South High School - Tiger Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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4? J .. 'ff N 5,1 'swf A ' fte7 i5w 'W '- fini' A' '. '- X 1 Th T' fe J v fzgf EX. e' 1 ep ' 'J D f ' O i-. CUPID IN POLITICS CAST Ma. ANDREW GRINNELL .... . . A Merchant Mus. CRINNELL . . . . . His Wife ROSANNE CRINNELL . . . Their Daughter MR. HENRY WARD . . . Engaged to Rosanne MICHAEL 0,RYAN . . . . . A Policeman KATRINE JOHNSON . .... . The Cook TIME An evening in October, 1920. PLACE The living room of Mr. Crinnell's house. lt is a large room with a large divan on the right centre. There is a library table in the centre of the fioor and a large chair at the extreme right, with a floor lamp by it. There are several other pieces of furniture. There are two doors, one at upper right stage, R, and L at centre left stage. fLoud voices are heard. Katrine enters at door R, followed by Policeman 0'Ryan.l Katrine: I tall you l'll not marry a Democrat. They're all bought by- - Michael: I tell ye they're not. lt's the Republicans that are bought by the rich. Katrine: What! You! A gude for nothin' Irishman tell me to my own face, lim bought! Michael: Come, now, me darlin'- - Katrine: I tall you Ilm not your darlin' after this. Michael: I was jist sayin' that I didnlt mean that ye was bought, but that the Republicans was bought. Katrine: An' I say it ar, Democrats that ar' bought. Michael: Oh-now, me darlin' let's not fight over it. Ye can vote your way an' I mine. Katrine: Yah! that's what we'll do, an' if you don't git out I'll have you thrown out. I'm cook here- - Ulosanne enters from door LJ Rosanne: What's the trouble here? I heard a racket from way up stairs. What's the matter? fPause.J Don't stand so dumb, speak! Michael: She wants- - Katrine fat oncelz He says- - Michael fat oncejz An' that I- - Katrine: He won't- - Michael: I don't want her- - Katrine: He's a- - Michael: She won't- - Rosanne flflalling into a chair and holding up her handsj: Oh! for goodness sake, don't shout at me that way. I just wanted to know what was the trouble. Katrine: He ban a Democrat fpointing a finger accusingly at himl. He say Republicans ban bought by rich to vote for them. ' Michael: An' now she says she won't marry me. Yez see, I didn't wan her to turn Democrat. Page I3

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if Q .IW at 'W ffffaviig - 2 A ' X Q J? . .c. p The T1 er J .ei 4. Q -sxx A PESS1MIST'S VIEW You can't argue with a woman. Result: the nineteenth amendment passed. Other results are too numerous to mention here. . Now that the women have the right to vote, they are going to pass many wonder- ful laws. Of course, the wonderful men's vote will not count at all. Woman suffrage has done little or nothing toward the bettering of laws and conditions of the present or past. The more the women get the more they want, and they get, too, because you can't argue with a woman. , What will become of us poor, ignorant men? ULEN SCHMIDTZ. SUFFRAGE AND JAPAN Mr. Harrison Collins, an alumnus of South High, now residing in Japan, was asked to write for the Tiger on suffrage in Japan and on any other question hound up with it. His comments in the following letter, written from the standpoint of an American living in a foreign country, are of immense interest: Hiroshima, Japan, January 15, 1921. Dear Southsiders: My nine years in Japan have seen marked changes in the attitude of these people toward almost everything in life. The awakening of women is one of these changes. But hers is but one phase of a very much larger problem. Only comparatively few of the men have the vote. The government, despotic in nature, is often the plaything of the all-powerful military class. So reform in this country, including the emanci- pation of women, can have none of the good fortune that it has had in democratic America. Political freedom for these people is a slow up-hill tight, and it is doubtful whether they can ever win thru without help from the outside. The only help from outside that will avail is a league or association of world peoples that can unhorse the military despotism in Japan. With the fall of Japanese militarism would rise freedom for Japanese men and also women. So you see, the possibility of Japan's sharing in the blessings of the glorious Suffrage Amendment depends, like most other good things in the world to-day, on you and your attitude toward these things. Women here as at home constitute by far the 'Lbetter half, the half that conserves the good and presses on toward the better. But these women are sadly handicapped both by history and the state of the world in which they End themselves. Will you not help them to stand erect? Es- pecially to you girls who are now enfranchised do your poorer sisters send their piteous call. Will you not answer that Macedonian cry? HARRISON COLLINS, January, '08. Page 12

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bfwwg lg , The T1 er' ef I L 5 33213-Ijgai E' - ii x - . nv' V' 4. it .4 .. ,WM - - ' EH' 1 -X .. . J. ,. . 1 .. . O vii. Rosanne: Oh! I see it all now. Why, I never thought that such a thing as politics could interfere with love-making. fThe bells ringsj Now, Katrine, I didn't think you were so foolish as to quarrel over that. Katrine: It ain't me that is quarrelin'. It's him. fBell rings againj Rosanne: Well, you must be quarreling with him. And anyhow, I don't see what's the matter with the Democrats. I'm one myself. Katrine: That's right. Stand with him. fShe bursts out of door R, followed by Michael, who tries to talk to her. The bell rings violently. Henry Ward enters.j Henry: live been ringing for half an hour, and I saw lights on, so I entered. What s the matter? Rosanne: You poor dear! Sit down on the sofa. I've just been trying to patch up a quarrel between the cook and a policeman. They are fighting about politics. Isnit that the limit? Henry: Queer, all right. Well, darling, we could hardly iight over politics, as we are both stout Republicans. Rosanne: Republican! I should say not. I'm a Democrat. QShe laughs.j Oh! I see-you're joking. Imagine us-horrid Republicans. Henry: Why, no, I really mean it. I am a Republican. And I don't see that Republicans are horrid either, as you say. Rosanne: Well, they,re out of date. And don't be so dignified. You wouldn't let anything come between us now, would you? Especially such a trifling thing as politics. Henry: If all people considered politics trifling, we would soon have a nice country, wouldn't we? Brut I suppose that is the way Democrats look on politics. Rosanne: They don't do anything of the kind. I think the Republicans go too far when they buy votes. Henry: So that's what you think I am. Well, I'm glad to find out what you think of me. Then there wcn't be any false impressions. Rosanne: What: You donat mean that. Henry: I certainly mean that. Rosanne: Iill never speak to you again until you take that back. fMr. and Mrs. Grinnell enter by door LJ Mr. Grinnel: What's going on here? Are you quarreling? Rosanne fsobbinglyj : He said that he was glad there were no false impressions fshe begins sobbingl. Mr. Grinnell: False impressions? About what? Rosanne: About politics. He's a Republican and I'm a Democrat. He says that we are trifling about politics. Mr. Grinnell: What? Do you mean to say we are trifling about politics? I am a Democrat myself. Henry: Yes, I do believe Democrats trifle about politics. I was merely defend- ing a charge against the Republican party. Mrs. Grinnell: Never mind, Henry. You'll marry into a family with one sensible member. Rosanne: I don't want him to marry into the family at all. Page 14