The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-26
MEN Do N)T LOVE-

kept active and makes Of her a warm
hearted loving creature. eager and long
ing for children 10 love and care for Is
it right to give our girls such study
as will keep marriage and child getting
before them?
What do you build and furnish your
fine parlors for? What do you give
parties and socials for? What do you
dress your girls liz the finest and best
clothing for? For what purpose do you
give her accomplishments? For no other
purpose under the sun than to make her
marriageahle. Your daughter is put up
on the market. She is dressed IN the
best. She is displayed to the best ad-
vantage. This being so, why should she
not be educated to the best advantage?
By all these tokens you say to the young
men that your daughter is Of marriage
able age and is well worthy the attention
of young men in search Of wives. Your
daughter understands that she is 10
marry and strives toward that end, which
I think is the most desirable office that a
young man can aspire to. Then why
would it not be better TO let the girl
know and everyone know that there is
an education which fits for marriage and
maternity? Let ii be known that the
young lady for four years or more is
studying for on other purpose than the
view of marrying and the view of mother
would then havei What mothers the
boys and girls would then have! No Ro-
man mother could compare with her. The
American woman is thus far the grand
est production of all the world. The
American mother of the future, with
such training, will far surpass the mod
ern woman"
Oscar Chrisman has been interested in
child study for more than five years.
He spent the winter of '95 in the Royal
library at Berlin, Germany, collecting
material on that subject.
Last night the Emporia correspondents
of the New York, Chicago and Boston
papers were flooded with kilograms order
ing stories concerning Chrisman. They
wanted to know who he was. what he
did, the story of his life and all about
his home life. If he was married and if
not they wanted 10 know just how pop
ular he was with the girls and his stand
Ing in the town. Something like 5000
words were sent out before midnight and
the stories were still going out this
morning. Many OF the papers wanted
Mr.. and Mrs. Chrismans pictures and
more than one Normal kodak was multi
ated to furnish the world his picture, and
today Oscar Chrisman is the most talked
Of man in Kansas.
''Dr. Oscar fChrisman of Emporla, Is to-
day the best advertised Kansas man in
the United States and all because he had
the good sense and uncommon courage
to stand up and tell the plain unvarnish-
ed truth about some disagree2ble sub
jects. The Chicago and New York papers
say he got Kissed for it. II he DID. he is
IS good company; Martin Luther and
Lincoln weer Kissed in their days But /.
Chrisman says he was not Kissed, but /
he admits that he had what the Swedes /
al long camp dances call a helava time.
Towever, what he said is all true and
the place he said it-at a national moth
ers' congress at Des Moines-was the
place to say it, What Chrisman said
has been said in doctor books and whis-
oered around in medical societies. The
Durport of it was even printed in the
Emporia Gazette last winter under the .
caption. Concerning High School Girls /
and it brought down the old Ned's own
-ow on this paper. But the time was
-ipe to say what DR.. Chrisman said right
,ut in meeting.
There is something wrong with the
education of girls.
MANY girls get lot Of fool notions
n their heads that life IS a picnic in
,rgandie and cheese cloth and overlook
ne fact that woman's first business in
he world is to make homes. Too many
girl graduate Of the schools OF the
,eriod knows just enough about cooking
o spoil groceries; just enough aboGt
to cover up her slomicky I
york IN closets and corners while she
lads, and just enough about the rules
4 health to grunt ir,elligently when she
-iolate them. Schools should teach boys
more, Heaven knows. They are ignorant
noUgh- But an ignorant. worthless boy
5 simply one had casting and is thrown
nto the melting pot annd little harm
ONES But God gives women so much
nore power for good and Tor evil, So
much more influence that ! food woman
: versa than a r7Iza--e in the word