The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-03-23
ARE WOMEN HAPPIER THAN MEN.

| would like to answer Mr.. John
Henry Johns. His query from the
london newspaper, "Who have the
best time On earth, men or women ?"
To reach definite conclusion would
Ibe as hard as the old theological
question of ancient theologians ::
How many hundreds of angels can
stand On the point of a needle 7"
That is coming down to fine points.
4 think the whole thing hinges on
what best times" means. The Ro-
man Emperor Vitellius was mon
| strous glutton. Mark Anthony lost
bis life because of his love for Cleopa-
ira. Napoleon cost the lives of
| 1000, 900 ofmen and de6ed all Europe
for twenty years. Nero delighted in
torturing thousands of Christian
martyrs. Washington and Lafayette
ized for their countries. Some will
say that all these men were happy,
or atsleast had splendid time in life.
I know better. MANS chief end
is to glorify God and to enjoy him
forevG." If these premises are cor
rect, We can say: "Does a man or a
woman serve God the best?"
Atteiding churches in Christian
lands, We see that two-thirds of the
congregations are composed Of
women. Go to heather countries and
the proportion is far larger the other
way, and as heather nations far out
number Christian. we would say, per-
haps, that men are more religious
than women, Give woman the ad-
vantages in heathen nations of wor-
ship that they have in Christian
lands, and you will find that men will
not outnumber the women. Women
are certainly more religious than men;
the reason is obvious-they cannot
go out into the world as freely as men
and earn their living, and they feel
their weakness. Reverse their posi-
tions in life and you would find that
women are not whit more religious
than men. I mean, let women take
mems places in the world for 100
years. Carmen Sylvia, some years
ago, wrote satirical article, contend
ing that if women had their way men
would have almost no rights at all.
Not very farfetched conclusion.
Look at the huge mob of women in
London besieging some of England's
rulers, demanding suffrage, and many
OF them going to Jail sooner than pay
a $40 fine. A woman should live to
love her whole soul /; should strive to
love her Heavenly Father and some
dear one on earth. "It is not good
for man to be alone" said God.
This applies to women as well as man.
cannot imagine how any man or
women can be happy and not love
someone.
I honestly believe that men and
women are getting more and more
unhappy, especially the latter. Wo-
men these days scorn all kinds of do
nsestic work. They want arich hus-
band (if they want any and~few or
no children. Many of them strut
around, ridicule men and their gov
ernment and claim how fine things
would be if they had hand in them.
"Contentment is stagnation, II know.
ga contented mind is continual
feast" A great many men think
that a woman has an easy life, and
far more women consider that mans
life is an enjoyable affair. They are
both most decidedly wrong. Leaving
out woman's physical weaknesses, l
believe that a woman has the best
time on earth. Her wonderful love
alone is the cause of it.
David said of Jonathan's devotion,
Surprising the love of women. /"
A mar is too practical, too logical to
be sentimental enough to love as a
woman. It is not his nature. He
could have little time for this virtue
battling for a living in a cold, un-
friendly world.
Fifty or one hundred years from
now, when women will probably be
voting, wearing mems attire and be-
coming addicted to many of men S
vices, and still have kept their own,
then they will lose many of the traits
they now posses so dear to the heart
of man. Mr.. J. H. Johns article is
full of good. sound logic. He says
"Is the happiness of men and women
dependent that of each sex upon the
other?" The Bible answers that
query. 1t certainly is. The more
dependent woman is upon man
not too much-the happier will she
be, and the more respect will man
have for her. I know that women
suffragists will rush me for this state
ment, but
Come one, come all, this rock shall fly
From this firm base as soon as l.
Woman was put here to help a man.
He was created to love, cherish, pro-
tect and work hard for her. His
place is to earn the living hers to
manage the house. The more a
woman takes the place of man the
harder it will be for him to exist, the
less she will care to marry. A wo'
man some time ago came out and said
that women did not love men they
married to get a home. Judging
from the few women graduates who
marry, and the very few earning
good salaries who marry, there seems
to be some truth in her statement
which she made repudiating the idea
that women really cared for man
Men and women were not put here to
be pitted against each other. The
more they love each other the happier
their lives will be in every respect
l will be judge and jury in condemn
ing myself as pessimist, but l have
enough sentiment in me to know tnat
the greatest thing in all this world /:
love, and the person who has the
most of it for another, if it is only
partly reciprocated, will get much
happiness out of life.-CAGrles m
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