The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-25

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blush and the downcast eye. Her
latchkey is the badge Of her emanci-
patton. She is no longer the wooed
but the wooer. She has, and exer-
cises, the right to select her own
mate.
DIR. Alfred T. Schofield, the latest
| champion of the modern woman, adj
vanced this courageous theory at
recent lecture at. the Central hall, dis
cussing that strangely tangled sub
ject, "The Psychology of the Female
Mind"
The subject, says Doctor Schofeld,
presents at the moment 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 tippet and poke bonnet, her
samplers and her still room. But the
new is better! The coming picture
| is 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they have been replaced by the cam
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 city. 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 women's in
terests in their own minds, Doctor
| Schofield points out, is a very curious
| point. No doubt this is q 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, save, per-
haps, tentatively by that remarkable
| Swede, Ellen Key.
The world still waits for true con-
ception of the female mind written by
a woman. The future Of England and
America largely depends on the quail
| ity of woman's mind today. A 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 Inn
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 q 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 presentment of
| John Bull. A hundred years and more
| ago the, streets in this country were
| filled with portly, rubicund men, stern
or jovial Of visage, and vastly differ
ent from the more intellectual but
slightly anaemic and attenuated in
dividuals who fill their role today.
| The doctor admits that the substitu-
| ton Of tea and coffee for beer has
been 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 right
| education of childhood. The charac-
| ter of the child even Of the nation, de-
| ponds mainly, not on 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 own
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
in matrimony-a fact which is detri-
mental to the status of woman and
her offspring. So long as women are
mostly dependent on their fathers I'M
til they change that for dependence
on their husbands will they continue
to retain many of the characteristics
peculiar to the servile state.
The endowment of motherhood Is
one solution of this financial difficulty,
though by no means the best, for all
state interference in private life is
more or less of On evil. Once a wom-
ans indeDendant economic poSition is