Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-25

nifty the ward of man, and IL you
please, a charge upon him, through
out life.
The movement in favor Of the pollt-
ical enfranchisement of woman does
not confine itself OF the mere act Of
voting. It is accompanied by de-
mand for full political activity, and
also equal and identical industrial op-
portunity for woman, with man. This
involves the question Of altering the
entire status Of the daughter, from
birth to the grave If she is to be no
longer recognized as primarily a pre-
sumptive wife and mother, but as first
of all an independent economic and
political factor, her entire preparation
for life must change. She must be
prepared as the son is, for life Of
competition and struggle, and her de-
pei dence must cease at maturity, as
does that Of the son.
But, however we may determine to
put her in harness along with her
brother, this fact remains that we have
that one original, simple emotion OF
sex still to deal with and in spite OF
all our choosing, she will still, more
or less, be a mother There is hu-
morous tendency on the part Of the
"reformers" to mother other peoples
children, rather than their own; the
ories and plans for the institutional
care of children by the state are fire.
quently advanced by their chosen
spokeswomen. OF course 1t is to be
assumed that in such institutions,
women could be employed to care for
the children at wage, rather than
for love, in their own homes.
DR.. Max G. schlapp has laborlously
investigated the statistics Of the world
in order to trace the. effect Of the
occupation and mode OF life Of the
women upon the children, with this
result. He states that "tne shifting Of
modern conditions which has greatly
increased the strain of life for women,
is bringing about an unmlstakable de-
terioration in the human race; that Is,
It is distinctly increasing the proper
tion of abnormal men, women and
children. Modern condition re-
quire women in industry to give up
more energy than ever before; there
is less balance of physical and mental
work than in the days when women
worked harder indeed, but in their
own homes, with few antagonlsms-
less of irritation and little mental
stress. It is in the irritations and
the pressure attending the complex
industrial life, or the responsibility
OF business affairs, or the harassments
OF organization for some charitable or
social effort, that women use the en-
ergy which should be stored for the
formative process.
"When woman is overactiye and
her brain is using up physical or mon
tai energy in ways other than those
which are consistent with the normal
life Of wife and mother she is eff
fecting changes in tissue which make
It impossible for her TO exercise those
functions without disturbance. A man
may 90 through life under heavy de-
mands upon his energies and his
children still be vigorous for he Is
not called upon to store energy for
his children. ." Strife and stress
ndispose woman to motherhood, and
eventually unfit her for it,
If science today and the common
sense OF the world throughout the
ages are to be trusted, then we should
act most unwisely were we to train
the daughters for the occupation OF
the outside world, rather than for the
duties and responsibilities Of the fam
fly and society All Of the struggles
and efforts Of man have been induced
by the desire to support the family
and the social institutions resulting
from the friendly intercourse Of fam.
lilies. With the passing Of the Lady
this incentive to high effort will pass
too, for the Lady" whether Of the
cottage or the mansion, is only pro
duced In the home. under the tender
and loving guidance Of the woman II
the home-the mother without Tho
"Lady," we must know that the home
as a sheltered temple to the idea o.
the family, must pass because th'
making OF the home is the vocation
Of the LADY alone.
without her, It cannot exist, and sh'
cannot exist, except as by long ant
gentle training she is produced In on,
home, in order that she may know how
TO create another. This training o
the daughter to be the Lady Of III,
coming generation, is almost a los
art Shall we let It 80 altogether?
As a wife, the daughter assume
certain we'll defined obligations an,
is the object Of certain equally wei