The Alaska citizen., 1913-09-01
MRS. LEWIS
 LECTURE FRIDAY

Mrs. Lena Morrow Lewis. Socialfs
 national organizer and lecturer. wht Is in Fairbanks her second an
 nual visit. gave two lectures las
 week. our on Friday afternoon a
 Harmonic hall and one Saturda, ai-ht at the Auditorium. The latter lee.ur'. was on The Social Evil and
 Is Remedy" Mrs. Lewis handled her subject in a manner which prov e! her thorough study of the dues ton and the audience followed hcr remarks with great interest.
 The lecture Friday afternoon was for the benefit of W men only and those who tailed to attend missed a fare treat, The fa.loAi ing is brief resume of this lecture
 From biological standpoint woman k primarily a more social creature than man. The physical relations of tine mother 10 the child establishes sense of dependence that is the basis Of d ciaI consciousness. With man the situation is necessarily diff. ferent. In the struggle for bread man learns through experience his dependence on his fellow man and the great advantage of cooperation. As woman an individual. she shares this experience with man but her motherAoni ebes her an addi- ttonal interest and concern ill the welfare of others.
 Because of thls il is perfectly natural that woman shall be concern ed in the bread and butter questi II. In hcr struggle as an individual she meets the same conditions as man does and her motherhood only intcn. sifies the problem
 The economic question can only be solved through possessing the things that are necessary to preserve and advance life. How to establish this security is the b.g question and Ole that no woman can eyadc or ignore.
 As mothers. women occupy a un- ique position as the directors and holders of their children's minds and concepts of life It is sad to say but many a child has his first lie told him by his mother. To his perfectly proper question regarding life and how he came into the W rid she tells some faneiful story and when later the facts of life do not the child realizes that he has been iied to and his little brain begins 10 reason out Nhy his mother did not tell him the truth. and naturally comes to the conclusion that there Was something ab Ut il that she Was ashamed Of. Such a mother has done herself double injury. she has lost the confidence of her child hy lyin@ to it and she has betrayed her own mind .as unc1ean and m- pure
 In the business world man con sidcrs honesty-trustWort as one of the greatest virtues. Once this is lost, his standing is gone With woman her good name, her reputati II. is considered her greatest virtue Society has set up certain standards and she demands obedi- ence to the same Whether these standards are always in keeping with quite another question. Now and then some great soul has thrown conventionalities 10 the wind and because of some service or contribu ton they have made in the way of art or literature or drama, big-heart- cd liberal minded people have ac- cepted them in social circles. But most women belong only to the me diocre class. The vast majority are never known beyond their own com munity, at least they are dependent upon the good opinion of their inn mediate friends and neighbors for their reputation. Since this is the biggest asset that woman has, it is Of vital importance that it shall be carefully protected. If one could i be sure that they would only be credited with the things that one l had really said or done and that the motive and reason which prompted any act was rightly understood and i accepted one would be safe. but people who know anything of the ways of the world know that this l is not always the case. The gossip CT. the busybody, the slanderer, the scandal-monger is never concerned i about the truth. whether or not a story is really true These people do not always need any facts as a basis for their slander With many of them their greatest qualification is their imagination. But granting even the appearance or the possibll- 1 ity of the facts, it is very serious thing to say ought against woman that will blipht her good name As