The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-15
The Moral Danger
Of Making Allowances

There are number of women in the
world Incapable of doing or saying
wrong things because such things have
no attraction for them. yet, when they
arc surrounded by people of their
world who offered their delicacy and
rudely invade their ideas of propriety,
they merely shrug their shoulders and
say; ooh. well, after all there's great
deal that's very bright and clever in
poor Jack or Maria And. you know.
all kinds OF allowances should be made
because And so the talk rneanders
on in extenuation of explanation. and
the women who meander never realize
that they are nischierous members OF
society through their liberation OF
mischief in others.
1t is far easier for a woman to look
only at the best qualities in a person
who is amusing, than ii is to turn reso.
lutely away from what is wrong: ia,
easier to analyze and condone, to SYM
pathize and to show apparent large
mindedness and adaptability than 1t Is
TO be narrow mindedly right. In short, !
there are many women who. though !
they may live properly themselves. |
are quite willing that others whom
they might influence to better things |
shall live improperly They accept |
for themselves all the good Influences
which the past and present world can
give and decline to exert any influence
in return.
! compromise of Principle.
a woman Will often defend thoughts
and actions which she condemns from
the yery bottom of her heart against
what she conceives to be harshness or
injustice in the judgmen, of others,
She is impelled to defense against
narrowness by a curious contradiction
that urges her on when all the time
she is aware that the cause she is
championing does not represent her real
opinions. but merely the liberation of
her nature and the compromise of her
real principles. Tho effort to under.
stand and to make allowance often
causes real suffering to sensitive worl-
en- who are reduced to a choice be-
tween with drawing themselves from
certain phases of social life or finding
themselves. against their convictions,
going with the current instead of
against 1t.
A woman ought to force herself
clearly to the realization that she does
HARM not good, whenever she abets
and fosters by silence wrong doing In
speech or action. that which her ideas
of right cannot sanction. which she
can never COuntendnCe OF pTdCllCe lOE
herself, which her downright dlsap-
fractional degree
Invites Evil to Come In.
Every time that a woman for the
sake of any possible advantage to her
self enters into association that she
knows means the lowering of her own
colors; every time that she lets pass
without protest a word calculated to
srso h11l
and purity of living to contempt, she
opens a door of admission and, after
ward there is more OF evil in the world
than before.
Therefore. in this day when the world
is crying out for renovation, women
should above everything else seek to
acquire a power of reasoning correct
~. of sitting away falsehood and OF
understanding essential values and
their bearing upon life. Each woman
is a separate individual but one indivi-
dual presses upon another, and the ag-
gregate pressure from one to another
is symbolized in tho worlds move
ment
Suppose that a woman impresses her
son or her brother with sense OF the
duty he owes TO the world and him
self. Even If this son or brother new
er attempts by words to convert those
around him. they must nevertheless
be Influenced by the example that he
sets and the practical demonstration
he makes of sincerity, directness and
manliness.
Because every woman is not only
strong through her individuality, but
because she is part of humanity; be-
cause SO much of her goodness and
happiness is due to others, and so
much of the goodness and happiness of
others depend. upon. her, she must not
live honestly herself and let others live
dishonesty. For the life of humanity
is her life. its strength is hers, and us
quality her quality.
VIRGINIA MISSIONER.
Cherry Pie.
While sour cherries make far and
away the best pie, the sweet cherries
are not TO be despised. They are