Show v Y y f v C d CH are DEAD w. w 1 5 says Will Durant c-b c f r t AlIt I Men Have Only t f v I I t Themselves to LL L I 6 0 y f J tf e J f I j r 1 1 o. o L. L r f t f 0 J j i nyi JA Y ri In the the days when gentlemen preferred clinging vines vine says if i o Dr Durant Dura nt woman was eq sequestered in in iu the home hoe while while- mau man J. J i y Y I r went event forth to slay the wild wid beasts and the enemies that threatened threat ji I i ened his home and family y s-y 1 1 Y r ART 4 A RE tE equal romance romance romae and acid chivalry being buried under the blanket to blan et of o eq equal l 1 rights for women I IHas 1 J f Has Hus the he instinct of restraint ni that men have felt since the begin beginning fling ning of time whenever z it lt t was in ln their power to be harsh or relentless o 1 where a woman was in involved been cremated by the flaming independence tir ence o of of- f th the self self-s self sufficient woman herself Has the flee masculine sense of absolute justice been hardened gardened a little f Riv i b by the recent appearance of women in new lights and in in new places i Is the old instinctive sense of protective duty rendered a little less w. w 1 compelling by the extent to which the ultra ultramodern woman likes to shine in athletics in politics in I public office in the various prof professions f to Is the deepest instinct of humanity J being changed a a little ittle by Hie te f. f k y t changing times r. r Have modern thinking and the drift to minded hard-minded and unsentimental unsentimental unsentimental mental philosophies and the inner urge of many women women to be be- beas as emancipated as men effectually lessened the force of the instinct instinct which from time immemorial has led men to stand to-stand stand between them and andall andall all the greater hazards o of f life irrespective o of f their offenses or their falls falls' from grace THESE questions were put to Will Durant PhD Ph.D. formerly instructor in philosophy extension teaching Columbia University lecturer and author of The Ther r Story of Philosophy haired Dark-haired eyed deep-brown-eyed with a short Vandyke beard bear l and close-clipped close mustache and tanned skin the philosopher philosopher philosopher philos philos- opher looks more like an explorer than thana a student i While While his manner is cordial and simple sim sim- simpie pie he is more at home on jn the platform or in the classroom where he propounds his knowledge and opinions without in interrupting interrupting interrupting in- in questions than in giving in in- in Of f course chivalry and romance are not dead he rep replied ed in answer to to the first question Then why is it that men are dispensing ns- ns ing with all the little courtesies to which women have been accustomed such as as' as allowing women to remain standing in inthe inthe inthe the subway cars cars while they grab the thes s seats and so on They do this only during dur durO ing he rush hours as a rule Is it itc's cs c's because they resent women usurping their places in the b business siness world 1 he hu was asked C J I T DONT DON'T believe that is the reason at atall k all Dr Durant said slowly I don't dont think that they have any conscious motive It t is simply that the economic independence of woman has made her more independent ind pendent in her behavior toward J man and man has accepted this attitude He has come to deal with woman largely on the same basis that he deals with men This is a gradual 1 development It is not that man has grown harder but that a women dont don't need so many concessions nor so much assistance as before No Noa a doubt this change is inevitable but it does probably take out of our lives a certain certain certain tain tenderness and chivalry that were the r redeeming deeming features of an une anci- anci paced age Woman had th the first equal rights' rights thrust upon her she her she did not seek them as many many persons seem to to believe This This' occurred in 1882 Up until that time if else ele fe earned money it belonged to her hus husband bus hus- hand bane if she brought him property in marriage it was his to spend T Then the manufacturers of Geat Great Britain wanted cheaper labor In the House of Commons a law c 1 w tas as s passed in which it was decreed that from that time oh on on wom women n should enjoy the privilege of keeping the Uie money th they y earned About a century and a half before S that men men had bad been lured from the farms to the factories with the invention of new machinery New inventions also emptied the home of the work which had occupied women The factories brought fam families lies from the farms farms into the towns and cities they b began gan to live in tenements tenements tenements-in in small cages cages which were not l large rge eno enough gh to raise many children It was men who made those conditions condi r so it t is ridiculous to lame Mame woman for what she is As men invented one Ii i 1 machine after another which absorbed absorbed her old work laws vere were passed which permitted her and h her r and nd h her r children to work in the factories their factories their wages going to the head of the family When the law of 1882 was passed women willingly took advantage of it t. t The result was that a large