The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1914-12-26
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no TAKE YOURS, AND DO IT.
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BY zoe 5eekIey.
Women4=the American peril! That
as how friend Michael Monahan desig-
i.atesu 10. And we. being totally I'M
accustomed tosharsh words and very
much used to praist, want to know
rfght away quick what Mr.. Monahan
means by calling US a peril! Michael
Monahan. once OF County Cork, can
now be found at South and East Nor
Maiks Connecticut. where he respect
fyely resides and publishes a very red
and yellow little m%agazinelet called
sThe Phoenix" He looks kind and
.eentalgand astf he liked women.
IN fast he doth protest he is our
deyont admirer and would merely
point out our errors, to the end that
We became the more powerful-and
tie more beloved.
The Monahan Peril.
~ called It the American peril
SID Michael Monahan with a laugh
that tool some OF the bitterness from
The pin. ssbntit seems to have grown
into tho Monahan peril, since you
ladies' have flown SO valiantly to
otr c5wE defense:
Yst Ustills maintain that we are
snfefing from too much womanism,
l3hanSi q j national weakness and
maybe we are degentrating
ia this cause
agertainly Il has made us rfdicu,
bus ourselves and q laughing
stock IS foreign peoples.
'tAftar all; you can't blame the
woman soAmuch. Woman has been
told bsshalf;baked intellectuals OF her
own aexsthat her brain power is equal
TO manss: that her morality is higher,
That che has been too long his slave,
y and the passive mother Of his chill.
dren. and that It is high time she
should E1ule the roost and take a hand
IN public affairs.
aMagayines and newspapers, cum
ninslv ~i,iterested for their profit, fat
ter n1cajole the poor thing along
The same lines.
The Rice Powder squaS.
n peculiar species OF journalism
las been created by women writers
-generally silly and mediocre. but
on occasions shameless and p%rurient
SThese ladies are the Rice. Powder
sqnadsof the Journalistic army.
politicians, disgruntled with thei,
purity and seeking to rule OF ruin
give herisimilar bad counsel.
spnritans and fanatics, hoping
fhEo1gli herald to fasten an intoler
able system o. espionage and moral
slavery uponSa free people, do more
tban ansthe rest to lead her story.
than an the rest to lead her astray.
woman cannot seemingly stand
the strongFwine of publicity. She has
become drunken Herewith, and hel
sicknesssi Is upon us!"
We gazed at the gray:haired
Observation-Disclosures, ~Irish!eyed Mr.. Mon
J stan With gentle reproach. oh, Mr.
Nonhhans kind Mr.. Monahan, we can
not help thinking Of the dozens O
women magazine and newspaper writ
ess Who NE their pens and hammer
their typewrlters In an honest effort
to bring about intelligent thinking
md wholesome reforms.
And OF hsswomen Judges, mayors
deputy sherlftsS and other poltticail
poNeFss who shaeS done clean worl
and made honorable regulations.
and ofsthe women who are neither
spusstaass nor fanatics.. but give theil
time and strength to benevolent la
bera that save thousands each yeal
rem Neutrality-suspicious. and crime.
jan TOR Menahan.
and ell women who are Shaving
seseat Tes hours q week In box fac
tefies and weplen mills for $3.50 per
And eflEether women lucky enough
ia set their heads BIT above the
surface ef things, who are trying tt
organize and lead tho ignorant int,
Inter a~xistencesI
Granted thought j, "that In way
love welnsn have always ruled
The nnlysrss! that a woman scornet
ls O Tlndigiys fary Who stops q:
noth4nkt that thraugh mistakel
idea that she must 81, IN hazard.