| Show TRUE CULTURE christian union J american women are accused of independence that leads to careless carelessness new and license in their attitude toward the world and unfortunately they too often justify the accusation one of the which have aroused interest and ridicule alike with us is that of the necessity of providing an american girl with a chaperon and the optimistic have deplored the tendency on the part of the american people to recognize this necessity as one of the laws of good manners not infrequently however married women ornen show as much need of cha ahn conage as young unsophisticated girls the most moist trustworthy chaperon cb speron that can be sent into the world with every ecman is self respect we hear bear much of instinct being at a safeguard but instinct like all other elements that go to protect life is a matter of education largely one thing to is truer A woman who I 1 I 1 is polite to herself never gives occasion for criticism except among the malicious if every woman would treat herself with the same courtesy and politeness with which she would treat a stranger if abe would exact from herself and from all who approach her the same con duct at all times that bake demands when standing in the midst of polite society she would never do the unfortunate thing which opens the door to criticism if she ehe were trained ts t do this in her childhood it her mental and spiritual si p ritual training always kept in companionship with her social training she rhe would not as a woman violate the laws of womanhood it to la the disregard of conventionalities because obedience to them limits the freedom which so eo often leads to license that makes women continually run risks whose end to is often open disgrace it to is difficult to account for the foolish u unconventionalities neon vent ional i ties which even women of brains permit themselves unless it lie be on the supposition that each woman feels so sure of her own reputation and character that she does not believe violation of social law will affect her in social life there is no such thing as a woman being above the law there are a few absolute rules which must govern every lomanis womans conduct in relation iori with the other sex and a woman is foolhardy who thinks that she can violate these theae rules and maintain her self respect and secial position doubtless there are women who will forthe for the sake of entertainment for an hour indulge in a liberty which they mean to begin and end in that hour the evil Is that that moments indulgence dul gence sets two forces at work the temptation that is within the woman and the temptation into which by this liberty she leads another there is ia no question that one act of careless freedom will bring months of chagrin or remorse if the offender be endowed with a conscience if she have any sense of refinement A woman of the world not long aad ago commenting on social revelations which have recently been made with regard to men and women in what are called the higher classes of society both in england and the united there is no question in my mind that all these scandals are due to ennui meeting the same set of people d di ing the same wings things becomes unbearable and women violate their consciences in order to elleve the it monotony of their lives IP this to is startling but in a large measure true what can change it ii nothing but home training self training the development of character the bringing into each life of a certain purpose an aim an attitude of will abich find in life some other purpose than self gratification selfishness lies at the root of every evil from which we suffer either individually or as a nation it is the utter disregard of the effect of our acts on the lives of those hose about us that are responsible for the indifference the folly the crime of which we are guilty no hanaan uman being can violate the law of life who regards and respects his responsibility to those about him uproot selfishness selfish nesa from character and you have eliminated nine tenths of the evil in it no woman of unselfish nature will violate either the code of good bood manners or of good morals moral it has been well said that love is in the fulfilling of the law and it to is a di divine vive truth which to is born into the mind of 0 every thinking person with greater sharpness as its absence from the soul is seen to be the forerunner of evil it to is not the acquiescence in thou not that saves men but the obedience to the thou cobalt 11 character is never negative it is in positive aad ed its elevation depends on the attitude of the soul toward god and fellowmen fel that character la Is noble which reeoh cizes the interdependence of the human family for development and hap pines and recognizing it lives in obedience to that law |
