The daily sentinel., 1901-12-10
IS WOMAN A MENAcE7

cuss Their Sisters Position in
the World Of Labor as Com
pared with Mankind.
At the woman's Club this afternoon,
tho session being hold ct the home Of
Mrs. W. r. White, the time was devoted
mainly to debate in which some most
excellent papsrs were read both on the
affirmative and negative side.
Tho debate was on the subject, RE
solved, That the present industrial posi-
tion OF woman is . menace to the social
and economic conditicn ns OF tho the cou a.
try" Upon the side OF tho Affirmative
were arrayed Mics Minnie Henderson
and Mrs. Dyke; on the negative wers
Mrs. Nancy B. Irving and Mrs. Wilson.
The character OF the paper o; Mrs.
Nancy B. Irving. who has been trained
worker in journalism, was 90 excellent
that it deserves more than paasing no.
tice. The matter OF the paper was orig
inal, incisive and spoken from the actual
knowledge OF a woman thoroughly con-
vsrsant with the demands Of the home,
and as the same time, Of her relation to
the public as business woman.
From her standpoint she said: "There
is no woman question; no color question
but man question. use man in the
generic sense.
1.-THE position OF woman in the indus
trial world il due to man's economic
condition: Gods edict. Grow, left wo-
man no choice. and she advanced from
the position OF . parasite. the economic
hanger,on, and picking up the tools OF
production. bears her share Of the curse
BY the sweat of thy brow, thou shalt
eat bread
| NORMALLY. woman prefers homo build
ing ana child rearing to any other call
ing, but whom t csc occupations must
be carried on under onerous conditions,
whom the husbands efforts bring forth
such meagrs returns, whom to provide .
living for his family man must work to
the verge OF exhaustion, coming home
worn and haggafd, unfit for social inter
I course and incapable Of the tender lover
like attentions 20 essential to perfect
conjugal amity, tho young woman, see-
ing the discord In her own or perhaps
her friends families, says NO, I would
rather live and die an old maid than to
submit that
1 "Can you blame her?
what with tho Mckinley brand OF
prosperity and the Roosevelt stfenuous
life, the modern man has forgotten how
| to play and the modern woman goes to
work
1.-THE woman who has attained to .
high degree Of physical. intellectual and
spiritual development, demands in her
husband similar qualifications: She
wants q companion, lover, q sexmate,
not . draught horse. Look about You
at tho neuresthenic. business man; the
J ignorant, brutal laborisg man: the erat.
I ic, degenerate professional man, and ask
yourself the question, DO | want that
for husband for my daughtsrf Do l
want her to perpetuate that breedS'
mo, dear friends, the woman in busi-
ness is not . menace, but overworked,
undeveloped. unduly stimulated man
kind 10.
And when men and women get to-
gethsr seriously to Investigate and un-
derstand the causes 81 things. instsad OF
railing at effects, We may hdps for bot
ter things"
A great deal more was said by Mrs.
Irving that was worthy of reproduction.
but lack Of time does not permit.
The other papers were we'll read and
were most interesting. The work OF the
club this winter promises to be most in
teresting.