The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-03

of men. 1t is true that men no longer
indulge in the old-time, nauseating
compliments-the ladies, Good bless
them, their bright eyes, there sweet
smiles, redeem us from savagery and
prevent us from dropping to the level
of brutes-and all that sort of stuff.
The women of to-day would laugh in
their faces and say: "Oh, run along
and be brutes, if this is all that saves
you
The "gallantry" Of the present does
not consist, as it did in the past, in
saying to women: Dear little delicate
creatures, don't bother your heads
about getting an education; we like
you better without 1t: We are your
natural protectors; we will take all OF
your property because it would be
such a burden for you: we viii not
let you work for wages, because that
would not be chivalrous, but If you
insist on doing it we will collect and
spend them in order to spare you the
trouble. Don't slide down from that
PEDESTAL where we have placed you,
well out of the way. Be careful not to
do anything which will brush the
bloom from the grape, the down from
the peach, as that would be hard on
the poets"
All this might have answered for
our grandmothers, although the dear
old ladies do tell us that it made them
very weary, but the modern chivalry
is of a different stamp. 1t says to
woman: 1--WE have been tyrants and
usurpers for ages; we are ashamed of
the way our sex has wronged you in
the past, but we will do all we can
in reparationl Come with us and re-
ceive the highest education; control
your own property as we control ours;
share with us the guardianship of
your children and ours; if you must
earn your bread you shall have a fair
chance to do it; and when your days
work is done, whether it has been in
the school room, the nursery or the
Office, get your bycicle and let us have
spin together. Never mind the bloom
on the grape; we perfer to see the
bloom on your cheek"
And so men and women study and
toll and take their recreation together
mark you, for there never was a time
in all the worlds history when there
was so much companionship and SYM
pathy between them. 1t is not that SEN
timental sympathy which made a man
KIND and forbearing toward a woman
because she was weak and inferior.
or which caused her to be tolerant and
considerable toward him, because it was
only thus that he could be saved from
MS own vicious tendencies, but it is
the sympathy of mutual understand
ing OF the conditions which shape the
life of both, such a one as can come
only through close comradeship.
II a woman must choose between
justice and chivalry she will prefer
justice, but the man who is great and
good enough to be just may be trusted
also TO be chivalrous. The form of the
chlYalry may change, the spirit is in
destructible. Consider for a moment
another sentence in this interview,
which is used for a text only because
II Is the common expression OF those
who are opposed TO the new regime OF
woman hood:
Woman as bread-winer can never
evoke that tender consideration and
courteous attention which were hers
IN the olden days, when she did not
go forth into the busy world and hustle
for a living"
Does not every man in America
blush when he reads that sentence2
When do women most need tender
consideration and courteous attention.
IL IL when they are safely sheltered
IN the home under the protection Of
father, brothers or husband, or r. 10
when they are compelled 10 Ego forth
and hustle for "A livipgw The vast
majority ~ these women who are en-
RaReo in hrcnn-WlnniuF occupations are
not working for their health or for the
pleasure they hnd in g. but Tor the
Dolly necessities ~ themselves ana
those eepen9ing upon them. The nirnE'