Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1894-09-01

u Ht.s|
s.. szioa 5g, y iadaiged IL by
|;is Srohan. regarding enigger'
tn 4oIna of the States, would mean the
s8tA .! the man, perhaps the more ig-
6nsiniouH death. If be ventured to say In
dEd1ience that the imagination was
holly haeelees, or must have been derly-
y from some of the natural and proper
.stivilitiss paid by youthsand strength to
age and manifest infrmity. For it
nsist be noted that female sufferers from
/ this disease egotism are not necessarily
young and fighty. They are often eld-
\ erly, dowdy, and disappointed Nor are
! they invariably recognized by their near
est connections as fit objects for pity
and care. Their friends often leave them
TO wander among unsuspectlng stran-
gers, needless of the annoyance and hin
drance they give. Such kinsfolk are
ready enough to crave for mercy and TO
plead hereditary mental afHiction and
general weakness, and instability, II even
rom the unfortunate woman's own
,statements they think she is likely to
Iiget herself into serious trouble; but they
; laro prepared TO recall all their words
Then only the interests of others, or ev-
GA Of great public cRuees, are concerned
I'll We have but Just risen from perusal OF
, ghe documents in a strikingiy typical
! ,ase OF this kind, in which oil the points
I. 0f diseased vanity, purient insinuation,
I nd the selfc0ntradictory selfiehuess oi
kinsfolk" are strongly brought out.
: Now, round such women, II in the
Q Aoufhern States, Negro iynchings wall
o tDring up. as did witch-burnings around
n that nauseous Scotch girl, Christian
!, shaw, at whose Imaginative worc
], seven innocent people perished IN Pals
: f4v. as recently as 1897. Indeed &
= study of the witch-accusatioE mania
y ~nd Of the secrets of hospitals and luna
e., casYlume, would seem likely TO shet
r SINE light on the female accusation
"a the Southern States and we believ
NJ - was pointed out in Fraternity SOM
onths ago. Nor should this dark pos
Aiiity of the female constitution an
,uperament be lost sight of even 4
iecountry. in these days when wome
terinQ larglv into public, protes
or philanthrosdc work. In th
ses of womanhood women mus
Ae firm stand against the invaso
tiers" os those morbid ter
.>.,.. -suicn are nsiscallef a ''iively IN
aaron." Men WHO have onoe Lad "a
slorsune to come in contact vii
- 80 poor creatures naturally shrin
ny frUu. further association with woms
either as employeeszor colleagues, viii
re sensible women, for the sake OF all pa
In ties, will entirely refuse TO work wit
1t | t'sam in cooperation with men. An
|li- ia short, the morbid women themseve
nv the nearer they approach to a conditie
~ ns mental health, the more they will
Io aware that their only safe place is ]
d. tirament And can anything be mo
| wholesome for this complaint (Which
an itH earlier stages is, as the best luna
ant authorities assert, simply vanity a
It the basest egotism). than the know
AL eege that the active outbreak OF
rtv symptoms will leave the sufferer to q
o~y 70 softly" ali her days.
80 If the women of the South were
'fo, "pure in heart and sound in head
me should hear of fewer iynchings and
i've British philanthropy, whenever TO
wd- warned, gently set aside the dubis
no help Of these diseased imaginatit
no. (ahich always gloat on temporary "h
orc rors" rather than dwell on eternal pl
of cipIes) many good works which 4
W. flag and falter, would so on apace.