The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-27

looked forward to as the result OF what
Is known to-day as the woman move
ment of the world. which In reality Is
a part of the worlds evolution, as
steady and resistless as the march OF
Time.
Whatever else may be the finality of
this universal movement, those who
are sympathizerS with It hope that IT
may do away with wonlen's careless
acceptance of good fortune for them
selves alone and OF their play with the
hours of opportunity, much as II they
were tossing cowslip balls in sport.
Women need above everything else
to cultivate regard for women and g
loyalty which will lead them to LEND
to the weak among the sisterhoot
their strength. to tighten the darkness:
of the ignorant with their Intelligence
| to share with tho needy their abun.
| dance. without such comradship and
| such lifting of the worlds obligations
| how can they hope to have any right
!, to the fruits of the toll upward OF
| humanity through past centuries?
new conscience. 1t Is hoped, has
been awakened through the movement
in women. They seem more willing
now because of It than ever before. to
| comprehend and respond to each Others
! demands. A great incoming wave of
| democracy Is beating down class dis
tinctions and uniting women generally
In common interests and hopes.
In the face OF the real essentials of
life, and in the carrying out OF It's real
purposes. women are forgetting to toy
with the bauble of fame they are los
ing the desire of hanging 1T around
their necks and of overestimating
bavo calt ~, -
More and more women are beginning
to account themselves, not as so many
separate entities. but as being at one
with every woman who tills the soil
OF humanity. sows the potent seed and
gathers in the harvest for the common
good"
The signs of womanly growth and
development are shown by the fact
that women as class are finding In
terest In some real work that makes
for self-respect and independence and
that has become necessary to complete
their lives and endow existence with
vitality. Woman. characterized here
tofore as a talker and not thinker.
is reversing decisions. Many women
think much and talk correspondingly
less Many women turn neither to
right nor left. but go straight for.
ward In Z <'r work, helping wherever
and whenever they can, caring little
for personal gain or advantage, In COM
parison with tie power to serve and
the Joy of self-renunciation.
Writers of the present day are writ
ing and offering explanations and Civ
ing reasons why women are thinking
and doing for themselves. why they
have left off sliimrning on the surface
and are diving deep into the heart OF
things. Why the farmers wife. who,
for years, has permitted the trans
! formation OF her youth and beauty
and freshness into an unlovely wash
ing. cooking and milking machine, is
now demanding that she be admired
for herself and not for what she can
do, and that she be given electrical
and mechanical helps which will en-
able her to preserve her dignity as q
wife and to have necessary drudgery
attended to, without descending her
self to the level of q drudge.
Again. why women are no longer
satisfied with common or high school
education, but are winning degrees at
universities and taking post graduate
courses, so as to go out into the world
fully equipped for whatever profession
they may feel they have special ft-
ness for Undertaking. Why the book.
keeper. the typtst, the stenographer
and the librarian feel 1t necessary to
be trained by experts and so be given
the chance to rise to the top in their
several lines Of work. Why the mo-
diste attends fashion exhibits and
dressmakers' conventions. In order to
keep herself unerringly In touch with
the latest fads Of style and give tho
chic little accessories that she con-
siders requisite to good form In mat
ters of attire Why the cook is taught
culinary secrets and deftness OF
in domestic science classes
which offer diploma as honorable
as other departments of education.
These and a thousand other prob
lens occupy ceaseless attention. awaken
endless discussion and continue to per-
pick minds In which they remain un,
answered. sf
Women hear and read what Is writ
ten and said without being moved by
comment or criticism in any appreciable
manner. The sphinx has smiled her
calm. mysterious smile while the gears
have come and gone. and women are
showing more and more likeness to
the sphinx, for they. too. are learning
to smile and keep their own secrets
BY and by what they have done, and
not talked about. will furnish the KEY
to all as yet unanswered questions and
problems.
THE PAssERs-BY