Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-02
Abiding Fn,th I'm wom,,

To the Editor OF The Tiines-Dispatch:
Sir In reading the letters from cor
appearing lately in your columns. tho
writer has been amazed by many cf
the statements and accusations; but
what has puzzled her mort has been
the seeming lack OF belief in woman
Kind. To one who has an abid-
ing Inherent faith In woman to
and who has always held that the only
real test TO apply TO any woman II
what she thinks OF woman: the APP
parent delight women can experiences
III seeking and :clatinE anything to
dtscicdit their own sex IL incompre-
hensihle. Why always see the hole In
the douEhnut!
For instance. Colorado; poor Colo
RADIO II as YOUR correspondent re-
marks. the Legislature OF that State
did not inicrsc The Federal suffrage
amendment. why not think. az was the
truth Of the matter. that IL thought.
as many but by no means all. persons
in Virginia believe. that the question
should be left TO the Individual States.
But that same Legislature did not dis.
ciss !or one moment the repeating of
the equal suffrage amendment ratified
by the male voters OF that State; fur
thermorc. II recorded its approval Of
woman suffrage.
What an arra!gnmcnt OF the teach
ing body OF Colorado. TO imply that
The paci;ists among them number so
many as 10 threaten the welfare OF
respondent does not dream for one scc-
"nd that there Is a state in the Union
In which racits,s do no, exist among
its teachers. There is still n Wide
spread pacifst vote in the United
states. II Is not confined To the Sc
crctiy hostile German Americans" said
The Times Dispatch recently in IN ed
itoriai Certainly that sentiment Is not
limited TO tcachcrs-in Colorado or
elsewhere. Is II not uncomfortable that
the people of Colorado. men and wom-
IA n NJ INT Il
en-. OF pubic instruction that accom-
pi'Shcd. larEc-mtndcd woman. Mrs.
Mary &. G. Bradford remembered so
pleasantly and gratefully by many per-
sons in Virginia who are Interested IN
the cducat!c3 OF our youth? or that
the National Educational Association.
president II the school affairs un1er
her direction had come to such a passe
More than three fourths OF the teachs
erS are women. All worthwhile teach,
ers welcome the advent OF men of the
right caiibrr int" the teaching pro-
tession: but none fears that the teach
turning out. or Will turn out. molly
coddlcs. \ REPUTATION OF that though;
il the army Of young men-none liner
how rushing to the call of their
country: to the cry of 4 world In dis
iress. Did not Colorado long ago fur
nish her quota" How about Virginia.
Almost as ineXplicablc to the writer,
II the implied mistrust of man. What
an Indictment Of our manhood. to fear
the incredible. often degrading effects
some women seem to expect when
equal suffrage shall prrvail' This
phase OF the question is tho one least
intelliGihle TO the women who live In
our Western States.
In tho forest. always there can be
found biightcL. distorted trees and
some never see tn" forest for the trees:
in every great movement there VIII be
the conspicuous fanatics, "thc lunatic
fringe: nevertheless. the mighty truths
a "a mr. IN
"PUZZLED."
Cnancock. November l. 1917.