The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-17
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
BY DOROTHY DIX
Wor3d's Highest Paid Woman Wrihee.
Mine aud Thine.-t.

A group OF young girls nave peeh
observing an interesting tociai phe-
nomena. It is the inconsistency OF
man as regards. his dealings with wo-
man. The girls have been telling me
about it. They say, with wonder, that
their brothers have two codes of con-
duet for girls. And these two codes
are Numerically opposite.
These girls say that their brothers
like to go about with girls who are
free and easy in manner, who will
kiss fellow good night and let him
| take little familiarities with them, who
will drink a cocktail and smoke
| cigarets. and whose mothers take it
take care of herself, and do not sit up
to lock the door after her when she
comes in at night
But brother does not approve OF this
| conduct in his own sister. He tells
| her to cut out all of this kissing BUSH
ness! That he would rather see her
dead than drinking and smoking in
public places with men. He is always
urging mother to be on the chaperon
| job. and to know the kind of men that
Mamie or Sadie so out with. and to
see that the girls are home at a proper
| hour, and to let the boys know that
her daughters have somebody to take
care CT them.
All OF this seems very queer to these
young girls and they naiyely ask
why is it that our brothers encour-
age other mems sisters to do the very
things they will not permit us to do?
| Why do they treat other mems sisters
SO differently from the way in which
they expect their own sisters to be
treated"
Alas. dear children, you have put
your innocent fingers upon the very
OF men, You have touched the heart
OF his selfishness, which denies the
common Brotherhood and sisterhoo6
OF all humanity, but makes 1t a small
matter of mine and thine. Mine to be
held sacred and protected. Thine Il
Men have always divided womer
into two classes. The women of tIleil
own households, and the women o.
other mems households. The womeY
OF their own households must be lik,
, Caesars wife. above reproach. The,
must be models of virtue. paragons o.
propriety, opponents of the prunes ant
prisms brand of conventionaIity.
A man wants his own sister to keel
herself white and innocent. 1t makei
his blood run cold to think of he
being taken to road houses and dane,
halls where the very air is a con
tamination. and danger turks in ever,
. corner. 1t fills him with horror t.
thing of his little sisters baby lip
, being stained by the sacrilege Of lech
| GIuuS MISSES, anu nc leSlo tIidl ne COul(
throttle the lying. insinuating vote,
that Is trying to break down he
! guards, tarnish her ideals, teach he
to laugh at off-colored stories, an,
. make OF her the kind of girl that h
! has helped make some other man
sister.
!, 1t is a curious thing that maj
: will, without pang of conscience. d,
? to some other woman the thing tina
he will kill another man for doing t
' woman of his own household, and il
that you have the whole measure o
e the height and depth and breadth an,
:. thickness of human selfishRess.
E We have a poignant and tragic Illus
j tration of this in those cases in whicl
] an employer takes advantage of hi
j position to lead astray some girl in hi
office or business.
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