The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-04-02

I.OntlOn.-The woman Of today is in
8tellectually and physically superior 10
| her grandmother OF the evef-rea"v
Sblush and the downcast eye. Her
latchkey is the badge of her emahc'-
patton. She is no longer the wooed
. hut the w, n. She has. and exer-
cises. the right to select her own
mate.
DIR. Alfred r. Schofield. the latest
champion of the modern woman, adj
vanced this courageous theory at
recent lecture at the Central hail, dis
GUESSING that strangely tangled SUBJ
ject, "The Psychology of the Female
Mind"
The subject says Doctor Schotield
presents ut the moment di>solvlnS
view Of ;.ent 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 tippet and poke bonnet. her
samplers and her still room. But the
new is better! The coming picture
Is on nobler and grand.r 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they have been replaced by the can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-re>pect-
ing dignity of the modern latchkey
young woman living in her own rooms
in a 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 upleaval
similar caprice in Women's dress has
been observed hut 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
Schofield points out, is a very curious
point. No doubt this is 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 diScoverahle. save. per-
haps. tentatively by that remarkable
Swede, Ellen Key.
The world still waits for true con-
ception of the female mind written by
Il woman. The future of England and
America largely depends on the quail
Try of woman's mind today. \ 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 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 a
mans and her preponderance as sex
In spiritual matters was overwhelm-
ing. When man, however. substituted
machinery for manual labor his bodily
powers We're 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 We're
filled with portly. rubicund men, stern
or jOvial Of visage. and vastly differ
ent from the more intellectual hut
slightly anaemic and attenuated in.
The doctor admits that the substitu.
tiOn of tea and coffee for beer has
been a 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 RICH,
education of childhood. The charac
ter Of the child. even of the nation. de.
ponds mainly. not on heredty. but on
environment or atmosphere. discipline
or habit, and so ideal or example il
the parents life. 1t is absolutely
cruel to allow girls to become wives
and mothers without their acquirin:
any knowledge Of these mighty forces
any idea of the value of their owl
minds. any insight into these grea
but simple powers. or any skill in tlei
use.
Endowment or Motherhood.
Man is mainly. in virtue of his eco
nomic position. tht principal selecto
in Eatrimony-a fact which is detri