The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-01-24

The New
Woman

By Eliza Archard Conner

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The old, old story, the woman did it,
] have just been reading how young
idiot of 4 bank messenger fell into the
habit of borrowing the banks money
to bet on the races and at first paying
1t back, next not paying it back and
finally getting caught and being hailed
to prison and then throwing up his
hands and bursting into tears and eX-
claiming between bluhbcring boohoos,
"It's a woman's fault-all her fault"
When this chicken hearted youth was
arrested. his father, his brothers, his
Sunday school superintendent, his
grandfather his mother, his cousins
and his uucles declared instantly and
loud voiced: It's all that woman's
fault Before he knew her Pinkie was
an exemplary young man ut home and
reading coed books every evening,
faithful in attendance at church, and
he never said bad word. Poor, poor
Pinkie! That vile woman has ruined
his life" This sort of thing continually
spread before the public makes a rea-
soning woman at times have a con-
tempt for the whole masculine sex.
They. fOrsooth. are the strong; woman
is the weak. She is too weak to take
part in politics. She cannot be permit
ted to vote because She has not sense
and strength and tirmncss enough. She
cannot take care of her own money be-
cause She has not brains enough. Oh.
no, Man. the masculine creature, is
the strong. the brave, the brainy. Oh,
yes, Yet when this godlike creature
goes wrong he squalls out like whin-
Ing puppy: Il was all right till that
woman got hold of me, and then |
could not help myself. She got me
drunk, She made me steal. she-she-
She This is sickcning Men, if you
are men and not fools and whiffets,
weaker than the weakest, take the
blame of your sins on yourselves. II
you are stronger minded than women,
prove it.
The most notable sign recently of
the worlds progress is the refusal Of
the general convention Of the Episco-
pal church in America to indorse The
proposed rule forbiddiu@ clergymen Of
that denomination to perform the mar
riagc ceremony for person who has
been divorced. The Episcopal church
IS to be congratulated on this enlight-
ened decision. for which it must thank
its lower house, composed of laymen
and ordinary clergymen. That lower
house again is particularly to be con-
graduated on its independence in re-
fuSiug to be bosSed by the bishops.
The cruel old laws that refuse to allow
divorce are based on monStrOus mis-
Interpretation of Scripture When peo-
pie are married by priest or justice, it
is men, "mere men," who join them to-
gether. Those whom God joins togeth-
er never wish to be put asundcr. Those
whom mere men have joined together
have right TO be apart if they cannot
hit it off in company; also to find after
ward somebody else with whom they
can hit it off if they so desire.
Did you ever know that the correct
rendering of verse II, psalm GS. is as
follows: THE Lord giyeth the word,
the women that publish the tidings are
great host" The new version of the
Scripture prints it thus. and if any
body wants any higher authority than
this for women preaching the gospel
where will he find il?
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Very much ! admire Bessie Mulhall
sixteen years old, who owns and man
ages a large ranch in Oklahoma. Bos-
sic is refined, well educated girl, yet
she can ride broncho or lasso steer
equal to the best. She is strong,
healthy and handsome, and President
Roosevelt showed his good taste in in
viting her to visit the White House.
One splendid woman suffragist is
placed where she ought to be anyhow
Mrs. Fawcett, the English woman, u
physician and LII. ID. of st. Andrews
university, is at the head of commits.
sion of six women appointed by the
British government to visit the BoeI
concentrate camps in South Africa and
report on their real condition. The
government knew women could be
trusted to DO this faithfully, as they
had neither political nor military aims
of their own to subserve.
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