The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-29
57711e Woman 0f the Future

n s;sS Women OF the present day are in tho!
"A. habit OF hearing many things told pro-
& phetically in regard to their future Pro
n lessor Paolo N1antegazza in the August s.
" Pilgrim, explains very clearly why T. rs
Il that tile modern woman does not At Into
her en- iy1ron1rent with satisfaction to her.
5$seIf and to others. He leaves her IN no
n doubt as to what she should do to render!
4 herself the success Of coming years. Be A
81 cause he is SO confident and SO explicit.
what he has to say is reproduced here,
Il as follows: i5
The modern woman, tho woman who rl13
n lives with us and for us, Is she content '1ta1
With her lot, is she satisfied with the
circle wherein she finds herself No338{Ik
And we ourselves are we cor tertec &c.
with our women? No.
These lamentations of the day are the
II eternal refrain Of human complaining
The pessimist has Always mourned, and.
II always will mourn, life as being too short
III and too full Of grieis; he VIII not cease
a to protest agains. men and VI things
s against the gods and against the world.
SS S For the optimtst, on the contra ry,s TINS
Il plant Is always the germ OF the coming
progress At is hope, It Is faith that to-
Il morrow will be better than to day. For
myself. having been born and lived an
optimlst, i am with the latter.
s8&4 Plato who judged men and women as
NJ EQUALS. thanked the gods fbr favors re-
s82ceiyed. The first was that lie Tad been
IF born free and not a slave;H the second
K, Vas that he had been born a man and
+ not woman. = day sim, after SO many
centuries have passed, after q cycle OF
civilization. In the hovcl as We'll as the
II palace, from the hearts OF unhappy crea--
lures comes the cry Of despair why
was I sborn a woman? 5
.5ss How Attain Ideal.
q How attain the ideal Of tho happy
woman? Certainly not BY sarcast nor by
which for centirleS have made slaves Of
II our gentle companions. Mirabeau. S'ith
u his cold and cruel irony affirmed that
5H#Hi.'t is we who make women what they
y are, and that is why they are worth
nothing, We ought to interpret the
problem woman. with full acquaintance
Of Its cause, by calm and impartial
Al study OF Its nature. All counsel, all re-
J FORM. based upon adulatlon OF this beau
lEtiful and noble creature Is void. III
"a q In the division OF the worlds evils and
il many Ills ana conceded her too few adj
ssvantages. The greatest intelllgences Of
( ;the world oftencst loved beautiful women
rather than those who were honest and
cultivated. Ono of the principal REGIONS
.1or, this injustice OF genius toward
I womanlike has come from the fact that
their virility gave then, a love OF power
6 and the more powerful he was the more
weakness in intelligence and muscle, he
wanted In woman. Another reason
81 was that superior men have too often
had too little time for a close s.cqualnt-
nnce with the finest types OF women, and
knew only domestcs and inferior char
lacters. How many great men, after hav-
& s4ng fought to flee marriage as slavery
and an obstacle TO their work, have
I fallen into vulgar wedock where their
wife was only d female!
The Three Adverbs.
The woman Of the future, In order TO
9 attain perfection. should improve ply
sically. morally and intellectually, These
are the three adverbs which represent
the great human trinity three gods OF
the soul the god Of felicity, which Is
itself the result Of the perfect equilibrium
Fl OF all our energies Woman has always
Z been, and always will be, powerful. even
al-powerfu.. by her beauty, and We can
not dethrone her nor make her walk In
new ways. only we ought to develop her
beauty by adding to her corporal beauties
those Of the heart and thought
q alphabetically the woman OF the future
4; should be neither feeble NOE neurotic, A
Wise. hyg!enic regime should render her
graceful without enfeebling her. should
= eye her agility without Transforming hel
into d sportswoman. Morally. the woman
OF the future should surpass the woman
OF to-day as she now surpasses the slave
Ii or savage. She should choose her spouse
& with science and COINCIDENCE. because she
viii not approach the altar with eyes
l,apdaged by ignorance and hypocrisy
In marriage she should have equality Of
rights, equality Of duties.
S The character Of woman Will no better
n not in making II virile. but In making
II more estheticslly feminine, Her In
plination to do good viii not take the
Iosqn Of an innocent compa ASSIGN for the
y,lefs Of others, but II VIII transform
Itself into an ardent. wise philanthropy.
8 intellectually she VIII be able TO cry. with
lust pride, z! am SUFFICIENT unto myself