Evening journal., 1911-03-17
Do Women
Respect Menu
AN ENGLIsHwoMANs VIEW

DECLARING that abuse OF men is
now the most popular topic OF
many London drawing rooms, clever
Englishwoman. writing In one OF the
leading womens magazines OF her
country. goes on to say that she re-
members the time when it was not so;
when, IN fact, a mans entry into
room caused quite q feminine nutter
and a hostess was wont to put herself
to considerable Inconvenience to beat
UP" men in every direction for those
dull. inevitable afternoon teas. She
continues%
but now II Is not the case. Men are
not wanted. They are dull, they ara
stupid and they are self centored and
in the way.
''wo have learned to do without
them. We no longer sun ourselves In
the light of their countenances or hang
on their words or care what they say.
Tho bachelor girl. with her froe.
happy life. her friendships. her work.
her amusements Ia the result Of tho
vast multitude OF unhappily married
men and women who pass silently In
and out OF our lives, each with their
tragic story unspoken, but strong In
their influence over the present youth
and posterity. They are as warnings
TO the unmarried. And many domes-
ticated, affectionate woman who hun
gers for home and children sees those
awful warnings and would rather tread
the long, gray, lonely road OF life by
herself than mistake her mate and be
bound 10 tho wrong man. bound to
contract for all the rest OF her life and
his. tai death comes in the end - a
bleased relief.
but why is this sof Have men al
tered. or have women changed7 Men
have not stood still. OF course, but the
great change is In ourselves.
I'VE have gained our freedom and
with Il our right to oriticise. We no
longer adore our lords and masters.
The idol we had placed on a pedestal
we have discovered to have feet OF very
clay.
I'VE have developed our brains to the
detriment OF our hearts. We have
learned to do without man, and be-
cause we no longer look UP TO him We
have learned 10 desplse him.
"We have learned to earn our own
daily bread and to know that women
viii be asked to accept a daily wage
that a man would be ashamed to offer q
brother man. We have learned that we
can work, that we are capable, reliable
trustworthy as any mere man.
That this state OF things exists al
tho world knows. and that men are no
too proud to live upon their wives In
comes is only too true. alas And, thi
being so, can they blame us that "
have lost our respect. consequently or
love and reliance, and only now regar
them with plying liberation or acti,
hate7
Men are not 80 selfish IN their dali
lives as they are self centered. absorb
ed in themselves"
Here is something OF special interes
TO Americans:
Then. again, there 10 another factoi
in our present social life-the innux ol
American wives. Our men do not com
pare favorably with our cousins across
the water We have learned to criti-
else and compare and condemn.
I'VE still have our love OF home We
stin have a capacity for affection. We
have not lost the art Of loving yet But
we want something worthy to love
something 10 look up toto lead us up-
ward. not downward. to the depths Of
disillusionment and despair.
And in this our men have failed IA
as a class. and. women-iike. we pro.
claim Il upon the housetops instead o.
hiding II IN our hearts"