Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1902-10-03
oM SOUTH DAKOTA. FRIDAY. OCTOBER ;. 1902

'ouTH DAKOTA. FRIDAY. Q
THE IDEAL YOuN8 WOMEN.
She Should Not Use Slang No
4 Lead q Poodle.
4 Some weeks ago the Rev. H. L. Has
. ings, pastor Of the First NJ. E. churc
Of Montroee, preached q sermon o
The Ideal Young Man." based upo
questions sent out 10 young women
Two weeks later he preached on ''Th
Young Mans Conception Of the Idea
Young Women" based upon answer
to the following questions from youDl
men all oyer tho United States: Il
Must the ideal women be q christian
| (s) Will she use slang or profan'
speech or lead poodle? tO Are drink
ing and card playing or wine drinking
accomplishments which you admire il
herr (4) Does 1t mar or help her as Al
ideal to be able to keep house or max,
her own clothes? (5) Shall she help tt
make her own living. l.. e, will sh.
keep house or bosrds (6) Would yor
educate her in female or mixed
schoolY Whys (7) Shall we judge bel
by the same standard of morals by
which we Judge young men7 Shall she
have fewer liberties than have young
mens Whys (s) What one thing dc
you admire most in young women
l(9) What are some common faults
among young womens lO) Would
she cease to be ideal IL she had the right
to vote at all elections9 fs,f
THE ANSWERS
The following percentage Of mark.
iDgs show the line Of thought suggested
by the questions: One hunderd per
cent say the ideal women must be a
Christian; Y per cent Of the young
men say she will neither use slang nor
lead poodle; 100 per cent say wine
drinking and profanity spoil her from
being ideal; 50 per cent include card
playing and dancing as things to be
denied her; 100 per cent say the ideal
must have q knowledge of housekeep.
ing as q Accomplishment. whether she
uses 1t or not Every young man
stands for house keeping as against the
hotel or boarding. house life: 70 per cent
would educate her in mixed school,
40 as 10 give her broader view of life.
Monasteries for men or convenls for
women do not prepare them for great.
est usefulness. All the oung women
answering this question prefer theImix
ed school. Sixty per cent of the
young men advocate the same standard
of morals for both sexes; go per cent say
both sexes should have equal liberties.
The things most universally agreed up
on by the young men as to what they
admire in women were ;truthfulness,
sincerity, character and womanliness;
70 per cent gave shallowness as won.
ans most common fault; and 80 named
ifickleness Zone young man soon to be
married said he could find no fault)
Gossip. lack Of purpose, selfishness and
iusincerity were the most common
faults named by the young women.
themselves; 80 per cent of the men and
80 per cent Of the young women would
allow their ideal to vote. z
So far as known, these young men
represent lawyers, merchants. college
and high school students and profes.
sors, government and commercial
clerks, physicians. journalists. and
farmers. Other professions may not be
known to me. *
Following are few answers ont Of
the many received; the name Of the
state Immediately follows each answer:
Wine drinking and card playing are
the curse of the land. am against
them for her Massachusetts ~,
mo ideal young man wants woman
for q wife who dances, play cards or
drinks wine. These have been the
starting points Of many young WON
ans fall. p New York.
Home. Sweet Home" with vsria
tions) was always sweeter to me when
executed by fingers which knew could
help make it sweeter and nearer and
better by their skill in domestic
art.--Kansas. M y& i}
Judge her by the same standard by
which we ought to judge young men,
Allowing for sex. let Der have all the
which q young man ought to
have North Carolina.
As said two weeks ago, 90 ! say
now, that the object Of this service is
to arouse thought among our future
home.makers. The prophet Joel says
Your young men shall see visions
that the young men shall be spirit. fill.
ed and full of holy ambitions. The re-
suit of the indwelling Of the Holy
Spirit in the human soul is grand ideals.
These are what we need with sore
need. Our ideals lead us, revesl our
ideals inspire us. assilnilate % and
make u.s.
Young men, there is no question, out
side Of the question Of your relation.
ship to God than this question: What
ideal should /, l. man. entertain Of
woman? How should trea. her. She
is asking to see herself through our.
eyes. Women Is an effect, not q cause.
She is rtaex. not an original light. If
we make the peerage of bullion outrank
the peerage of blood, 80 will she. If