The San Francisco call., 1913-09-25

society, while the world of men
throws both blame and respon-
Eibility on her shoulders.
Protected women have been
satisfied with this state of affairs
UP to date But now the time has
come when we are waking up to
the fearful unequalness of the
game and we are at last demand
ing fair play
The whole thought OF woman
heretofore has been to protect
her husband. her son. from the
vampire Of society.
The point brought to my mind
IN the Bixby trial is the utter
nselessness of protecting one
class without protecting the
other.
What is the use OF clean sons
and unclean daughters?
SISTERS KEEPER ALSO
AS we begin to shoulder our re-
sponsibilities in civic and flnan-
cial matters. we must also assume
our share of the responsibilities
for the conditions which exist in
the moral world.
We are our sisters keepers as
truly as we are our brothers
keepers Nineteen hundred and
thirteen years have taught us
. that men will not assume the
work of being our sisters keep
ers. II is up TO US.
= II behooves the women of all
alo oh -1h ftrh raj
together and see that this condi-
tion is changed.
So long as there Is an ''unpro
tected" woman in the world there
are no really protected women.
i. So long as there is one ''unpro-
.tected" woman in the world. we
have no right to protection.
The bars are down. and woman
has put her hand 10 the plow.
There is no looking back.
MUST NOT DRAW LINE
From the universal viewpoint,
there is little difference in the
quality of souls. In the big issue
Of life IL matters not whether 1t
IS the soul OF the penniless.
friendless girl that is ruined or
the soul of a protected woman.
II is the women's work TO save
them all.
Our work is not 10 lessen our pro-
lection of husband and brother.
but TO spread il TO our unfortu-
nate sisters; to break down the
barriers OF the underworld till II
ceases 20 exist and single
standard Is established.
I realize the futility of looking
for a reform in a day OF a year.
For today's victims OF our social
conditions we can only sigh in
pity. But for tomorrow's girls
and boys we can work. All our
efforts must be bent toward the
attainment Of a single standard
and the desire to keep our chill
dren from becoming similar vic
Tins.
AT times we hear the cry go up
that the world is getting so much
worse This is not true. The
pendulum has swung far from
our former straight laced code of
morality that covered up much
sin under silence.
Today we have broken down
some of our barriers. but as the
'
We will find our moral code to be
more honest, to ring more true to
the laws of life that nature de-
mands. If we have to start on a
lower plane in our reconstruc uction.
at least we will be starting more
honestly-and more intelligently.
Not on vague theories must we
build our reconstruction. but on
logical laws of cause and effect,
on real knowledge of our respon
sibility unto the third and fourth
generations.
Man and woman, on an equal
plane. travelling the road of life
with the little child between
mans object, at last. that Of
woman's, the child's best good
that is my vision of the future,
when women shall have succeeded
in their dream of today. the rous-
ing CT men 10 an equal moral
conscience with them.