Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-08-01
THE FOUNDATION OF THE HONE.
QUEEN MARGHERITA, OF ITALY, HAS
SENSIBLE VIEWS ON THE SUBJECT.

SENSIBLE VIEWS ON THE SUBJECT.
A recent dipatch from Rome con-
tains the following account. of an
interview with Queen Margherita on
one of the most important subjects
confronting the American people
to-day. 1t fellows:
The dowager Queen of Italy is
probably the best authority in Eu-'
rope on the subject of the educa-
tion of her sex, the proper bringing
up of girls, how they should be pre-
pared for the duties of life, including
wifehood and motherhood, etc. Queen
Margherita believes that the most
effectual way to prevent race suicide
is to bring up young women with a
becoming sense of the duties of life,
and she holds in the highest esteem
the dignity of motherhood. With
President Roosevelt, her majesty de-
cries the childless family and de-
nounces those who shirk the duty of
motherhood.
In addition to her many and varied
accomplishments, Queen Margherita
is a well-equipped Shakespearean
scholar. Her majesty has especially
studied the women of the Bard of
Avon. AS the first queen of United
Italy she has worked wonders for the
women of her race; as daughter of
the house of Savoy she herself set a
rare example of filial duty; as wife
of Humberto, her virtues were COM
pared with those of Queen Victoria
as mother of Victor Emanuel II, she
developed in the present King of
Italy high ideals, sober wisdom and
wide culture. Such is the authority
who has given me her views on the
all-important gu, stions of family life
which President Roosevelt, American
mothers and others have made so
actual in the United States.
NO ExTRAvAGANT THEORIES.
"I am absolutely opposed to any
extravagant theories of what is called
the emancipation of women" was the
first shot fired at me by Queen Mar
gherita upon the questions under con-
sideration. "In whatever condition
of life" continued here majesty, ga
woman may be placed, her first duty
is the negative one of not giving up
the qualities that distinguish her sex.
Poor or rich, high or low, a woman
should be educated 80 as to contribute
to her own needs and requirements
and to those of her family. She
should not associate unreservedly
with men; nor should she meddle in
politics, as the word is broadly under
stood. Above all, she should guard
against developing the traits of men.
IA blending of ancient reserve with
modern independence would give us
the ideal woman. Let her study,
teach, work, shine at society or stay
at home, she should, nevertheless,
look to her father, her brother or her
husband for counsel and support in
difficulties. Why? Because woman,
as rule, cannot have the wide ex-
perience of man.
"In Latin countries women have
been kept in too much subjection to
men. But this is gradually disap-
pearing, and during the past twenty
years the women of Italy have made
great progress.
"Your majesty believes in large
families p'
cHILDLEss FAMILY INCOMPLETE.
eyes. How else is a nation to
progress except through it's people
A childless family is incomplete.
There is poetry and pathos about
childhood which appeal to ever right
hearted woman. Most women, though
they may not be able to put this idea
into words, feel it. They have the
maternal instinct. Hence the re.
moteness of race suicide.
"The woman to whom the blessing