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8EVERE JUDGMENT OF REV.
DR. HAYWOOD.
SAY without hesitation
that the New York worn
of today 19 dragging
down moral standards,
not only for the next
generation of her own 0
6ex, hut for the men among whom 5
Bhe moves and whom she endenv-
orn to attract by means to which A
her mother and her grandmother
would never have stooped. If her
Influence did not extend beyond
the confines of Manhattan Is-
g land the situation would be less
6 appalling; but, alasl she is se
lected as a model by women all
over the country women wno
see her In her own environment
or as a guest In their home
towns or who read of her eccen
tricities, her attractiveness, her
daring In the public press and
periodicals of all sorts. Indirect
ly, as well as directly, she thus
bccomoB a source of contamina
tion. oooooooooooooooooooooooooo
INCH more tho New York
Ol woman Is arraigned at the
1 bar of social opinion. And
1111 uecauHU in 11 recent
sermon lie v. Oscar Hay
wood, pastor of tho Col
legiate linptlst Church of
thu Covenant in West
Thirty-third street laid tho
downtown tendency of
Now York clty'8 morals
at hor door, says tho Now
York World.
Following this sermon with a direct
statement to tho Sunday World, Dr.
Haywood says:
"I nay without hesitation that tho
Now York woman of to-day is drag
King down moral standards, not only
for tho next generation of her own
ncx, hut for tho men among whom sho
moves nnd whom she endeavors to at
tract by means to which her mother
and her grandmother would never
Imvo stooped. If her Inlluenco did
not extond beyond the confines of
Manhattan Island tho situation would
bo less appalling, but, alas, sho is
selected as a model by women all
over the country, women who boo her
In her environment or as a guest In
their home towns or who read of hor
eccentricities, her attractiveness, her
daring, In the public press and period
icals of all sorts. Indirectly as well
aB directly she thus becomes a source
of contamination.
"New York may woll bo termed a
Uabylon. It Is poisoning the very
.loununllon or our national social
health by drawing women of other
cities to Itseir and nway from the
wholesome standards, forms and hab
its or generations past,
"Tho wonion or tho household are
responsible for the moral slough of
Now York. Take the single question
of where tho family of tho typlcnl
Now Yorker shall live. For the sake
of his children tho husband ami fn
thor would be uulto willing to live
In tho suburbs, enduring all the Incon
veniences of commuting. Hut his
wife will not bury herself in tho
"deadly dullness" of a quiet suburb.
Sho wants to bo whero she can see
nun Do soon. She demands excite
ment, the social life ami tho night
life peculiar to this city. She Insists.
In fact, on bolng in tho swim, and
being In tho bwIiii In Now Yoik she
Imagines menus Indulging In all sorts
of dlFslpatlon, not only in private,
hut In public, so that all who come
may seo that she knows Just whnt
"smart" women are doing.
"Concerning the modern habits of
wonion, let us flint consider smoking
I hold that smoking, especially cigar
cts, loads women to a far lower point
01 aegraunuon man drinking Many
a man or woman who drinks h not
mornlly bad, but tho average man or
04'oman addicted to clgnret smoking
betrays a moral standard that Is ap
palling, strikes n criminal note that
Is shocking and shows a decided ten
dency toward degeneracy. And llg
urea go to show thnt nioro women aro
nmoklng clgarots In New York today
than they over have 'icforo.
"Drinking follows clgaret smoking,
and tho combination Is tearful. Wom
en who Indulgo In these two habits
can wreck a community's mornls, for,
remomber, the old generation Is dis
appearing, nnd tho oncoming genera
tion will look to tho woman of to
day, not of yesterday, for Its example.
"And what sort of an examplo does
Bho Bet, In dress, for Instnnce? in
tho ballroom at tho th enter, on the
Btreet, tho New York woman leaves
nothing to the imagination. The
country youth, watching hor pass,
blushes at the vision of oxposed
ankles, clinging, suggest I vo skirls,
'low-cut necka boncath open furs, the
hat crushed down over tho eyes us
it to half-veil the Invitation to admire.
, "Look At this woman nnd ask, if
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you rnn, why luunornllty among
children Is on tho Increase, why chiv
alry is on the decline, why family life
Is disintegrating, nnd why, till over
America, there Ih a tendency to nbun
don tlio spiritual for lite sensual, why
mnrltnl Infidelity Is on the IncroiiKC
mitl lawlessness Is forgiven so long
iih It goes undiscovered!
"The New York woinnn, with her
loose linliltM, will have munh to an
swer for, to her nation anil to her
Lord."
The foregoing statement was Hliown
to many prominent Now York women
who ngiuod that many of Dr. Hay
wood's statements were only too true.
