Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-01
Mrs. John A. Logan Writes
On the Doings Of Congress

alike to maiden, wife and mother
She exhibits the virginia. modesty
becoming the maid, the conluga
fidelity and loyalty OF the spouse
and the untiring deyotedness Of the
| MOTHER"
Those who do not live up to this
model are surely doomed to create
for themselves untold misery. How
women approaching their privileges
can give countenance to gambling.
smoking and ''race suicide" is be-
yond explanation.
! Women of all classes are suppos-
| ed to have natural tendency to
virtue, and on this account She is
| supposed to receive the care ana
protection Of the stronger sex, but
F.! how can che hope to maintain her
| proper position and the reverence OF
man when she participates in the
! vices that are supposed to be mo-
nopolized by men"
| There are none so ignorant as not
| TO have seen the consequences CT
| indulgence in vices and to know that
! the inevitable end must be fatal
! DR.. William T. Taylor, OF Rich
mond, Va, we'll known in Washlaa~
|
women everywhere by his startling
! diatribe on women. He presumnsu
ous,y toes to make the impression
| tAas 81 1rnlitic knowledge enani'
hl,u to give so minute a dia5Eosl5
of women, whom he mathematics
=, Gt.4:lnng apparitlaa Who 'ia
unl, hide her deformities A!' at.ap,a-
on O! cess lie styles .EGin a
freak, built on the most forbiddne
plans and specifications.
Washington women do not like
this one Bit
The kindest thing that can be
said of the doctor is that he must
| be smarting under keen dlsap-
pointment, as assuredly no man
with a healthful mind will allow
| himself to give utterance to such
sentiments as the following:
"rhe honor OF man she holds III
the hollow of her hand. She does
not understand the meaning or the
word truth unless the truth nap
pens 70 be identically with her own
ideas. Man is morally. mentally
and physically the superior OF
women.
Her supersensltlve virtue a!af
ed without just cause, or a morDl
warming to display 1t, her selfish
fear or her malice, may bring 1or'h
groundless accusation when ma:
be fatal to her victim or impress d
stain that INDICATED innocence IseH
cannot entirely efface'
After expatiating upon her wiles,
he expresses the opinion that 1t IS
only before a coroner that Woman's
true nature is revealed. He sheer
ingly asserts that all women should
marry, but no men should marry,
which shows conclusively that thera
is nomething radically wrong in DR..
Taylor's head, and that he does nc
realize how absurd he makes Rim
self.
If it were not for Woman's respact
for her father, and her husband, II
she had one, she might reply to Dr..
Taylor's daring Characterization OF
the female sex in a way even NOR
unflattering to his sex.
AS a matter of fact, all creatures
are Gods own handiwork, and the
sex has nothing to do with the men
tai, moral or physical nature OF a
man or woman.
It is rather amusing that the doc
tor should decide that man is mor.
ally, mentally and physically the SUI
perior of woman, when by his own
utterances he betrays the fact that
he has no claim for superior mental
qualities. at least.
He seems to doubt the moral
ity of all women-an insult to the
sex. He assuredly has never exam!
ined the census and statements III
the heads of departments of the
government where women have
been employed, or Of the managers
of great private enterprises who en-
p'oy women as cashiers and in other
confidential positions. 1t would he
difficult to trace a single dishonest
| .,>~.~ ~ ann whn hac hatraved her