Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-08-28

has turned many lad when at the very
door Of the Temple OF Vice-turned him
away just in time TO prevent his fatal
fall.
He realizes her profound horror should
she ever be made acquainted with tho
seamy side which yet he and all men
must perfOrce know. at least in part,
II not wholly And in that horror hes
something OF reluctance on his own ac-
count. He realizes, too, the difference
there must be between the sexes, and
though ne Nigh, hesitate TO confess his
escapad-s 20 his father. L would bs
from a different feeling. different mo-
tive. from that which would make him
so earnest to keep his mother in ig-
nOrance of the truth. The shame ana
Humiliation h1 would feel in confeSs-ng
TO his father would be the sense Of sac
rilege as toward his mother.
But if that mother be phUOsophlc,
wide-awake woman CT the world, who
understands all about young man
temptations. and all about his certain
lips and sumbiings-a woman Who has
passed far beyond -he limit Of distress,
horror. condemnation, and who can rea-
son quietly about instincts and set NOR
ais on The broad basis Of physiology
what kind Of hold will she have over her
son?-what kind OF restraining -ntiu-
eace? He might go to her for advice;
and IL Is doubtful if he would even do
that. the masculine sense OF sexual dif-
ference always working toward disbelief
in the power of women TO understand
Alright or 10 guide safely; but it would
be adviCa diveS,ed of all sanclty, ana
resting on knowledge only.
And when we have come 10 this, and
rons make their mothers their advisers
and conhden in matter pertaining TO
the seething time of youth. we shall
have come 10 the end of hlial reverence
and of maternal influence. That sign or
the great end when men and wom
shall mix indisCriminateiy will be adj
yanced nearer by just so much; and in
the loss Of TO the son Of belief in his
mothers sacred purity and holy innO-
cence Will b. included the loss OF one Of
thu strongest restraints young man
possesses.
And it is into this Serbonian bog of
foul familiarity and filthy knowledge
that the woman of the present day are
rushing with such mad haste. Buddha
found wisdom under the bO-tr5e; the
modern woman stretches out her hands
for the fruit.of the Tree of Knowledge.
There is 70 De no longer Il Divine En-
closure for the pUre-nO longer doubt
ful tracts fenced eff from the innocent.
Women are 20 be initiated all the same
as men. and il is only bigo,s and fossils
who s,.ll maintain The difference be
tween the sexes and hold to the restrain
.ug and e.6va-ing influence OF pure and
innocent women while Geprecating he
jemoraliz.ng effect IF a uniformity OF
knowledge Of q consensus Of philosoph-
ic -Ol-ra,i0n
All through history we read the same
thing In those times where the wo-
men were prominent and had direct pow
er. morals were lax and men were SUI
pine. In those where. with full legal
rights 20 say they should no, be OPP
pressed. they were in the background
rl-her than the forefrOnt-in the home
rather than in the are1a-with moral
influence rather than personal or polit-
zeal p0wer--hey formed q kind Of bo-
tvzuard for the virtues belonging TO
-re.r own sex. and the aiders ald ab51-
tors Of those belonging 20 men.
MRS LYNN LINTON.