The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-01
o WOMEN. WOMEN!
Absolutely without sympathy. Petty
and selfish, and What Not.

To TIE EDITOR or THE Sun Sir: Isn't
IL about lime some one put a quietus on
the inane irruptions OF this woman
w~orshipper calling himself a 'Soc!olo-
g.st"? Evidently your correspondent
knows little OF life save what can be
cleaned from a study or palace car
window. meeting only wonen OF the
better type. It's a Pity there isn't a
Jaw making men with such views as
he expresses the chatte.s OF rms
The supposed cultivated state" OF
women to-day is largely "A surface cul
tivat!on as for heart and common
sense" nine-tenths OF the women OF the
better classes" have neither
II pettlness, ~seltishness, deception, re-
venge and hypocrisy are superior char
acteristlcs. then your correspondent Is
correct IN according woman "A higher
status. for the average female is GER
taiuiy abundantly endowed with these
traits. Her tendency 10 lie faster than
a horse can trot upon every slight prov
ocation is proverbial II known 10
every man out OF his teens whose nose
ISN'T constantly In a book.
The so-called superior cul:urc" OF
the women OF the upper classes Is all
due to mans self-sacrifce. which denies
him the necessary time TO acquire culi
ture himself.
TlpIfUNt ISdlf' IN VI NV w.
b.est women tina ever lived. gives a
truer estimate OF her sex;
Women have no sympathy. have never
found one woman who has altered her
lite one iota for me or my opinions My
doctrines have taken no hold on women
Not one OF my C-mean following learned
anything from me, or gave herself for
one moment. after she came home. "a
carry out the lesson OF that war or those
hospitals. No woman that I know ma
ever appris A apprendre. And l attribute
this to want OF sympathy. The only
woman I ever Influenced by sympathy
was n lady superintendent, Yet she over
whelmed me constantly with her own
business. Women crave for being loved
not for loving They scream out 20 you
for sympathy all day long they are In
capable OF giving any in return. for they
cannot remember your anairs long enough
u do SO. they cannot state a fact cor.
rect.y to another. nor can that other at,
tend TO f. accurately enough for II tr
become Information.
In one respect | do believe I am like q
man; l have sympathy.
To men she pays the highes, tributes
for their chivalry and unsclfshness.
The suffraEettc brand Of 'superiority'
is clearly revealed in the recent pub
llNlltNA IlbA'FA VI Wv W. NAA'
Woman. Political Union against IN,
ucmb,rs OF hat organization givinl
any funds for the relief OF the Belgiar
non-combatants. The leading spirit II
this cold blooded proposition declared
am not giving a cent nor an old gar
mcnt to the Red Cross or the Relgia'
relief funds. ! say we should let them
die unaidcd by us, unaldci, yes; but tn
warning nations would have TO supper
them ana have Just so much less ~
slaughter,ng one another. In any case
better for some to die now than to sacri
nee thousands moro in a prolonged war
We have only a certain amount OF time
and money to give, therefore we believ'
In devotinR II to the one cause .
votes for women.
All the average woman to-day is con
cerned about IL her rights" and priv
lcges, And men who worship her sc,
are only looked upon with contempt.
Il. c. LOCKE.
MONTICELLO, May 20.