New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-03
THE SINS OF WOMAN.
FOURTH LENTEN LECTURE BY DR.. DIN.
THE CHANGED POSITION OF TIE SEX AND THE
EVILS r. suLTING FROM III.

| EVILS r. SULT1NG IRON
There was large audience last night at
Trinity Chapel 10 hear the fourth lecture OF Dr. Dxs
| Ieoten course on Woman" His subject was. The
Sins OF Woman AGAINST Her Vocation" After 10" III
| troduciory remarks Dr. Dix SPOKE as follows;
Men once upon a time. hae romantic THOUGHTS Of
women they dscanted seriously on tneir charls Insr
worth the preiousness fire speeches were ne i i IN
of the day aud tLere true ana honest cuvhiry
society which accorded to woman an n9h9r io",, ~
nigh admiration and deyou ana IA doy ine ~ past
such language bettt q those VINO held sOneN - IT,,
nc aud Irausceu1ent nutons OF the moth'r the sister
the wi e. We live in wiser arder aSr our eyes
opened. The ole opinions Gust rot" ot ncori
tcabi and impossible IDEAL the facts do not aoeor
wtn the fancy society has undergone iinso NJ ~,
things din tls II is mere ma .eiy anu ibeY want
talS % women or TO women In tht way r,canstrnct on
Olff rent thing. there be soclai ,'u ar
with man. n,arc.ng on her way, neither CT I ~
for his compliments nor MS ahOr'tu"' oaning ine
| world mast DC reconstructed Let ne or ,oe 81
woman, with ner tenosr1ess 'p por Tsce the actual
woman. dt in strength, DOldness aud rough ways ao
speech hold own wherever sue t thse savings OF
the nend doub,e-st ere Is soine-there 10 laso So
Woman mas Channel tnz Tor ia ,hOe par
ucuars abo,t winch true woman VIZ V "a turned 40
i've lae paid her Is les; oase "a t news
mere civiy tne public invaas mr. prtaes Il" win mo
ia PIN, her name ~ run sac man but il these
tdIgs DO so.and ihey none eau douD1 IL. anu We
s s,e ~ a. ELI 10 nlsmo I" IL not The men who
nav. wrought tDs; the 0illes anu tlo sl' n,isht
Va ia
OI sr socitude about the subject OF this even
ings lecture; d rather not touch /. "a" All 90
think fhaC its seecLou instance OF TIA dSfssbec
10 winch reeired Not soi o. NOT 30 uo
rue OLD idras abhor and drtest the modern develop
mcnt; any woman who lear Goa, uoes ner a,
gives us IN Ter life ana acts tnc picture nn u and
| bless her and do her reverent HON z :
1t thus IN no spirit OF e~S ,on 81 r
| mOnstTance, or wonder, OF * Iost diuon. Why 90
| women they dOl Way lower themselves TO men
level Wy shodld the que abairate tgeIr throne,
90 into rhe ring ana act unseony parts ana
lay tner nonor IN tue dus, Let think tnis evening
| OF some things done by wohen Which one would
have said that no womAi, win "onan
Justify. sins al naturally into gr1us or classes ana
II speak ,ns evening only OF q ss 81 ss II - o
OF to Held. We shall limit ourselves, then 10 tSese
| TOPICS: ,,.-
ine lack o. serious views Of life and the habit OF turn
| ing the Thought, exclusively t. enIoy mont. , -,
eietng INTO thnI estate FOR low and wolhy motives
| Tue deliberate de rrmnation OF some MARI women
TO oefcaf the oyccs which nnTrag" was instituted
to have real nome 10 avoid frat the palhs ana next
| tne cares aud duties OF maternity. -, ...,, =, ~
Tue nabi wuere "a honr rxisis, OF neg eclihs u ny
ending most the away IRON H. running mp a1d
down pursuit q. e@cemenl AID imnng tntr ehlldieh
rue growing Indifference 10 The chief Of All social
abonnations, divorce, and tne federation 81 lax AOohs
| abcui g.
| THE I,fMOLATIoN or TIE CHILD IN so,IETY.
