Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-22
|DR. ELIOT CRIT|C|SES
| ROOSEVELT AND WOMEN
Harvard'S Former Head Gen.
Sures Jane Adams and Once
Thought Colonel Sincere.

| BAR HARBOR. August 22.-Dr.
Charles William Eliot, who was presi-
| dent of Harvard when Theodore
Roosevelt was student there. con-
demned the colonel, especially for en-
couraging women to take part in poll
| tics, when interviewed yesterday.
Speaking Of Miss Jane Adams partic-
| ipation in the proceedings OF the bull
moose convention at Chicago, DIR.
Eliot said:
| Women have no proper share in
political convention. Never before in
our history as democratic nation
| have we gone so far as to permit
\ woman to nominate candidate for
the presidency.
Miss Adams received great deal
of popular acclaim when she seconded
Mr.. Roosevelts nomination. 1t was a
| very spectacular proceeding, but it was
| in very bad taste. / also understand
Col Roosevelt had the bad taste to
| publicly compliment her on her action
| and thank her. That. too. was spec
! tacular. Lately he seems to have been
| playing cards. and I was surprised that
| he should so unreservedly play the
cards Of the women's movement in his
| convention. / think he will repent do
| ing 50.
| Women to Be Loved and to Serve.
| Il am just old-fashioned enough to
condemn absolutely this movement
among the women for such public par
ticipation. i have no patience with
their spectacular efforts to advance
women's rights. I believe woman's
greatest right is to be loved and to
| serve. ] believe the highest and most
| normal type is content to be reserved,
| modest and to exert her influence
through the medium of her men folks.
| Il admire Jane Adams for what she
| has done at Hull House. She is doing
| splendid work in her way. But dislike
| to see her held up in the hmelight as an
| example for all other women to follow.
| We need women to bear children and at
| tend to their homes. The men ought to
be able to regulate their own politics to
meet all needs, without direct assistance
| from women.
| MIR. Roosevelt is to be blamed for COM
/ plicating the present political problem
| with me added burden of the woman
| problem He used to be fine fellow.
| Once thought him sincere. well wisher
/ of the public welfare and an unselfsh
| worker. Lately. however, he seems to
| have been playing cards. l do not like
SO much jockeying. There has been too
| much agitation and buster"
Is on the Fence, He Says.
| leaned back in his easy chair, laughed
and shook mis- head. Then he said:
Il am on the fence. just like most folks.
| l am not standpatter in any sense of
the word 1 have voted both the repub-
| lican and democratic tickets in the past
| But, the other hand. 1 don't believe
| this country is in such a critical condition
| as many would have us believe. This
| country is too big and too prosperous to
| go to the dogs as the progressives would
| have believe.
| mo one measure and no one man can
! either make or break the prosperity and
| the general happiness of the people.
am not an ardent supporter of Woodrow
| Wilson. some have said. He is a
| college president like myself. too. But
| college presidents have weaknesses also"
DR.. Eliot. when asked what he thought
| OF the progressive movement as whole,
| replied:
II hold many of the so-called pro-
gressive principles. L have held them
| for years. Most of them are not at all
| new. / do not like the extreme forms
of agitation by which they are promoted"