The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-06
Women of Europe,
Asia and America
The Married Woman's Paradise the Realm Of
the Mother and the Kingdom of the
Young Girl
Young Girl.


John w Foster. In lils recently pub
lished diplomatic Memoirs" records
facts concerning Russian women that
must prove q. revelation 10 their Amer
lean sisters. He gays:
"The intellectual aud political ac-
tiyity of Russian women is explained
by the fact that I'll no country OF Eu-
rope is woman better protected IN her
rights or has moro avenues of useful
ness open to her.
"Thc Empress Elizabeth moro than
= hundred years ago conferred upon
her absolute equality OF civil rights
with man. Marriage doprives no wo-
man OF Iier property. Married women
can receive legacies. bequeath property.
and deal with their estate In all re-
spects as II they were unmarried,
"Not the least of the acts Of the IL
lustrious reign OF Alexander III. was
the opening OF the universities and
professions to women. French
writer. who has given much attention
10 the study Of Russian affairs. as
serts that For Intelligence and rcso-
intion. az we'll az for education ana
the rank she holds In tho family, tho
Russian woman is already the equal
of the man. In mind and character
she Possesses SO much strength ana
energy that, without losing either her
grace or her charms. she exercises Of
ten singular and Irresistible ascend-
ancy.''
As n dlpIomstist with an experience
enriched by his service in Mexico ana
spain as we'll as Russia. by his tray
els around the world and the oppor-
tunities afforded him OF observing So
cial conditions in many lands, tcst!-
nony rendered by him may be conHld-
cred authoritative and well worth at
tracing careful consideration.
Russia Is considered 10 be far bee
hind other nations in many respects.
but site is certainly not so in tho pri-
vileges conferred upon her women.
The New Woman of AsIn.
Under tho title. Tho Lady OF the
Harem Energies" T,aja Rama contri-
butes to Harpcr's Weekly an account
OF the woman OF the orient, az she
stands to-day upon the threshold Of
emancipation. which sa5s: Compared
with the dark quiet eyes OF these
Orientals. the eyes OF Europeans or
American women are restless, per-
turbed. full OF dlaquietude; as though,
while they have won enfranchlse-
rnent. they have lost a secret inspira-
tions something that tiiey miss ard
seek. without quite understanding
what II Is: something that remains un-
foIud And with the still. seifless seFe-
nifty OF the Asian woman goes degree
OF power We hardly c.edit or UNDER
Stand. j read the other day the dacia-
ration OF Latin woman, who SAID mat
women OF the Anglo-Saxon and Tcnn-
tonic races do not know how TO man
age men: the women OF the Latin
races on the contrary. do know how TO
manage man. But It seens to me that
the women of the Orient. whether In
India China, or Japan, or among the
Moslem peoples. may have a hper and
deeper secret still. welding a. Tar
greater influence. because they do not
seek TO WELD any influence at ALL
America, Europe and -Ssin.
Raja Rama goes on. This America
of ours is tho land OF tho young GIT
who here enjoys extraordinary libef-
ties denied TO her elsewhere on the
globe. or only beginning 10 be con-
coded, In imitation of ourselves
has often been said that in marrSlnS,
the American girl ends her period OF uli
freedom, resigning herself TO re5ttic-
lions and limitations she has net MIN
erto known, while the trehch "otiia"
In contrast. not only gains greater
freedom through marriage, but sothe-
times marries solely in order to hav'
greater freedom. While America IL
tho kingdom of the girl. Europe is
aho married wonans paradise, the
empire OF the wife. But venerable aud
most mysterious Asia is the realm OF
The mother, tho old woman's king
dom. This is as true in India as
In China or Japan.
Family Goddess.
I'm Asia the mother OF grown sons
lis a family goddess. 4 divine oracle
IT was Kwang- Su's ,.lial reverence for
the Dowager Empress of China which
nut that great realm in her power for
generation. and, like charity, covered
multitude OF sins 1t is the same
reverence for millions OF far worthicr
women, the mothers of all Asia, which
is the determining factor in many a
drama. social, political, and even dy-
nastic. When we were at Murshida-
bad, the good old Nawah held the es-
teen and decided liking OF the whole
English colony. He was tho head OF
an immense seIai-royal settlement, the
young folk OF his family even having
a college to themselves, so numerous
were they. He had a body Of sol-
diers to- keep guard at his palace, and
unnumbered retainers gorgeously col
ored as the Arabian Nights.
yet this great and good man would
never venture on any important act
without consulting his aged grand
mother, queenly old lady, who had
been the wife OF IA Nawab with far
larger dominions and powers He had
for her the deepestand most unfcigned
veneration, and the words OF this
white-haired old lady, who had never
seen the outer world and whose views
were all gleaned behind thcveil in the
reclusion of the harem. werc to him
very oracles. And much the same Il
true Of every household in India, whe'
ther Tindoo or Mussulman. The fathe.
may reign, but the mother or the grand
mother rules; rules, be it said. III vir'
tue of her life-long abnegation and
obedience. through8a purely spiritual
quality OF poise and stiffness, "-Alars
ST. Ives.
DIFFERENCE IN EDUCATION
FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE
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