number of them exchanged th the drudgery of the home for the slavery of the shop hop This did not improve the economic status of the factory girl but wi with wih h emancipation emancipation- came ambition Such of them as had brains soon advanced to important places in in the industrial and professional profession l world The rapidity with which wom women n adapted themselves themselves' to the flexible da- da mands of f industry vas was remarkable In r. r 3 35 5 I IrI i t d' d s one generation they managed to take takeover takeover takeover over all alt th the tricks of the intellect which it h had d taken men a century and a half to develop This sett settled ed an old psychological psychological psychological problem whether problem whether the mental differences between the sexes were hereditary hereditary hereditary he he- or acquired t proved that they are almost all acquired I In explaining the c contention that there have been very few great women in inventors inventors in in- artists musicians or r scientists Dr D Durant rant said Woman has not had time nor opportunity opportunity opportunity yet yet- yetto to show how much she can do along those lines Jines Remember that motherhood motherhood motherhood moth moth- is still considered considered-al considered aid d always naturally lly will be considered the considered the most important career for herI her herI herI I have haYe just ret returned from a tour of the large universities all throughout 1 W Womans Woman's oman s C Changed Status MEN EN who complain of the passing of romance are themselves responsible for any suc such condition condition condi coridi- tion of affairs says Will Durant philosopher educator educator educator edu edu- cator author Women had the first equal rights' rights thrust upon them by men he contends for she did not no not not- seek the new independence she now enjoys His point is that when men lured women from the farms to the factories with the invention of machinery and enacted laws permitting permitting mothers mothers and children to work in mills and shops while living i inn in city tenements tenements men set in motion the e economic freedom freedom freedom free free- dom of the fair sex And in one generation he e comments they ha have ve managed to take over all the tricks of the intellect wh which ch it had taken men en a a. a century and a aY 4 Y 00 ro o h half a If to d develop eve I op S 6 i Already the woman is is beginning to show f by her ability and her rejuvenated beauty he c concludes that the he losses Involve involved in inthe In inc J jf i ft c the great grea change in In he her status will be many times outweighed by the gains f Will Durant a philosopher tea teacher her and author thinks and 3 i romance g chivalry are still very very much alive but modified to meet changed modern conditions J the country I 1 talked to the men and the girl students Perhaps Perhaps' I saw more of the girls than the boys because they are much easier to look at the philosopher pher grinned However 1 found the girls minded brighter-minded than then the boys J They asked the hardest and most funda fundamental fundamental mental questions they have a p persistence persist persist- st rs ence of mind that the boys lack the lack the boys are not so relentless in get getting ing to the point or the bottom of a thing Now 1 look boil at the new generation of college-bred college women women the the eyes arid and the mind of their sex sex and and I 1 realize problems which the new freedom has brought Educated girls have a hard task getting getting getting get get- ting husbands because men as a general general general gen gen- eral rule dont don't want wives who are their mental equals Speaking on this sub sub- Y before a large college for women I advised them to conceal their superior intelligence until too late for the men they wished to marry to discover it That Thatis line catch is how 1 I was credited with the catch catch- line Girls Girls be be wise but dumb l' l If He Ile was next asked whether the the sweet girl graduates took tractably to to the suggestion of posing as Dumb Doras in order to annex a husband THE THE point is is that a man is not really in the company of ofa happy company a woman whose mind is is' equal to hi hie own was his reply loves He He loves that which is we weaker ker than himself A woman can love that which is weaker than herself but she c can n also admire as well as love that which is stronger A cleyer clever girl gir girl will conceal her mental superiority until she is safely married d. d She is an adept at that sort of thing IS that the reason for her getting into so much trouble these days once she does marry he was asked No The instability of everything in womans woman's life today is due to the rapidity rapidity rapidity rapid rapid- ity of changes she is undergoing The moral-aspect moral change is the the problem problem most fundamental next fundamental next to the industrial one due due to the deferment of marriage The moral code was built bunt on the assumption that people would marry at a natural age people now marry at a financial age ten age ten years intervene between those two During that time amoral a. a amora moral problem problem problem lem arises for tor which the present code has no solution Are we to