Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-09
From The BATTLE-GROUND of Thought.
Ellen
Dream,

Ellen In this age OF voluminous
KEYS utterance concerning the
Dream. nature, the destiny, the
rights and the wrongs OF
woman, there Is no writer in Europe
whose opinions on the subject are re-
garded with such keen interest as those
Of Ellen Key. Her position on the
woman question is unique. An ardent
advocate of perfect freedom for woman
and believing that all opportunities for
the complete development OF her in
dividuality should be open 10 her, Ellen
Key nevertheless refuses to Identify
herself with the regular feminist move
ment, or even with any part OF IT,, the
suffrage movement, for instance. She
believes the chief mission Of future
womanhood lies In an enlightened
motherhood. Woman's endeavor should
be not to become as much like man
as possible but 20 develop to the full
est extent the truly feminine In her by
freeing herself from conventions and
the moral shaclles imposed on her by
man. shackles which are artificial be
cause they are Of mans making and
are unsuited to woman's nature. WOm-
an Is so different from man that real
lv few men understand her. BY being
allowed to go her own way and follow
the rule Of her being, woman viii de-
velop into something different from
what Hnh mas ever UffU NfAnffs I IL
ideal woman OF Ellen Keys dream f.
foreshadowed in her prose poem, 'rne
woman OF the Future In those days
Ia come. woman will be not more like
man, but more unlike him. She VIII
contribute a larger amount and bot
ter quality Of intellect 70 the worlds
mental storehouse than she does az
present But her special feminine serv-
ice will be the refined and spontaneous
mitch she will f=RnIAfn nhnIIf
her In the future These attributes viii
enable her 20 love better, 10 educate
her children better. 10 be a better COM
panion to man. not by replacing but by
supplementng him In n word, she
win be Of equal value with man In the
scheme Of things. but not Of like value.
Humanity viii be the gamer. because
the womaniy element now largely sup
pressed in the masculine regime will
be allowed 10 unfold itself freely and
enrich the world 10 the full limit OF
It's worth. While Ellen Key does not
accuse the feminlsts or directly oppos-
ing such an ideal, and Is In sympathy
with many Of their objects. she does
not think their methods conducive 70
the end she has in view.-Curront Lit
erature (ApriD
Postal Instead Of adopting the
SayiuVs present Postal Savings
Ranks BIN. would IL not be bet
ter 90 enact a national
savings bank law embracing the good
points In the proposed law and the
good points Of the system now In opera
tlon2 The existing postoffice facilities
might readily be used for the collcc-
ton and accommodating Of deposits.
These might be turned over 10 local
boards OF trustees for investment IN
accordance with "A law patterned after
laws now la force In the states Ia
which savings banks are In operation.
As the funds In the hands of trustees
gradually accumulate TO sufficient size
the trustees might incorporate and
undertake the collection OF the funds
as well as their Investment and thus
gradually relieve the government FROM
the necessity OF operation, Any exist
ing savings banks should be permit
ted 20 reincorporate under the national
law and In the localities where they
are situated the government would not
need 10 undertake their operation. Thus