The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-03
THE CAUSE OF WOMAN.
.ov,y tRI on TRIAL BEFORE
",",,,uORID, BtT NOT LIKE MEN.
v., Fails to Meet the Test. lie
,"m. ra,,,; II Woman. the whole
I. Declared to lie limited
,o.,, That Prove This to He the
un,c- me Defeat OF the Arizona suf'
nrc u,lI-Mrs. WOIsey's Consist ency.

,ao. TIN, Prove This to Re the
v',o rhc Defeat OF the Arizona suf.
u,u-Nrs WOIsey's Consistency.
u1.,,. d, man fails in business, In Office,
,,,,.,.,or, of trust, whether through
i ~ or dishonesty, he ruins simply
u, u, ,,,, ,,,I,ro prospects. When awoman
WI wv, .,c involves her whole sex. Other
,,., Lcca,J-o of this ones failure. Will
w., Lo handed with disgrace and unable TO
".,.,,.o a similar position. for. although one
.,, has proved unfit, there are thousands
' ".In.dilIv equipped. while centuries attest
non. capacity for great achievements
,,,h,,,L ou. man has shown himself I'M
ar,bv of confidence. an infinity OF men.
,... and present, have made record OF
ts,bupc-- and integrity. But not 20
.r;,h women They have no past record.
,,,,, everywhere, under the new order, they
ore IN trial Constantly they are being
ao,cbeJ measured. criticised. Judged.
Tbey are striving to justify their claim
~ \ share in I'll the worlds activities, and
,Eo nubl,c. looking on with cold soepticism,
.,y.. -Demonstrate your ability" An all
,,,,o,ra,inr eoarchlight follows them. II
,boy ralter or fall, public opinion does not
sov This one woman was not equal to
bar task hut it declares. "All women are
failures.
yot long ago man ir Cleveland. Ohio,
wa. -upposcd to have swallowed his false
tooth Physicians located them with the
y.rav. cut open his stomach. discovered
nothing. the man died and the teeth were
sjarward found in his bureau drawer
Ya.er a child in New York was thought
a. nave swallowed tiny toy. The doc
Tor, located it in the throat, cut into it,
bit nothing was there, cut into the stomach
With the same result The child died and
the autopsy showed the toy in the back
mart Of the nose. Such cases might be
multiplied many ines. They provoke
little comment, possibly hurt the prao-
tce Of those who make the mistake, but
physicians in general are not in the least
injured Had women doctors committed
these b,lnders it would have been heralded
broadcast and the universal comment
would have been, women are not fitted
for the practice Of medicine Every one
Of them in this profession would have been
discreiited.
Within the past decade woman MIN
is'cr in certain State built up flourish
ing church and was idolized by her congre-
ga,on. Eventually she became involved
with a married man, his wife secured a
divorce and the minister welded him.
Nothing worse than alienation Of affection
was charged She lost her church. OF
course: no woman ever has since been
,tvHi< ~ hot
churches which had been considering the
employment OF women ministers barred
the door to them absolutely. and those ir
the profession throughout the Unitec
States were made to feel the disgrace
This has been the only instance Of the kind
and vet not many weeks pass without re-
cording the connection OF some male min
il ter with breach Of morals, but the cen
sure ia visited on him alone and the standing
of his brother clergymen is in nowise af
fected. He was wolf in sleeps clothing
the public says, drive him out OF the fold.
But in the case of the woman 1t ssys. Con
denim the whole flock
Men at large have proved their fitness
for every line of work and their failures
are mere incidents. They do not steel
through unknown seas On the contrary
every woman who goes outside the con.
vntional boundaries must prepare chart
bv which all other women shall navigate
If her craft meet disaster-whether II be
little boat near the shore, or a big vesse
ploughing through deep waters-the world
cries out, 1T never was ordained that {
woman should sail ship" In other words
if the clerk in store or the stenographel
in an Office falls from grace, the people ex
claim, Il, is what might be expected wher
girls 60 outside of home, to work. anc
they would sweep the whole army baol
into domestic employments, And 80 II the
woman who ventures out on the high sea
Of profession or large business enter
prise makes failure, the verdict Is moi
that the individual woman was incom
petent, but that women In general are no
equal to great undertakings. Man Is Away
and everywhere regarded az an entirety
standing or falling by himself, womal
merely as a part OF a whole, which sh'
brings down with her when she falls.
The women of the new century are In tn
limelight Wherever they move on thu
stage it follows them, and vast, critica
audience looks on, ready to applaud O
condemn. Woman-the new woman
arraigned before the bar OF public opinion
Each one must regard herself as test cast
in which the finding Of the jury. the sentenc
Of The Judge. will extend to all. Those VIII
are daring to eX err nent, who are breakin
through the circu... erence Of the old sphere
who are stepping out of the beaten track
explore new paths. are taking tremen
dous responsibility, such as never wa
borne by those Of any previous age. The
ere to make it very much easier or yer
much harder for all the women who wi
follow after them. Which shall 1t be
Man has preempted the earth and the fu
hess thereof. Woman must prove he
right to every inch she gets. If her clair
have flaw in 1t. those of other women al
invali,iated. God give US men?" NJ
God give us women who shall be equal
Obligations that will increase rather tina
diminish for several generations yet
Come
When the last National Woman Sufrae
Convention discussed the question Of al
pointing committee to investigate an
make public the methods which are col
SANITY used to defeat their measure
they hid especially in mind the bill Ju
vetoed by Gov. Brodie in Arizona. after
had passed both houses Of the Legislator
OF this action the Tucson (Arizo Sfor said
tn" -nloon and gambling element we
no t,.k hA Itan