The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-09

| that they have sense as well as senu-
/ ment. that they have rights az well as
privileges. that they are 10 be respected
/ for their judgment as well as loved for
, their graces could put up one prayer
more feryent than the rest ~ would be:
Good Lord preserve us from our friends.
I who are our enemies" II Is not the OF
position and prejudice OF men that stands
I in the way Of Woman's progress. IL IS
the fool women who dlscredit their sex
/ and bring ridicule on woman and all her
] works
IN an good truth. SAYS Dorothy Dix in
I the New York Journal. - has seemed one
/ Of tho longest steps yet taken toward a
I common sense millennium. when a moth
or would recognize her responsibility for
the way her children turned out AMI
not try 20 shove the blame OF on Provi-
dence when they went wrong, All
I should have gone well with tho Mothers
/ Congress. and g. should have been "a
power In the land n only 81 couln nave
been protected from the fatal attentions
I OF us indiscrcet friends That. however,
seems 10 be always an impossibility. One
( of them. an old maid who has never had
TO keep the baby quiet while she patched
her husbands trousers. addressed the
Mothers Convention at Buffalo the other
day She took as her text the iniquity
81 the empty feed bottle, which she de-
clared 20 be the root Of all evil and he
parent OF intemperance With \ logic
that has never been paralleled outside OF
a comic opera she argued that u was tho
bottle with nothing tn Il that shattered
babv's faith in human nature. and was
al the bottom Of that dark pessimlsm 80
characteristic Of the present day. Thus
early Initiated into life OF deceit, with
its principles undermined In the very
cradle. and a morbid craving for some
N.aH NHHH| ia
pulling on "A rubber mouthpiece. a child
was started on its downward way. and
tho descent into a drunkard's grave was
so easy the wonder IS that any bottle
baby has escaped.
n this were intended for humor u would
o. delicious offered seriously, a. % re-
form worthy tho consideration Of women
who had enough sense 20 keep out Of tho
nre n D. heart-breaking. u covers
noble movement with undeserved Tidlcule.
Nobody can take a convention seriously
that wastes its time discussing the moral
effect Of an empty bottle on a baby. or
resist the Inevitable conclusion that n
that Is the kind q sterilized nonsense
fhev offer each other they far better had
STAYED "a home where at least their lack
OF sense wouldn't have attracted public
attention or reflected on other women
what are We 20 do toward rcmedying
mo evil wrought by the sentimental
rrauk m our clubs. and the unreliable
qe,se ia our Offices and stores2 Sit down
on her hard in the clubs Squelch her
mans that commit us 10 Don QuiXote Is
sues Try 20 educate the working womln
into seeing that she IS the enemy OF her
ser when she does poor work. and that
sbe a. hurting every woman who is night
ing her battle for daily bread. Ia n time
~ realize that we must take some pre-
~autionary measure against our friends
vino are our enemies. They have made
ua ridiculous iu the eyes % tho world
long enough.
where e. Mary" asked the chaperon
the other day. as her various charges
came Struggling into the car IN deiach-
ments after tho Harvard Yale football
match. Behind. In the crowd" answered
( one OF her companions. Il saw her just
| before I got on the train" A minute
| later. SAYS tho New York Tribune. the
same question was asked. and as Mary
was suIl missing several OF the party
| hastily searched the station. But ! saw
F her not I'VE minutes ago" said tho hrst
J. sneaker: she was right behind me" The
| chaperon was IN a quan5ary. Their train
/ would start In several minutes. Il would
| be very late 40 IL was before they reach
/ Cd New York and she did not feel a. II
she could detain the whole party; neither
| ara she deem II proper 20 let them return
| alone. Another hurrted search showed
concluuively that the missing maiden wac