Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-03-06

not created with man? There must
be reason in the economy of nature.
Was it not matter of adornment?
Was the purpose of creating woman
as a companion for man right or
wrong that she should have more
physical beauty than man? Was not
there some divine wit in this provi-
sion? Did not God intend that she
should possess all of the attractions
for man, so that he might have a
higher aim in life? Was she not
created beautiful in order to lead him
to better, higher things? Would the
world ever have made it's present
progress but for the influence of wo-
man? Can any woman say that men
are not always aiming to do greater
deeds because they are inspired by
woman? The support of the woman
issue by most men is merely to please
women. AS has already been said in
these columns many times, woman al
ready unconsciously rules the most
there is in the world to rule anyhow
without appearing to do so. 1t is her
apparent mission to exert this kind
of influence on the affairs of the
world, and so far there has been dis
covered no process to put her influ-
ence in this direction where it cannot
command itself. 1t is kind Of au-
tomato process that works while men
sleep. Poor, weak man thinks he is
achieving by himself alone, when the
fact is, without the love, guidance and
help of women, he would never get
very far. He would never have done
most of the greatest things that have
come about for woman. Woman
knows this. 1t is a kind of psyche
logical influence that takes care of it.
self, forces its own way through diff
ficulties, rises to the greatest heights,
does the most heroic deeds, and ac-
complishes the most tremendous per-
formances. Somehow, we cannot rid
ourselves of the view that woman is
better off in the sphere that seems to
us God-given. If the longest array
of human achievement that could be
piled to the skies were placed in one
roll of human deeds, there could be
written under the monument, ALL
THIS WAS THE RESULT OF WO-
MANS INFLUENCE. 1t is this
thing of tumbling over mans one cas-
tie in life that the present day woman
is trying to bring about that is so diff
ficult to understand. Why cannot wo-
man remain where she is? Why is
she not satisfied to rule the world as
she does, instead of trying to force
the issue that will metamorphose the
whole relationship between man and
woman? Women are not fulfilling
their mission when they go about this
thing of wanting suffrage merely for
the sake of being put upon the same
plane of political equality as man.
They do not need it, don't have to
have it, and should not get it, be-
cause men should plead and reason
with them and show them that they
are better off where they are. This
is the stumbling block they are throw
ing in the face of progress. Let wo-
man go out and lend helping hand
to man always as heretofore. Let her
develope her skill in shaping and help
ing to purify civic affairs. She cab
do so many more really helpful things
if only she direct herself into chan
nels where her skill will always shine
and illumine the way. There may not
be much of argument in these lines,
but there is truth in them-deep, in
disputable, untarnished truth. Wo-
man is so much better in the home,
being mothers, being helpers right
where man most needs her, that to
associate her name with other duties
is to make riddle of life itself. Give
woman the ballot on any subject
where she is really needed to help
clean up things. But she has no
means of solving the process of MAX
ing good laws. And anything that is
not good, is bad Therefore, we con-
clude that for woman to go out and
seek fields that are not for her good,
is to chase butterflies, to follow false
gods, to seek impossible ends.