The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-19
The influence of Women.
IBy Elizabeth Cady Stanton


rocked in the same cradle, reared in the
and co e viii be SO entirely Unlike one
another that their life work will never
on the contrary, it has been proved
ases sons and are dea apt 54 1aer s
resemble their fathers in their mental
characteristics.
from one sex to the. other during the
past few years. Men have become cooks
and dress goods in the factory and men
stand behind the counter and sell them
girl who is one of the skilled workers in
the forging class She stands at the
hot iron iron into useful and Ornamental
shapes She is an English girl who game
of co-education which she could not have
in England.
A Harvard professor once declared in
all seriousness that the professors who
taught classes of women We're mentally.
vigor in their students. In this statement
the absurdity of all reasoning reaches its
climax
l gree with Horace Mann, who said
that # only one-half. Of the people could
race-building As the mother is the race
mothers would throw up back into the
dark ages Every page OF history proves
There is no sex in brains nor in parental
affection Even among the lower animals
the male does his share in caring for the
Offspring 1t has been observed that the
male lion makes the training of the young
cubs his own particular task, and watches
over them faithfully for three years.
l should be sorry to think that q man
could not have as much love and tender
care for his family as a woman can have.
Anyone with the slightest knowledge OF
a peculiarly feminine virtue, and a glance
at the list of prize winners in our col
leges will show that reason is not mag
culine monopoly.
1t is true that the average father docs
business duties prevent him. But it would
be better for him and better for the child
said the race is in a condition of half
orphanage because the fathers are not
The World p needs Is fathers us'- who are ten
der,natured and pure, and it win be re
one moral and intellectual standard for
both sexas-
be as lax as they please in their morals
the race is bound to remain mongrel.
Titled Women in Trade.
England has made startling discov,,
patrician birth who have gone into trade,
have left the drawing-room and its func-
Of the shopkeeper, They are actually
working for living. Their former assoc
veins as they whisper to each other the
astounding news, says the North Amer
The thing started with the tea rooms.
A woman who had more title than money
was success. Others who were as much
and followed her example Now there are
a number of London's first-ciass tea
rooms which are doing brisk business
under the supervision of the ladies of
quality who run them.
But more than this there is a ladies'
shirtmakers firm in London the members
OF which are all women of birth and po-
sition. Their shirt waists have made
great hit. They fit so well that the firm
is swamped with orders
Another woman, Miss Cocl1erell. whose
engagement is announced to the son OF
Lady Augusta Noel, has been in the jew
elry business. She has made a reputation
for her necklaces and chains of uncut
stones Half the smart set of London
thronged her atelier at Albert Hall man.
sions, South Kensington, with commits
SiOnS.