El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-20

r ANY women fail in their mis-
MI sion for want Of force They
4 L lack moral fibre. They have no
driving power. Their backbone is all
pulp and their nature all straw. in
stead Of spine.
The world wants women with opin-
ions. women with a will. women who
have the moral courage Of invasion.
The regard paid to woman in society
depends very much upon the standard
Of morality she sets up and in every
circle She fixes a standard above which
few men have the courage to rise.
The catastrophe of every play Of
SHAKESPEARE is caused always by the
folly or fault or man, the redemption
where there is any. is by the wisdom
ana virtue of a woman, and falling
that there is none, and in all the great
masters Of poetry and fiction WOmau's
influence is the controlling power upon
which for good or i'll. the catastrophe
turhs.
The world would 90 to ruin without
the Influence Of wOman's moral and
social character. But woman's power
is not equal 10 the worlds need. The
world Us a. grand Pandora's box OF s
wickedness, a far spread scene OF
selfishness and sensualism. in which
woman herself, occupies a cOnspicu-
GUS part.
There is today a loud call for a more
powerful influence in behalf Of NOR
taity. WOman's power alone can draw
the average man from the whirlpool Of
folly, break up his degrading habits.
! dissipate the maxims Of a low prudence
! daily dinned into his ears In this money
getting age. broaden, deepen and
Z strengthen his mental and moral Wis
/ ion, by substituting grander motives.
higher aims. loftier sentiments and
ne
Why do not the women Of TODAY
exercise the same moral sway over
their male associates that our fathers
I tell US our mothers did over them
/ Is il not because they lack force Of
] character Their moral wills are nos
/ resolute. Their influence is not armed
s with executive power They would not
] have a drunkard for a husband. no. not
+ they, but they do not hesitate to take
I a drink with a young man. They
! would not be dishonest, but they exag-.
! gerate and equivOc5te, affect and pre-
| tend. so that many men seldom think
/ Of believing what many women tell
I them.
| They are mortified to read that a
| young man has robbed his employee.
but the same night allow a SO or SIS
| week clerk to spend as much for a
I taxi and seats at a show, with sup
I per afterwards. when they ought 10
know that such appearances can be
I kept up only by borrowing from
| friends or by robbing employers. Thew
would not be licentiOus. but they have
no stunning rebuke for men whose
touch is pollution and whose embrace
is social and moral death. This is the
virtue Of too many women.
Society needs women who will re-
gard their moral convictions as solemn
resolves to be true to duty. come what
may. Fair beyond compare is she who
can show Us ourselves, who can make
| voyages Of discovery within us. a diver
who brings up from the depths of our
nature new pearls of thought that we
never dreamed we possessed before.
Varied as womans gifts are, versa
tile as she may be in her adaptabilitv
TO all sorts OF work, valuable as are
her direct contributions TO human well
fare. her peculiar power, her highest
possibilities for good or i'll. a power
which she can never abdicate2 though
she may abuse it. is her influence. a
force in human life. mighty and meas
ureless. winning and losing battles,
turning the tides of time. and con-
trolling the character Of civilization.