The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-06
HONOR IN WOMAN AND IN MAN.
Canadian Women Discuss tho Meaning o.
the Word Nc Applied to the Sexes.
From Ia Montreal Herald.

Canadian Women Discuss tho Meaning of
the Word as Applied to the Sexes.
From de Montreal Harold.
The Woman's Club held It's regular fort
nightly meeting yesterday afternoon and had a
more than usually animated discussion. The
subject was A Woman's Sense OF Honor" and
the first speaker was Mrs. r. G. Brown. She
began by reading a newspaper clipping. which
gave the executive the idea for the discussion.
and which absolutely denied to the sex femi-
any such sense Of honor as Is supposed to
be possessed by men. 1t also stated that the
word gentleman meant nearly everything and
the word lady next to nothing.
After reading the article Mrs. Brown gave
the accepted definition Of the word honor Is
applied to men and women as she had been
able to ascertain 1t. She had consulted all the
dictionaries. she said, new as we'll as old. and
found them agreed. with but one exception. In
ded eSs.t a9pq IN Ss dntseFMltf{l Mitch or S enG msn N o then
writer's use It In this sense. and It is almost
universally taken for granted IN literature thae
proving wSMfM true to their friends 'e'''' of u
Miss Warren y IRE gays gave her idea e q That might Gga3, he
everything. she said. that. It is ever taken to
mean when applied TO the sexes separately;
for we do not want a double standard In honor
Il, Miss Warren liked the definition Of fnteg-
as sitf Integrity sTsi " meant Whoiensss, she aid. not see
how n man could be called honorable who
lacked the virtue Of purity.
question: Can women be trusted with con-
a # Sssts When d Az E ms ssts 81 sb, geeT w1ash. Interest sps Is
dividual was worthy OF confidence or not de-
pended entirely on character and was not In
the least a question OF sex; :,
orabie, and, that they ga not s2co9raGe as nice
they did In their sons. She Thought. however.
that in larger matters they were more honor
able than men. She does not believe in wo-
cupied positions OF political trust they would
not allow their namesto bedragged In the dust
Mrs. McNaughton asserted. with much en-
phasis; that women 69d 2 keeper sense Of
honor than men. and added mat II she We're to
ticIs which gave, rise to the discussion as she
felt like doing. they would turn her out OF the
the highest sense OF honor. aud from the fact
that the word cad ls used only OF men she
argued that rN1va all cf ,bst must 9rnm he male nsrro She
personal views Of things. hut said that better
"M Mrs. T Evans so sa'd that honorlu oIther man Or
woman meant obGyinG the voice ot duty. She
M thS%s g h ST. PAN Since I hs Alluded GsGH to e .hSnoaah IL
women not q few"
Kfterthe reading OF the napers there was an
HIllIlilt u tAtf'iilIfI' 'fEuN rifl W Nv WIZ wv
around the Respective abilities 81 men and
women to. keen fai'h. Mrs. southwell main
tqined that men were more loyal to each other
than womcn. and Mrs. McNaughton retorted
and TINT the habit Of shielding sach other grew
Fvnns, took . similar view. Mrs. Stokes said
that the notion that men did not gossip was
one Of the worst f%allaclos that bad come to her
80 many mean things rs women It was because
they Ind not so much time.
Acall for a definition OF thai word cad re-
vealed the fact that n cad 10 one who "meanly
admires mean th!ngs"o or "a ynlgar. Inbred
most unanimous opinion OF the club that there
were lots NJ women cads.
The President. Mrs. Robert Reid, mentioned
ms a significant fact that at the university the
while the men often. did. She also said that
she had asked a number Of gentlemen for their
opinion on the matter. and had found that they
looked for as highFh sense OF honor In women
THE argument was summed up by Mrs,
Brown. who said that " whs all a matter OF
temnerament and not Of sex. She knew dis
honorable men and dishonorahle women, men
would trust. and plenty Of both, sexes whom
she would not trust any further than she could
'ThH meeting then adjourned. and the discus.
sion Immediately began agar, With ~redouhled
Mics Petre h tell the ladies Of an experience
she had as n goyerness; Ont OF curiosity Miss
Petra answered an advertisement for. a gov
erness In New York. and found. that she was
expected to do all the seTlnE: AXE care OF an
Latin. al for the magnificent sum ~ - z week
and hp~ lunch. And the womnn yhn asked Rh
fins ,vas. IN I'll nn1esren"ss 3 '"dS. ana no
doubt Thought she was honorable.