The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-10-16
(Continued from LIST Paoe)

vailing idea of the new woman as
she is commonly pictured is not the
advanced woman Of the age with
whom | am heart and soul in SYM
pathy. The so-called new woman is
very poor copy OF mock man.
She is a coarse, unfemiuine creature,
from whom men and women alike
turn with aversion. She initiates
the garb aud manner of not over
nice type OF man, even while she
belittles man in the abstract. She
does more; she comes forward to
trample on the traditions OF our
IN thers, Of tbe mother who kissed
her in the cradle and made woman
f her This abnormal woman pro-
fesses to scorn wifehood and have
aspirations above motherhood. She
openly confesses that she abhors
children, aud refers to them to con-
temptuous tones as 'brats.' For her
there is no sweetness, no glimpse OF
Heaven in Innocent baby eyes, 40
music in the prattle OF childish lips,
no grace in pattering feet. She alb
hors these infant darlings and wastes
all of her love aud attention on a
miserable ugly little pug-nosed dog.
Fam sure that if not utterly given
over to selfishness and blind to
everything good, a happy marriage
would convert such woman, for if
she felt the touch of childish lips,
had childish arms about her neck,
and fair little head pillowed on
her breast she could not 80 outrage
her very womanliness by giving vent
to sentiments such as these. Such
a woman could never be Christlike,
because she is not tender enough.
Her mind is too strong to bow down
to God. Religion implies obedience
and iu6uite love. Men have dared
to impute much to women. They
have dared to question this, and that
attribute which she claimed, but no
II au has ever dared to question our
iualienable right to love.
81 say let the new woman be edu-
Gated as much as possible; let her
go to the bar and study medicine,
and preach from the pulpit as much
as she likes, but by all means let her
not neglect her heart. 1t 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 tri-
butte to Americas treatment of her
women; the woman out in the har-
Dor here holding up the light of
liberty was a significant figure in
this regard, she said. She. spoke Of
being in Scotland once and address
ing an audience in a town where a
womau's speaking in public was
considered very bad thing. She
had an audience OF three thousand,
however, aud nine persons con-
fessed conversion before the meet
ing ended. The next morning a
man met the pastor of the church
on the street and asked how his
meeting had got along the night be-
fore.
I'VE had very slim crowd out"
replied the minister frowning.
"They all had gone over across the
way to hear that hen cackle."
II felt" said Mrs. Booth, "like
sending word to him about the sue
cess of my efforts, and asking him
how many souls had been saved over
there where the rooster was crow
ing"
''Let the new woman ride her
wheel" she went on in conclusion,
land swim aud drive, do any thing
which will perfect her physically,
so that she may stand forth and be
power in the nation, but, repeat,
let her not do all these things and
forsake her womanliness, forget that
she has heart"
The type OF new woman which
the speaker later pictured before
her audience was the woman who
had embraced religion and become
new indeed, with such new aspira-
tons, new faith, and new feelings