The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-16

point is that of one who looks back
ward, not forward. lie lives in the
past, with past memories, vanished
Ideals, and tries to fetter tho mind OF
the twentieth century with the chains
OF tn: medieval age. He would have
distant past. when they existed only
Tor the pleasure OF kings. and. like
proach their lords except when the
/ sceptre was graciously extended to
them.
This constant talk of queenship has
become almost nauseaung. Queenship
! and chtvalry. Queens!-whe a mar
ried woman has no legal right in ner
/ own children! Queens!-when a wife
possesses nothing in the joint estate
OF herself and ner husband, except. in
case of his death, the income from
one-thlrd of the real estate only for
property, If he have any. Qucens.-
when woman gets half as much
salary as a man Tor the same work.
oueens!-whcn double standard of
morality prevails. Queens!-whcn, out
of millions of dollars spent annually on
education in Virginia, not one dollar
is expended on the higher education
! Of women. Doubtless, it is fine thing
stantial evidence OF appreciation than
mere words: 4 c4.ordinate college
ginia has been proposed. and, in most
! cases. the proposition has provoked
vio.ent attacks from the up-to- date
shivalry so much affected in modern
Virginia. The students. in College
none but female riifraff'' would i at
tend such college and that negro
versity than Virginia white women
who pay taxes" The Richmond alumni
and others have declared that the pres
! encc of women would actually infect
nniEerSitN n
of the good for which that institution
has stood In the past. In fact, re-
sons to such school, One would be
wit has publicly uttered his protest
against "gai-vanizing the university"
so-called joke which Is an insult 10
every self respecting woman in Nir-
| ginia. Yet all this is chivalry, and
women are queens!
To return to our old gentleman:
tcally sings. as children once st ng,
| Il Want to BE an Angel" Mother
cannot take politics into her sane
f! tuary. the home" he rambles on. OH,
no; and she has no control over things
that enter her sanctuary unbidden and
against her will, that work there the
destruction OF her hopes and the ruin
OF her little ones. She has no voice
to keep out intempcrance, poverty, dis
grace and the unspeakable evils that
accompany the secret sins OF husbands
] and fathers.
'she cannot commit the training of
+, the precious charges given to her by
her Heavenly Father TO the care of
h'rclings, etc" II would be difficult to
prove that only suffragists hire nurses
making. OF the laws affecting homes
and children would go farther than
anything else toward making the
mothers home-traininG actually and
| permanently effective.
Mr.. c. urges the PUBLIC to trust our
good and noble men TO light tho battle
against evil, to make our laws. with
out our women leaving their sphere
Like a good many others. ne says:
Use every effort for the cause of
temperance" Yet the cause. of tenn
perance iansuishes in the hands of
tcrests still triumph. and the saloons
continue TO cntlce our boys. Teach
your young sons 70 hate and Jas sh Nm, the
| of designation flourish unrcbukod in
/ Richmond. in defiance of the law.
setting traps for the feet of the young
| The enthusiasts gentleman would
trying to remedy evil conditions, yet.
with Adamic readiness, he throws upon
her the burden Of responsibility.
Mothers, he says. With you rest the
daughters-the future Presidents and
Statement Care the daughters to be
tho statcsmenD Woman must have
no hand In safeguarding the homo. in
destroying outside evils that ntrude
into it; but, no matter what tho con-
| sequences. she Is responsible for than.
It Is good for the world that woman's
! shoulders arc broad and her patience
proverbia1. yet even patience may
cease TO be virtue.
a later article by lady of Bassct;
Va, signed "a Nir-inian," harmoni2es
amnHins with Mr.. C.'s letter and. off,
| sets II most entcrtaininGly.
She suggests that the women stay
at home and teach the prospective men
words, women must teach the boys