The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-30
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PREACHER SAc cusEs WOMAN
+ THIS cElARG
.AndsAdduces Arguments to show That
She e 4Underminins u tn "a Fonnda tions
# OF the 5s:s Accepted Ctvilizat lion 81
o-day. Il Il. 53s5
Woman is a menace to civilization
and an obstacle to advancement Isl
the startling argument advanced by
Rev Henry Frank, pastor Of the In
pendent church Of New York city.
In "a startling sermon recently sdeliv-g
cred he further said: I'D .s.5 \. \ \. VI
Whether woman is a menace to
lization or civilization a menace
to- her, all depends upon the definition!
OF ciyilizat ion.' If by that term we
mean the existing standards Of morals,
religion and social status, then I in-i
sist that she is the most potent factor
| that menaces its integrity # the pres.
ent civilization, which exemplifies the
current standards of thought, is di-5
vine and essential to human happiness,
then woman is its paramount foe--its.
incarnate Nemesis. This civilization
is built upon existing standards Of
morals: first, on authoritative relig--
ion; second, on those of current NOR
ais; and third, those Of the economic
status. Each Of these established
standards, woman is slowly, persist
emily, but unconsciously undermining.
Traditional history has taught that
woman must be subject in knowledge
and spiritual advancement of the
whim and authority of man.. Z.
IF this be so what greater menace
to Christianity (Which is one of three
proofs of current civilization) can be
discovered than the rapid intellectual
advancement and social freedom of the
modern woman? The new woman
spurns the creed of tradition and in
>sists that the silent sphinx will solve
the riddle of life despite priests,
churches, Bibles and canticles. Here,
then, is woman menace to existing
civilization. I
l. Then as to current morals. If the
existing moral standards are essential
to civilization, then, again, woman's
growing intelligence is seriously
threatening it. Tradition has estab-
| lished a dual standard Of morals; one
|: for each sex, each different from the
other. Because of the double sexual
standard of morals woman has be-
come her own greatest enemy She
shudders at the blotch of sin upon her
own sisters bosom and runs from her
crying: 'Unclean, unclean.'' But her
brother who sins, who comes to her
with the villainy of dishonor upon his
heart, she welcomes, admires, adores.
Why is this? Where is the. JUS
tice? Where is woman's Wanted gen
tleness and charity This lis an. age
of philanthropy and generosity, and.
yet how pitiably little woman does for:
her fallen sister. The most terrible
T.
day is the succor of the outcast, and
yet woman takes practically no part
in any step in this direction.
1.-THE proud, hypocritical Pharisee
contemporary passing on the other
side of the roadway lest he be con-
taminated by association with his low
| lys and suffering brother was a model
Of humility. Christian charity and
virtue, compared to the typical social
leader of today, who proudly receives
in her palatial dwelling male moral
lepers, men of the most notoriously
vile iantecedents,- whose very name is
a synonym for all that is foul, and, yet
the. same ladies lift up their dainty
white hands with startled horror at
the suggestion that Mary Magdalen is
their sister in God and has claim on
| their help and pity. r.. ~ :
s"But woman is beginning to see that
she need no longer be terrorized by
the old traditions and the rebuke Of
so-called respectability The dawn Of
a better day is beginning to break
upon her vision. She now cries
halt to man. She exclaims:* Sin in
me is no viler than sin in you. II I
am punished for my sins, so shall you
be-; and if you are condoned and re-
spected I, too, shall be, despite my
SINS VI - =. 5.::$: Il. r.
This new attitude Of woman-this
new moral standard -one only, for
both sexes destroy all existing
codes and reduce traditional civiliza-
ton to dust and ashes. 3s ~sss II.
But It is in the commercial world
where woman is the greater menace.
Tradition says that woman is by ma:
ture set apart for certain duties and
that she should keep out of the world
of industry and confine herself to her
home. Already woman has driven man
out Of the trades, out of business,
out of the bread winners occupation.
So true is this that doctors, ministers
and philosop are crying ont that
il this state Of affairs is not altered
civilization will go. and with it.rsOcial