The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-16
WOMANS
WORLD.

The crying need Of the hour Is for
women Of nerve. Not sickly. nervous
women. or whom. heaven knows there
are more than enough We want no
more OF those namby-pamby creatures
who lie on q couch an day. and who
shivcF ana moan u anybody slams a do0g
ia the mex, block We eau also get along
in peace aud happiness without any ad-
dition TO the large slstcrhood OF those
who call their irritabiiity ana bad temper
nerves. and u mcrcifm Providence
should zee NJ To remove the helpless ones
who are always primod and ready 90 so
OF into Mysteries whenever they might bc
OF some use Ia the world they would
never be missed. what We need IS more
women Of hard. good sense OF clear srit.
who have the courage 60 look life square
ly In the face ana live up 20 It's RESPONSE
bllities. Women whose love makes them
strong. not weak. WOMEN who DO not
shy away from their duty every time Il
looks little hard. Women who can work.
instead Of weep. Women OF nerve.
FRS, and foremost. says Dorothy Dix
in the New Orleans Picayunc. We need
mothers OF nerve. There Is great deal
OF nonsense talked about the retrogres-
sion OF the modern child. Everywhere
you so there S. perfect vail about the
pertness. the lack q discipline aud obedi-
ence manifested by the children, ana II
Is a fact that a child who would mind
when 70 WAS spoken to-straight on. with
out arguments. or eutrcatics. or brihes-
would b. a curiosity 50 great 10 would
be worth travelling miles to see. and We
would regard Il pretty mucn like We
would megatherium or a dodo. or any
other wonder OF nature Of which we have
heard but which we had never been priv
LEGGED 20 behold before. Things have
come TO such pass that even a moder-
ately Well-bchaved child is kind OF in
FAINT phenomenon. while the most com
mon spectacle Of our daily life Is the
babe Ia arms who coerces the entire fam
lily and yells murder every time anybody
dnres 90 cross his sovereign viii.
Every day OF our lives we hear moth
ers sorrowfuliy complaining that they
can't control their children. aud have no
authority over them. Il am 80 worried
about my Susie" ono OF them will say
speaking OF her young daughter. "She
b. dressed up and parading the streets
all the time. and is growing 80 forward
and rude and bold. and making such I'M
desirable acquaintance fear" "Or,
perhaps Il IS a mother who tells you
with tears about her T. or 13-year-old
hoy. whom she can't keep AZ home a.
nights. who Is learning 30 smoke cigar
cites. and use vile language. and acquire
the ways OF a hoodlum why don't you
{ q a az
nit your children 20 do things that You
know will mean their ruiug' The WON
an turns her eyes upon you In helpless
bewildeTment. Forbid it3' she repeats.
why. I have a dozen times. but u
doesn't make the slightest difference.
They 90 right along. just a. n / hadn't
spoken" What can you say 10 such a
woman Absolutely nothing by way OF
comfort. Just as far as she could she
has committed the objectionable sin to-
wards her child. and Il Is too late 70 un-
/ DO H.
Nobody in their senses believe for one
moment that the natural child now differs
10 any way from all other children that
/ have been born since the creation OF tho
4 world Tho difference is Ia the mothers.
what We lack f. tho trong-handed.
7 hlgh-principled unsentimental mothers
/ OF the mast. who set their childrens' feet
! ~ the fAkht AtAtNaieAs az" WIZ 80
the doctrines OF obedience. selt-control
and respect for authority with physi al
force whenever the Juvenile sinner was
tempted to stray from the straight and
narrow path. We have too many mothers
who are too weak TO make their children
obey: who are 60 foolshly fond they can
not see any OF their darlings faults. and
who are too lazy TO make tho struggle
necessary 90 curb a strong-willed young
ster. even II they did The greatest danger
that threatenes this country to-day is not
expansion. or the silver fallacy. or en-
tangling alliances abroad. Il Is the moth
ers without nerve enough 70 raise their
/ children right