The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-05-12

When pain and anguish rack the brow
A ministering Angel, Thou"
Thus briefly, did the poet Scott de-
scribe the woman of his day, as he
saw her. And yesterday afternoon,
in a more detailed manner, Evan
gelist Bob Jones described the wo-
man of his day, as he sees her. Yes
terday afternoon the NEE rs at the
tabernacle was for women only,
There were womcn ushers, women
singers. and the women put in the
collection-$165 worth of it Gap
p%lausc). Just about time for the SER
'ices to start, the rain began to pour,
and in a few minutes finding a dry
spot in the tabernacle was almost
like finding the %proverbial needle in
the hay stack. After a while, how
ever, the rain held up, and, az many
ladies had requested that he should
not cut short his remarks, Mr.. Jones
launched into his full lecture.
AS a preliminary statement, Mr..
Jones said that, from a human stand
point, the hope of the world Is in the
goodness of our women. The apos-
tie Paul, writing to Timothy said, in
effect. you had a good mother and
a good grandmother " = =" and so to-
day, as a usual thing great men are
the sons of great mothers. But wo-
man has in recent years come down
from her pedestal and old time stand
ards are being broken down. Men are
losing respect for women, as a class.
AS an example, Is the man who will
try to flirt with a strange girl on
the train, because he finds so many
willing to fiirt that he is willing to
a chance on every girl he sees.
And the why of 1t, according to Mr..
Jones, is explained in a nut she'll in
this verse from the 9Th chapter OF
Timothy: "She that liveth in pleas
ure Is dead while she liveth." Modern
woman adopts herself to n circum-
she fits the style, whatever it
whether the styles fit her or not.
hope" said MI. Jones, that this
war will have at least one good effect,
In checking voluptuous France from
dumping voluptuous styles on Ameri .
women" This going in for ex-
In style has a detrimental eff
feet on woman, herself, on growing
girls, on the opposite sex in general
and on her W husband in particular.
When a woman is dressed in the la
lest she Is self conscious and self
consciousness detracts from beauty.
Many a woman today, said Mr.. Jones,
8 nothing but a decorated animal"
she may have soul mind and body
OF great things, and yet he
on the plane OF the animal. Her
soul dries out without Cod. i girl
when she il ~immodestly dress
I'd, and too many mothers are dedi-
their daughters on the altar of
fashion. There are girls who sell
their souls. their bodies. and their
very lives to keep up the pace with
he fashions Of the Weather men,
bers of their sex, because there is in
them the craving for looking as good
those other girls" The sin of
today, says Bob Jones, is the
OF adultery. The socalled street
Washers can be stopped whenever
women Of America begin to wear
more Clothes l don't expect the
men n boys of America to do right
until the women Of America dress
Many a wife and daughter
drive their husband and father to
bankruptcy and ruin with their in
satiabie desires for finery, and even il
It Is not that bad they keep fathers
nose to the g%rindstone and keep turn
the grindstone. too" Woman of
today loves admiration, and it's a dan
gerous ground she is treading on when
sho does. Young girls walk up tho
of cities and towns with an ali,
of Well. how do you like my looks"
Its all right for a woman to be neat
very often a slovenly woman will lose
her husbands love through her SLOW
Illness, but it is not proper for a wo-
TO try and attract admiration with
physical charms. The woman of to-
DAY is "bossy." Said Mr.. Jones, "She
wants to run things, and we have al
ready turned over the house., the
children, and business world and the
church to her, and now she wants to
run the politics." Some women drive
their sons. and brothers away, and