New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-13
The Great Change in England

in a third class compartment. The Englf
worker is sociable person. Nor an | -
ferring to the upper class, which has sprn.
its governors, explorers and sportsmen on;
the earth, and whose women ride to u
hounds, drive ambulances under the grss
and speed up the suffrage campaign.
am speaking of the English middle ca''
the forlornest middle class known TO q,
France and America have nothing like i
The suppression of emotional life in D,
women-the creation of the pose Of "gs'e
FORM" the severely reticent lady, neiisS
heard nor even seen in public-has re-
suited in a rather widespread hysteris IN
that one stratum of the community: the mic
die class layer. These women are desro'
to be true to type, to do nothing that
not correct, and the result has been pm
and regulated life, full of negations with ne
instructive impulses and desires Of frs
creative life left out of the reckoning M
ure punished this suppression with rs-'''
maladies. One London specialist sad De
knew of several hundred of such cases.
4 Release from Hysteria
This hysteria was shown in certain mshF
festGtons Of the militant suffrage mov'n'a-
| am not speaking of the leaders. Mrs. Pan
hurst is very charming woman, OF dss''
mined will and well balanced mentality VIC
adopted n programme of action because gu
believed she was forced 70 il by the densha'
Of the situation. Mrs. Genera" Drumn'n'
is the most delightful humorst, with the *
ception Of Chcsterton, whom have ever n'@
She is .aminously sane. My wife anc sps..
three DAYS with her at Havre, and she n''
US through the evenings till midnigh' WV.
her "reminiscences Of carrying hanson 81
into the House of Commons, floating co.,
the Thames in a tug past Parliament ana :.
dressing the statesmen on the Emosnkn''1
who had to sit and listen. because they W.
chained TO their afternoon tea. Another Us
she was in the gallery Of crowded pss"
hall and in trying to go out became soN
gled in the pedals of the organ, and sew "
waiing notes. Miss Konney is modesb"
nest young woman, of clear ideahstie pu'I',..
This handful Of leaders, who msnipnla'e' "
Woman's Social and Political Unlon' 0"
pressing themselves. But the movement
tracted an element in the middle class s'~
is in spiritual bondage, and certain o. "
showed signs OF hystcria in their respS.
Tho bitterness of tone In the books OF GERS
English women writer's is another indi''''''
Of suffering.
To all such victims Of suppressed "'
leading to anxiety, melancholy and n''' \,
the war has come as release, fo'
given them exciting occupation Ihe'
entered industry, commerce. goyernm'". .,I
ployment. They have nursed soldiers 80 -,
at canteens and become part OF NV
communal life flowing past them.
These minor changes OF idea and s'. =,
and emotional response are all pan q
great change which has come over tn1 A
Life is no longer a monopoly-pOsse'''s' A.
the upper classes. Of the male SEX -.
mother country, Of the Westminster !. !,
ment. of the captains of industry az,
not a matter to be postponed to the 's. ..sus.
and the choir invisible. II is the ~
here and now OF ones will and ensH ~
by impulse and shaped by though. ol a.
is the person concerned, and the nsPp',ssy
ciety in which to feel at home Is
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