Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-03
SOCIETY GIRL IS.
I. DECLARED AN
ORNAMENT
4 Place for BIase in Worthwhile
Work of Suffrage, Declares
Mrs. EISaS.

want TO explain, by way of in
sanction, that what | have to say
&c beeu induced by my observa-
that fl is most always the wo-
~ leisure-she of few duties and
,,r, nleasures-who is the first to
nsrar in the negative when APP
roacbe8 as to equal suffrage.
And let me explain further, that
bon speak of the woman who
or;s il is with no idea Of mini
zinc the Importance of work done
|, the home. I believe there is no
l,,tsr ar more dignified work than
Ib.t which good home making i'm
Hes.
And also believe that there is
more unwholesome influence than
no mad pursuit of pleasure that be-
omes such hard work as to crowd
iut ali other kind.
Edward S. Martin, IN an article,
|rritten for The Atlantic Monthly,
lays. "Feminists make the mistake of
thinking Of man as the master of
Somen whereas the master of both
han and woman is necessity.
A Neral Obligation.
This appeals TO me as a very vital
Statement
II is necessity that has made equal
sn1rage = moral obligation, rather
HAN privilege to be determined by
The Individual. With modern inge-
kuity minimizing the one-time duties
m the housewife, we have developed
I'm army Of women with nothing to
liz Relieved of these duties of
bousewjfery, there has been nothing
In their education or training to fit
saem with other work.
And SO we have the woman of lei
kure And in this enforced leisure
Sre find the cause of the absurd eX-
tremes our pleasures take on. We get
! he keynote to the unrest that begets
1 n unreasonable and unreaSoning de-
band to be diverted.
The influence of such example up
I'm women who must work is another
Etory. We are concerned, for the
Fme, with the woman who can work
End think, but won't, and must be
Inade to do so. And it is equal suf-
trage-With its equal responsibilities
THAT viii replace our society duties
it'll social duties, and be the means
b making us helpmates, instead OF
'mere Dlaymates
The Woman of To- morrow.
Let US consider the woman of to-
smorroW who is to grow out of our
Efforts Of to-day. Her education is
sproyided with the thought that she
Shall be specifically useful, rather
A han generally ornamental. The so
8tiety girl is as obsolete as the feu-
al gentleman, and in her place we
fhaye the vocational woman, the So
a nal thinker and worker. With some
7Thng real 10 do, emotionalism gives
'pace to the repose that comes with
IalI serious purposes. We have no
|goung women waiting to fall in love,
IloI-worse stiil-waiting to marry in
|oTder that material provision be made
For her She is self-sustaining and
buSy She has no need to marry to
. Pc led and clothed and housed, and
per healthy busy frame of mind pre-
udes waiting for that something TO
M the emptiness of a purposeless
Instead, love will come as some
'lng real grown out of the necessity
III TWO people for one another. And
\ ne woman who has worked and
thought and voted before. marriage,
brings into her home practical
ISehSe OF values that could have
been acquired in no other way. She
AdS learned To conduct her affairs in
! oaSlneSsiike way, ito live on TWEEN
y-lour hours a day" to use her hab-
Of concentration to meet all her
Woman S dutes-be they in or out OF
leI own home-With an ability and
precision that disposes of them to the
a'dhlage of all concerned.
A Real Woman.
She isn't keyed to a constant eN
ec'atlon Of pleasure. Her clothes
a'e a means Of comfort and adorn-
neh' not ain end to which the means
are Oxen reprehensible.
enc hasn't destroyed her sense OF
.gs proportions by having known
my one side Of it.
Who q gum az ~
wants a world with homes for al
-, the race.
iof every babe that's born a happy
place,
''r1u equal opportunity to be
q" Ihat BELTS a high humanity"