Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-04
|5DC|ETY GIRL IS
DECLARED AN
ORNAMENT
. Place for BIase in Worthwhile
Work of Suffrage, Declares
Mrs. EIsas.
MRS. BENJAMIN ELSAS.


want to explain, by way of in
,5Dedon, that what | have to say
been Induced by my observa-
IN that il is most always the wo-
an ~ ,ejsure-she of few duties and
any pleasures-who is the first to
.vsr I'm the negative when ap-
reached as to equal suffrage.
And let me explain further, that
Ibap speak of the woman who
Iorss il is with no idea of mini
Itung the importance of work done
the home. | believe there is no
bitter or more dignified work than
,t which good home making i'm
les
And also believe that there is
more unwholesome influence than
h. mad pursuit of pleasure that be-
hines such hard work as to crowd
hi all other kind.
Edward 5. Martin, n an article,
fTfitU LOT HG AlldllNlC AhOAlliltJ ,
Bvs "Feminists make the mistake of
linking of man as the master of
Eomen. whereas the master Of both
Ian and woman is necessity"
A Moral Obligation.
This appeals TO me as a very vital
iatemcnt
1T is necessity that has made equal
llfrage moral obligation, rather
ban privilege to be determined by
be- Individual. With modern inge-
blity minimizing the one-time duties
the housewife, we have developed
b army of women with nothing to
4. Relieved Of these duties of
Ousewifery, there has been nothing
their education or training to fit
hem with other work.
And SO we have the woman of lei
tIre. And in this enforced leisure
Ie find the cause of the absurd ex-
femes our pleasures take on. We get
be keynote to the unrest that begets
b unreasonable and unreasoning de-
band to be diverted.
The influence of such example up
b women who must work is another
tory. We are concerned, for the
ime, with the woman who can work
nd think, but won't, and must be
tade to do so. And 1t is equal suf-
iage-With its equal responsibilities
-that viii replace our society duties
nth social duties, and be the means
i making US helpmates. instead OF
here playmates.
The Woman of Tomorrow.
Let US consider the woman of to-
borrow, who is to grow out of our
tforts of to-day. Her education is
|rovided with the thought that she
pail be specifically useful, rather
pan generally ornamental. The so
Pety girl' is as obsolete as the feu-
|al gentleman, and in her place we
|ava the vocational woman, the So
fal thinker and worker. With some
ping real to do, emotionalism gives
Pace TO the repose that comes with
4 serious purposes. We have no
'ouns women waiting to fall in love,
Ior-Worse still-waiting to marry in
Fder that material provision be made
Fr her She is self sustaining and
IuSN She has no need to marry to
E TED and clothed and housed, and
FIR healthy, busy frame of mind pre-
.ulaes waiting for that something to
the emptiness of a purposeless
Instead love win come as some
ping real grown out of the necessity
4 two people for one another. And
Pc woman who has worked and
Fought and voted before marriage,
rings into her home a practical
ehse Of values that could have
zen acquired in no other way. She
las learned to conduct her affairs in
Dlslnesslike way, ito live on TWEEN
-lour hours a day" to use her hab-
OF concentration to meet all her
'ollahs duties-be they in or out of
ef own home-with an ability and
teclS.on that dtsposes of them to the
u'antage of all concerned.
A Real Woman.
she isn't keyed to a constant ex-
Of pleasure. Her clothes
re means of comfort and adorn-
leht' not an end to which the means
ne often eprehensible.
, one hasn't destroyed her sense of
ne proportions by having known
my one side of it.
: sAe Is a real woman-a suffragette,
wants a world with homes for all
, the race,
foe every babe that's born a happy
place,
aannu equal opportunity to be
All that BELTS high humanity"