Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-03-27
new WORLD OPENING
FOR WOMEN HE SAYS
Or. o. S. Marden Says Girls Are
More Independent and
Self Reliant.
From the Pictorial Review.

DE-. Marden, whose books have been
published in a score Of languages and
whose 1nspirational writings have in
spired mankind and womankind for
many years, Is writing a new series
especially for Pictorial Review which
IS designed to encourage freedom of
Dug n bigness OF motive among
nus women readers. This is q woman's
era and at no other time in the history
OF a world have greater opportunities
peen olfered to them, n in thorough
with this condition. DR.. Mar
zen ADVISES and points out the right
road TO the coming generation Of young
girls: We quote from the article D
view. s
Each seq has natural endowments
and qualities in which the opposite sex
many qualities which are peculiar to
their sex, qualities which dominate in
their natures. and the new woman
should be trained in a manner to de-
ve!op these qualities in which she is pe-
culiary strong.
Tho ideal solidarity OF humanity
means that every member Of society
shal! be so trained and so educated as
70 give the best Of himself, no his sec
ond best. to society. AS yet woman has
on!y mad q partial opportunity to de-
velop herself. Her position has been
something like that OF an eagle tied by
a strlnE and hidden to soar into the
ether. to utilize his wings which God
has given him. Woman has been a
ma chained eagle. She has been beat
ing her wings against the bars all these
centuries, longing for her liberty, striv-
ing TO get free, so that she could use
ner God-glven powers
FOR centuries. woman's development,
education and fraino~r hove L.o-
pointed toward man; they have been
man directed, because he has been the
stronger force in civilization, but the
growing power Of woman is rapidly
emancipating her. She is going to have
an equal influence. and an equal voice
time training. the old schooling. will
not answer the demands of the new
civilization for the woman of the fu-
ture.
The new girl is going to develop her
SELF along the line Of her own individ-
uaiity. without any effort to initiate
mans work. and she is going to be far
more contented and very much hap
pier. because Of her more complete
self-expressfon: her faculties are going
to be developed along n much wider
range. She 10 going to be a much
broader human being; the development
or her self reliance, independence. self
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powers, and vas which were
Y aroused in the old-time girl. She
will no longer be a helpless, clinging
sort OF a girl. a parlor ornament. She
will consider it a disgrace not to have
a life purpose and a worthy aim. The
very foundation Of ~self-respect is in in
dependence and self reliance. The only
way to build up a strong, sturdy char
acter is by way Of that sort Of self
help and seli-reliance which will make
you absolutely independent so far as
your living Is concerned. This is the
only position in which a normal adult
a thoroughly respect himself.
II q girl who has finished her edu-
cation does not train herself for SELF
support, IL she becomes a parasite,
neither the wealth nor the standing of
her family can keep her from being a
weakling. a society drone. The con-
sciousness Of not being able to earn
her Owl living strikes at the very roo
Of her ~self-respect and weakens her
life foundation. placing her at q tre-
msndous disadvantage.