The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-21
1.-THE NEW WOMAN"
The Scranton Republicans Prize Essay, Written for
the St. Patrick's Day Eisteddfod by Rev. r. Sir
howy Jones, of Pttsburg, Formerly of Jermyn.

to the dust the diadem with which God
has crowned her.
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The new woman, in her desire to be
mans equal, voluntarily subjects her
self to the law of degeneration. She
thrusts herself into his pulpits, ha-
rangues from his platform, sits in his
editorial chairs, practices In his law
courts, and engages in his trades. She
dons mems clothes, adopts mems man.
nerisms, wears mems caps, cuts her
hair short, plays mems games, smokes
mems pipes and becomes generally
''mannish." Environment must tell;
the pursuits Of life have a subtle infiu-
ence in determining the quality Of char
acter developed through them. And
when woman enters uDon the pursuits
of men. she inevitably becomes affected
thereby towards masculinity; and this
obliteration of the distinctive qualities
which have always made her the idol
of mans heart must necessarily destroy
mans passion for her. 1t Is not down.
ward step when the high priestess re-
nounces her altar to betake herself to
the political platform?
The newer the woman becomes, the
worse man she is. The very new wo-
relation, or wilfully destroys her mater
nifty: she wickedly rejects the very no.
ton of home. She sells her birthright
for the privilege of making a few ran
corous stump speeches at the political
hustings.
President Cleveland never penned
truer or nobler words than when in the
name of his wife he wrote to a Wo-
mans Political league these words: 1T
Is impossible for us to approve of the
use of Mrs. Clevelands name in the
designation of the clubs designed to
do political work. We trust you will
not undervalue our objection, because
1t rests upon the sentiment that the
name now sacred In the home circle as
wife and mother may well be spared in
the organization and operation of clubs
created to exert political influence"
The trades and professions as Ill befit
woman as do politics. She should be
spared work In the sense of toll, for
the reason that she SUPPLIES her quota
or natures dues in her sufferings and
duties as the mother OF the race. Be
sides this. toll makes her ugly, des-
troys the symmetry of her fair pro-
portions and the beauty of her grace;
and the world cannot afford to be rob-
bed of it's most beautiful possession
pursuits of men lowers the marketable
value of the genuine masculine article
and reduces the remuneration Of labor
Let woman return to her old-fashioned
belief in man, and he will loyalty pro-
vide for her maintenance in regal style
Then the professions. 1t is evident that
general and promiscuous practice in
any of them Is impossible to woman.
Though women-preachers may be occa-
siOnally tolerated, women doctors and
women-lawyeis are intolerable mon
stroslties.
We begrudge not woman the facilities
of higher education, but believe that
the true field of her advance lies in
the culture of the emotions. For If this
field be left uncultivated-and unculti-
waited ii will be, II woman leaves it for
other pursuits--it must result In u dis
tinct loss to the worlds fund of sweetest
and purest and most refining, influences.
The world needs ministering angels in
human form 10 cheer its sorrowing heart
and sweeten its bitter cup. True women
are ouch angels.
There can be. then, no identity of
spheres for man and woman. for the
simple reason that there is no identity
or natures. There can be no identity of
natures without collectiOnETA OMFWh
natures without the obliteration of scX.
Sex Is the order of God. The distinc-
tion is eternal. and no enactments of
congresses or DarliamentS. or declara-
tions of woman Fighters can remove il.
why try To remake the universe?