Evening journal., 1915-02-17
Peoples Column
WOMAN Am HER POSITION.


in this city not long ago said
In every place where women are
IN supreme control Of the government
you will find higher morality and a
cleaner system OF government
| Where is there a place in this coun-
/ try or any other country on the face
Of the earth where woman has had
the supreme control of the govern
ment that has been raised TO higher
morality and a cleaner system of gov
I ernment in any of its sections tan
: that shown by men in like positions?
There isn't any and never viii be-
\ Colorado was one of THE first States
TO grant women suffrage
] Where is there in any section of it
/ or any other suffrage State a higher
morality and cleaner system of gov
\ ernment than that shown by non-suf-
frage States where men are in su-
I preme control Of the government
There isn't any and never will be.
I That only goes TO show thai wo-
mans place is not in the political
world or any other world where they
are in competition with men.
Take the business world for in
stance. In every commercial school
in this country where the both sexes
are admitted. after graduation. the
Young man has TO compete with the
women in securing a position with the
odds all against him. In many cases
; the young man has wife and family
TO support In the majority OF cases
the woman has no one but herself The
young man makes an application FOR
a position with the woman right at
his heels. The young man in consid-
ering his responsibilities will, of
course. expect a fair salary. The
woman, with no one 10 support but
herself can afford TO work for a half
or a third the salary necessary for
the young man. She is just as eff
cient as he is She must be to gradu-
ate from the same school; and. Of
course. she gets the position. regard
less of the anxiety and privations
forced upon her married sisters and
, many similarly qualified single sisters
by doing so.
Women have been doing this for
, many years in fact. ever since they
had the chance Now, is this right7
! Is this championing the rights of
men taking the place Of the natural,
kind. sympathetic and loving nature
Of women? Is il an example Of the
future woman under suffrage teaching
and government?
A sufragist in a speech in this
city not long ago. Indignantly rel
marked that "it was not until 1917
that women we're admitted into col
leges." Far better would Il have been
IL they never had been admitted into
colleges if this is an example OF their
products or future products. Another
suffragst speaker said i'm this city a
few weeks ago that "the trouble with
women was thai they didn't organ
ize. The only organization necessary
that ! can see is the organization in
the bond Of love. sympathy and help
fulness toward their more modest and
lady-like sisters. whom they have nc
doubt more or less embarrassed by
their unnatural and mannish ways
and ambitions.
Woman's place is in the home. II Il
her only natural and right place.
There she can demonstrate and devol
op her ordained position. that of be
ing the helpmcet and consolation o
man Industrious and respectable
families are in demand in every com
munity. II greatly depends upon thu
mother 10 rule her home and children
so that they will he a benefit to the
community. for whatever affects the
home must. more OF less, affect the
community; not that the father is
careless or Indifferent as to the fu-
iure welfare of his home and chill
dren but that it is womans place tC
rule and care for such. Consequently
she cannot follow another line of work
and fulfill her natural duty WOmer
have not the strength, courage or abil.
ity to make a success of the profes-
sions in which they compete with men
Therefore they must. in the majority
of cases, meet with failure.
It is right, for IL is natural. for tn,
man to support the woman and she tC
be entirely dependent upon him. Only
in this way, and from the safe harbol
of the home can she look with de
fance at the hardships and snares o
the outer world TO be happy
mother and the mistress of a home is
from eirlhood the highest hopes anC
ambitions of a natural woman, but in
the commercial world she can neither
have or properly take care of those
AOHttQuNHtief cut must hAtti VIII
failure, for she is working against heI
greatest duty. No intelligent woman
pretends for a moment that she does
not desire such. but what man would
have a woman for a wife of the kinC
z in question? In pursuing every line
of work but the right one. how could
she be his holpmate and consolation
No intelligent person fails to hope
a for the day when women will see hel
a duty and do il as il was naturally in.
q tended-tho desire for her as she wa:
n before these equality ideas obtained
prominence.
D Woman never was. is not and never
u will be the equal of man. We long fOl
q the day when women shall be of one
4 ambition; when all women shall be OF
q tie same level. organized in the bono
& of love. sympathy and helpfulness to
ward each other. Then. and only
81 then. can she fulfill her divinely or
= dained station that of being the help
n meet and consolation of men.
a A FUTURE LAWYER.
Wilmington, Del. Feb. 16. 1915.
3 FUND FOR A HIGGINS PORTRAIT
q To the Editor of THE EVENINC
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