The San Francisco call., 1913-09-10

cause back Of the Diggs-Caminettt
case and all Of the troubles between
men and women" was q question put
to the rabbi.
You can't put down a hxed rule
and say that is to blame for the situa
ton. There Is one cause and another,
was Rabbi Nieto's reply. Mind you,
IN what say I am speaking in gen
eral terms, not fitting theories to any
particular case"
THE MANN LAW IS GOOD
Rabbi Nieto thinks the Mann law
under which Diggs and Caminetti
were prosecuted is a good law. He
Is Of the mind that IL is step In
the right direction. But he thinks
the law ought to take three or four
more steps right away
Perhaps IL may be thought that
Rabbi Nieto's idea of equal respon-
sibility under the law FOR man and
woman is based on the EYE for an
eye" rock of the Mosaic law. This
is mistake. Rabbi Nieto is not
much of a punisher.
He is strong for precention-
He wants 10 give woman respon-
sibfHtv TO develop character-to make
a more independent, self-reliant
mother race
NO. no. not to punish her" said
Rabbi NietO but to prevent her from
allowing herself to be attracted to
such propositions as are suggested by
snfooth tongued men. Instin indi-
Viduality through responsibility.
1t was suggested that the clinging
vine is not in favor with Rabbi Nieto.
Indeed not" he replied. That Is
the sort Of dependence woman has,
and is just what she does not need.
The quicker woman gets over that
idea of having to be shielded by
- for hlar
she has nQthing to be shielded from.
She should be equally responsible for
everything the man is, and when she
realizes her responsibility she will
take pride in it and develop accord
ingly. The resulting generation OF
women viii be mentally far superior
70 their mothers.
ONE EYED BRAINS
1.-The great trouble is that the
world. always loses sight Of co-ord1-
natsng factors in dissecting an I'M
portant question. A great many peo-
PIE have what I cali a one eyed brain,
YOU know''-and he smiled at the dg-
'uEe of speech
o''TheE get one viewpoint and be-
xecr3e obsessed with It. They can not
fISt in the good from any other view
point There are a hundred Things
that more nearly affect men than
H.
things are always settled from the
meSn's viewpoint There are as many
things that affect women closely, but
affect men also because of the very
fact that they affect women. These
things of most Importance to women
are entirely settled sby female ideas
@Now.s heTe'is my point he con-
fiRued. becoming more earnest as he
approached the cruX OF his argument
I'VE have always tried TO eliminate
half Of the. Intelligence of the world
Tt has always been man rule or
woman rule.
I Claim that in matter that con-
Germs woman more ana man less,
where woman has the entire say to-
dav. man0 and woman should form
combined idea on the proposition that
viii work better for both sides. OF
course it is the same on man prob
lens.
WOMAN HAS BEEN A PARASITE
"Rfter .long period of woman as
a parasite she is awakening Men
Of our day are beginning 70 appre-
ciate the value Of woman's 3 ideas and
are working around 10 the point
where's a divided responsibility is sure
10 follow.
e~You know dt was not like this in
the oldeH days" he said a minute
later There was a time when the
eldest daughter inherited what the
son inRerits today. In the beginning
Of civilization women ran the gov
ernment, while the men provided the
bread Woman was the boss in
everythingss In the twentieth CEN
tury. we have matters reversed. There
never was a time when the sexes
were equally important. That IS the
sageS we are approaching. Then IS
when 9 great many things are going
toareach perfection"
A STEP IN EVOLUTION
'sWhat was the step in evolution
that started the men uphill and the
women downhill2" Rabbi Nieto was
asked.
"That step is not clearly defined"
he answered. 1T seems to have been
Fboup the time the people were gov
erned at all by clan and family ideas.
Rabbi Nieto threw out a comment
on the Diggs-Camlnetti case in par
ticular that may pinch somebody 8
foot. Here it is:
L am glad the Mann act had its
FIRST great test with rich people. Our
consmiseration for the rich leads US
to be more considerate Of the mis-
steps Of the poor"
MARY AUSTIN Is RIGHT
Mary Austin was mentioned.
Her special articles written for The
tcll DtNeADpcQ "a great many points
over which Rabbi Nieto became en-
thusiastic.
Especially did he agree that the
new generation VIII protect itself be-
hind a bulwarlz Of education from sins
against the love life which ignorance
ma kes more easy
when boys and girls understand
the passions they are endowed with.
when they know there are certain
laws governing the body of society
which, must be complied with If one
is to consider himself respectable,
much Of our trouble will have dis
appeared
With the state board of education
probably viii come the teaching of
sex hygiene in the public schools 1t
is a thing that should be handled
very carefully. PTomiscuous han
ding 'efo the subject would make 1t
very terribles
PARENTS SHOULD BE TEACHERS
s'The teachers would be parents
preferably, and parents who have
handled children other than their
: owB.. A corps of teachers in sex hy-
pteale. should be selected from the
great number Of teachers and then
ffis eniinESer should be specially
trained. They should be trained es-
pecially in the proper vocabulary and
method.
1T lis all in the way you tell it.
wou know. q few days ago had