On the eatiBeB of existing conditions
they did not agree, however, and
their coinineiitH as here set forth are
Hulllclently Interesting to challengo
the attention of every thinking Now
Yorker.
By Mrs. E. L. Fernandez.
Vlcc-PieaMeiit l'rorrssloiml Womnn'H
J.rfiKtli.'.
MAY bo old-fashioned, yet I nm
continually engaged In questions
of tho day. 1 see and hear things,
and participate In affairs that In
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terest tho public. Hut my old-fashioned
views inspire those comments
on Dr. Haywood's Interview:
Tho tumble with New York women
is their Inck of Interest In their
homo surroundings. Thuy fool no in
terest, whatever In their homos. Homo
Is n plnco to Bleop, perhaps oven to
eat In when the bnnk account runs
low and they cannot spend tho accus
tomed amount In public restnurnnts.
In many households there Is llttlo
lovo of family. Women do not wish
to hnvo children. This condition In
itself is enough to wreck tho morals
of a country, for no matter how bad
tho woman If sho has n child tho
spark of goodness nnd womanliness
still burns. On tho other hand, tho
woman who deliberately shuns tho
motherly duty becomes hard and had
at heart.
This lack of homo ties leads to dis
sipation. Tho idle wife must bo
ninused. Onco she begins to drink
sho Is forever restless. The world,
holds not'enough to divert her. Sho
must go out every night nnd thon to
supper and to drink some more. Sho
must lunch nnd dine here, thoro and
evorywhoro and liquor accompanies
ovory meal.
Her home bores her. She oscnpes
from It as every opportunity. Sho Is
off with other men bocauso they In
terest her for tho moment and furnish
excitement. She begins to regard her
husband as a human bnnk account,
and resents tho situation when sho
finds hho has ovordrawn her nccount.
This condition nine times out of ten
will end with divorce. Today, oven,
divorce In tho ej'B of somo women Is
a diversion. It gives them somothlng
to do. It furnishes excitement to
Jnded sensibilities,
Smoking represents exaggerated
stimulation of minds and bodies. Vul
gatlty In dress Is tho natural result
of tho woman's dondened sonso of de
cency. Whon a woman drinks sho turns
iccklesB. Hor first recklessness may
hardly bo apparent oven to herself,
but gradually It becomes more
marked. As a result sho will say any
thing she desires: she will do nnv-
thing, no matter how disgusting, that
sho wishes to do, and sho will wear
tho most outrageous clothes Imagin
able, Analyze the nervous, high-strung
woman of today, the woman who
Haunts hor petty vices In the fnco of
Eocioty, nnd you will lind that the
word "homo" means nothing to hor.
By Mrs. Harriet Johnston Wood.
VU'o-l'roHlilent nf tho Womnn'H jejuni
i-iuiiriiKO iciiKU.
HAT Is the matter with tim
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New York woman? Her hus
band! ir she has no hnsb.inii tiw.n
hei men frionds. For Now York nun
are directly responsible for what Now
York women aro to-day.
Hoes a woman smoko? Then It Is
hecnuso her husband demands her
companionship even In smoking. Ho
may hnvo traveled In countries whero
women smoko. Ho has becomo accus
tomed to this, and misses It If bis
wife does not Join him in a clgarot
after tho salad, or with their coffee
His Boltlshnoss leads her Into the
habit.
Does sho drink? Then her husband,
or her men friends, have asked her
to do so. They go out to dinner to
gethor. The first question Sked by
tho man Is: "What ROrt of n cock
tall?" Or If he has learned her prof
oronco the cocktail is ordered before
she has drawn off her gloves. She
drinks at first not because she likes
tho taste of tho cocktail, but because
tho man expects her to bo his "good
Pil." When sho ilnally learns t0
cravo tho liquor he taught hor to
drink tho man condemns her.
Does sho wear low-cut gowns or
Indulge) In nny extremes of dress?
He sure ho has admired them on
other women. .Men of today demand
that their women folk shall ho In
style, regardless thnt styles may ho
shameless. A New Yorker will not
havu a dowdy for n wife. And whon
tho women have tried putting on all
the finery they can they begin to strip
It off again. Just at present It seems
to me that they have tuken off nbout
all they dan to satisfy man's desire
to parado about with a ninrvolously
dressed doll I
Why aro ballet girls clad In daring
fashion? To please male theatergo
ers! Women at home know this, and
sacrifice all womanly dignity to com
pete with women of the stngo whom
their husbands may admire.
A woman of leisure must Ho, cajole, (
pot, pamper and please men In order 1
to obtain what she wants or oven
necdB Murriago as a trade lias
made women what they are. Some
day they will wake up. They will
cease to pamper and pander to men.
By Miss Leonora Macadam.
Tom-hor of Drimrtim'iit.
