The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-08

Apollo Belvidere Is more beautiful than
tie Venus de Medicit
1t is possible that the reverse opinion
obtained because the inception OF Orien-
tai ideas concerning woman, existed OUT
side of oriental customs. that by Wo-
mans physical weakness she was con-
ceived TO be- an ornamental adjunct 70
man, his toy, his 1pll, icdr@F IMAM 81.
other pretty posses 'Ons-but WlthouS
irate personality. or it may nave betn
unon -higher grounds. that the snbtle
refinement Of woman beauty was an
is-the finer beauty OF the spirit "Hic"
gave to man her mystical attraction.
Relatively this delcacy OF spiritual
being rendered woman more susce"l'"ie
TO spiritual influences. IT was the reg
uitfon of this diViueT touch that halloween
her with the specific friendship OF CHRIST,
A en- the great Teacher going from CITY
TO yillage-from Galiilce 10 the pans
about Jordan-gathered around mn
band of women, and preaching the reilS-
ion that rested ON "a philosophy OF Love-
round its deepest truths rooted III t"e re-
male heart. 40 evidence that We 49,
Ietfer confirms WOmans early status
than her activity in the primal church'
and si.ral mention Is made or the VIZ
mon of the Bihie by the inspired writer's.
II was LYDIA OF Thyatira-"H We nave
i,-''.rI me faithful that entertained
paul The household OF Chloe believed
and the four daugf ters OF ihilllp At -
saraa-and Dorcas-and Prisciia anu
Tfyphena. Tryphosa. l. rhane. ana ~ ,.,e
..,,.,., honorable women" at Berd. The
ministry of Christ would have been mar
rover. and the plan Of saiFauoh igs'
effective but for woman. KeNetehtiuly'
Doe il said. II was upon woman the 'hria-
fian church rested then, as IT rests now
until NOT a page of religious history lives,
that les not "A record OF hci NltatIlIS M
nucnce While in theory the on lued Oh
woman's inherent iuferiOrity IS beng rap
iilv repudiated. ID has certainly not Dech
left for this age 10 show her ihdiNiduah-
From the time that Somirams. the AS
syrian slave woman, built Baby loh' IN
single year. energetic. powerful women
have asserted their supremacy.
Even in the far East many rotabie "o-
men evolved from the chaos OF t, ,'.Ii,
degradation and were important ltctoi
i'm the quOticnt OF its ancient greatness
As when Alfalfa reisned, and 'assanda-
ia. who ruled Persia. as she would ,Wheh
Dido founded Carthage, and Noor Jehth,
mo "lf-ht OF the world stamped her
name upon the coins Of india. or modern
women. Catherine and Roland. ana lsa-
bella. Elizabeth. and he SAMMY Jtdn
ID Arc and ON down Dy the stepping
stones of history. and art. and Christtani-
~ and literature, to those IiSl-DoIH
"Dauchters of the Revolution, ana our
own Frances Willard and cara baIloH'
what fOrceful ranks retute ine cH'iEe
or ,-,rqau's nOucutityt or who could,
with truth. affirm that woman mas bt'i,
only welcome where the man -
her. or deny that-Mllhout tHt anu ''1iy''
of man-she has not often been an inVlu-
chile STAYING power whether welcome
on not. II is the opportunities OF woman
tUat are expanding What She has mere
tcfore gained has not been by FAVOR, but
bv pravcd ability There has been TOO
much Of the continental idea of woman,
ana NOT enough of the ilealzaiioa OF Wo-
manhood. Not the least Of Woman's BEN
c6cent influence has been its tendency 10
eliminate the WOmauly element IN man.
Nor has IT hurt him. Men rule ny
strength of physical pro"ess ana mehldI
achievements. More dominant than every
Other passion-the motive power OF MS
s.if-aggrandiZement- is mans ambition.
The "mst" which OtWay says is never
quenched" and OF which Milton aVo"s.
Ito reign is worth ambition. tho in he'll.
This was the crime Brutus charged
union Caesar. and the sin by which poor
Wol-cy said, fell the angels Here Np-
man has equaliZed the balance OF sexual
power As the Ccntripetal TO the centric
ueal has been her moral force TO man
scifshness-fOr which ambition is any
another name-and as such 1t has kept
society from disintegration-the human
race perhaps from self-destructlOn.
The world is said 10 stand at the
threshold Of three great changes. PrOmi-
nent among these and daily assuming me
greater emminence. is the ever agitated
question Of Woman's position. No one
Gisutltos the signiiicant-One might al
most say the gresslVe-impOrtance or
this problem: buI il viii not detract from
the Virtue-f il be yirtue-Of woman
equal rights or from any other coyet-
cd blessings OF the future. 10 admit thdt
toforc linda BARTON HAYS.