The sun., 1914-09-12

IN .ra-uay's Daughter" (Appletons)
NJ Josephine Dlskdm Bacon has un-
Gp.,,,on tu state the various questions
.r.. ~. troubling women nowadays.
Tho Book op,us with a prolonged dis
,.sS.1n uu the present attitude OF women
Who seek 90 hc independent between
$50 doctors ana modern girl. athletic
and busted with organized uplift. Fur
,ge- oY o., matter Of the same standard
.i purity f1r both sexes Is debated. 1t
would seem at first as though ad-
yarcol feminist views would prevail,
hut vnrc Oh, young woman is lndulging
n her fall swing the author takes up
four separate cases for which the old
fashioned doctor prescribes.
The first g. woman Of great energy
and remarkable executive ability, Is di-
verted from running various societies to
under ulaus 90 manage farm In order
70 keen her husband In the country and
away from drink the reader may feel
that the husband has some excuse for
his fl.'!rs. The second is torn almost
hy force hr her husband from the social
duties that are breaking her down. He
puts her with the children she loves in
a position where she must lead the SIM
pie life and as she Is naturally domestic
she is properly grateful when she re-
turns to the city The third. whose hus-
band IS hopclessly bad. engages success
fully IN an Industrial occupation, but
explains that she misses home. Tho
fourth has the artistic temperament and
seems destitute of morals and OF affec-
ton She is induced, however. to be-
have herself In one Instance so as not
70 interfere with tho development OF the
authors thesis.
As neither conJugal nor filial love can
bk offered rs an argument, and a. old
fashioned morality Is out OF place in q
modern discussion OF marriage. some
formula must be found 10 excuse these
women for not going wrong. They
seem to be satisfied with this: THAT
extraordinary thing. a family, which ia
not merely you. plus your husband, plus
your children, but n definite entity, q
something beyond it's parts, with q
foundation and personality all It's
own When the fifth young woman
whose case IS not so clear as the others
because II is spread all through the book
is Preparing 20 leave her husband and
her children, for none OF whom she
seems 10 care very much, rather than
give up the uplift work and society
functions in which she is engaged, and
after various sensible arguments have
m.I'd to move her, that phrase sutfices
10 change her completely and make her
submit go her husband. II is true that
she has not been allowed TO show many
traits Of womanl!ncss and has exhib.
Ntd more persistence than intelligence
or capacity TO do real work. but 1t seem.
pretty lame conclusion.
We suspect that the woman's cause
Whatever It may be, will not be greatly
harmed by this exposition OF it's fallacies
lor the women taken as examples are
hardly human; each stands for some
tendency and acts in accordance with II
AZ all events, the arguments interfer,
greatly with the interest in the storie,
Afs Bacon relates in this book. She
has good deal 10 say about the servan,
question too, and seems to be preju-
u!ced against turning over the manage
iheht oi the household to such as are
competent and efficient. This may be
because She believes women should at.
,"hd 10 such matters themselves, but
uer annoyance seems greater at tn.
troubles caused by such servants giyinl
notice suddenly.