W
HUN you ask 1110 what Is the
matter with New York wom
en, t hole manners and tholr
habits, I 'see opened up be
fore me a inrge and painful subject
In soriow I must admit thnt women"
are helping to lower moials In New
York.
First, too much liberty Is given to
the young woman. I do not mean
that she should be Immured in a con
vent until she comes out socially, but
I bellevo thnt she should bo taught
how to conduct herself properly In
public and In private before sho goes
forth Into the world. Today this Is
done only in rare cases.
The modern mother thereforo is to
blame for tho conduct of the now
generation of young women. Sho Is
not content with the sweet manners
of n modest girl. She demands that
worldly dash In her daughter which
causes comment, yes, but which Is so
often the hnllmark of vulgarity. Tho
mother does not recognize this as
such. To hor it Is stylo, fashion,
something sparkling and altogether
to be desired In her daughter.
From this scorn of sweetness and
modesty in young girls opilng looso
ness and carelessness among women
In public. The young woman of to
day thinks nothing of drinking In pub
lic; in fnct, she awaits eagerly the
time when sho may go Into a rcstau
rnnt nnd order her cocktail.
Smoking In public Is becoming too
common. To see a woman, beauti
fully gowned, Hmoking In her motor
Is most offensive, yet walk down
Broadway or Fifth avenue nny eve
ning and you will seo that very thing.
This all comes from familiarity with
tho llfo of tho "woman In tho half
world. U Is a dlfllcult thing today to
tell 0110 class from the other. In
dross. In habit. In mnnner, they are
tho same. Their walk Is filled with
suggestlveness. Their clothes aro
designed to attract the attention of
men.
Here Is the great trouble with
women of all classes in New York
They think only or attracting men.
They do not consider that gentleness
or manner and dignity will Interest
the desirable class or men.
Until maternnl censorship Is exer
cised over tho dress and tho habits
or the girls who have tho wroiirt
standard or manners nnd dress the
moral tono or the city through worn
en will gradually decline.
By Mrs. Belle de Rivera.
PrcHldoni of tho City Federation of Wom
en's Clubi.
THEUK Is a vnst difference be'
tween lowering morals and ol
fending good taste. Many wom
en In New York do both, but, on 1
tho other hand, thero aro thousands
of other women In this samo city who
remain untainted, delightful and
charming.
When It comes to smoking In public
I do not bellevo In It. I do not smoke,
but I do not object to other women
smoking if they choose, so long as
they do not Indulgo tho habit In pub
lic, whero It offends the more con
servative element and defies the cus
toms of our nation. It Is decidedly
bad tnsto, but not Immoral.
1 nuifet say right hero that I cannot
seo how a woman's smoking would
Iiavo any specific or direct effect on
tho moral drift of n community unless
she carried tho habit to excess and
through that 'excess became Irrespon
sible. Di Inking Is an entirely different
matter, and I must condemn It with
out reservation. I have soen a great
deal of drinking ninong women, and
when you ask me what Is tho mntter
with them, why do thoy do It, 1 would
again say that It Is a matter of cus
tom, nnd custom Is tho Now York
womnn's greatest foo.
Hoforo drinking In restaurants he
canio a custom among women you
saw little or it. No wthat It Is cur
toniary you seo a great deal. Tho
New Yoik woman is a slao of cus
tom, nnd when sho breaks from this
taskmaster and does somo Independ
ent thinking alio will gain much.
I do not bellovo thnt tho older Now
York woman Is leading tho younger
woman Into bad habits. Tho young
er woman now leads her oldors. For
Instance, n mlddle-nged woman goes
Into a restaurant; sho has never
drunk anything In such n plnco; sho
secB It going on about her among the
young wonion; It seems to bo tho cus
tom; sho followB tho custom bocauso
bho does not want to appear behind
tho times.
Tho dashing young woman In scurch
of new sensations sets the daring
examplo and warns her elders thnt
they must follow or bo counted as
"bus-boons."
Women Explain
the Tendencies
Deplored by
Dr. Haywood
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Radical and Careless Mothers Are to
Blame.
Lack of Home-Making Is to Blame.
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Rich Women, by Bad Examplo, Aro
to Blame.
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Husbands Are to Blame.
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Logged, Burned
STOCKMEN throughout the
west will be gratified to loam
that Uncle Sam is studying
means for using sheep to re
generate overgrazed ranges.
Unique experiments now be
ing conducted by the United States
forest service at tho experiment sta
tion within the Wallowa national for
est, in northeastern Oregon demon
strato that tho grazing of sheep un
der proper restrictions is an impor
tant factor in tho work of reseedlng
overgrazed ranges.
