The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-05-13

! ANOTHER REPLY TO MR.. FINCK
Valued friends In different parts O
the country have written urging US Il
review two articles against equa
rights for women by Henry IT, Finck
which have lately appeared in the New
York Independent. 1t Is not worth
while to waste powder and shot or
these essays.
The first, which appeared under the
! preposterous title Are Womanly Wo-
men Doomed?" was diatribe against
| almost all the enlarged opportunities
that have been opened to women with
in the last fifty years, and especially
against the movement for equal suff-
rage. Articles so ultra and rabid as
this do little harm, and considerable
good Their tone Is so extremely reac-
tionary that It stirs UP all the latent
equal rights sentiment in people who
never before suspected that they pos
sessed any, and irritates to white heat
all those who were already believers
When a wild and wonderful "an.. IT,
rade OF this sort appears, experienced
suffragists laugh in their sleeves. We
know that the enemy is playing our
game more effectively than we could
do 1t ourselves. The only wonder Is
that the Independent should have
printed such an article
Mr.. Finck's second article. Employ
ments Unsuitable for Women" is
more moderate In its tone. 1t looks
as If the tempest Of dissent and ridlcule
called out by the first article had led
the author to draw In his horns
little. There Is some sense In his sec
ond essay, but 1t Is mixed UP with so
much Anticipated nonsense that 1t will
fail to get aehearing from the kind of
young womeps whom he wishes to In
fiuence. Many women would undoubt-
ed be BETTER In health and richer In
pocket If they would do homework in
stead of factory work; but how many
American girls will be persuaded to ex-
change the factory for the kitchen by
Mr.. Frinck's amazing insinuation.t that
almost all the women who seek work In
factories become unchaste? He seems
not to be aware that more Of the girls
in rescue homes and maternity fospl-
tails come from domestic service than
from any other one occupation. If EN-
Payments that "endanger chastity"
should be promptly suppressed" do
nestle service must be suppressed first
of all.
Mr.. Finck also holds that "all employ
ments which make women muscular
viii be more and more rigidly tabooed
be allowed to churn butter or bend
over the washtub. Women should re-
main at home and cultivate the graces
and refined allurements Of feminlnity,"
but If forced by necessity to labor,
they have all the opportunities for
earning a living they need in hun
dred branches of work that require no
muscular toll" Benighted Mr.. Finck!
Does he really imagine that woman
who stays at home and does her own
homework performs mo muscular
toil?" M t
Mr.. Finck's protests will have no
more influence on the course of events
than the barking of small dog by the
roadside has on Fourth of July pro-
cession. The procession marches on
and the clamorous objections Of the
little dog are soon forgotten. All
through his essay he neglects the sage
advice once given by an old newspaper
man to young one. The latter had
written an article headed "Shall Wo-
men Study Creek" IF you do not !
want to get into trouble" said the man |
If experience, you would better