The Alaska daily empire., 1915-02-24

E1lPlRE WEDNESDAY,. FEB. 2
 hecause she ig diiferent because these
 dlffarcnces are fundameniel worldly
 ueeds. that it is neccsoary ihat ha
 shall bring these differences to the {. whether woman wants t or DO, the
 sulir0ge sin force inevitably upon her. J Woman has been responslbie for thc Ihome-so she had yer voice. Now she
 has thrust upon her a new, terrible and glorious responsibility and oppor. tmnity for the home and social aspects
 of the community Wo insist that she must speak but because she is dliler, Iont and not because ahe is alike. The
 vote is no end in itself. To serve the
 community in ways in which saa is
 the creator and specialist Is the end. and rowerd this seryice the women l Of lno civilized world arc pressing
 most Of chem unconsclously--a few of them conspicuously but all Of them
 inevitably
 The first and most profound respect
 in which the new world needs crea- .ive service is in the preparation that ihe community gives to the children iog ihe husiucgs Of living in this new
 world Many ol us are distrassel by the lack of responsibility which SO
 aany children show-thoir failure to understand end yield to the deeper needs CT work and its pl9co In life. This deeper moral equipment for life vas associated. in tho old days, with che taithful performance of tho daily work m tho home and the deep les.
 ions which were learned by working alongside Of parents
 We have thought however that the ,essons lay In the specific work done
 so we hov0 organized the elements of the work with tools into manual trainias we have systematized and organized cooking and sowing into do. meetic science and domestic are Chow prim and strange they do look in their new clothesl and we have put courses in these subjects into our schools. From two to four hours of laboratory Wcrk each week has taken the place oS from six Co twelve hours a day of real work with a real mother doing real work for real people In real home. The result is that our children know moro about the use Of tools
 md the physics and chemistry of cooking and the art Of sewing than lid our grandmothers. And we are only just begnning to realize that
 learning how to work has in no re- spect the chavacter-cffect of working, and that being taught is one thing. and working with, is another; and that Knowing how, and having responsibr- ity for are all different in their eg. tects upon fife.
 About cookng for example. have grown most of the social feelings and customs of the family To break bread or Co cat salt together is deeper .hing than the knowledge of physics and chemistry Involved in the cooking !. To know cooking in its social sense
 -wh!ch Is It's important sense to all Of rs who are not Co be cooks-is tof have developed the art Of human soc. clal Intercourse and relationships. ltl Ia to make the body and ioed the soul. ! Pho college girl gets her chafing dish not because she is hungry but to feed her soul with the charm of comrade- ship
 em not trying to say that the science of cooking IS unimportant- but that taken alone it is mechanical | It and the whole family of sciences that con be taught and prachcod in schoo do not furnish us with the equivalent in eQuipmen, for fife that was found in the actual work of the nome a century ago. Nor does it in any wey equip the child with the new. CT social feelings that are demanded of the adult in a modern community
 This s a rapid, though trust not superficial sketch of the present world affairs as regards women. To meet She new and larger responsibilities it is necessary that she shall:
 1.-Continue Co learn team work, bringing about home conditions of beauty comfort. health, social hoppi- ness and wholesomeness In the com. munt ty means the worry highest order of mutual loyalty and of team work. This is a new demand upon woman.
 2.-She must restore the conscious ness Of dignity romance and beauty .o daily work that it may once more take It's place in tho training of char acter
 S.-She must bring back and make deep and beautiful these physic relo- 1ons which have been injured by the forces that have kept mothers and daughters from working together
 4-And last, and most important and most difficult, Che nature of true social relations is to be so revealed by her that adventure, romance and happiness shall be found in the human of life and work, rather han in its slouehs and deserts.
 The deepest need of woman is the need O, being needed. This is why ihe responds to the sick or crippled ,hild If ever woman was needed t is today The very riot Of our ma er,al riches is the peril of our souls. Woman ls already lakIng bold of the