The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-07

boy or young man should be allowed -
oelleve that the rules laid down bv 8,
Paul, nearly 1000 years ago. for the tgnor-
ant women of heather nation, are TO be
@pplled 10 the intelligent, cultured, self
controlled women of the present day
Inc boy should be taught from child
hood that he has no claim for superiority
over girls; that if he have more physical
strength, that is an additional reason whv
ne should protect them; and that If they
nave other disabilities, that is so mucb
the stronger argument for making their
way easy. He should honor his own sis
ters through his honorable treatment OF
every other boys sisters and this rule
should be carried into manhood. His con
duct toward all women should be of the
most exemplary character, and this in a
large measure because of its reflex action
on himself
Inc nus band of the future should re-
celVe his education in schools and col
reyes which admit both sexes upon ex-
actly the same terms. 1t is only in this
way that he can get just sense of the
proportion of his own mental ability.
whether by inheritance or from hearing
the statement so often made, the average
BOY starts out with the belief that a man
mas more brains than a woman. and nat
IL
II this mistaken idea is not corrected
while he is young he is very apt to make
HE unpleasant for the women with whom
ne comes in contact There is no correc-
tive so efficient as co-education 1t is
only when the two are engaged in ex-
actly the same work that the boy or the
man will admit that the test is a fair
one. In married life no husband believes
mat the management of the household
nhildraa ha
complex details-require so much brain
power as does his business down street
so II this question of intellectual equality
is TO be definitely settled it must be in
the class room. No man can take four
years course in a college where the two
sexes recite together without having his
theory Of the superiority of a mans
Drains over womsn's effectually and
forever exploded. The result of this can
not fail to contribute to the harmony of
marriage, which in modern life must con-
sist of an equal partnership. So 1 would
name co-education as an important factor
in the training of the twentieth century
husband.
Boys should be brought up with the ex-
pectation of marrying. Fathers and
mothers should speak and act always as
II 1t were matter of course that the
sons were to marry, just as is assumed
IN the case of the daughters They
should be taught to accumulate and sava
money, because some day they win havc
family to support They should be urged
to live correctly, in order that they may
be worthy of a good wife, and NAV give
an honored name to their children. They
should be influenced to seek the society Of
the best women, because from these asso-
clates they are likely to select compan-
ION Tor life. recall two incidents in this
connection among my own friends. One
woman collected all her jewels, and, call
ing her young son, she spread them out
for him to admire. When he had taken
them up one after another. and express
ed his admiration, she said: "When 4 die
1 shall leave all of these to YOUR wife
because 1 am sure she will be the only
woman 1 ever could be happy to have
wear them. Always after that when she
put them on she would say, "You-wilI
mink OF me, won't you, dear when you
see your wife wearing my jewels?" He
told me that ever afterward in his ac-
quaintance with young women, he would
consider whether they were worthy 10
wear his mothers Jewels
The other woman had several sons and
from their boyhood she talked to them
against marriage. Her own marriage yves
not an unhappy one, but she had an in
tense jealousy of the women who should
come between her and her sons 'sI hate
all my daughters-in-law in advance" she
often said. She would not bring desirable
girls into her own home, and the sons
soon learned to conceal from her their
calls at other homes. This led to the
forming of undesirable acquaintances.
They did not regard any woman as . pos
sible wife, and it is not necessary to fol-
low their careers to the inevitable re-
suits
The education of the twentieth century
husband is comprehensive subject It
reaches back for generations; 1t embraces
grandparents, parents and all the homo
surroundings 1t is impossible to touch
upon more than the barest outlines OF
such question. But this we do know
that the husband of this and the centu-
ries to come will have to be superior In
many ways to the husbands who have
preceded him. The demands of the TWEEN
tieth century woman are far beyond thoee
made by any other women in all the ages
and If the man is not equal to them she
is in position where she can decline to
accept him. And after all is said that can
be said on the education of a husband II
the woman of the future will set an ideal
standard the man of the future will edu-
cate himself to reach it.
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