The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-03-09
'W0MANHOOD"
TITLE OF TALK
BY LECTURER
SECOND AND THIRD SERIES OF
LECTURES BY DR.. GUY cARLE-
TON LEE CONVINCED PEOPLE
THAT NEW IDEAS WERE POSI-
BILE.

In the second and third of series
of three lectures under the auspices
of the u. D. c., DR.. Guy Carleton
Lee, the noted educator of John Hop
kins University, gave out some
thoughts that were new to many who
heard him, yet, nevertheless, they
were timely. The Afternoon lecture
was at 3:15 o'clock. The theme was
Victorious Womanhood." The even
ing lecture was On the theme, when
the People Wake and it was handled
splendidly. At both addresses there
was a large attendance. H.
DR.. Lee began his afternoon II bure
with an historical summary or wo-
mans condition from the beginning
of civilization up to the present time,
leading eventually UP to a discussion
of the great problems of woman in
the world and woman in the home.
Admitting the adaptability of woman
in business life and in the work of
reform" he said, eve still assert that
for the great mass of women destiny
does not lie in the marts of trade nor
upon the platform. The mission of
maker, as it is the mission of the aver
age man to be the home-provider
and supporter. Yet, exalting the
home as | do, I do not for a moment
accept the views of alarmists who
cry, 'Woman's activity in business af-
fairs is wrecking the home l be-
lieve that the increasing executive
ability of woman tends to benefit the
home. Granting. to women the privi-
lege of earning their own living has
resulted in more homes and in happi-
er ones. But, while I rejoice in the
strength and independence which has
given to women the power of support
ing themselves, yet honestly contend
that it is unwise and improper for a
married woman to accept business
position when her usband is capable
of providing her with a home. be it
ever so humble. Indulgence in such
a custom is deleterious to family life,
and take my stand as being violent
ly opposed to anything that tends to
the destruction of the sweetness of
home life. Today it behooves every
good man and every good woman to
stand guard over the American home,
for danger threatens it which is al
most entirely unknown to the good
women of the land. | say to you-and
l know I speak for every clean and
virile woman, every true student OF
history say beware of those who de-
cry marriage; for, even though they
may not realize it, they are endanger-
ing the virtue of our women, the
morality of our state, the integrity of
the nation. Beware of those who sheer
at the love of man, for they are at
hr,r.o Gov
righteousness. Shun those who would
teach woman a false idea of Wifehood
and motherhood, for these false
prophets, while pretending to strike
shackles from the limbs of women,
are dealing her the blows of poison
ed weapon, whose virulence, eating its
way like a loathsome cancer into the
very heart of womanhood, shall in
the end destroy the very foundation
of civilization"
The Evening Lecture.
when the People Wake" was the
subject of the stirring evening ad-
dress.
Zone who studies present social
conditions, realizes that the people are
troubled, that waves of emotion pass
over the great popular heart and stir
it to it's very depths. The people
murmur at-they know not what.
They resent conditions they are un-
able to understand. True, this is a
hard saying, a difficult statement to
grasp by those as fortunate, as pros
porous, as you are: but if you could
look, as I have looked, into the very
hearts of the ignorant, the poor and
the suffering; into the minds of those
who are unwilling or unable to work,
you would realize that there is a diff
ferent world than yours, you would
grasp more successfully the tremen-
dous problems that confront the ma
ton.
Let me ask this audience, why do
you when in thoughtful mood be-
come apprehensiVe of the result of
the great moments that today agitate
the people? Why do you, thinking of
the conflicts, between capital and la
Dor, between the rich and the poor,
between the educated and the unedu-
Gated, give as the cause of the peo-
pies unrest? l care not what you
name it: it is. in the last analyses, the
result of prevalent friction between
mass and class-it is discomfort"
The subject of discomfort thus be-
ing brought before the audience, the
lecturer, by mass of illustration. show
ed that discomfort and unrest had en-
listed ever since the world was peo-
pied
Aristotle gave US a rule-a rule
that has proved true a thousand
times, a rule that is we'll worth re-
Numbering. Here it is: Nations
that endure, nations that last, pass
through a regular cycle of existence.
The start may be made at any stage
of the cycle, certain stages may be
omitted but over and over again. the
| life of an enduring nation runs
Democracy. or government by the
people; plutocracy, or government b.
the rich; aristocracy, or government
| by the few; despotism, government
| by an ponsible ruler; monarchy.
government by one man under the
| forms of the law. and then a political
CONFUSION, and then Democracy
again
Thus Rome passed from democracy
| to plutocracy. Men there were in
| Rome as today in America who saw
| clearly the danger that threatened the
|