The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-16
THE ADVANCED WOMAN.

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Prof. Armstrong. a distinguished
member Of the British Association FOR
the Advancement Of Science, is out in
a very earnest article for the protec
ton of Society and the Home. against
the Advanced Woman. He says:
The advanced woman apparently
is aggressively bent upon displaeing
man everywhere. At the same time
II is obvious she is becoming more
neglectful of her own domain; and
in consequence the foundations of the
home are being undermined" is not
the time at hand" he asks, when the
pendulum should swing back, and
women cease their unreasonable com
petition with men?" And the place
of women in society is defined by ma
ture," he adds.
Commenting on Prof Armstrong;
paper, the Nashville American says:
Prof. Armstrong appeals to women
to adapt themselves to their own
nature, and not simply to follow men.
They should glory in meeting the re-
quirements of their own natural duties,
which chiefly relate to home life. We
fear the appeal comes too late. Ger
tainly it will have no effect on those of
the feminine gender who are dissatis-
fled with their own natural sphere in
life, and who, while protesting to
scorn man, seek to initiate him and
to enter the domain of his activities" =
OF all the problems, there are none,
we think, deserving more serious con-
sideration than this. To make rude
comparison, the Negro with the ballot,
and the Advanced Woman with her
rights" are the two greatest political
blunders of the country. Man never
conceived a higher, nobler, diviner
thought, than the American Home was
before it was disturbed by the ext
gencies and misfortunes of the war
between the states. Then knight
hood was in Flower" Now there is
is no such thing as Knighthood, and
not much of chivalry. And there new
er will be again, until the women
learn once more the first lessons
taught their mothers, that, deep down.
in their hearts what they most love in
each other, and what men most ad- |
mire in them, is gentleness, modesty, |
womanly traits, not masculine &C.
complishments.
They tell us that civilization is ad-
and that woman is accorded
a higher place than she was in the
olden days. We deny 1t. Civilization,
the spread Of the christian
is diffusing itself more broad
ly over the world; like education 1t is
becoming somewhat more general.
But that it has attained to higher
heights than was known before, is not
demonstrate, because it is not true.
This advanced woman idea, this
greater culture and higher civilization
tad, of which some women talk so
glibly and know so little, is break
ng away from the old and safe land
marks, made by the founders of this
'epublic who had left the effete coun-
.ries of the east to found Home,
because the very laws and customs OF
hose countries had proven unsafe,
and unsatisfying.
Under the new regime, the domf
Eating influence of the Advanced Wo'
nan, the sacredness Of the Home is not
IS jealousy guarded as it was; the rev.
,rence of woman is not woven into !
he wool of the character OF young
men as it was and as it should be; '
nd retiring modesty. which should I
dorm every woman as bridal veil, {
hough a virtue still and appreciated
4 all men, is yet undervalued by
many women, in comparison with the {