The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-02
DR.. FUL TON SCORES
THE ''N[W WOMAN
Says She Wants to Be a Go-as
You-Please Man, and
He'll Avoid Her

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The kind Of man the new woman''
wants to be was described last night
by DR.. j. M. Fulton, pastor Of the Gem
trail Presbyterian church, in sermon
delivered at the church, upon "The
Queens of the New Womanhood: A
Message to the Women Of ST. Paul.
He quoted the text:
Proverbs XXI, 30-31-sFavor is de-
ceitful and beauty is vain; but wonl-
an that feareth the Lord. she shall be
praised. Give her Of the fruit of her
hands; and let her own works praise
her in the gates
King Lemuel said this was his
mothers instruction as to the charac-
ter of the woman whom he should Sc
1ect for his queen. Take the chapter as
whole, and the description given may
well stand as the Characterization of
the queen of the new womanhood.
We read and hear much today about
the new woman but the only new
woman the pulpit desires to see is
that produced by the gospel of Jesus
Christ. And wherever that gospel has
gone it has been the friend of woman:
has elevated, shielded and helped
woman.
But since Christianity has made
woman free, has made her independent
in heart, mind and heart, there are
some women in Christian lands who
use their liberty as license and have
forsaken those graces and virtues
which are the very glory of woman
hood. And just as there are men who
have gotten beyond the Bible for
theology, so there are women who have
gotten beyond the Bible for ideals of
womanhood.
Women Who Disagree With Saint Paul
Take the women who are not Chris
tians-and also some of those who are
and most of them cherish some re-
sentiment against Paul for what he
wrote In his epistle to the Ephesians
about the relation between husband
and wife. wives, submit yourselves
unto your own husbands as unto the
Lord); and in his epistle to Timothy
about women living in pleasure and
gadding about as busybodies. And
many of them are down on Moses for
his statement in Genesis as to the crea-
ton of woman as the helpmate of MAN.
They are dead set against the whole
drift Of the teaching of the Bible as to
the home being the great sphere of
woman. They are not willing to be
thus tethered. Home is too narrow
for them.
Indeed, have heard the new Yom-
an say, exasperatingly and longingly,
%, wish / were a mani She would
unsex herself, if she could!
Well, let the new woman be man,
If she will. Let her sing bass if she
wants to, and don male attire, as did
Rosa Bonheur and George Sand; and
become shrew and a Shylock like
Hetty Green Let her become bank
president, and merchant, and contrac-
tor, and surveyor, and engineer, and
plumber, and hod carrier, and CHM
ney sweep! But I don't want her for
my wife or my daughter or my aunt.
and / would disown her as my uncle
or cousin or anything else!
"The fact is, don't believe the new
woman wants to be a man: that is, to
do all the rough, hard work of a man
and stand the strain and stress of
mans work Of every kind.
Wants to Be Man Of Leisure
She only wants to be genteel man,
bachelor man, with plenty of money,
no responsibility, no cares, come
and-go man, =do-as you please man,
who is sure enough, a no-account man.
The new woman wants to be a member
of all the clubs, and president of all
the associations, and sit at secretaries
desks and travel up and down the.
country making speeches on public
platforms, and sail about with all the
authority of a czar or emperor"
And / have no objection! I'll try to
keep out of her way! want nothing
to do with her! ] like Pauls kind of wo-
man, the one who gets her ideals from
the Old Book, the woman who fears the
Lord and, mid the storms of this world.
tries to make the home a haven OF peace
and harbor of refuge for husband, sons
and daughters.
"rm glad to say there are not very many
new women In st. Paul, and have given
you this little picture of her just to put
you on your guard against ever following
in her ways.
Let me picture for you also the Queen
of the New Womankind. She is a woman
who fears the Lord; she is a home-lover
and home maker; she is a true helpmeet-
I do not believe she would for a moment
agree with the article in the paper week