The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-06-02
BLUE LAWS
 ARE OPPOSED
 BY PREACHER
5 a b b a t h Observance Measures Harmful, Asserts Rev. S.. M. Smith.

designed 10 force Sabbath observ- ance ultimately will do more harm than good. according to Rev. Stewart Martin Smith, pastor of Demora Baptist church here and chaplain of two organizations of World War vet erans.
 ''The peace and quiet of the old time Sunday cannot be forced upon a people that is slowly but surely changing it's definition of religion '' declared the Rev. Dr. Smith. 'I know the closed Sunday in Pittsburg, and I know the open sunday in Paris, France. In Paris I discovered as much genuine piety as I ever discov- cred in Pittsburgh.
 Naturally we of the churches fa- vor strict Sabbath laws when think ing chiefly of our own interests, and We are loa-h to seem to argue against ourselves. But when we overcome prejudice we certainly are not un- mindful of the many thousands who do not car to worship just as we do None of us keep the Lords Day as was originally done. Times change. So long man gives One-SeVenth Of his time to the spiritual demands of his nature it is his own business a 8 to when, where and how he does so. turbed if he has within himself the perfect peace of which the Sabbath day is a symbol.
 Women Complicate Subject.
 
 prohibition, is greatly complicated by the increasing participation of women in public affairs. oNt because women are better than men. but because they have been misguided in the mat ter of moral reform. In the first place they can only be reckOned with; they cannot be reasoned with. Time and experience will teach the women of this country that they must not get too naughty in telling men what to do. Our best women already realize that their conquests must be in the realm of love and moral sua- sion. In Pennsylvania we have just had a remarkable experience in the shape of a recent primary election. It is said the women put Clifford Pinchot across as the Republican gubernatoriaI candidate. MT. Pinchot himself says so. But this only par tia1ly analyses the situation. Per sonally I am for MT. Pinchot, and my opinion is not biased when say it took more than the woman vote to nominate PinchoI in the Pennsyl- vania primaries. The women can not get anybody into office, them selvse included, if the men are against it. Pinchot's power in Pennsylvania was latent in his ideausm and enthu- siasm plus his association in the past with the picturesque Roosevelt. Thus there was added to his endorsement by the women of the state the en- dorsement of the farmers, for a farmer loves the picturesque.
 Must 1OnSl0er EenlnIne Intuition
 The only new political factor that has been introduced is that our prac- tical politicians must now take into account the well-known intuitive faculty of the feminine mind. This is real and not a fancy. It is rooted in woman's emotional nature. The heart is won1an's world. and she will ever be prone to try to satisfy her heart at the expense of herShead. If we ever have a woman President she will not be brain woman; she wiI be a heart woman"a red rose and not a white rose. But this coun- try will not have women Governors or a woman for president until the men consent All government is founded on force. and no matter how many peace conferences are held the fighting male is the only guarantee Of the necessary force behind gov ernment A woman could not hold any political office whatever if men as a class were against her. Every practical politician knows that if they wanted to do so men could keep every woman in the land out of office.
 Sex War Wouldn't Last.
 A war of the sexes wouldn't last long. Mind and muscle subdue the world. and those are masculine at tributes. When Cleopatra seems to conquer 1t is because Caesar and Mark Anthony are willing. Such femi- nine supremacy is never good tor the