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Unrest Among a Women.


A student of Sociology cannot but be
impressed with the fact that there is q
broad in the land adecided spirit OF unrest
among women, anglo saxon women espec-
tally. The fact is, shown in many ways
Witness the scardalous behavior OF the
militant suffragetts Of Britain, the SIM
liar movement in NewYork, Witness the
inordinate desire for suffrage which has
cummulated in suffering them the right In
several States, witness the Jury in a Wes-
tern State only last week madr up largely
Of Women; witness the leagues, the CLUBS
the societies galore-aA Of which show a
| decided spirit of unrest.
1T HAS AFFECTED THE MARRIAGE VOWS.
In her desire to be quit Of marital re-
straint she has transcribed the authority
of Holy Writ and has framed VOW more
in keeping with her chimerical ambitions.
Only just recently, here in our midst, a
bride about to be requested of the Parson
who was to perform the marriage ceremo-
nv that he should not ask her to "obey"
her husband. Many preachers have, in
Difference to this known attitude OF women
discarded this part of the ceremony.
"But speak thou the things that become
sound doctrine"
THAT they may teach the young wom-
en- to be sober, to love their husbands, to
love their children"
"To be discreet, chaste, keepers a home
good, obidient to their husbands, that the
word of God may not be blasphemed."
Likewise, We wives bein subsection to
your own husbands, that, If they obey not
the word, theyalso without the word be
won by the conversation Of the wives"
But tho wives of the present do not wish
to "obey'' and the preachers are sanction
ing the sentiment and trimming their cere-
monies accordingly. The wives OF the pres
ent are not satisfied to be keepers at
home" and under the blind of ~philanthro-
ply and civic zeal they discard the admo-
milton, nay they are c~ultivating a contempt
for those of their sex who are satisfied to
confine their lives within the limits laid
down by the holy text.
How does this texr Of the New Testiment
square with the sheboleth Of the militant
Isufferagette: "But I suffer~not a woman
to teach, nor to .usurp authority over the
man, but to be in silence"?.
The traditions of the fathers are being
held in contempt by our women. From their
| twentieth century vantage ground they
| look only to a future framed by their own
| wills, forgetful ofthe history the past and
| of what part it should play in governing
the affairs of the present, and practically
discarding divine teaching.
Men are looking on with indifference.
They wink at what they recognize as fol-
lies and foibles in their wives, not that
they would correct the evil, but that they
would rather preserve the peace at the ex-
pence Of principle! After all men are TO
blame in part, for man 1--WE mean the Anglo
Saxon) has enshrined womenin the fairest
of his temples, he has for several hundred
wears offered at her fame his choicest OF
ferings, and from her lofty pedestal in
mans temple woman has caught a glimpse
of mans estate, so she would now step
| down from her alter as a goddess, leave
the fame and usurp mans kingdom.
This may sound high and lofty, it may
provoke some sardonic smiles, but it is the
truth and men know it,
Where will harm result? In the home OF
| course. Any student of sociology can readi-
ly point out to you the evils resulting from
a home governed by an ambitious woman
instead Of a mother; Dr. a home where pa
ternal authority is a joke and maternal
authority is magnified. Spoiled girls grow
TO be spoiled women who resent paternal
authority as an infringement on herrights
and the father bows before the will Of the
mother because he knows he is stronger
and should keep the peace, even at the ex-
pense of a proper training Of his children.
And soft is in society as a whole men are
unwilling to correct the follies OF women
even when they know them as such because
OF their respect for the weaker sex, and so
the evil grows. Rather than to be lombard
ed forever by the attacks Of ambitions
women they suffer them to go out OF their
sphere, they are giving them the right to
vote, they are electing them sheriffs, they
are obedient to their whims.
At the same time the men look on this
trend of the times with disgust. They
realize that the weaker sex are tradscend-
ing their authority rs dedicated to them
by the Almighty, and that society will
eventually suffer and Is even now suffer
ing as a direct result therefrom.
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