The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1907-03-29
About That Dead Limo For Women

PROFESSOR William /. Thomas Will,
called upon to face q hot fire of Crl
lcism from women Of the progressi,
school because OF the dicta found
bis recent book, Sex aud Society
Portions of the book have already h
peared In various journals and ut d
ferent times, usually with the resi-
that many women became consclok
that some new man of science
looking at them with microscop,
Now, the microscope doesn't hatter d
rectly. But it digs up truth. Readea
Of Professor. Thomas argument vi
so choose may find therein a vi$
which eXalts the position the sex
woman holds in the scheme of
universe. Evidently the author aim
to be pitilessly truthful or scienti
throughout the work He comedies til
the new woman is getting on, but hi
that in her zeal for progress she N
painfully ignore certain limitatid
that are ineXorable, yet perhaps
wisely OTueEeu.
Recently another scientist has
sued this train of thought to the Pc
as he believes. Of demonstrating
man at his best is the offspring of
man who is not engr3ss6d in pr}
offairs una cannot be so engaged
still give the world noble offspi
Sentiment and feeling, according
DR.. Albert Reibmayr, who write
women's rights as menace It'd
race, are crushed out of women y
devote their powers to affairs u
are classed as practical. Business
science. literature either deade6
use up the finer qualities of .bS,Oa
and women. Mems straEi stfn -
Women with original 4sf6res OF fee n
and sentimental, inipractical views
life must rear new strains to Hk
society moving and likewise NIL
cherish their monopoly jealously
the heritage of their sex. To quote:RN
1t Is clear that the biological mert
In the woman's rights movement licS
Will be stified and effnced. We knoN0t
day that this priceless inheritance e g
tircly dependent on the intensive cAltu
OF the mother feelings. These fHolin
have heretofore been highly develop
INC woman, undiSturbed by tho strt8SSS
Tor existence, protected by the man IN
relieved of the greater part of the m, 1T
rial cares of the family And by cons,a a
culture and development throughout Il
course OF generations these deep sens b
tiles have become grand inhcritanceT
however. woman enters the field of aSti'
affairs she will be exposed not onlS
Stunting and degeneration OF the feeling
but to abnormal growth Of the intejle
and to the inevitable exhaustion Of Il
brain through social strife.
OF This German doctors reasoning
may be said that his thoughts hay
come out In an atmosphere where Il
feminine development which he d
plores Is comparatively new. and
startling innovation. 8perience show
that women noted fM what ia calle
practical ability and who have exc
cised 1t have given birth to families q
strong men. And woman's inyasio
OF new fields Of activity does not mea
that individuals Will to an alarmin
extent separate themselves from til
sphere where feeling and sentimen
have full play and continue to mari
male offspring. Apparently MAORI
ty OF young women who engage 1,
gainful occupations subsequently mar
~ and become devoted mothers. A
least we may safely wait before de
Gliding offhand that the feminine splri
OF the age Is going wrong.
Professor Thomas himself calls Nat
tention to races Of women who wer
stronger than their men, PHYSICAL.
and every other way; also that Otter
the so called weaknesses Of the fe
male character have been due to de
velopment rather than to structural,in
ferlority. To the main proposition
which he stands for feminlnlsts may
answer that history shows great 1.er
by woman or women
great epochs in which the sway Of 3-o
men was complete, and stages of div.
|llzation. as in ancient Egypt -Athsns
md Sparta, where women ruled tae
nome. directed commerce and con.
trolled the state. In bplef. Ilany noted
events and persopages In hlStary must
os explained away and. lessons from
everyday experience thrown to The
winds before society can be convinced
that there Is a dead line in womaA's
progress, to be crossed only at peril to
Ihe te.ttre human race, because -nat'9a
.aS Programmed to zn,.-.sssa& titus Ear
some OF the Philadelphia policemen
et only S1.75 a day. Yet New York,s
nnest," even the 40 per cent ybo,,,