continue to require a an ari unSullied unsullied unsullied un un- un sullied premarital inexperience of people people people peo peo- who do not marry until they are s ii N y 4 1 J 7 f J i T UI j 1 1 Today while motherhood and the home are ate still still the i important r Cant tant career for woman she has fared forth into the field held of mans man's adventure and and advanced to important places in the industrial and professional world J 30 It is on this point the younger generation is beginning to rebel and our reactions molded in an earlier age with different j erent conditions will be hostile to to- the experiments In criticizing the moral of our children we must remember their changed situation and meet them with sympathetic intelligence Probably we shall have have to to face the dire alternative either of restoring marriage to the natural natural natural nat nat- ural age or accepting a change of moral cod code Women who have been accustomed to this freedom up to the age of 30 or over cant cannot ot be expected to settle down to a quiet humdrum existence as their mothers moth moth- ers ers and nd grandmothers did The question of whether the masculine sense of absolute justice had been hardened hard hard- ened enea by the recent appearance of women in outlawry of various kinds then came up aphorism that womans virtue virtue virtue vir vir- tue was mans man's most poetic fiction is now being proved daily he laughed Her exploits as a highway robber assassin and daring criminal generally are not due to any change in her mentality Women have always had these tendencies but once but once they thy were very careful care care- ful to conceal them because they thought that gentlemen preferred clinging vines NOW NOWADAYS ADA YS men seem men seem to respond very very quickly quickly to these thee lady outlaws and heroines of published scandals The glamour however is very transient The moral refinement of man is largely due to the influence of women I I should suggest suggest that we are in transition transition tran tran tran- between two civilizations in one where the women are only half educated and th the other in in which education will take in both sexes and and make education bisexual and completer than ev ever r before It is true that in the interval between these two worlds women will suffer considerably considerably considerably con con- as a result of necessary experiments experiments experiments ments but the price is not too great to pay Already th the woman is beginning to show by her ability and her rejuvenated beauty that the losses involved in the great change in her status will be many times outweighed by the g gains ins While in industry woman is adapting herself with an astounding versatility she has not shown the same wisdom in politics Here again with magnificent magnificent magnificent mag mag- energy She won the power of the ballot with amazing ease Now she is beginning to wonder whether she did didlot pot not exaggerate erate the value of this universal universal universal uni uni- versal privilege The activity of women in politics will do good It will regulate discriminating laws which favor men against women such as wage legislation and so on The point is a woman will find political emancipation is not real She will discover discover discover dis dis- dis- dis cover that eman emancipation is of the Uie mind y only and will seek it in education rather than in politics tt All this as I 1 see it explains explains' more or less the precipitate destruction of stable and respectable customs and institutions institutions institutions in- in which were older than the Christian era Is it not abs absurd to rd to bl blame me women for it Man still stands stand's between woman and andall j jall all the greater hazards of lif life however He is the one whose duty in the beginning beginning begin begin- ning fling was to xo go out and slay sJay the wild wild beasts land and the enemies that threatened his home and family Today he be kills wild N Nn n beasts as a pastime but he still kills the enemies who menace his home and 2 country by going to to towar war J For this very seated deep-seated reason reason it F will always al be his instinct to protect I women no matter how emancipated they may beco become e. e The fril frills s and fancy touches t. t r may be absent but the fundamental defense de- de is there AN AN N INTER INTERESTING STING parallel to Dr Durants Durant's views is found in those of J Clemence Dane the English novelist and playwright who in her most recent volume volume volume vol vol- vol- vol ume The Womans Woman's Side discusses the v changing position of women as follo follows follow oJ If we say that woman is the most I important thing in tHe universe we we are are j not being conceited we e are merely re repeating repeating re- re what sons ons of EVe Ere have hav been saying say say say- y f ing since the days of Abel and Cain Indeed In In- deed if we were not so definitely given given to understand that the First Quarrel was a J quarrel about religion one would one would be inclined inclined in- in to assume that the shadowy Adah whom the first murderer married had somehow a hand in it Women says man in all his alphabets alphabets alpha- alpha j bets is the most important of all aU creatures creatures |