Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-12


sellectually and physically superior ia
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-
clses, the right to select her own
mate.
DR.. Alfred r. Schoneld, the latest
champion of the modern woman. ad-
vanced this courageous theory at a
recent lecture at the Central hall, dis
cussing that strangely tangled sub.
ject, "The Psychology Of the Female
Mind"
The subject, says Doctor Scho6eld,
presents at the moment a dissolving
view Of great promise. The woman
Of early Victorian days has nearly dis
appeared. though she may still be
found In remote country places--the
gentle, quaint. prim, yet graceful lady
with her tlppet and poke bonnet, her
samplers and her still room. But the
new Is better! The coming picture
La on nobler and grander lines. The
gentle submission and downcast eye
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they have been replaced by the can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
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 upheaval
similar caprice in wOmen's dress has
been observed, but that was not In any
way the outcome of the emancipation
Of womanhood.
The remarkable lack of womens In
terests In their own minds, Doctor
Schofeld points out, is 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-
hnps, tentatively by that remarkable
Swede, Ellen Key.
The world still waits for true con-
ception of the female mind written by
4 woman. The future of England and
largely depends on the quail
ty of woman's mind today. A good
physique is important to the next gen.
aration Of woman, but the quality of
her mind Is Of still greater importance
han her body. In proposed legislation
which is now being considered with
regard to the prevention OF a certain
contagious disease, the question really
urns on whether the health or the
morals of nation are of greater i'm.
,ortance. In ultimate analysis there
s no antagonism between health and
morals.
Value Of Mans Body.
In earlier times the value Of mans |
'Ody was supreme; a woman's mind |
hen was cultivated better than a
mans and her preponderance as a sex
n spiritual matters was overwhelm-
ng. When man, however, substituted
machinery for manual labor his bodily
'Owers were heavily discounted and
lis success In life depended on his In.
powers; at the same time,
elleved Of constant physical exhaus-
ion his spiritual outlook approximate
d more nearly to that of women.
,ince then the resemblance of the
exes has increased.
The result Is nowhere more marked
han In the typical presentment of
Ohm Bull. A hundred years and more
60 the streets In this country were
lied with portly, rubicund men, stern
r jOvlal of visage and vastly differ
mt from the more intellectual but
lightly anaemic and attenuated In
ividuals who I'll their role today.
he doctor admits that the substitu.
lon of tea and coffee for beer has
cen a minor factor In the change
The mothers atmosphere In the
ONE Is stronger than lieredity. Ev-
~ training college for women must
,clude special instruction in the right
ducation Of childhood. The charac-
r of the child, even Of the nation, de-
ends mainly, not on heredlty. but on
nvironment or atmosphere, discipline
T habit, and SO ideal or example In
10 parents life. II Is absolutely
-uel to allow girls to become wives
nd mothers without their acquiring
ny knowledge of these mighty forces.
ny idea Of the value Of their own
inds, any insight into these great
ut simple powers. or any skill In their
,e.
Endowment or Motherhood.
Man is mainly, In virtue of his eco
,mic position. tht principal selector
matrimony--a fact which is detri-
entail to the status Of woman and
.r offspring. So long as women are
ostly dependent on their fathers un-
they change that for dependence
! their husbands will they continue
retain many of the characteristics
,culiar to the servile state.
The endowment of motherhood Is
lie solution of this financial difficulty,
ough by no means the best. for all
ate interference in private life is ,
ore or less of an evil. Once won. r
l's Independent economic position is ]