Many mothers ar. seized with iata nfatuItion when
their daughters reach conditions Of scholarship anu
training which three years would develop Into
| ripe admir- bic womanh0od, aud rntnlessly bear ~em
away aud plum &c into the wild, strange mael-trom
they call society In vain prayers, teachers. labors
ana expostulat on- 81 rIfce l. demanded. and tue
mother immediate. her child. AID too often the possi0h-
ties Of q noble life per1sh by one. And what VIII
soc ETY. do Tor tho poor child Of Godf what will Sue
learn there amid its ma Ical dev"teas s aeI Leaders,
its H. re9~d men aud womoni This will it do FOR her
| IL will toss her about Hike n shdtueeoek; 70
| will Oil her eyes aid with things
| which she had better never have or
heard This shail learn there Tho OF leading
false and empty hie the ar ~ blowing bnpo.s &c 'u
iur with pr-matic side aud lain mere breath
ana e ~ ,uds. what her IL Ingenious. purr ad
%e,us u,us he rocei out the the -im pie
ami 'Ie H. do,meI she M be ssful. aud 70 be
come shc must learn 10 he dasuin-. bpd and frtt
III s leave her u this undolng. and year twV after
cr,oe back ma see what We nave. Here. surely. an
other person old, hard. unmair ~ II wore, and made
To measure ~" poEcr OF what n called society" 70
ruin tue oet yps of ninhood VIC must take note 81
fiscness OF the stan ard set mp t.ee success III
field due t. exactncfs IN following coz ain lines
marked aud veri Of these DO as heal away frou
what makes aud Oyablr WON iHuoui, and rght on
10 VIM dg-aces tue sex Mark the readiness VITA
inca girls q ops and talk Il men; eyet
usng tpeir slang cNpfe-1onA' anl roniuctng tncni-
selyc, when IN their com'Iny "ltn sac ung OF tn9
escb other. Again. note the habit Of making Hst OF
almost every thiue aud tarnlns a taises mo 5ot
enrrics sob 7, sriOn-. as u one uh not thi"k too
49, CIV thugs or the craving % tHrfn -ad. 90
servr Worship pc Ruuc booness t" anectadon Of
IN Inference tie en0itto wohder at toug Tue mn n
Ion Of Inc coarse aud rude ways nud speech OF men
Thus So, a. OF an earnest modest, smgle woman-
Dood brought iuto contcmpt Hud repiteed % poor
1unsitnt made vulgarity, hearte--uos-, roth aud
nash. All this prepares tbs ~ay for false selfish aud
piofaue cOncep ion, OF marriage, aud Eirs are mus
trained dUwLwari 10 Ow, c0hr-e az even vicious ldeh
tna. , ~, rrstraints -s cannot oa. she
lenrrs But wI;e-On, exccra"le profanttiOn Of
tae NordAhe nuepeud mt and IA e. uo one cau com
ps plat p ,ir u' a sb has no aea being bonni by his
wish or command Not sacrhce herself 10 one lndi
ydnai diu marry bat rAihcr 10 have Tree run Oi al
| avenues which lea 10 The enjoyment OF The world
TIE OBJECT OF MATRIMoNY DEFEATED.
There IL one evil OF which hardly know Low Ia sprai
but II should mentioned in any catalogue of those nc
tuus by which degrade Themselves refuse their
natural mission. and the just indtgna ION Of ear
and Heaven refer the wilful intention and resolve
TO defeat the fret OF those purposes which holy mat
rmon was instituted. II comes looming no Ia view OF
this century rs great growing almost National crime
Briefly tbs H. the foundation OF tne hone Is the first
thing INTENDED mArimony. But resolve that II
shan be AS narrow and limited possible. Taey visa
e. may be- 30 avoid pan shrk the duty OF pIrentage
10 be free TO enjoy world. Arts base and black arts
which under the old law punished with DEATH ar
used 10 carry out these impous Resolves This not OF
deliberately preventing the formation OF home is
crime OF the darkest dye. aud Divine retrbudon and
Judgment may be looked Tor and are alrea1y smiling our
Now say tnat It is the who is mainly rospon-
sh for t6ese rins-by luxury, her addiction b. tue
measures OF woro her reckesses OF duty and her
Ad n SeT ya. y and naf lSf sf To
done For saw IA GODS priest and In His name. that
this act Of deliberately preventing the formation Of
nome s a crime which brings thicker than
pellets OF hail the community tnat II denies aud
tlirts Doubt not that there Ia overhead God OF Jus
lice by whom &C ions weighed. And when you
the march ~ socialism AID communism tho growth OF
nlhllism and the organization Of bands OF ends who's
weapon dynamite. and whose ain II the destrIo
zion of property and human tfc recognize tne meritcd
scourge OF heaven age which totrntes th9 viola
tion OF Gods first law
THE NEGLECT OF HOME.
proceed speak OF seqnc TO these fatal crimes II
ia The neglect OF home. where there Is home
Home IA made up, where Gods full blessing
, ! bas been granted. OF the father the mother
and the children; these make 1t tho sacred