Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1916-01-29
MR.. CROWLEY
DRAWS FIRE
Phoenician's Estimate of
the Writer Who Detained
Womanh0od in a Late Is
sue Of the New York IN
dependent.

Women, with rare exceptions, are
not, responsible. They have not soul
! but only sex; they have no morals
only moods 1t is useless to punish
! them and very difficult to guard
against them. You can prevent
man from harming you, as rule, be-
cause you know what he is going to
do; you cannot so prevent a woman
| because she does not know what she
is going to do herself
! This and much more to the same
effect is contained in an article by
on The Crime Of Edith CaveH."
hich was commented upon editorially
in The Republican.
Mr.. Crowley's estimate of woman
| has aroused Indignation among the
! leading club women and society ma
irons who regard his statements as
/ vicious untruths' or who laugh at
| him for his scant knowledge Of wo-
man.
Mrs. c. c. Hutchinson. a well known
social leader and active in club ac-
tiVities said: The estimate concern
| ing women expressed by Mr. Crowley
is so unreasonable as to he unworthy
Of our serious consideration. We know
| that his expression does not reflect
! the sentiment of broadminded man
hood of any age
Touching upon the subject that led
to Mr.. Crowleys outburst against
women-the English nurse who was
executed in Belgium for assisting Bel
! Sian and British prisoners to escape,
Mrs. Hutchinson continued: 1t is UNI
! fortunate that Mr.. Crowley should
allow his sympathy with Germany
and the tragedy of Miss Cavell TO so
distort his view as to cause him to
make the general statement regarding
women. We pity Mr. Crowley that
he is compelled to live with himself,
and we pity the memory Of his mother
which he has dishonored'
Il certainly do not agree with MIR.
| Crowley" said H. b. st. Claire, chair
man of the ciVics- education depart
ment of the Womans club. He does
not know women. If it were not for
the morals of women the world would
become depraved. They have proven
just as responsible as men when re-
sponsibility has been placed upon
them. Certainly they are more moral
Mrs. Z. H. Abbot of the Arizona
1 Congress of Mothers and a member
of some half dozen clubs and social
organizations, does not believe it Il
question of sex. She would not draw
comparison as she is of the firm be-
lief that men and women are equally
moral. Soul is matter Of individu-
atty according to Mrs. Abbot.
That all men do not agree with Mr..
Crowley is evident from the follow
ing from a well known Phoenician
According to an editorial in the Re
publican of January 10 date, MI.
Crowley has evolved from his inner
consciousness an article denying to
woman the possession Of a soul, or
morals, or conscience and we affirm
Tat he gathered his information like
| the man who had never seen a camel,
but described such an animal as he
thought one ought to be-
We can but wonder what sort OF
| women Mr. Crowley must have grown
Up among or associated with in his
later life
| Soul-Why woman is super soul in
herself-the good God when he placed
the responsibility of perpetuation OF
the race upon woman, endowed her
with the soul power necessary for the
purpose Did that writer ever see a
mother caring for her baby and fai
to see the soul shining in her love-lit
eyes. The soul predominates anC
governs woman's entire life
Churches are but schools for sou
growth and how long would churches
! live if the women were removed from
them? 1t is the soul controlling force
which sends women to the hospital!
and trenches to care for, endure, an(
ii necessary to die for those whit
come under their ministrations
1t is because we dare not face tn
pure white soul of some good woman
that man does not often give away I,
the lower impulses which would other
wise control him.
And Conscience Womans con
= science is so clear in the matter o
right and wrong that not one man il
ten dares tell his wife of his business
transactions His conscience seldom
Tevolts at practices which would neve
: be resorted to by the woman WI,
pours his coffee in the morning, an
whose conscientious reproof he dare
i not face so tells her not TO bother he
head with business.
Emotions-Well she no doubt ha
emotions. 1t is well for this wicke
old world that she has them for the
are in the main good ones. She ma
give away sometimes to wrong one
hot when she does she can always fin
some masculine animal to assist her
: ~their development and practice. II
seldom meets her with emotions
calm deliheration calculated to set he
!, back upon the pedestal of her woman
= purity. He can give way to his emo
tons without serious injury to repl
tation to body or estate, indifferent
y the fact that her lapse is life long
:. The world is filled with good wome
The pages of history are continuol
= records of them. The church,
throughout the ages have exalted Il
woman Mary. This country wou
have remained undiscovered possb
fer another century but for the cal
Judgment and wisdom of Isabella
Spain. France might have bee
blotted from the map but for 10:
Of Are. When the Macedonian G.
: came to Paul Come and help us,