El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-27

= = AN = IDEAL OF what woman Oughl
! MI TO be is based upon his belief OF
{ IL what she normally is. better
than himself Mans own selfish desire
! is the chief factor in dragging her down
/ from the pedestal upon which he him
: self has placed her and yet with that
/ strange inconsistency which character
ICES him. he viii idolize her II she re-
sists.
II sin is blacker in woman than in
man. it is because she is by nature
|; purer and has further 10 fall II man
seems 10 condemn sin in the woman
more than in the man. he is paying TO
her for that very reason his highest
compliment
IntOxicaurs are dangerous enough 10
men, 20 women they are especially so
The virtue OF woman with the drink
na5it rs always in danger. The cffec
or alcohol upon wOmans viii power
and sense Of moral responsibility Is
vel known and utilized by the man Of
the world The lack OF moral baIan 2
and defective viii produced in the
woman by drink are more marked than
III the man WOman's emotional or
sanization is more susceptible than
that Of man. hence the special danger
OF drink 10 women
Disastrous Results shown.
The disastrous results OF tippliuc
among women are already too we'll
known 10 physicians. and experience
shows that while men who drink often
reform. women who become victims 10
drink seldom do. Women drink more
than men when once they begin. They
are more reckless and 20 TO pieces
sooner.
That women drink as freely and as
frequently as men is the sad sight 10
be seen in the fashiOna ole cafes and
dining rooms OF our great cities. where
wealth abounds and beauty smiles and
the gayety or their merriment is plain
y something more than the natural
low Of their own spirits
Fashion Is only another term for
public sentiment Business cOmpeti-
ton bars drinking men. Drinking
among women can only be stopped bv
becoming unfashiOna bic There are
persons who would rather be out Of
the world than be out OF the fashion.
but improbable as may be a womau-s
success IN changing the general Gus
toms by her protest. the improbabilitv
or hel success is no reason for being
silent Attempt nothing and nothing
viii be accomplished
Social usages can be more easily
changed than We al first suppose. II
only small mum Der i'm every social
circle Of those who are raised By their
wealth and hospitality. above the accu-
sation OF meanness. and by their stand
ing, above the suspicion. so dreadful
10 endure. OF being unfashiOnable. if a
Few such people were 70 begin the
cnange there would be many to follow
ana a lev years would show general
Improvement
Mans Fate in WOman's Hands.
W omen control the affections of men
ana thereby mould their characters
W omen are the law eivers. men are
the subjects they are influenced by the
teaching they receive from the exam
pie that is set them by the women.
II women mix the drink. men will
not refuse to take il. II women give
men the impression that they are bet
ter company when their tongues are
-oosened 10y drink and treat intemper-
ance as joke. men will regard dissiDs
lou as pardOnable fault
II woman is horrified because some
1oor fellow whose first step I'm folly
vs. taken under her direction. but who
IS now by drunkenness. made unfit 70
ler society her inconsistency will
Dialniy appear and men viii see that
I Is not so much the drinking habit
mat IS condemned. as its vuIgaritv and