The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-06
cause they DO not live In the creative,
intutitiye stream Of life
Then you have faith I'm woman,s.


cause they DO not live In the creative,
fntutitiye stream OF life
Then you have faith in woman,s
iintnition3"
.The ancient civilizations were
founded around woman and her IN:
tuition al mind. AS q people We have
lost our connection, Jumped the cos
mic rail, because women as sex
have been trailers and not motorcars.
There is grave danger in all this
political and argumentative mix up
that women who think themselves
motorcars may burn out or talk out
theiy fuses. that through too much
organization the suffrage movement
may lose It's. essence and become
chrystalized.
"We women do not need to reform
society or men: simply ourselves. It's
up to us to become the eternal femi.
nine. This Is my message"
But do you mean that women
should put on hoop skirts and blush
whenever man appears" l asked.
Eternal, Not External, Feminine.
You're not talking OF the eternal
feminine" she said, "but of the tenn
poral feminine. The eternally femI.
nine woman Is calm, creative, self.
contained. self.extent, poised In the
truth OF her OWE being. She leans on
man no more than she borrows from
him. He forever seeks her complete.
ness.
Woman is divine in Just the de.
gree she manifests the eternal femi.
nine and the eternal feminine mani.
tests in Goals OF FIRE. 10 carrying the
big end OF things. When woman as
a sex achieves 81 per cent. OF the
eternal feminine the balance will be
struck and she will become the centre
of society.
Biology confirms the type OF the
eternal feminine. The creative life
energy forever seeks to reproduce It.
self. Woman was meant TO be the
representation OF this principle. The
female is the race type, the male the
variant; the female is the main truth,
the male the branch; Adam was csc
ated from Eve and not Eve from
Adam"
Talking Doesn't Change Him.
And then Miss Powers gave bit
of good advice to wives.
when we stand big and fine and
strong and self.controlled men can't
be little. Talking at man doesn't
change him. Being a woman does
he Is yours, every time. Life is not a
fight, when we know better. 1t is a
glorious privilege to harmonic
things. The whining, nagging, quar-
relsome wife gets nothing accom-
plished.
"The Woman's Peace Party" she
added, will be effective not in the
degree in which woman organize and
demand, but just in the degree ii,
which every woman is able%to make
peace in her own personal relation.
ship-and to love her neighbor as
herself.
Best For Man Too.
"Man has put self In the vanguard.
1t has led him to his own slaughter.
Nature put woman in the vanguard.
commanded her to keep one step
ahead; she has Jagged several PAGES
behind. She is now In the process OF
winning back her, lost empire"
"Then you think the situation is
hopeful for herr" I asked.
mot only for her." Miss Powers
said earnestly. Personally, do not
believe that there will be any woman
question in Europe after the war;
women are proving themselves so
splendid, believe that the future will
see girl babies at premium. II We
are dynamos, main trunks, inspira.
tional springs, the eternal feminine,
let's make good: And man and wo.
man are bound to go on together,
their lives to become more intimately
related. until in reality there are
one!"
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