The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-12
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Mrs. Baiilngton Booths Denunciation
of Her.

OF ttfr.
A big audience gathered at the Saliva
ton Army headquarters last sHheay
right TO hear Mrs. Darlington Booth
sneak on 'The New Woman She made
n comely picture as she stood among
her soldiers dressed in the plain uniform
of the order. her face framed In the de-
rnure poke bonnet and radiant with en-
thusiasm the red shoulder straps ana
the little touch Of crimson on her bonnet
supplying the note Of color so becoming
10 a dark-halred woman. She spoke in
a strong clear voice. which could be
heard in the most remote corner OF the
galleries. Before commencing her adj
dress Mrs. Booth said that she was going
to have Commander Booth speak some
night on the New Man. that there
was plenty Of need Of 1t.
III | could get hold Of tho new wo-
man. or the so-called new woman" she
said, II would make her change her dress
the first thing / would take her big
sleeves and make them into dresses for
the children Of the slums. 1 am sure a
good many little dresses could be made
out of those sleeves. As for some Of her
other garments. which / viii not men
ton here. / would takt them away and
give them to the sex 20 which they be-
long"
The men in the audience clapped so
wildly at this sentiment that the fair
speaker had to beg them to be quiet.
THE mex thing | would do" she con-
tiuued would be to collect the books
that the new woman reads, books that
any God-fearing, right-feeling woman
would blush to have about her. dis
gushing treaties on realism and kindred
topics. / would pile these books all up
together and burn them. burn them along
with her cigarettes and her che Wing
gum"
The audience applauded loudly, al
though the speaker went on to say that
the next step IN her plan for the reror-
nation OF the new woman. or the per-
verted woman. as she called her would
be to induce her 20 come 10 the Salvation
Army meetings and learn what il was
70 get rid Of herself. to help the poor.
the sick, the lost. and the outcast. and
forever abandon her vain self-sceking.
Then she said. III that plan failed 1
should get her a strong willed loving
husband. that she might come to recog-
nize that there is something great and
strong and noble ia the other sex. The
tendency Of the so-called new woman
Is TO beIttle man. She Graves emdncipa-
ton, progression, she says and in her
mad rush after these idols she means
10 crush and mansle man beneath her
chariot wheels. We women Of the Saliva
ton Army. who ourselves have been
termed new women, say 10 this repulsive
revolving creature. whose ideas and as
plrauOns / hope have been exaggerated
We don't want you among us our ideal
new woman rises 10 mans side. and in
turn raises him higher. When ! planned
10 speak on this subject ] took seriously
INTO consideration what manner OF being
THIS much-discussed new woman is. 1
conilIed 10 my husband certain views 1
had regarding her, in contradistinction
10 what the newspapers said and what
the world said about her, and when
got through with my remarks. 10 which
De had listened with exemplary patience.
he said:
Are you going to say all that in your
address on Sunday night|
expect TO- l answered
W Ell. he said. If you do II will take
it,"
cor course. after such n warning. I
must necessarily leave unsaid much that
I would say. although / know ] shall say
some things 1 did not mean 10. but at
any rate. this prevailing idea OF the new
woman as Sine Is commonly pictured is
not the advanced woman of the age with
whom 1 am heart and soul ga sympathy.
The sO-callci new woman is very poor
cGy o. "a rock man. She IS a cOaise
unfeminine creature from who men and
women alike turn with aversion. She
initiates the garD and manner of a not
overnice type Of man. even while She
Delitties man On the abstract. She does
more. She comes forward 10 trample on
the traditions OF our mothers. OF the
| npfItr "A. Ina Lfaa.g Bar in tIr al. a,..t
made a woman of her. This abnormal
woman processes to scorn wifehood and
have aspirations above motherhood. She
openly confesses that she abhors children
and refers 10 them I'm cOntemptuous tones
as 'brats.' For her there is no sweetness.
no glimpse of Heaven ia iunocent baby
| eyes, no music in the prattle Of childish
lips. 10 grace i'm pattering feet. She alb
hors these infant darlings and wastes
all OF her love and attention on d miser-
able ugly little pug-nosed dog. an sure
thdt II not utterly given over ~ selfish
ness and blind 10 everything good. a
happy marriage would convert such n
woman. for III she felt the touch Of child
ISM lips, had childish arms about her
neck, and fair little head pillowed on
her breast she could not so outrage her
very ~omaniincss by giving vent 10 SELL
tlments such as these Such a woman
could never be Christ-lke, because she
Is not tender enough. Her mind is too
strong 10 bow down to God Religion
implies obedience and infinite love. Men
nave dared 10 impute much TO women.
they have dared 10 question this and that
attribute which she claimed, but no man
mas ever dared 10 question our inalientble
right 90 love.
Il say let the now woman be educated
as much as possible; let her 20 TO the bar
anu study medicine, ana preach from the
pulpit as much as she likes. bur bv an
means let her not neglect her heart. II
seems TO me now that many women treat
their hearts as the Chinese do their feet
cramp and cripple and debase them"
Mrs. Booth paid an eloquent tribute to
Americas treatment OF her women. The
woman out in the harbor here holding up
the light OF liberty was a signiacant
figure In this regard she said she suoxe
OF being in Scotland once and addressin,,
an audience In q town whore a woman's
speaking in public was considered a very
bad thing. She had a. audience of three
thousand, however and nine persons con-
fessed conversion before the meeting
ended. The next day man met the pas
tor OF the church on the street and ask
ed now his meeting had got along the
night before.
We had very slim crowd out" re-
piled the minister frowning. They all
had gone over across the way 20 hear
that hen cackle"
Il felt said Mrs. Booth, like sending
word 10 him about the success OF my
efforts and asking him how many souls
had been saved over there where the