The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-30

a ~ S2@& AA11kt = "a 10 III &AaN
ment Of chivalry. and II woulan that
disposition of mind that makes chiv-
airy possible. our factories may Yet
60 - in smoke, L railroads and
teleeTaphs be made the sport al an
archy and war. L farms become des-
0iate and ~tenantless a. the fertile
plafns Ct Italy. With Socialism and
zon, i Is no time 10 sect IT tender
ness. or tIampIe upon love. The in.
dustTlal and economic are bet tae
outer garments Of our civilization
Love is the substance. J. ind@eltng
spirit. the soul Of all Of their activity.
The most enduring clement of oar
national strength lies in the-fact thai
our American life centres around the.
hlaa-de. We are proud To beast g
the bravery II Our men, the beauty
ana purify cf oHr n and they
naEe tnese qualities because The h"4ne
is their Schoo ard the mother tneir
teacher. Tie wise Creator. when He
made woman. gave her the two high
est Offices III Ills gift-thcSe Of wife
ana mother. And 1t IS q pathological
fact that Cnle IS a sex. must re
sgect and revere the divine mission
81 their Sc, which Is motherhood
The moment ti}cy outrage or dist0rt
- deny Tie purpose for which they
were created they become shirherS
and droncs. AisGirected government
is a bad tIiing, 50 bad that the men
Of this country can be relied on to
correct 1T whenever necessary. bat
instructed sex is a nationai tragedy,
which. if it IS not checked, viii de-
generate the race. Rather may the
American 0onan be the mother of II
great race.
The model held up to Christian wo-
men is not the Amazon, gloryine in
her martial deeds and proWess; it is
not the Spartan woman Who made
perfection consist in the development
Ct physical strength at the expense of
| feminine decarun and In0Gesty: it is
g the goddess of impure love. like
Venus, whose yotJries regard beauty
&C form and personal charms as the
highest type Of female excellence.
Changing ALTITUDE OF Vyonnannood.
But the Ques -cn. most serious in the
public mind today is the changing at
titude OF Ill womanhood toward So
ella and public questions. The South
is it the goddess CT imperial will like
Juno. No. the model held up to wo-
nan from the dawn of Christianity is
the peerless mother Of our Redeener,
and the paintings Of the Madonna
hang upon the walls of many a library
III the homes Of our country.
IS % "~Ec.n;tine Unrest"
We hear much Of the '.ferninine IN
AN~pI cN-iAcAbiI1S bIA& NFC41 u iIitIE
may be-and certainly are-restless
women. But So, one must believe.
there always have been. Eve was
restless. Judith, Helen and Sappho.
and those interesting women who
lived in the IFrench courts. the ones
who helped the Pilgrim Fathers main
tain themselves IN their extremely
NARROW path of righteousness, the
ladies who gathered to sew thinos for
the soldiers at the front in the time
Of Inc War Between the States. and
those others who have denounced
their sisters for demanding the ballot
kestlessness is q trait of the species
and has no sex, any more than love
and jealousy and envy and q liking
t. power and fame have.
For this feminine unrest, let me
suggest as q palliative. or perhaps a
cure, the renaissance of the home.
Lectures on domestic science and
home efficiency should he increased.
Hand labor should be replaced by ma
5 chlnery just as it has been in the
factory and domestic economy and
domestic science schools turn their
attention - the practical side of work
: and emancipation from drudGery. The
E 4. and NJ. College located in this city
T. has accomplished 4 great deal in the
! ~eNtentton and encouragement Of a9ri-
: culture and there ought to be at the
S University cf North Carolina and all
% ouE I@f1Iic tcileSeS. 4 course Tor
2 women in Home Economics and Do
j nestle Science. While governments,
both St2te and National spend actual
s millions upon decreasing the toll and
increasing the result Of the mans
z work on the farm, for instance. moth
ing has been lone for the farm WON
an. Let our public men, teachers.
e politicians M legislators. y ho have
t the good Ct Il country and race at
e heart, he alert fer the modern and
f scientific ana endeaYor t. originate.
foster and give welcome place to these
y courses whenever and wherever they
can. and Jet women learn mat scien-
: tific or sinlpIified Housekeeping is not
II beneath he attention Of the refined
nor beyond The comprehension of the
Il unCultured. It is the dujN Of the
y rich and the salvation If the poor.
" Women should have the best ant