The Washington times., 1920-07-23
THE RESTLESS SEX
A Romantic Film Drama With
MARION DA VLES
BY Robert w. Chambers.


drift nothing spinslsss and ire
sponsibls.
AS for stsphanis's mother j
know little about her. ] think she
was merely a healthy young animal
without education. submitting TO
and following instinctivsiy the nrst
man who attracted her. Which
happened to be my unhappy .nep-
hew."
She shook her head and sassd
musingiy at the window where the
sunshine fell.
There are. the propositions; this
Is the problem. Mr. C.leland. Now
let US look at the conditions which
bear directly on IT, Am I boring
your"
mo" he said. 'Irs very neces-
ssry to consider this matter I'm
just beginning to realize that I'm
really not nttsd to guide and con-
troll stephanie."
She laughed.
what a confession! But do you
know that. all over the world. mon
are beginning 70 come to similar
conclusions? Conditions absolutely
without precedent have arisen
within q few brief years. And Ste
phanie. Just emerging into womah-
hood. 10 about to face them. The
day of the woman has dawned.
ours 10 a restless sex" continued
Miss Quest grimly. And this 10
the age Of our opportunity. I don't
know Just what II Is that animates
my enfranchised sex. now that the
world has suddenly nuns open doors
which have confined US through i'm
memorial years--each woman to her
own marrow cell. privileged only to
watch freedom through iron bars.
But there runs a vast restless
ness throughout the world; in every
woman's heart the seeds of revolu-
tion, SO long dormant. are germi-
mating. The time has como when
she is to have her ming. And she
knows IT.!
She shrugged her trim shoulders:
1T is the history of all enfran-
chisement that license and excess
are often misconstrued as freedom
by liberated prisoners. To fnd our
selves free to follow the urge OF
aspiration may unbalance some OF
US. Small wonder. too"
She sprang to her feet and began
to march up and down In front of
the fireplace. swinging her reticule
trimmed with Krupp steel. Cleland
rose, too.
What was all wrong in our Vic
torian mothers days Is all right
now" she said. smilinsly. Were
going to get the vote; that's a de-
tail already discounted. And we've
already got about everything else
except the right to say how many
children we shall bring into tho
world. That will surely come. too:
that and the single standard Of
morality for both sexes. Both are
bound to come. And then" she
smiled again brightly at Cleland,
II have an idea that we shall quiet
down and outgrow our restlessness.
But I don't know"
What you say is very interest
ing" murmured the young fellow.
Yes, it's interesting. 1t is sig
nificant. too. SO is the problem Of
making something out OF defec-
tives. After a while there won't be
any detectives when we begin to
breed cattle. Sex equality will
hasten sensible discussion; discus
sion will result in laws. A. B and
C may have babies; D, E. and F
may not. And. after a few gener-
ations, the entire feminine alphabet
can have and may have babies.
And IT, here and there, a baby is
not wanted, there'll be no snivel-
ing sectarian conference to threaten
the wrath OF Mumbo-Jumbo"
Miss Quest halted In her hearth
rug promenade:
THE doom OF hypocrisy, sham
and intolerance Is already in sight.
Hands off and mind your business
are written on the wall. So | sup
pose Stephanie will think we ought
to keep our hands of her and mind
our business il she wishes to go on
the stage or dawdle before an easel
in Washington News studio some
day"
Her logic made CleIand anxious
again.
The trouble lies in this intoxi-
eating perfume we call liberty. We
women snifr 1t afar, and 1t makes
us restless and excitable. It's a
heady odor. Only level mind can
enjoy II with discretion. Other
wise, it incites to excess. That's
all. We're simply not yet used to
liberty. And that is what concerns
me about Stephanie-with her
youth. and her intelligence, her un-
doubted gifts and-her possible in
heritance from a fascinating rascal
of a father.
well, that is the girl; there are
the conditions; this is the problem.
And now / must be going"
She held out her smartly gloved
hand; retained his for a moment:
you won't sail before Stephanie's
Easter vacation?"
mo; I'll probably sail about
May l."
In that case, I'll come on from
Bayport, and you won't need to find
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