The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-02
MEN OF PRESENT
MISSED A LOT
Baby of the Present a Fortunate
Creature of Luxury.
lsnsciaI Corresnondence.l

IUTASHINGTON, Feb. 25-The past
wv Two weeks have Witnessed four
conventions held by women in
Washington, all Of which had for their
object the advancement and better
ment of women, and their children.
What are the men doing for themselves
these days? This is a woman's age
If they are to go on advancing and bet
tering themselves what must men do to
Keep the pace?
The WOman's Suffrage association
was an earnest, honest body of wo-
men, educated and intellectual and
their great desire is to see women the
equal of men, also to go a little beyond
! him and institute great REFORMS All
this, of course, must make its imprint
upon the coming generation.
The Daughters" were another body
of enthusiastic women, an entirely diff
feTent body, to be sure. No one ever
speaks of THE Daughters - convention
that they do not mention the handsome
gowns and the magnificent wraps. The
wraps of The Daughters are famous.
Hotel Hobbies, street cars, even public
places rustles and fairly bristles with
silk Innings when they are in session
and they have for their object, [ be-
lieve, the growth and announcement
of patriotism, which also is to extend
its influence to generations yet unborn.
Now comes the National Council of
Women and Mrs. Susa Young Gates
of Utah has delivered there a long ad-
dress in which she expresses the fear
that there isn't going TO be any COM
ing generation, at least, not enough to
notice.
Cannot Find Descendants.
Mrs. Gates told the women of the ma
tional council that she believed this
TO be the most serious condition now
confronting women. She asked several
pertinent questions, as to where now
are the descendants of the Pilgrim
Fathers, and Puritan Mothers whose
families were often fifteen in number
and seldom less than seven. And why
their descendants have not followed in
the footsteps of their forebears. This
question might very properly be re-
ferred 10 The Daughters. Other
questions that Mrs Gates hurled at her
audience We're: What is the cause of
this childless condition, and What is
the remedy" 1t occurred to me that
had heard Carrie Nation answer this
last question last summer, at Atlantic
City one Sunday afternoon, when she
was speaking for the benefit Of the
children of the North American Santa
rum, and in behalf of all children.
She said, Men and women should
pray daily for children and pray for
more Of them" Mrs. Gates says one
reason for the present very serious con-
dition lies in wOman's struggle for
mental supremacy. 1t seems as if she
might be said to be personal in her
remarks there. for surely that is one
of the broad planks Of womans con-
ventions. Perhaps I am wrong. It
may be mental equality only.
The speaker said that lin the strug-
gle for Intellectual greatness, which
woman has been making during the
last half century. she has forgotten the
reason of her existence, and power of
her womanhoOd and the great mission
of her being-that having seen her mis-
take, she has plunged into physical rec.
Teation Of golf, bicycle, automobile and
Indian clubs. until she has become
worthy the title of athlete" and from
this time on, Mrs. Gates recommends
a return to Puritan motherhood. Some
thing could have been said right there
pertinent to man and fatherh0od, but
Mrs. Gates seemed TO realize there sas
but one side to the question.
Easy to Get Good Mother.
Mrs. Ida Smoot Dusenberry, also of
Utah. gave a <ery interesting talk on
children and kindergarten work. While
all this was going on there was assem-
bling at one of the churches of the city
the annual Congress of Mothers No
one need smile because an important
resolution has been introduced in their