The evening world., 1911-03-20


woman OF the standards and condu'
position Of her sex theories Is scar
suffice that, conforming to the strai
highest minds 10 seek apologies for
something in her philosophy to Just
The really interesting portion of her
book, however, Is that which pays a
merited but long withheld tribute to tho
superior charm OF the old-fashioned
woman.
In the Field Of Labor.
"woman's competition with man m
the field OF labor" Miss Key admits IN
her chapter on THE Right TO Mother
hood" has, in fact. occes'oncd a pro-
found ill-feeling between the sexes.
Women feel themselves. rightly or
wrongly, %cheapened and underesti-
mated. and men. on the other hand,
consider themselves thrust aside when
woman's lower demand OF wages de-
cides the competition in her favor. But
his is still the external side OF :he
matter.
1T is the ley woman-the trans
formed type o: soul-that man objects
to. The mannish. emancipated ladies'
Will soon. however. have died out. We
can. therefore. pass them by and con-
slider only the young women who have
preserved or tried to preserve their
possibilities OF erotic attraction.
These have. however. lost the calm,
the equilibrium, the receptivity. which
formerly made OF woman a beautiful.
easily comprehended piece OF nature
like Nature In her unconditional yield
ing. When a man came TO the woman
he loved with his worries. his fatigue
his dlsappointments. he washed himself
clean as In a cool wave. found peace as
In a silent forest. Nowadays. she meets
him with her worries. her disquiet. her
fatigues. her d~isappointments. Her pic
ture has been refused: her book is mis-
understood; her work Is abused; her
examination has to be prepared for
always hers. All this makes he man
thin her disturbed, un~approachable
and apt 10 misunderstood. even If sho
retains her afectionate attention for
him. she has lost their elasticity. She
does not choose the conditions OF hes
work. she II obliged TO overwork her
SELF IL she wishes TO keep her work.
Love Requires Peace.
But love, as has been aptly said,
requires peace; love will dream; II
cannot live upon remnants Of our
time and our personality. And thus
the value OF love. like all other per-
sonai values, sinks under modern
conditions Of work which drain the
vital forces and make people forget
sven the meaning Of the idea OF
living. Thus h people OF h pres
ent day are excluded from love; not
merely from the possibility OF
realizing 1t In marriage, but also
from ths possibility Of fully exps-
risncing IL.
Nor have these overtired young women
a chance of preserving their charm in
outward appearance and manner This
IL only done nowadays In a conscious
style by ladies OF the highest society,
and by those OF TIE demi monde, who
perform no other duty to the community
than the more elegant thar worthy one
Of Illustrating the parable OF the lilies
Of the field,
but even o few wOnen can afford
and fewer sim feel that they have the
right 20 or the leisure for tbs Worship
of their own intoxicating and ~self-ln-
toNicatlng lovellness. More and more
nave 10 take part I'm Il life OF work,
while. moreover. wom-n are becoming
less attracted by the ideal of perfection
90 F,.-, apl v,,ra IN ,I,u4 nF formation
OF personality.
What a Man Loves.
But. this movement Involves uTcer-
t,inty OF form until new forms have
hccn created, and man loves IN woman
precisely that surcness, iightness and
, repose in her own sense OF power which
/ are generally wanting IN the tentative
young woman OF the present day,
"a new kind Of youns women is, how
| over, already 10 be met with. who vii
neither worN nor charm exclusively
and who are solving the problem OF
being at the same t!mc active anc
beautiful,
Thus the deepest corhtct Of all
lies herein. that young mon feol
young women to be Independent OF
the love they offer: they feel them
selves weighed ana--found want
ing. woman's capacity for making
a living has thua undoubtedly re-
suited az Atnquest hoped, in CIV
.pE a man a greater chance Of be-
Iievtng himself loved, but at h
Same time-a smaller chance OF
being SOL
Notwithstanding Miss Keys descrip
ton Of this new type Of w~ase-earnins
Venus. the conclusion TO be draw
from her comparison of the old anC
the new woman ia that woman mus
choose bet xeen her love nd her job
her charm and her profession.
which will YOU take. young women
Don't all speak Al oaoA!