Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-17
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Making Women Manly
Quality Is Being Forced, Whethc,
Wanted or Not
BY Ada Patterson,

And now they arc asking women 10
be manly.
A brilliant New York woman, ad
dressing Vassar College students. said;
II would have women manly. l would
have them learn the art of sclf-de-
fonse." AS though any married woman
needed to learn that.
At about the Same time she was
making this utterancc prominent
suffrasist returned from Il visit 10
Europe saying: Women should learn
all the occupations OF men. They
should be trained IN them SO that IN
.iine OF war the Industrial life OF the
country will continue"
So, whether we want '; or NOT. they
arc forcing the quality upon us. AT
lll events, il We adopt mGnlness, let
i,s choose It's better side Eot the
smoking. drinking. nint-in- business,
Is ppposi,e-seX-p pursuing side, but tao ad-
Inirable side. lie. Us emulate INC cIoaf
vision and sane Judgment that, after
Courage and the disputed cEivalry to-
ward women, trait no finer than
voa.ar's chiyalry toward children, a"e
the best traits Of their sea.
\ Man weighs HIS Words.
admit that | mn disposed 10 tnv%,
the penetration with wh!cl, 4 worth
whilc man sees through muddy waters
TO The bottom OF stream Of events
At any rate. the Hcen eyes Of his
mind determine quickly the channel.
[ oiStrust the vision OF 4 woman other
viso as we'll equipped as he she is
Apt tS magnify the thing nearest her,
or swing 20 tho other extreme OF look
ing too far away from the present, OF
her being. in a word, visionary. But
the tendency IS not hopeless. Oculists
toll us that the eyes should be trained
va
eyes OF city dwc!icrs are apt TO become
short sighted because they have the
habit of fixing themselves upon OBJ
jects that are near. oculists advise
urbanites to look for concentrated
minutes at the farthes, object within
their sight. There is y hint III that TO
the eyes OF the mind
Women can learn from men The
weight OF words. \ woman is careless
about words. y man is careful in his
use OF them. He knows their actual
weight In the affairs of life. When he
is asked what lie thinks about George
Jones he pauses to reflect II the
words are too heavy they may cause
suit for Islander. II they are too
light some one may tell Jones he has
held him too lightly. and Jones may
call him 10 account Therefore. the
. average man weighs his words in the
balance; weighs them to Il nicely, y
were OF no Importance. y man OF
sixty told me lie had never known but
one woman who stopped 10 think be-
fore she spoke.
Women Jump AT conclusions.
\ man knows better than We do the
dangers of MOOD. Yes, indignant sis
tiers, ! know what YOU are thinking
What YOU will doubtless say that men
arc more churlish than women
grant YOU that. out of my experience
with them / have termed them the
snarly sex. and have never apologlzet
for the term. But men, knowing the
dangers Of mood. ccntue their IL
temper, .or the most part, to thci!
families, who cannot defend them
selves But they try I" spare their
business associates and the persons
OF their casual meeting OF such moods
They do this because prudence tells
them that moods have consequences
they are like kicking guns.
Men arrive slowly AT conclusions
Women are APP, 10 jump At them. II
IL with many women a faVorilc eNcr.
else. The conclusion they reach i,
often mistaken one. from which the,
retreat.
Of proportion. Most Of the sins anC
sorrows OF life result from seems
things out OF proportion. The sinner
phasis upon what Is more or less nm,
IN their right relations.
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