The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-08
THAT BIG S0ROSIS DEBATE.
1r mas SET <EL TEE WOMEN OF TEE
SOCIETY AND oFrHBoIrYA-zAIK1Ns.

m mas SET <LL TEE WOMEN or TEE
SOCIETY AND oFTHE
whss wor,e. Enc 20 Head In the Newsps-
pers IL Made the Text Tor Discrss,on on
the Sec In Ge.erai-why sheu,a the sexe.
ne separated s--Dees weraa. Want the
saue Literature ne Mas = serosts
wonseu Interviewed as 20 what They
wosia Have Newspapers rrint Thes
1bea't Agree az Ari-Artieiss that Some
fCom,sena Are Objected TO by Others
Some Mighty Haterestt.r sentinents.
When Eliza Archard oonnor speaks in soro.
sis the women usually 20 homo with aome-
thing to think about. The slight. energetic
woman, with the short gray hair and soft,
clear voice. does not deal I'm platitudes. Quota
lions. nor encyclopmdlcal data. She 10 free
lance. and strikes out straight from the
shoulder regardless OF what anybody thinks
about t. Out Of her remarks at the Monday
meeting on impure literature has arisen dis
cussion OF pertinent interest to women rs to
what should constitute the matter printed In
the corner. column. or page devoted to women
In the daily press.
Mira Conner said that II. was the love story
OF the day. not the scandals printed by the
newspapers. that caused the foolish girl to
run of with the coachman. the average wife
to leave her good. honest. average husband to
seek her affinity in some ideal creature with
q waxed moustache and patent leather boots:
that II was the love story that breeds divorce.
insanity. and misery. The girl OF to-day"
she said. +" soaks her brain In mawkish senti-
mentality as q drunkard soaks his in alcohol
until there Isn't a grain OF sense left and her
emotions are ready to zush out and slop over
to the frat man that smiles on her. Sexual
love. excoptto the people who are In love plays
small part In the affairs Of life. and the
coming novel will be one in which sexual love
Is not the main feature. but Is relegated to Its
proper place"
All this the women OF Sorosis heartily en-.
dorsed. but when Mrs. Connor proceeded to say
that women were largely responsible for the
scandal In the newspapers. because one-half
OF the readers OF such scandals were women.
that no newspaper could afford to print such
matter II 1t were not read. and that when
women ceased to talk scandal the newspapers
would cease to print 1t, the Sorosis women
took exception and denied the charge. on tho
ground that in the columns devoted to news
for women there were no scandals printed. On
the contrary. the space was devoted to styles
in gowns. recipes for buildings that every good
housewife knows how to make herself and d.
rections for making the homo beautiful.
and the meeting ended In o discussion Of the
:woman's page and It's shortcomings.
The women OF Sorosis have very decided and
intelligent views as to what should appear.
and what women Of education and refinement
like to read on such page. when SUN repre-
sentative called on them after the meeting.
Mrs. Lozier. the President Of Sorosis. gra-
cious and tactful. said that she did not think
The Sun required much criticism In its atti-
tude to women. but that she would like to have
the woman's mage cater less to extravaganza
and folly. to appeal less to what was RECHERCHE
and dainty. and more to the intellectual or
moral.
= In the first place." said she. with regard
to fashion. there Is 30 much nonsense. and It
is SO tlresome. In the end what does 1t amount
tor II have q new dress go to the Dress
maker eventually and intrust it ali to her. 1t
is much like tho paragraphs printed on med
icine. we'll enough to reed. but II any Of US are
really i'll We 60 to the doctor. II 10 not auiteso
e e ba
dIagncse ths. particular case and deal with 4
afford q drsssmaker buys regular fashion
book. for. chs can procure a rattern to corre-
s Who seeks TIE fashions in the the
GsSaH S sne San anord iash1n
gance that the newspaper describes in its
mstsrials. hint . to whether csDss or coats oats
more Is printed. lett be oithe simpler ways 81
a!eTis hs. all thI. matter about beautiful things
in the house. elaborate lunches and dinners.
Il an that Is desiroy
table, and 1t arouses an ambition to Guido 1t
II splendor. or an utter dlscouragement at the
iaSpry. too little simplicity IL our homes.
more ADVICE about the care enc Of children and
practical housekeepinR-not the nonsense OF
dSS :. hs feed % sou s sSs
fGE prudent that sGps R.ssr pub
turkey 10 years. And ]. would like to see 9
money. Not one woman in dozen Knows. how
to keep Q bank book or can make her cash ac-
heard recently another OF the good banking
stories they tell Of women. She had over
fashion OF women. and the oiiiciais wrote her her
20 that effect The next morning she walked
with shS Sssss
asai9I 81 re I should be obliged to do her bank
and great deal OF good poetry 10 published
In tho newspapers.
:. Club notes: the report Of elub pa pers. every-
condition Of women in foreign countries. the
condition Of poor w9men. labor notes concern
progress woman Is making toward what we
call the higher lie. toward her own emancipa-
tion. or. rather. the realization OF herself her
indiyiduality-entity.
Nothing about politics on the woman'a
page. It 10 only the middle aged women that
care anything about politics. After woman
gets through bearing and rearing her chill.
dren she is ready to take up the affairs Of
State. but by TINT time she is mature enough
to read the politics Just as they are printed In
the good strong mans paper You know that
theory Is not new. 1t is as old as Plato. He ad-
vocated that mature women should have their
share In the cares OF State. Certainly would
not discard tho woman's page. 1t 10 fasci-
and Sometimes may give them little hints We
could scar, scarcely approach them with in any
Mrs. Ostrom snid. In answer to the question
What would you like to read on the woman's
II never look on that page It 10 page I