The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-03-12


latchkey is the badge of her emanc
patton. She Is no longer the wooe
but the wooer. She has. and exc
cises. the right to select her ow
mate
DIR. Alfred %. Schofield. the lates
champion of the modern woman. nd
sanced this courageous theory at
recent lecture at the Central hall. dis
cussing that strangely tangled sub
ject. The Psychology Of the Femal
Mind"
The subject. says Doctor Schoheld
presents at the moment n dssolyin:
view of great promise. The woman
or early Victorian days has nearly dis
appeared though she may still b,
found In remote country places-the
gentle, quaint, prim. yet graceful lady
with her tippet and poke bonnet. her
samplers and her still room. But the
new is betterl The coming picture
Is on nobler and grander lines. The
gentle submission and downcast eve
may not be easy to find nowadays. but
they have been replaced by the can
did and clear look of complete eman-
cipation and the upright figure OF the
freedom.
Marvel In Rapid Advance.
The marvel is that with such rapid
advance there has not been more ex-
travagance. Setting aside exceptions
nothing is more delightful and marvel
GUS than the quiet. decent self-respect-
ing dignity of the modern latchkey
young woman living in her own rooms
IN large cit-. Very severe structures
nave been passed on her dress In
these last few years, but that has
somewhat confused the causes. In all
times OF war and general upheaval
similar caprice in women's dress has
been observed, but that WIS not in any
way the outcome of the emancipation
Of womanhood.
The remarkable lack of women's in
terests In their own minds, Doctor
Schofield points out. is n very curious
point No doubt this is a survival Of
the past bad years. After the most
careful search In the libraries of the
world no works on psychology written
by women are dlscoverable. save, per-
maps, tentatively by that remarkable
Swede. Ellen Key.
The world still waits for true con-
ception Of the female mind written by
woman. The future of England and
America largely depends on the quail
ity OF wOman's mind today A good
physique Is important to the next gen
Grafton Of woman, but the quality of
her mind is of still greater Importance
than her body. In proposed legislation
which Is now being considered with
regard to the prevention Of a certain
contagious disease, the question really |
turns on whether the health or the |
morals of nation are of greater i'm
portance. In ultimate analysis there /
Is no antagonism between health and |
morals.
Value Of Mans Body.
In earlier times the value of mans |
body was supreme; woman's mind
then was cultivated better than
mans and her preponderance as a sex
IN spiritual matters was overwhelm-
Ing. When man, however, substituted
machinery for manual labor his bodily
powers were heavily discounted and
his success in life depended on his In
tellectual powers; ut the same time,
relieved OF constant physical exhaus-
ton his spiritual outlook approximate
ed more nearly to that of women.
Since then the resemblance Of the
sexes has increased.
The result is nowhere more marked
than In the typical presentment of
John Bull. A hundred years and more
ago the streets in this country were
nlled with portly. rubicuna men, stern
Or jovial of visage. and vastly differ
ent from the more intellectual but
slightly anaemic aud attenuated in
dividuals who fill their role today.
The doctor admits that the substitu-
ton OF tea and coffee for beer has
been minor factor In the change,
The mothers atmosphere in the
home is stronger than heredity Ev-
cry training college for women must
include special instruction In the right
education of childhood. The charac-
ter OF the child, even of the nation. de-
ponds mainly, not on heredity, but on
environment or atmosphere. discipline
Or habit. and so ideal or example In
the parents life. 1t is absolutely
cruel to allow girls to become wives
and mothers without their acquiring
any knowledge Of these mighty forces.
any idea Of the value of their own
minds, any insight into these great
hut simple powers. or any skill In their
use.
Endowment or Motherhood.
Man Is mainly, In virtue OF his eco
nomic position. tht principal selectOr
in matrinOny--a fact which Is detri-
mental to the status Of woman and
her offspring. So long as women are
mostly dependent on their fathers un-
I'll they change that for dependence
~ their husbands will they continue
to retain many OF the characteristics
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