Middletown transcript., 1895-11-23
PRICE, 8 CENTS
THE NEW WOMAN AND THE NEW
SOUTH. @ -.-rs-

"a paper written by resident OF
MiddletoWn at request Of Gov. Wat
son for the Woman's Congress at At
lanta, Delaware Day.. *Published by
: requess.)
Casting ones eyes backward along
history's pages to note the changes in
the worlds condition fills the contem-
plative mind with desire to take a
peep into futurity, to lift the veil and
to pass to the next century milestone.
What would one behold? There is
but a single standard by which to
guage the future and that is the past
1t matters not what subject or thought
may be under consideration, the his.
tory of the past is pledge for greater
developments in the future. In the
light of the improvements which man
has wrought no prophecy is incredible.
The wise man is credited with saying
There is nothing new under the sum-
but Solomon did not live in the Nine
teenth Century and he knew nothing
of the New Woman and the New South.
These and many others very appro.
| priately called ''new" contradict the
son of David. There is New South
of which ample testimony surrounds
us. No one a quarter of century
ago would have pictured in imagina-
tion such scene as we now have be-
fore us, the products of the ingenuity
and labor of the New South, country
which promises in its manufacturing
interests soon to rival even New Eng
land itself because of its superior aG-
vaniages of situation and climate, and
III ITS wealth of agricultural products
and mineral resources 10 surpass, area
for area, the far-famed and fertile
west. 1t is with pleasure that we
witness this material grow th, the evil
dences of which we have seen at this
Exposition, and we hail with delight
the New South.'
But what of the New Woman? Is
she "fad," The creature of Whm of
fashion to give way to the next excen-
tricity of society? Has she but entered
upon business venture or taken up
professional career until some Lord of
Creation shall invite her TO more con-
genial partnership? Is the New Wo--
man success in the estimation of the
masculine mind? But, gentlemen, are
you without prejudice and do you feel
that you can pass sentence upon her
and her woikp Take her in the field of
journalism and here standing out in
bold relief is the name uf Margaret
Sangster whose work thrills our minds
and hearts with joy and pride for one
of our sex who ranks so high as an ed
itor, contributor and poet, and she is
only one among many in this and other
fields of literature who we feel have
done credit to their calling not to men,
ton the long line of those who are
crowding the halls of science and art.
Indeed would you gentlemen stake
your military reputation upon the pre-
diction that in the near future new
Joan of Arc may not appear in the
field of modern warfare who shall
eclipse all the heroes of ancient and
modern arms? Be candid in your es.
innate of the work of the New Wo-
man and without prejudice form your
Judgment of her and her work. May
you not look we'll to your, laurels
whether as aids TO his Excellency, the
Governor, or in your private pursuits
as citizens of our beloved Diamond
State, for the New Woman is on your
track2 That the New Woman of the
future will be the masculine New Wo-
man of to-day is not to he credited. If
you gentlemen will give us good gov
ernment and Christian Craftsmanship
then the New Woman of the future
will be no rival in the political field.
In great measure the evolution of the
New Woman of the next Century rests
with the sterner sex, and to you is sub
mitted the question, What would you
have her be?
18th paper was not read because the
Congress was ot held there being so
few present. The paper read by Miss
Talley, of Wilmington, just after the
3ration by Orator Byrne was cOntri-
outed through Middletown lady,
Ed.)