Woman's enterprise., 1922-11-24

afternoon session enthralcd ar
breathless. During the entire tin
she spoke, there was not an impatiel
sound, only little bursts Of applaus
which broke from the audience no
and then. At the end, the women Wei
silent for moment, then applaude
as they had on no other occasion, an
with one impulse surged to their fee
There is nothing higher than clu
work, Mrs. Winter declared; in tn
club work there is no uolitics, no wiz
pulling, no animosity.
She then sketched the history 0
women, from ancient times to thei
present position in the world. Sh'
touched on the hcroines in poetry
literature, and history. In Greece
she said, women were things of plea
sure and use, not to be loved; self
sacrifice was their contribution. II
Rome contributed personal integrity
Then the middle ages built up for
the first time some social life, and
the first conception of love. With the
beginning of Christianity women's
virtue gained public esteem and from
that time began spiritual love.
Madame de Stael, although with "a
nature like plague, which devoured
not only herself but every one with
whom it came in contact, the only
woman of whom Napoleon was a.
fraid," she declared was the first mod
ern woman.
She then traced women's efforts to
get professional training, telling how
the first medical students in New
England were jeered at, because the
colleges did not want to waste money
on women and educators declared it
'immodest, inexpedient and immoral"
TO educate young women with young
men. But women progressed, and be-
gan to write books, even though they
irst had to write cook books to Drove
hey were still feminine.
Next came the struggle of women
n industry, and lastly in politics. The
struggle for position is now over, she
declared. It was not a sex war, but
J war Of men and women with vision
'gainst those who did not have it, and
he ones with vision have won.
"The gates are now open,' she said.
But the young women Of today take
verything for granted. They have
'hat We fought for, and it makes US :
fraid Of what they are going to do.
We should not be afraid. believe |
he young woman represents the new
'orld. The price we must pay for
reedom is self-control; these young |
omen have freedom and they must !
ay the price. We should keep the
,nnection between them and us and
elp them to get self-control through !
and understanding and SER
ce."
The home is the unit of society,
[rs. Winter declared, and the mil
on home-makers, who are classified
"non-productive with no occupa-
on" should be raised to the STAN
ard of workers in the Fundamental
dustry of the country. Everything
the world is for the home; no rail-
ads, ships, or schools, but came in
:istence for the home, she said.
A survey of ten thousand rural
mes, Mrs. Winter said, showed that
e average number of working hours
the home maker was 10 in winter,
ID 13 in summer. Taking the low
rate of labor compensation in the
nited States, a conservative esti-
ate showed that if this labor was
i'd for it would amount to $11,000,
5000 a year.
"Home-making should be the high
! profession" the speaker declared.
he woman failing in her home is
aitor to her country. The home is
E brooding place for civilization.
ID there is no such place as an iso-
ed home. We cannot have a de-
htful home in a foul place; so we
lst learn world motherhood"
Other statements made by Mrs.
inter were:
Democracy has never been tried;
cannot be tried when one-half the
rid is shut out, while race is a.
inst race, section against section.
tional consciousness is the only
nedy. The club women of the coun-
:, though of widely different races
creeds, can have unity in diversi-
and create a national conscious
IS.
We are discussing the same things
,rywhere, but we cannot solve them