The Washington times., 1914-03-13

In considering the subject as to
whether 1t is easier for a man than
for q woman to reform, no one who
desires to be on the side of truth
would overlook the anatomical sex
difference. by which an indelible,
physical mark is left upon the wom-
an by certain acts. This fact has
had certain amount Of weight with
those who count material things
above the spiritual
Nor can we lightly pass over the
restraining influence Of public SEN
timent, which demands so much
more of women than Of men. That
this public sentiment is a barrier
none can deny. Hence, a woman
who runs counter to it has that bar
rter as well as her own innate sense
Of morality. to pass. While we ac-
knowledge the force of these things.
we have no sympathy whatsoever
with the chivalrous gentleman who
says. women fall lower than men
because they have SO much further
to fall FROM
1t has been my experience that
wherever you find a low woman,
You Invariably find 4 man-her COM
panion-a little lower, and guilty of
crimes to which that woman would
never sink.
Furthermore, there n in every
woman an innate sense of personal
respOnAibilit! for somebody or
something to which you can al
ways appeal. have not found
this always true Of men.
On the other hand. wherever you
find a. fine woman. you find her
complement-a mana little finer.
The reason of this is that SO many
things are forced upon women by
the laws of nature. She cannot es-
cape them as men can. The develop
ment which might be hers from the
exercise of free will. is denied her
and her duty is forced upon her by
these laws. This accounts for the
fact that women are more submis-
sive and negative in character, as
a sex. than men.
On the other hand. many duties
which man undertakes. he is per-
fectly free to escape, il he SO de-
sires. The fact that he does not
take advantage of this. is an enor-
nous educational factor. which de-
velops an independence of character
and royal bearing that is not COM
mon with women.
Laws and Sentiment.
To illustrate this, how many un-
married mothers are there today.
who would not gladly have escaped
the responsibilities of maturnity,
Just as the fathers have of paternity.
had it been possible? But they could
not, and have. therefore, not receiv-
ed the development they might
have had with a readiness to under
take this responsibility. A man who.
without compulsion on the part OF
nature, assumes his full share of
the burden. is. therefore, a higher
type than the majority of moth
ers.
In view of these natural and mani
fest advantages that men have, 1t
is a strange contr tdiction to the
acknowledged gene -osity OF man,
that he should hesitate to protect
woman or to desire to give further
artificial advantages to his SEX. IL
seems as if he might be satisfied
with the natural advantages and
would have tried to overcome the
natural disadvantages of women,
by laws and by public sentiment.
which would have added 60 her
SAFETY.
Nature has left the knowledge Of
the paternity of child entirely
dependent upon the word of
women. UPON TIRE HONOR OF
WOMAN .ALONE RESTS THE
GENEALOGICAL TREE OF THE
WORLD ON THE PATERNAL
SIDE.
For this reason the laws of success
sion of property were in the moth