The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-11
WOMAN GOVERNS
Her Own Fste--lt Is in Her Power
to Keep Away From Situations
Which She Knows 20 be Serious.

to Keep away From SITUATIONS
Which She Knows 20 be Serious.
The average woman is illogical.
she cannot reason clearly.
at is useless to say we can con.
troll our actions by will power" cries
one of these illogical creatures.
I'VE are victims of Fate"
Then she tells the story of a wo.
man who was happily married and
satisfied with her lot. The husband
was kind and loyal and nothing
seemed lacking In life.
Then one day HE came. The wo-
man looked in his eyes and her life
became a tumult and torment from
that moment,
1T was Fate; II had to be; will
power could not prevent the dlsas.
ter" she says
And yet she tells how she planned
to see this man; how she learned
when he was to pass certain street
| corner at a certain hour, and how
she managed to be there "by
chance" and how the man, for a
long time obliylous to her infatua.
ton finally became her lover.
1t was like fever and has burn.
ed Itself away. Sic loves her hus.
band with new devotion, and never
sees the man.
But II was Fate; II had to be-
she reiterates "Will could no more
arrest 1t than II could arrest a
fever"
Yet her own words prove how IL
logical Is the argument.
II an electrician touches live wire
and receives a shock he avoids the
wire afterward He does not say
ut is Fate. must be killed |
that wire" lie does not continually
reach out his hand to try its power
Certain men possess for certain
women an influence much like thai
of the electric battery It Is purely
physical. 1t can be controlled.
Fate has nothing whatever TO dc
with the result Of such an influence
between two people. The will pow
er, guided by common sense anC
reason and desire for right con
duct can control the infatuation.
II is in the power of every wo
man to keep away from situations
which she knows to be perilous.
It is the power of every man L
do the same.
But men are not yet on a mora
plane where we can look to then
for sensible conduct in matters o
the passions. Their own protectio
and the protection of the womal
must come from her.
However much we may argu,
about the equality of the sexes an
the one moral code for both me
) and women, the fact remains tho
! the Creative Power made create
! physical penalties for woman TO
! sex follles than he made for man
! and her own self-protection, if nc
3 her moral obligation, demands thi
, she lead man higher instead q
t tempting him to go lower.
? No fascination is so all-controllin
/ but il cannot be overcome by al
5 sence and sensation and silence
taken In the beginning.
= 1t is, indeed, ofttimes like a feve
, but a fever taken in the first stage
( can be broken up by proper diet an
I nursing.
: The breaking up of this fever a
4 depends upon the woman and he
e will. But the majority OF wome
/, who become susceptible to thes
a destinations of the senses are sci
8 indulgent, romantic and weak; the
e want new experiences; they wan
g the excitement of dangerous a
t sociation; and then they want I
g lay the blame on Fate.
!. Every woman Is her own Fat
: She can be what she willis to be
d and II the right path entails suffe
e Ing and anguish It surely does II,
g lead to such misery and degredatiC
n as the wrong path.-Ella Wheel,
y Wilcox.