Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-17

Inc Bishop OF Manchester (England)
views with alarm" the possibility of q
reopening Of war not at all covered
by the Kellogg treaty outlawing wars.
He begs women to avoid arousing an
tagonism of men," He declared in an
address to women at a service in Man
chester Cathedral that there Is no
need for sex antagonisms" and he
urged the women to do all they could
TO prevent It.
Not q word to the men to do all
they could to keep peace in the family.
1t is always Eve who firts with the
Devil and first eats his apple And 1t
was to a woman that Paris gave his
sour apple OF discord.
Some IS years ago an American wife
appealed to a court to urge her husband
to modify his frequent beatings of her.
While she conceded that all wives had
to be beaten occasionally, he was really
too rough on her. The Judge took the
case under ADJUSTMENT.
Throughout the centuries the status
Of women has been subordinated to the
will and pleasure of their lords and
masters. Two incidents recorded in yes
terday'S news dispatches indicate what
tremendous change has come about
in that status.
One told the tragedy of q brilliant
business woman, found murdered, and
1t was cited that she was head of ad-
Vertising for q firm of manufacturers
and drawing salary Of 100000 a year.
Few men earn salaries of half that sum
| and she a mere woman!
Another story described the landing
from an ocean steamer of a little
woman Of some so years Of age, lean
ing upon the arm Of her distinguished
escort, Gen. Dawes, former Vice Presi-
dent of the United States and now
Ambassador to Great Britain. At the
dock was great throng OF Americans,
not In honor Of the famous diplomat,
statesman and general, but to show
high respect to this modest, retiring
little old woman.
It would have been suggestive to the
good Bishop of Manchester II he could
have seen this danger of sex war"
thus indicated by the tribute Of the
people to Mime. Curie for her wonder
full achievements in developing radium
and making 1t serve mankind.
II was no vociferous greeting-that
would have been quite inappropriate.
The hundreds who were there solely to
show honor to Nine. Curie stood silently
| and respectfully, even when eight little
| girls presented her with a beautiful
bouquet. Some time this month she
will come to Washington as guest of
| President Hoover and Mrs. Hoover in
the White House, where she will be
given a gram of the precious rsdium
she discovered In the meantime, she
| will participate in the opening and
dedicating of q hall Of science at st.
Lawrence University, New York. where
! statue Of herself has recently been
| erected. She will attend other out
standing ceremonies in honor of sci
ence and invention. Everywhere she
will be on the same footing as the most
distinguished male scientists. Should
not the Bishop. of Manchester be
warned Of the outbreak Of this terrible
sex war?
! It was not always thus. Within the
memory of men still living, women
were counted not only as "a little low
! err than the angels" but even along
with slaves, and the idea of undertaking
| to teach them science or literature or
anything else that required brains was
! fantastic and mischievous. 1t was in
the centennial year that women were
| first admitted into the University OF
| Pennsylvania, and that was about the
height of the controversy about adj
hitting women into any college, except
| the few especially established to meet
| feminine taste, with courses of music
in place Of science, and French instead
| of Greek.
DR.. Carroll Cutler, president of Adel-
bert College. compiled at that time q
| consensus Of opinions of college presi-
| dents about women's schooling, and
among the reasons for opposing their
coming to mems colleges were the fol-
lowing:
(a.J Women are mentally inferior to