The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-03-19
Modern Woman
Is Superior to
GRANDMOTHER

London.--The woman OF today is m
Intellectually and physically superior 10
her grandmother of the ever-ready
blush and the downcast eye. Her
latchkey is the badge of her enamel
patton. She is no longer the wooed
but the wooer. She has, and eXer-
cises, the right to select her W
mate.
DR.. Alfred T. Schofield, the latest
champion of the modern woman, ad-
vanced this courageous theory at a
recen. lecture ~ the Central hall, dis
cusSing thai ec-suzeiy tangled sub
ject, "The Psychology of the Female
Mind"
The subject, says Doctor 5chc9e!a,
presents at the moment y ~dissolvihS
view OF great promise. The woman
of early Victorian days has neaTly as
appeared, though she may still he
found in remote country p~laceS-the
gentle, quaint, prim, yet graceful lady
with her tippes and poke bonnet. her
samplers ara fer still room. But the
new is better! The coming picture
is &. nobler ana grander lines. The
gentle submission and downcast eye
may o be easy to find nowadays, but
they have been replaced by the can
did and clear look of complete oman
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-
trayagance. 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 roorns
in q large cit. Very severe structures
have been passed on her dress in
these last few years, but that has
somewhat confused the causes. In all
times of war and general uphcuval
similar caprice in women'S dress mas
been observed, but that was not in any
way the outcome of the emancipation
OF ~wOmanhOod.
The remarkable lack Of wOmen'S in
tereStS i'm their own minds. Doctor
Schotield points out. is a very curious
point. No doubt this is Il 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 diScOverable. ave per
haps, tentatively b. that re- r,iable
Swede. Ellen Key.
The world stiFl waits for n true con
ception Of the female mind written by
a woman. The future of England md
America largely depends on the quail
ity Of woman's mind today. A good
physique is important to the neXt gen
Grafton Of oma 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 Il certain
contagious disease, the question really
turns on whether the health OF the
morals Of q 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; a woman's mind
then was cultivated better than a
mans and her preponderance as Il 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; at 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 %presentlnent of
John Bull. A hundred years and more
ago the streets In this country were
filed with portly, rubieund men. stern
or jovial of visage. and vastly differ
ent from the more intellectual but
slightly anaemIc and attenuated in
dividuals who All their role today.
The doctor admits that the substitu-
ton of tea and coffee Cor beer has
been a minor factor in the change.
The mothers atmosphere in the
home is stronger than l~credity. Ev-
cry training college for women mus
include special instruction in the right
education Of childhood. The charac-
ter Of the Child. even Of the nation, de-
ponds mainly, not Oil 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 W
minds, any insight into these great
but simple powers, or any skill in their
use.
Endowment or Motherhood.
Man is mainly. In virtue of his eco
nomic position. tht principal selector
I'm matrimony-a fact which is detri-
mental to the status Of woman and