The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-03
TpE CAUSE OF WOMAN.
.vr SAD EXPERIENCE WIrH A NAN
IN. ,Ur CONGRESS- or MOTHERS.

cnr,aans RemArks-Why ssnrasfsts
I'm I'm, Not let Men Address Ihe'r Public
v..,iux. untn They Know What the hen
VIM say - Another fAisenooo NA'eo'
,oryrs.. OF Mothers. which has just
At ues Molnes. learned by experience.
v, most vonen's organizations ind out
-, ,r later, that II - extremely unsafe 10
an atdrpss them, unless they ascertain
,'..@,,rt what he is going 10 say. Some
" .E, t,y. established a reputation Is
are seized with a peculiar alteration
- whom they attempt to address a body
N,s, A few wears ago a leading member
81. sanford University faculty made a
..,.b Ia the Nor.ep's Congress OF the Phclnc
"a, ut,rl he began by saying that women
..,o created for breeding animals, and then
,.oceeJed To discuss their qualifications Tor
49,, rurrose. The university was saved from
.srsre ard tie congress from an explosion
- nv the beautiful address OF another pro-
g..or Edward Howard Griggs, on The Ideal
v,rao. in which he was able 10 consider her
,-or, some other standpoint than that OF
biology.
II 4. an unwritten law among the suffrage
,dyo,ates that they shall never declare from
Dc plAtiorm what they will do with the ballot
rhsn they get 4. Almost without exception.
However. when they put "A masculine speaker
-, The programme he launches forth into a
descripuon ~ how when women possess the
franchise they will annihilate every saloon in
no United states, including the sideboards in
clubs and private families; abolish all gambling,
avon progressive euChre for the benefit Of the
Church. sweep every evil out OF existence. trans
form the earth into a paradise and usher in the
millennium. A. a result most Of the men who
isar the speech or read about it decide at once
ibat they viii fight woman suffrage To the last
ditch. Agood many of the unconverted women
are not sure that they are ready for this new
d.spensauon. while the suffragists themselves
would prefer not to see their votes disposed Of
" lar IN advance.
Butt there Is one thing a Congress ofMothers
needs above all else it is plenty Of good advice
from men. and II there j. one thing men love
10 do above all others 1t Is 70 give advice to
women in regard to their duties as wives and
mothers Inorder TO do this it is not necessary
thai these men should themselves be husbands
and fathers, any more than IL is necessary for
aConsress Of Mothers to be composed Of wives
md mothers. A lot OF theory and plenty Of
llIElNTN arr al NlAd - h''N'N - NAN
10 the natural delight Of men to e1patiate on
stfehood and M Motherhood it seems that those
Who addressed the Mothers Congress were
rad for their services. and this alone would
syr,ain the presence Of rather an unusual num-
Der of them on the platform. .
The minister invoked the, blessing Of
sthe Lord Jesus Christ, who sanctlied
t tae name az ,S of @Ot as.b. by f% E1sGay' Frank F. Ss
j. Jackson in his address of welcome
deplored the mistaken views or the new wo-
man and the new" girl, and said the new wo,
manhood was "apopJ1ar fad for being educated
IN everything except motherhood. The new
woman, he continued, Us striving after every
thing that Is theoretical, visionary and false.
and nothing that is practical, common-sense
and true. The great work 10 be accomplished
b. the Congress OF Mothers Is TO eXalt witehOod
and motherhood as far above the ambitions
n~otoriety Of the new woman and the twentieth
century girl a. the stars Of heaven are above
the sands Of the sea-
And then there was Chrlsman-Prof. Oscar
Chrisman Of the Kansas State Normal SCHOOL,
The congress is under obligations to him for
nrousing public interest in what threatened
T. be a very monotonous affair. After a briel
description OF the difference In the anatomy oil
men and OF women, he said;
Man IL reaSo and the college courses are for III,
training Of this reason. For TIE soman who want
her reason trained TO MAKE OF herself a man .thei,
women want no such training. hence they do not enter
= II nEnT w rive our ElTlN Nlsn Ntuul 81 NAa
,,,n %Tsrtase and child getting before thrm' What
6oyou build and furnish your me patlofs toI' Nhat
@ YOU have HarWeI ana SoSlarr T b.s, me,oo,aS,no99 iST5E'
FN what purposes do you give her accomplishments
lN9o other purpose under the sun than to make her
Vow daSsh,.I IS e. gpGn .D 2: e. T, ~ &. A; sa' d /
,,nssr +, 5hi Is. 0f ms, sd sdivS Sns seo.'d ne f Is, T,
b snovn that the young lady for four years OF more
+ st ,8sS Ih and 20 mo HG Ginss P a. 1Ss enc. man w w ~" vivS,
the men would then have What mothers the boys
ard girls would then have!
Or ctld to love. or q brother OF o sister or a father or a
no'asr, she takes some child or a cat or a dog o. =
on which N be>,ov her love. Man never loves He
only reasons what in man Is sometimes Designated
love Is nothing further than seNteeltng. -
In lower animals the mother means everything 10 the
young. while the father means little more than the
Ssttter Man has the same sexual passion as we
males lack 1t or al least in so highly developed form
~ man.
Their. was a good deal more of this same
money. but instead Of receiving bouquets he
was srAetad with Kisses and Jeers. Now,
this congress was called for the purpose Of e1 alt
Ing vifehood and motherhood: every speaker
emphasized the fact that the position OF wife
and mother was far above any and all Others;
ihi'. beng the case. unquestlonably II should
b The aim Of every mother to educate and
traln and prepare her daughters for the one
end ot marriage. Then why should they
hiss and jeer a poor. innocent man for put
ting facts into words
tlt why should they punish him for say
!s that man IS Incapable of lovingy All that
women know upon this subject Is what men
have old them, and perhaps In this day Of
hconoclasm this Idol IL going 10 be shattered
along with the rest. At any rate, this IL a point
On which The men ought to be allowed To de-
i4nd themselves. and up TO date they don't
seem 70 b" doing il very vigorously. There
are all sorts and conditions OF men and some
i've on As high a plane as ever reached by
any woman. but when We read the daily ac-
counts Of the murders Of wives and sweet
hearts, instigatsd BY love" We must admit
mat There may be a faint. a very faint, glim-
rer Of reason IN Prot. Chrisman's remarks.
AZ woman Is love always" it is not sur
Ir'.nc 10 know that after they had fayed
NE professor to their satisfaction, the con-
eness gave him a vote Of thanks for his speech.
The address Of Col. Francis W. Parker Of
EAloa9o, President Of the Cook County Normal
kchool, on Ideal Education" was objected
70 By some Of the mothers" as an attack on
luoidly.
Twill rive you a little bi, Of philosophy or sanctined
II i1sI IS ,Sn m IL. t Tofk Shl An S deal IO ds,t iDr ass,f ta.ry'
h'ns MAT goes into IT, An ideal hrngs small things
SAtse things The knovledge YOU have dominates
VIZ, sc IDEAL, To Discipline Without an ideal Is ri,
e.C4!ou& | believe with all my heart that the IDEAL
q ~AnoTisdge is absolutely wrong.
Then BE- said, Now. | am going TO sit right
.%"n heFe before you and let You talk TO me
ior Know you wont be satisfied until you
laughed and applaud~d. ~
There was a lovely breakfast, also, and two
va g., ,fat: a. the table; One OF them
tmye,,ty and IN a brilliant and scIntllat-
VIZ ht"r-hr"aSfast speech he said:
Ih~ Mothers Congress Is symptomAt!c of a new