The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1915-05-17
FAIRBANKS WON EN-.

In Fairbanks, the women are prog-
ne TO be more public-spirited than
he men. and il is beginning 10 look
Is though the women should be
,laced in charge Of most of our
,ublic affairs judging from the way
hey are taking up the playground
question and are planning other so
.ial benefits.
Men have long been i'll the habit:
Il pattinS themselves on the back
md declaring themselves to be the
lords and masters Of all that is
worth while in the world. In all
past ages, the women have been
looked upon only as a sort of slave
% man and if you wanted to show
contempt for 4 man in past times
iou would call him d woman"
But the tables are rapidly turn
,nc. The women are coming to the
ront in public affairs. and today the
work being done by women is prov
ing TO be OF as conservative and
)li5hed by men.
The tendency of men is to make
| people better through the force OF
arbitrary law. while the tendency
u women is to make humanity bet
Ter by the cultivation of humane
instincts. Sometimes the forceful
method is the only way possible
to accomplish the ends Of justice,
but it is being realized of late years
that the way women win out is
through their desire to correct evil
by kindness.
II was not many years ago that
the majority OF school teachers We're
men many OF them being of the
| Ichabod Crane style of humanity
Then, as women began to awaken
to their own rights in the economic
and social features of modern eXis-
tenCe, they began to take up the
burden OF educating the young, the
| mos, responsible position in the at
fairs Of man, Now the great ma
jority OF teachers throughout our
land are women.
Since women have gained control
OF the schools, the new generation
Of men. trained by women in our
schools has learned to appreciate
ire weaker sex, and today women
are crowding into every phase OF
industrial and public life,
The recent awakening of the wa
men in Fairbanks TO the public du
ties was in line with the same thing
that is taking place in almost every
community OF the land. The organ
ization Of tho Woman's Civic club
OF Fairbanks aroused much adverse
criticism on the part Of people who
have always been in the habit OF
looking upon the fair sex as being
unable 10 use good Judgment. Blu;
the club has come to stay, and the
people and the newspapers that
showed the greatest alarm when the
club was first organized are now
among its most ardent supporters.
The women are the originators
Of the idea that to keep our insane
asylums and our prisons empty. or
nearly SO, We must devote ourselves
to training the youth in a way that
will promote health. then morals.
Morals depend more OF less on
physical health, they argue, and thus
they think thAt instead of making
more laws to punish wrong doers,
we should make laws that will pro.
tect the young and prevent then
becoming criminals in the end.
The city council at its last meet
ing questioned the policy advanced
by the Civic Club to establish a
curfew at 10 o'clock in the evening
during the summer time. AS a mat.
ter Of fact, the women in making
that suggestion had In mind the
necessary rest that children must
have in order to be healthful. and
are asking the authorities to aid In
promoting that health. Simply be-
cause there is no school in the
summer time Is no reason why chill.
dren should run abroad during the
hours that nature has provided for
their rest. 1t is to be hoped that
the women will be granted the CO.
operation in this matter that they