The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-07-17
A NEW WOMAN WRITES

To the Editor OF the Eagle.
We all feel very keenly the fact that
there are certain things in this worid
which are not exactly right. To our
minds their wrong. and We are READY 10
applaud anyone who says SO and attempts
to right them.
1 am now going to speak Gf the Eagle
will be kind enough 10 give me nttie
space OF one of the many things wnleh
l think should be different. It IS this:
The young lady should, in place OF the
man, select and choose her partner In
life. Why should not she-as well as heS
brother-write her dainty note and desire
the company Of her choice?
A mantle Of modesty is shield wnich
protects the wearer, as can no other SAFE
guard, against all immodest approaches.
She can still retain that safe-guard-she
need not lose her modesty-she can ask
any young man TO accompany her 10
this or that place of interest or enter
tainment, and still retain her modesty ana
sweetness.
What different society we would have.
what different young men; all wouio
strive to become unsophisticated young
men: for our girls, the desirable girl, the
home girl (for which We are In SO much
need. would ask no young man TO accom-
pany her who is known 10 be OF loose
of crime upon.
Any thinking mind can easily reason It
out that it hes with our women, far more
than with our men, TO right things IN TINS
world. Woman is the moral power. Sne
is the axis upon which generations must
turn. She is the power OF the word To-
day. AS she points. SO events Will tend'
not as leader herself, but as a creator
of leaders.
God who created them both, placed man
and woman upon the same moral plane.
In his sight there is no distinction So
ciety however, has long accepted double
standard of morality.
Mothers of dissipated sons often seek
consolation in the thought that by ana
by, when they have sown their wild oats
they will settle down and become very
steady and exemplary men," l want 10
say to such mothers that they are CHERISH
ing a fatal deception.
wild oats" are very bad crop to SOW.
"for whatsoever a man soweth that snaii
he also reap" There is not single Sooo
seed in a thousand bushels of wild oats.
The product OF wild oats is wild oats as
surely as the product OIL wheai - "Aea''
and of corn is corn.
..Do men gather grapes Of thorns, or figs
of thistles?' "a good tree cannot bring
forth evil fruit. neither can corrupt tree
bring forth good fruit"
Yes. stone the woman, let the man go free!
Draw back your skirts lest they, per-
chance
Nav Touch her garments as she passes;
But to him put forth a willing hand.
To clasp with his that led her 10 oe-
struction
And disgrace. Shut up from her the
sacred
Ways of toll, that she may no more
win an
Honest meal, but ope to him all honorable
Paths where he may win distinction
Give him fair, pressed-down measures
OF life's sweetest joys. Pass her.
Oh, maiden, with pure, proud face,
If she puts out a poor, polluted palm;
But lay thy hand in his on bridal day,
And swear to cling TO him
With wifely love and tender reverence;
Trust him who led sister woman
To a fearful fate.
Yes, stone the woman, let the man go
free;
Let one soul suffer for the guilt OF two,
Is the doctrine of hurried world,
Too out of breath for holding balances
Where nice distinctions and injustices
Are calmly weighed. But ali. how Will
IL be
On that strange day of final fire and flame,
Where men shall stand before the one
True Judge? Shall sex make then
a difference In sin2 Shall He,
The searcher of the hidden heart,
In His eternal and Divine decree.
Condemn the woman and forgive the man?
AN EAGLE READER.