The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-21

exhibits the virginia. modesty becom-
ing the maid, the conjugal fidelity and
loyalty of the spouse and the untiring
devotedness of the mother
Those who do not live up to this
model are surely doomed to create for
themselves untold misery. How wo-
men. approaching their privileges, can
give countenance to gambling, smok-
ing and race suicide is beyond expla-
nation.
Women of all classes are supposed
to have natural tendency to virtue,
and on this account she is supposed to
receive the care and protection of the
stronger sex, but howcan she hope to
maintain her proper position and the
reverence of man when she partici-
oates in the vices that are supposed to
be monopolized by men:
There are none so ignorant as not to
have seen the consequences of indul-
gence in vices and to know that the in
evitable end must be fatal
DR.. William T. Taylor of Richmond,
Va, well known in Washington, has
aroused the INDICATION of women ev-
erywhere by his startling diatribe on
women. He presumptiously tries to
make the impression that scientific
knowledge enables him to give so mi
mute diagnosis of woman, whom he
mathematics as appalling apparition
who can only hide her deformities by
adaptation of dress" He styles them
"a freak" built on the most forbidding
plans an dspecifications."
Washington women do not like this
one bit.
The kindest thing that can be said of
the doctor is that he must be smart
ing under a keen disappointment, as
assuredly. no man with healthful
mind will allow himself to give utter
ance to such sentiments as the follow
ing
1.-THE honor OF man she holds in the
hollow of her hand. She does not I'M
derstand the meaning of the word
truth unless the truth happens to be
identical with her own ideas. Man is
morally, mentally and physically the
superior of woman.
Her representative virtue, alarmed
without just cause, or morbid yearn-
ing to display it, her selfish fear or her
| malice. may bring forth a groundless
accusation which may be fatal to her
victim or impress stain that vindi-
Gated innocence itself cannot entirely
| efface."
After expatiating upon her wiles,
| he expresses the opinion that it is only
| before coroner that woman's true ma
! ture is revealed. He sneeringly as.
serts that all women should marry, but
| no men should marry which shows
conclusively that there is something
radically wrong in DIR. Taylor's head
and that he does not realize how alb
surd he makes himself.
If it were not for woman's respect
! for her father, and her husband, If she
had one. she might reply to Dr. Tay'
| lor's daring characterizations of the fe
male sex in a way even more unflatter-
| ing to his sex.
AS matter of fact, all creatures are
| Gods own handiwork, and the sex has
nothing to do with the mental. moral
/ or physical nature of man or woman
1t is rather amusing that the doctor
should decide that man is morally
mentally and physically the superior
| of woman, when by his own utterances
he betrays the fact that he has nc
| claim for superior mental qualities al
| least.
| He seems to doubt the morality of al
WOmen-an insult to the sex. He as
! suredly has never examined the census
and statements Of the heads Of depart
ments of the government where women
| nave been employed. or of the mana
| gers of great private enterprises who
| employ women as cashiers and i'll 9th
! er confidential positions. 1t would
| be difficult to trace a single dishonest
| woman or one who has betrayed hel
| employer.
| There may be vindictive women
and there are doubtless many who ar
/ very unworthy, but to every one o.
them. one would be able to find at leas
ten unworthy men.
Without introducing one single iots
of evidence to prove his reflections Up