Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-11
|1NsWOhAN HAS LOST
Al|RT or HEART CULTURE
ldttlc Hope for Society When Sex
Acquires Too Much OF Mans
Viewpoint.
moo busy WITH OUTSIDE WORK
;Ellen Key Says Modern Woman Is
Buffer in Education and Neg
lects to Bring Up Chilrrcn With
Trained Characters.
ny ELLEN KEY.

STOCKHOLM July lo.-The old
n 6ideallsts who fought for woman
II scmanoipation are disappointed nod
6serns,womaH has not lived up to the
\ promises which the older generation
Thought she gave
Woman today has acquired mans
viewpoint. She places kn4wisnEe'
work social activity above develop
4 mentor character and culture n
4 her Intense desire not TO lag behind.
she has lost the faculty OF intro
TButiwithout introspcction no prog
ress Is possible. society viii fall TO
Rspieces,fif both sexes give themselves
II UP TO; out side Interests Previously
/ self-control Today they let them
\ selves go as much as men
Need Culture OF Heart.
The world needs culture OF the
e heart more than ever before. !,
needs character. real personality; ~
Seness, Of good breeding, which arc not
merely an empty shell but practical
q ,educational forces which society can
e5not ignore for any length OF time
without losing stamina and strength.
IA Women Of today are SO busy with
outside affairs that they have no Time
ITO deyelop their own personality 10
acquire that culture which makes a
person milder and wiser ahlc TO
1 Judge men and things by their real
worth. instead OF by appearances.
=
They are no, ye, able to discern the
tstrue proportion between work and
play. J! They ovcrwork. give them
Eselves up too exclusively 10 one In
lgterest, throw themselves without re-
Egard to their own physical strength
land to conditions in general into pub
|SIic activities. When they allow the
EShSme,,to be spoiled by Hn arr ss,- @.
b OF work and play. they Ignore the art
Lfof. 7iirinS.
Life in common is delicate bios
as the blossoms in the gar
[8densif II ia TO bear the right kind OF
fruit. II is up to the women 10 d.
so. They must not forget ihat the
small amenities OF life are just as
kessehtial as business enterprises and
FspoHtiCal campaigns.
MANY women are dil!cLanies and
blatfsrs in ed sh;,nIn They don't
character, but feel they think they
have. done their duty when the child
is GENT TO good school and line
NclotfIes are provided for II. Sound
fmorsl teaching. sane guidance for
Ilife,J the faculty OF judging matters
;fearlessly and frankiy-how many
swogten convey these TO their chill
New Morality Napid.
III Women. too. aavc neglected the in
aHSHee they might haTe had had on 'i me
MORALITY has not bromEht about a
experimentation OF marriage. For the
;time being. AT least. II has merely
Iscrepted more confusion. caused hasty
kidivprccs. free unions and successive
lltrial relationships But out OF this
iCoTJtusioI the women of tomorrow
may be able TO evolve n higher NOR.
ESality. applicable to both men and
women.
Hut ii women have lost the pre-
fcious qualities OF ahnegation and in.
1troEpcction. their influence on social
The best type Of women is inspired
| by What one might call social moth
i erhnod' she gives her tenderness "a
pndJ wishes To shield and protect
Srerythinc weak and poor. Il'Gt
lies the hone for the future. TIL,
ideal o.. social mothcrhood" We
spread. and. realizing the value OF
{the5g old fashioned qualities Of culture
and seif-control. women viii even
tuaily play the part IN human society
{theS are fitted for