The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-12-16
Tho Mothers of Strong Men.

Tho Mothers of Strong Men.
DIR. S. Weir Mitchell, one o. the highest
authorities in the world OH nervous dis
eases and a profound student Of life, re-
CARDS women rs the physic;l trustees of
the race, and says that cultivation Of the
brain ut the expense of the body is an ines.
Unable evil to future generations. ma
ture has her seasons of rest and her seasons
Of productiveness," the famous physician
once said. ''The soil after harvest lies fall
low for yellr or two or it loses its rich
ness. You never knew great mana
man of powerful brain and masterful
energy, mean-born of a weak woman.
Superiority and strength Of mind in men
come almost invariably from the mother.
The father may transmit traits as he often
transmits weaknesses, but the mind Of the
male child almost always derives its real
force from the mother. Ifshe have strong
character, sterling virtues and has lived a
simple, healthy life, her son will reap the
richer harvest of vital and mental strength,
because neither has been exhausted by the
mother. The fathers character is apt to
reappear in the daughters"
The view is one of such interest and i'm
portance that every one will find something
In his or her own experience and observa-
ton that will bear upon it. The thought
back Of it is that women should be edu-
Gated and their minds cultivated, but
neither overeducated, as at some female
colleges, nor overcultivated or overstrained
by work or society; that their lives should
be 50 ordered that a surplus Of mental and
physical strength should be stored rs the
ground derives fruitfulness and stores fu-
ture wealth by lying fallow and producing
nothing for time.-New York Press.
Working Women and Their Place Today.
The proportion of women whose daily lot
is hard labor Of some kind or other is not
greater now than it has been in other pc
RODS On the contrary, it is probably
smaller. But at no former time has the
wage earning woman been SO distinct 80
cial and economic factor. Woman's work
was formerly hedged in very closely by do
nestle conditions Her life was part OF
the life Of some family. and as an unat
tached industrial unit she was practically
nonexistent.
Newer conditions have obviously changed
all this, and every city has it's army Of
young working women seeking an indie
pendent livelihood, just as it has it's larger
army of young men. The army of young
worklngmen in great COMMISSIONING men
wholly unattached and fighting the battle
of life upon their individual resources
has not been very long recognized as dis
tinct social element, and one for which Pc
culiar povision should be made. But its
recognition has been more general, and
there has been better provision made fol-
it than for the other army of young work
ing women.
Yet the position Of the young woman is
much the more difficult. The kinds OF
work open to women are not half SO nu-
merous az those that young men can enter.
And women's wages average little more
than half as much rs their brothers. The
practical difficulties in the way of procur-
ing employment are especially great for
young women, and conventional obstacles
lie everywhere. The rights, the needs, the
wants Of working girls call for agitation
and for organized action. And in many
ways the movement has begun.-Albert
Shaw in Scribner's.