New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-22

make. II the sex relation between man
and woman is spontaneous. 1t Is likely 10
he permanent IL IS bond that tends 70
pe~DetUate itself. These TWO people came
together with 10 Idea Of permanent re-
lation. and yet because therc wa@ real
emotional meeting between them. il tend
ed 10 establish Itself as permanent. That
is my reason for asserting that the play
Is moral. Most Of the attempts to justify
the permanence Of the marriage relation
fall back on one Of two or three founda-
ton pillars. What reason has man for
supporting woman unless nc knows
that all the children she bears are MS
That presupposes that she Is dependent.
That is the property idea. Then comes
the religious justification held by all peo-
pie who regard marriage as sacrament
all orthodox church people-and y Us
sometimes put on that ground. II Is
sometimes put on the merely conyen-
tional ground OF society. But stated the
case quite deliberately and az strongN -.
I could. I made the woman Independent;
no sanctions of religion held her; no l"fS
sanctions held her. have wronged no
one" she says. But putting the case as
strongly as that, l tried TO show that
that bond tends to pcrpetuate itself.
Fielding has felt it. ] think the economic
Independence OF woman will greatly
modify the marriage relation
"Do YOU think woman Will ever get 10
the state of economic, domestic and per-
sonaI Independence where she VIII want
20 dispense with the marriage relation!
"E~ceptional women may but not the
great majority
"Is the suffrage movement going 20 iead
10 such A high state Of indcpcndenc" Tor
women economically that it IL bound 10
affect the domestic relations, too
az think the suffrage movement IL
symptom. but not cause. The cause
s,nnoge is the development Of machinery
which has forced women into Industry
outside the home instead OF WITHIN inc
home. The educational development %
woman and the decay Of the chlVaIIlc
idea have opened W the new realm ol
iudsnendcnce for her. That sounds rather
dry. but is perfectly true. The present
struggle on the part of women Tor eco
nomic independence is due TO the war Oh
the sexes and the revolt Of women agaihS'
Icing considered personal property fn-
ideal INDEPENDENCE is merely Dy-prou-
uct.
"ThA historical development Of events
has made progress rather djihcnit io'
women because at the point OF their
greatest opportunity they were weahest'
This vas when men were occupied WIN
ecbtjng and when all the domestic In
d,e,rlns were In the hands Of women
when man got through with fighting he
came back and began 10 develop the uo-
n,estic industries. II IL always uiihcui'
and dangerous 10 generaiize differences
bo,ween the masculine and the FEMININE
mind. but think perhaps the most s's-
nidcant difference is that on the woman >
mart there is intense perception OF 'ne III
dividual thing. while on the mans there
O. - poyyer of assimilation. Her Wish Is
% keen what IS hers by herself, to Keep
3, under nor own hand rather IMAM 10
work. with others and develop an INDUSTRY
When men were released from Dshtins
tbev came and took wOman's work away
from her and made her dependent Ihat
is why women viii never aprosate inc
,,arriage ,lation-because she is depen-
dent. 10 n greater or less degree y"
man one of the strongest stimuli 10 inc
,rorortv sens. I'm man is the fact OF
,,o.oan,s dependence on HIM the more
co,nnIeteIv n woman is dependent upon
her husband. the more hercely she MUS
him as her property. AS she deNeiops "c'
own resources, ner own sef-cohnuenee'
and as her powers develop beyond mere