Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-02-01

1t is because the men are not modern,
because the men are out of date. They
have, in truth, been asleep for two Or
three generations, and whilst they
they nave been resting placidly IN
their grooves, hedged in by their ira
ditions and prejudices, their sterotyp-
ed views and wornout codes, 10!
things have been happening of which
they have been entirely unaware.
The women have stole march on
them in iniatiye, executive, aIertnes3,
dash, courage, enthusiasm, percep-
ton vision. And, owing to this pro-
longed slumber, the men have been
deprived of the advantage of following
the phases of this change in women
observation of which would have help
ed them to readjust themselves grad
ually, unconsciously almost, without
any serious disturbance to them
selves. AS it is, they awake suddenly
expecting to find the same old rela-
tionships of mastery and subsection,
the same old separate standards OF
conduct, and the same old values and
currencies, and are confronted in
stead with the astonishing and annoy
ing fact that women have developed
minds, wishes, intentions, aims, ideals
and opinions of their own, together
with a rigid determination to take
their place in the world on equal
terms with men.
Other surprises, too, await them.
, They find that they have lost some Of
the glamour that was once theirs,
some of the hero-worship, some of the
unquestioning belief in their innate
superiority ever accepted as an unal-
terable law of nature Doubts appear
to have arisen about their strength Of
character. formerly always taken for
granted They are conscious of I'M
comfortable criticism and analysis
where in the past there wa always
dumb acceptance and endorsement.
And they look in vain for those pro-
pitatory offerings hitherto unfailingly
brought to their shrine by subseryient
women-folk, both young and old.
OF course they are furious at the
change. They would not be worth any
thing if they did not show that
amount of spirit; and certainly women
have not the right to be angry and
bitter with them since they themselves
are to blame for having accepted so
long the position of servility and
submission, and moreover, inculcated
the doctrine in the hearts of their
daughters generation after genera
ton. In asking justice for themselves.
they would, indeed, be unfair if they
forgot to concede it to the men.
But when the men have Gained
down they will see the necessity of
readjusting themselves to altered
conditions; for it is unthinkable that
ttey will be content to remain cut off
from the love and companionship Of
bright and gallent women who, how
ever, attracted by them personally,
are resolutely set against choosinb
husbands who are out of tune in the
harmony of their progress and out of
perspective in the changing picture of
life
Let US hope that the men will bring
all their inherent splendid qualities of
nature and character up to date with
out delay, and tempt once more into
tbs paths of marriage that ever in
creasing class of able and fine-hearteI
women whose power of passionate
loving and tender cherishing is none
the less real because their outlook
has been widened by knowledge and
experience.
BEATRIE HARRADEN.