New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-14


ground that / am on perfectly we'll The secre; OF
a woman's hold the secret Of a wfe's hold upon
her companion, is not that she IS femaIe pu1 .ldt
you can mink it. out iSter could keep you inter
ested that line for consderap!e ums IL y we
is on distant line from that Of mascuinity, and she
will less and less OF Insecurity accordms as
she approaches the perfection ano & ~ oi 90
her being. Now on the contrary. theTe Is an ele-
ment in the community.a small one wouli ~, IAN
hope yet the size Of thing Is no nie.SoS o. NE
dsquei 1t will produce-there Is an element IN me
venture to call and7omania me Woru - iio' an
English one. 70. the reason ! suppose, tnat inc
should need suc1 a term It is constructed on the
same principle as the word AnSomala. Wnlch
means passionate aping Of everything that is Eng
aping of everything that Is mannlsn. IL IS an az
10 minimize the distinctions by when MANHOOD ana
womanhoo1 have been supposed to be differentiated
their activities 1t is that anlmus which prompts
woman to imagine that she has achieved great
only man has hitherto been accustomed to DO but
that no woman up 10 date has awaited 10 do.
am not here to render bill OF particulars.
slender hut = very straight line ! am not cr,i-
cisng any particular act OF these andrcmaniacs;
narrow the distinrtive textures Of woman 10 the
smallest possible margin. That Is not saying That
It hurts q woman TO do what woman has never
Tine only men had been admitted to the Bar it is
therefore injury to woman 70 be admitted
that TN move at the impulse Of an idea that actiy
ties that suitable for men are therefore SUIT
able for women and that the supreme distinction
between the two is physiological 1t Is an h?HSry
will have to be paid for somehow before 1t is all
through with. As said before. If you want par
We are determined 10 hold ourselves s'renuously
within the Of ScriptUral authoritarian II IS
of little Samuel did not practise law 1t IS there
fore unbecoming to women 10 90 so nov. W i'iu ~,
yielding OF unjustiied conclusion me times
are different now from what they were tnen. w i
.pof, mo
that because Mary and Martha seem not to have
mixed in the public affairs of Bethany either
stumping the town or frequenting or manipulating
The primaries, that therefore there IL an Inherent
Warvs and Marthas Of later time and different
style of civilization. 1t did not lie IN me gencral
nothing to indicate that there were any caucuses
to go TO in Bethany.
NOBODY VOTED IN NAZARETH
So you would have no logical warrant for decd-
ing that because the Virgin Mary does not seem
to have turned over the miraculous babe into the
clumsy keeping Of Joseph In order TO get oppor-
tunity to skip to the polls therefore mothers OF
our own era and city morally restrained from
oscillatng between the crib and the ballot-boX
Nobody voted In Nazareth, and so, OF course. Mary
couldn't | don't say that she wouldn't. The Bible
does not say that she wouldn't. and we are not 80.
ing 10 step from Scriptural ground here sun
1 wanted to mention them. for Hannah and the
Illness motherliness. that the contemplation OF
them seemed fitted to lead the thoughts and opln-
ions OF their sex along lines OF womanllness SINH
haeS - Low the largest possble emphasis upon
physically. Intellectually and spiritually dlueren-
tiated from manhood: that womanhood. In It's in
terror and distinctive sanctities, IS the first thing
be considered and appreciated as preparation ior
the Just solution OF any problems relative 10 fem
mine discipline rights or activities and that all
questions. such those that are being discussed
In these days. require TO be considered soeIy IN
the light Of what woman Is. or God intends hcr
and conceves Of her. am Obliged TO say that to
handled in an exceedingly hppant and superficial
kind Of way IN regard 10 sa 81 pn en-
CAGES in certain industries Why SHOULDN'T q
a woman? II man breaches and pract,ses med-
cine and law. why shouldn't woman? II man
ing that she shouldn't but do say that that
way OF stating the case betrays an casy-goinS
napprec OF the OF the Interests ana
realities involved. OF which any intelligent Christian
woman ought to be ashamed There Is no reason,
the two has own distinctive personal dowry |
have TO determine the uses 10 which the dowry
which II can ftlv be exercised Now when I see
women commencing to bore down into the real |
meat Of this matter. animated by that lnspifluhs |
and Biblical conception OF womanhood as Of some |
thing that Is apart and alone: unapproachei IN |
mitable and supreme. endowed with gifts OF per
stranger then I shall feel that the sex Is on The
track Of successful quest and that re sea a
viii issue in results that valid, whatever those
results may prove TO be.
wOMANs HAND OK THE RUDDER or HISTORY |,
But until the movement IS motvcd by any |
confederation less serious than vOmenhOOd'5 con- |
seriousness Of her own superb but distinctive en-
dowments queen over province quite as I'm |
portant as that Of men, contiguous 10 1t. but in no |
sense Identical with it'll that time arrives We |
shall be obliged to consider much OF this misccl- !
laneous ebulliton rs a passing disiempeT when !
will wear itself out In time. yet serving most |
wholesome purpose. nevertheless II only II leaves
In its track 1t retires, the seeds Of earnest
meditatve and devOut desire TO get nearer TO the |
heart OF all this great matter Ny object In all |
baN
TO bolttle what f. known the woman question:" |
rather TO indicate and set forth It's signhcance.
a good deal more 10 the purpose she by no means |
clearly understands herself. You need no better !
proof Of that than tho wordy warfare which has !
has presentmcnt OF the splendor OF its destiny |
with clear appreciation OF what that deftny IS /
family and the home. Scripture gives as no liberty
doubt 1t is impossible 10 forgct-the Bible does |
not allow you 10 forget-that the home is the !
cradle OF everything that IL best, truest ana most
heavenly IL the world are living In, and that |
the queen Of the home is the wife and the mother. |
That is Bible You may not Ike IT, but Il IL all |
put my finger what seems 10 me to be the sorest
spot IN the municipal condition Of our city; and |
| would say that II was IN the decadencc OF the |
home idea The proofs OF that are many and |
painful and some Of them. unmentionnble Things |
cannot exist in any finer shape OF society. In the |
State or In the Church. than they lie incipiently In
the little commonwealth Of the family circle. and
the atmosphere OF that commonwealth, first Of all.
IS an emanation from the personality Of the mother
Woman rocks the cradle and In doing. holds her
hand on the rudder OF history
failed this morning 10 keep within the lines Of
Scriptural authorization that Is my fault. IT, hav-
ing kept within those lines. have said ANYTHING
fault You will have TO settle 1t with the Bible.