longer content to shrug ils shoul
ders about the “oldesl profes
sion’’ and extract comfort from
the doctrine of I lie inevilabilil x of
human frailly. The social con
science is quickened.
Oul of such inquiries as Ibis
one in Hliieagn and tlie debales
dial xx-i11 spring from il xvill come
publicily for Hie idea dial xxilb
belter wages, heller lixing con
ditions, heller opporl nnil ies for
harmless amiisemenl some of
those who go annually lo Hie so
cial scrap heap could be saved.
Tile sense of responsibiIiIy. al
ready we are glad lo see becom
ing si rung among employers of
labor, will be deepened. II is noi
easy lo see now by xvlial prael ieal
measures, bill some of those lost
under I lie present syslem will
come lo lie saved, for I lull inves
ligalion in Hbirago signalizes a
great change.
WHEN WOMEN VOTE.
".I;. Samantha," said I lie hus
band. as In- dimmed his hat and
(•oat. “I would idler a sugges
tion ere you og |n east your vole.
Wo have had a hitter struggle
through this strenuous campaign
and the issues are important, and
they stand out clear and plain.
Colonel Whitehead stands for
progress for (tie uplift that we
need: tie invites investigation of
his every word and deed, lie's
opposed to all lhe> ringslers and
to graft of every kind; lie’s a man
of spotless record, clean and
pure in heart and mind. His op
ponent, Major Bounder, stands
for all that I abhor; plunder, ring
rule and corruption you will see
him working for; all the pluggcrs
and the heelers stood by him in
this campaign—so I ask your vole
for Whitehead and the uplife,
dearest Jane."
“William Henry,” said the
housewife, “I am sorry to decline.,
bill the wife of Colonel While
head never was a friend of mine.
Last July she gave a parly—you
recall her Purple Tea? and in
vited all the neighbors, but she
said no word to ni“. I don’t care
about your issues or your uplift
or your ring, but I won't support
the husband of that silly, stuck
up thing.”
Major Rounder was the victor
on that day of stress and strife,
for if seemed that many women
didn’t like the Colonel’s wife.
WALT MASON.
Notice of First Meetings of Di
rectors and Stockholders of
Mineral King Mining Company.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned, a majority of the
persons named, in the articles of
incorporation of the Mineral King
Mining Company, a corporation
formed under the laws of the Ter
ritory of Alaska and the articles
of incorporation whereof were
filed on March 17, 1913, in the of
fice of the clerk of the district
court of I lie Third division of said
Territory at Valdez, Alaska, as the
first board of directors of said
corporal ion. to George 11. Her
mann. A. A. Evermann and Albert
H. Wiilmore, who are all the per
sons named in said articles as
composing said first, hoard of di
redors, Unit a regular meeting of
said board of directors, being the
firs I meeting of said hoard,
will lie convened and held
for Ihe purposes of com.
Hiding flic organization' of said
corporation, offering its capital
stock for subscription, and trans
acting any other business of said
corporation that may properly be
brought before saff! hoard, oil the
tenth day of April. 1913, at 3
o'clock p. m.. at the bunkhouse of
111*" Mineral King Mine on Hetties
Hay. Port Wells, Alaska.
And notice is also hereby giv
en by tin* undersigned to all whom
it may concern Hull, a regular
meeting, being the lirsl meeting,
of the stockholders of said cor
poral ion. including all subscrib
ers for said capital thereof, will
lie convened and held, for the pur
noses of making and adopting by
laws for its government and
transacting any oilier business of
said corporation that may prop
erly be brought before said stock
holders. on said tenth day of Ap
ril. 1913. :it four o’clock p. m„
at said Imiiklioiise of the Mineral
King Mine on Hetties Bav, Port
Wells. Alaska.
Haled al Valdez, Alaska, litis t
I Till day of March. 1913. 1
GEORGE H. HERMANN. i
A. A. EVERMANN,
Directors.
Hirst pub. March 17, 1913.
East pub. April 8. 1913.
NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAL
ACCOUNT.
ii Hi ■ United Slates Commission
er's Court, ex Officio Judge in
Probate, Valdez Precinct. Ter
ritory of Alaska, Third Judic
ial Division.
In the matter of the estate.of
,ouis Carnicia, deceased, James
Fish and W. H. Caswell, adminis
trators.—Notice of Hearing of Fi
nal Account.
Notice is hereby given that
James Fish and W. II. Caswell,
administrators of the estate of
Louis Carnicia, deceased, have
rendered, filed and presented “Tor
settlement their final account and
report, of their administration of
the said estate, and that the 21st,
day of April, 1913, at the hour of
2 o’clock p. m. of said day, at the
office of Thomas R. Shepard, ex
officio judge in probate of the
Valdez precinct, at Valdez, Alaska,
has been duly appointed by the
said court at the time and place
of settlement of said final account
and report, at which time and
place any person interested in
said estate may appear and file
his objections and exceptions to
said final account and report.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this
191 h dav of February. 1913.
JAMES FISH.
\V. If. CASWELL.
Administrators of the Estate of
Louis Carnicia, deceased.
Date of first pub. Feb. 19, 1913.
Date of last pub. April 21. 1913
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