Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29

1ect "Women in the World of Tomor-
row."
AS an introduction the speaker drew
a graphic contrast between the world
of yesterday, the world of Washing
ton and the world of Jefferson and the
world of today, and sketched In vivid
outline the progress that has been
made. The world of tomorrow will
show even a greater advance, but 1t
will be along the lines of humanita-
rianism and morality. In glowing
phrases Mr.. Blight prophesied the I'M
mediate coming of a time when
righteousness should be exalted in the
world of finance and industry, and
when lofty and unselfish patriotism
should take the place of partisansh1p
and selfishness in politics. The time
has come" said he, when the moral
impulses must have more power and
rise superior to motives of petty pri-
vate gain.
ITO this time each sex has worked
more or less separately, sometimes at
variance, and had co-operated only
when compelled to do SO. Each sex
has been busy working out its own
problems and doing it's own work.
There is a sense in which the two
sexes never can be equal. Each has
unique work to do in the world. But
man has now reached the place in the
evolutionary process where he cannot
take another step without woman's
cooperation. Mans virtues are dis
tinctive, initiative, aggressiveness,
courage and strength. He has been
the warrior, the pioneer, the iconoclast.
Woman has her distinctive virtues,
too: she is the inspirer, the home
maker, the guardian of purity, the
comforter. the conservator of beauty.
She is the highest type of endurance,
of faithfulness, of gentleness and con-
servatism.
"Man needs to exert his warlike pow
ers no longer. If he does SO he be-
comes bullying, his courage becomes
boastfulness and our present pernl-
cious system of cut-throat competl-
ton is a logical product of unbr1dled
masculine propensit1es.
"Now progress demands that the
strong, virile, masculine quailtles shall
be tempered and sweetened by the
gentler influences of woman. Hence
forth the sexes must cooperate In
doing the worlds work The race
seems straining in the birthpangs OF a
new era. The humanitarian impulse
seems to be moving the world. "A
thousand movements are seeking the
betterment of mans condition. An
evolutionary crisis seems imminent.
whether we men will or not, women
are coming to their own. They are en-
tering all departments of human ac-
ttvity. In our universities women are
taking the, ranking places; they are
monopolizing our educational positions
and are reaping remarkable success at
all intellectual pursuits. In the COM
mercial and industrial world they are
being exploited by greedy capital ana
suffer grievouS wrongs at us hdhus'
This condition cannot last. AS soon
as they know their powers, understand
their rights and adjust themselves 10
the new conditions they will cease TO
be slaves and will become recognized
factors in our business life.
But judging from present world
wide indications the advance of the
coming years will be along political
lines. The world over democracy is
the watchword of the nations. This
tocracy and special privilege and the
enthronement of the people, and in this
great peaceful revolution woman will
have a leading part. The success or
the equal suffrage movement in Europe
and elsewhere shows that woman sur
frage is no longer an open question.
The equal suffrage movement is part of
that great struggle Tor freedom that
commenced on that prophetic day when
primitive man lifted his head and gazed
upon the sky. 1t is a warfare against
ignorance prejudice and privilege. 1t
is a struggle with oppression, injustice
and subordination. We do not contend
simply for the political emancipation
of women; we are contending for
progress and enlightenment. On the
day the chivalry of American manhood
crowns woman with political equality
the race will take long step toward
the realization of the better day that
shall reign in the world of tomorrow"