The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1920-03-31
British Physician Says She Ex.
GELS Physically and Intel
lectuaIIy.
SELECTS Her OWN MATE
world Awaits True Conception oil
the Female Mind Written by WON.
an-Future of World Depends
Largely on Quality of Wom-
=a's MIND Today.


patton. She is no longer the wooet
but the wooer. She has, and exer
cises, the right to select her OWL
mate.
DIR. Alfred T. Schofield, the --latest
champion Of the modern woman, ad
Vanced this courageous theory at 9
recent lecture at the Central hall, dis
cussing that strangely tangled sub
ject. "The Psychology Of the Female
Mind"
The subject, says Doctor Schofield
presents at the moment a dissolvina
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 betterl The coming picture
is on nObler and grander lines. The
gentle submission and downcast eye
may not be easy to find nowadays, bu;
they have been replaced by the can.
did and clear look of complete eman
cipation and the upright figure of the
Il, 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
/ hoY he faf
ing dignity of the modern latchkey
young woman living in her own rooms
in a large city. Very severe structures
have been passed on her dress ir
these last few years, but that ha.
somewhat confused the causes. In al
tunes OF war and general upheava
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 very curious,
point, No doubt this is a survival Of
the past bad years. After the mos,
careful search in the libraries Of the
world no works on psychology writer
by women are discoverable, save, per
haps, tentatively by that remarkable
Swede, Ellen ley.
The world still waits for a true con
ception of the female mind written by
woman. The future of England anc
America largely depends on the quail
ity of woman's mind today. A goo6
physique is important to the next gen
her mind is of still greater importance
than her body. In proposed Legislation
which is now being considered will
regard to the prevention of a certain
contagious disease, the question really
turns on whether the health or the
morals of a nation are Of greater i'm
portance. In ultimate analysis there
is no antagonism between health anc
morals.
Value of Mans Body.
In earlier times the value of mans
body was supreme; woman's mine
then was cultivated better than q
mans and her preponderance as seq
in spiritual matters was overwhelm
ing. When man, however substituted
machinery for manual labor his bodily
powers were heavily discounted anC
his success in life depended on his in
tellectual powers at the same time
relieved of constant physical eXhauS
tion his spiritual outlook approximat !
ed more nearly to that of women
Since then the resemblance of tht !
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, sterr
or iovial of visage, and vastly differ
ent from the more intellectual bu
slightly anaemic and attenuated in
dividuals who fill their role today
The doctor admits that the substitG
ton of tea and coffee for beer has
been a minor factor in the change.
The mothers atmosphere in tie
home is stronger than heredity. EY
cry training college for women mus;
include special instruction in the right
of childhood. The charac
ter of the child, even of the nation, de
ponds mainly, not on heredity, but or
environment or atmosphere, discipline
or habit, and so ideal or example If
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 owl
minds, any insight into these grea
but simple powers, or any skill in then
use.
Endowment or Motherhood.
Man is mainly in virtue of his eco
ionic position, tht principal selecto'
e. ot which ic 6ptri