South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-10-22
A Startling THOUGHT.

Those who wish to be startled should read an
article in the current number of Scribners written
by woman. under the caption "The Man, the
Woman and the University"
IF you are to believe the results of her investiga
ton woman is fast yielding to the habits and to
customs that were once the especial concern and
menace Of man. and that in gaining her economic
independence she is losing something very fine.
study this picture which she presents:
There was time when the average man could
sit down complacently in the midst of his sins
assured that the prayers of a pious wife or mother
might be depended upon to bail him out of pursa-
tory il he went too far. Now he begins fear that
the iady's utmost praying voltage may be needed
to clear her. If we to believe the newspapers.
unless the tide of feminine turptude can be
stemmed. man may have to look out not alone for
himself and for the spiritual well-being of his off
spring but faces too remote possib lily that
his wife will require occasional remittance OF
grace" from his personal account Is the woman.
in the process of becom ng economically indepen-
dent about 10 become morally dependent?
mo wonder the socioog st is beginning 20 inquire
with concern INFO the religious sovency of the race
"Fut woman seems ia be treading the primrose
path CALAMITY Indifferent to her peril. His wife
clearly prefers golf to church frequently looks on
the wine-cur when f., is red and smokes rs many
ciqarets daily as he can comfortably consume His
mother if not already MED. ~ pretty surely no
longer sanity. She is liable be in bed with "a
novel and rnasseuse for company instead Of
her knees at her devotions What can an harassed
husband and do in such criss?'
That sounds rather dsmal-if you believe It.
That Of course, is the trick of the thing, for it
doesn't happen to be true and can only raise the
question of where this writer has spent her hours
and where she has found the woman she describes
as so clearly in need of prayer and moral regen-
GRAFTON.
1t is true that the froth of womanhood of the
present day apes the bad habits of men, just as it
always minced the evils of the masters in the days
when woman a slave. not an equal
The breaking of some Of the shackes has per
mitted the idle and the useless woman to acquire
some bad habits and to exhibit them tricks.
I've millions of women VINO are meeting each
week in some form Of organization for study, for
social welfare for inquiry into art. for deeper and
better solutions for the training of children gives
the lie to the whole thing.
Instead Of beng nation OF cigaret smoking
women idung away the hours under some beauty
doctor. most women Intent upon the serious
work of contributing to a better world
For every woman who is intent a golf Sunday.
there are hundred curling the hair Of their little
girls and washing the faces OF little boys who are
started off to the Sunday school
Woman. with greater opportunities. is using her
brain and her soul with power never before
known in history
Surface cond tons change but the heart Of
woman is stiu the same as It has been since the
beginning OF time-pure and clean and filed only
with the high purpose of nstiIlns hgh ideals and
deeper purpose into the hearts of their children
A race of women such as is described would
depopulate the world in two generations. Then
there would be no problems.
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