The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-03-13
Do Women .;|I ! /
Respect MenY
AN nNcLIsHwoMAN's vIEw

I)EcLARJNo that abuse Of msn ~
now the most popular topiot
many London drawing rooms. q clsveH
English woman. writing In one or the
leading womsn's magazines OF her
country, goes on to say that she re-
members the une when II was not ID:
when, In fact 8 mans entry intohu
room caused quite a feminine 6uttbt
and n hostess was wont to put hsrt3lt
to oonsidsrabie lnonnvenisncs to Fbest
up men In every direction Sor thoeS
dull, inevitable afternoon teas she
continues. t H
But now II 10 not she cass. Men atS
not wsr.ed 'rhey are dull. thst Arb
stupid. and th~y are self ceNssrsd ana
Ia the way. tai
"we save learned to do withsnt
them. We no hnger sun ourselyeStf In
tina iigbt Of their countensncss or hAnt
oa th>b words or care what they say
"The Bachelor girl. With her frse,
happy life. her friendshipst her. wofhs
her amus~ments. is the result OF the
vasi mv,titude OF unhappily married
men ana women who pass silentiytIh
and out OF our lives. each with thtir
! tragic story unspoken. but ssrong IN
their influence over the present yVuth
ana posterity. They are as warnings
to the unmarried. And many a dofles-
Treated anectionate woman who hupt
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 to the wrong man, bourd to
contract for all the rest OF her lifs and
his. till death comes In the end as ?
blessed relief.
but why is this so? Have men ALE
tered or have women changed? Men
have not stood still, of course. but the
2, great change Is in ourselves.
I'VE have gained our freedom ana
with 1t our right to criticise. 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 tet
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 TO despise him.
we have learned to earn our own
| daily bread and TO know that women
win be asked to accept daily wage
that man would be ashamed to offer .
brother man. We have learned that We
can work. that we are capable, reliable,
| trustworthy as any mere man. -a
THAT this state OF things exists all
the world knows, and that men are not
too proud to live upon their wives In
comes Is only too true, alas And, this
being so. can they blame us that We
have lost our respect. consequently our
love and reliance. and only now reg ard
them with plying liberation or r~sctiys
hate? flt
Men are not so selfish In their daily
lives as they are self centered. absorb
cd In themselves" ~.
Here is something of special intereso
| to Americans: .fsY
Then. again, there 10 another factor
In our present social life-the innux on
| American wives. Our men do not com.
pare favorably with our cousins across
the water. We have learned to critf-
else and compare and condemn. la.
I'VE stlll have our love OF home. We
still have a capacity for affection. We
have not lost the art of loving yet Bat
we want something worthy TO love
something 10 look up toto lead us up
ward not downward to the depths of
| dlsillusionment and despair. y, ,Att
And In this our men have failed ,is
as a class, and. women-like. we pro-
claim II upon the housetops instead, Of
hiding IL IN our hearts"