The problem being studied Is that
of restoring to depleted ranges their
orlglnul covering of mountain bunch
grass, tho sclentlllc name of which is
Festuca vlriduln. This grass is one
of the most important of tho summer
forage plants In tho higher ranges of
tho northwest and Its rapid dlBap
pearanco from the ranges by reason
of overstocking could only be regard
ed ns n direct economic loss to the
stockmen. Special attention has
therefore been given to the restora
tion of the grasB by tho plant ecolo
gist of tho forest servico nnd his hit
est report shows that a thorough re
seeding has been secured upon the
areas to which a protectlvo grazing
system has been applied.
In the Initial stages three different
methods of reseedlng were used. Upon
one area tho seed was nlloweu to
S'teep Grazing on
drop to tho ground without treatment.
The seed was briiBhed In with n brush
drag or harrow on tho second tract
nnd upnn"tho third a band of sheep
wns passed over tho area in n com
pact body twico. This summer it has
been found thnt tho area not treated
has tho lightest stand of seedlings,
whllo tho resulting seedling stand on
the other two areas showed but little
variation In density, but later, during
tho period of drought, the seedlings
on tho area brushed over died out
badly, while on tho area upon which
the sheep harrowed la tho seed thero
was very llttlo loss.
Closer examination developed tho
fnct that the root systems of tho seed
which had been tramped In wero one
half to one Inch deeper In tho soil
than tho root systems of tho seed
which had been brushed In, this con
dition being duo to tho fnct that tho
seed was ground Into tho soil more
deeply by the sheep thnn by the
brush harrow.
So far as tho Investigation hns
been carried It Indicates that n dens
er nnd more drought-resistant stand
of bunch grass can bo secured where
tho sheep nro allowed on an area
after tho plants ha"o seeded and
dropped the seed than whero they
aro excluded throughout tho entire
Benson. TIiIb discovery Is n confirma
tion of tho practicability of the plan
to ubo ranges during nlternnte spring
and lall periods so that a thorough
reseedlng may bo eecured by natural
means
Tho stockmen grazing their cattle
on the national forests In tho south
west, csptcinlly In Colorado and New
Metlco, have suffered seilous tosses
and Grazed Slope.
during the present summer through
the cattle eating oak leaves.
In (hat section of the country tho
season hns been unusunlly dry and
grass extremely scnice. To eke out
tho scanty forage supply the cnttlo
have browsed heavily on the scrub
oak which covers largo portions of
tho range. Ordinarily tho stock does
not browse on the oak and tho llttlo
they do get, taken with the other
food, Is not Injurious, hut when, as
In tho present season, the oak browse
furnishes a largo proportion of tho
dally food of tho cattlo tho results nre
serious.
The oak leaves and sprouts contain
a lnrge percentage of tannic ncld. Thu
action of this acid on the stomach Is
extremely Injurious nnd tho losses
have been unusunlly severe. The
symptoms of the dlsenso are staring
eyes, feverish and blistered lips nnd
noso, the animal ceases to grazo or
seek for food, and the hnlr is nil
turned tho wrong way, as In caso of
loco poisoning. The animal does not
chew Us cud nnd In a comparatively
short time It becomes too wenk to re
main on Its feet nnd death rapidly
follows.
So far as is known the only avail
ablo remedy for this troublo is Un
seed oil given us a drench In amounts
from ono to two quarts. Tho oil np
pears to overcome the Injurious ef-
an Inferior Range.
fects of the tannic ncld and If tho dls
enso Is not advanced too far and tho
animal can bo furnished sutllclont
lood so It will not bo forced to oat
tho oak It will generally recovor.
Thero aro emergencies in which
the government must depnrt from tho
usual policy of conserving the timber,
and disposing of It by well regulated
sales. It Is somo times necessary to
destroy bodies of timber of consider
able extent, or nt least to cut the
trees nnd leave tho logs lying In tho
woods, whero they may, or may not,
becomo useful before decny sets In.
Such apparent wastefulness Is mndo
necessary most frequently by attacks
of tho Ulnck Hills beetles upon the
western yellow c Hock Mountain
pine. The destruction of beetle-Infested
trees Is in reality no more waste
ful than would bo tho destructive ac
tion necessary to stamp out an Infec
tious dlsenso among cattle, horses or
sheep. Trees which havo been at
tacked by tho niack Hills pine beotlo
aro harboring tho dangerous pest for
almost a year after tho attack Is
made. Aftor that period, tho beetles
Inning left them, they aro no moro a
menace than nro tho blenched boneB
of n steer scattered upon tho pralrlo.
Tho Black Hills beotlo hnB long
since passed beyond tho confines of
the region which gives It nnnmo. Lnst
winter the Insect wns discovered In
menacing numbers upon tho San Isa
bel national forest In southern Colo
rado. Ab tho result of 1908 depreda
tions, nearly TOO yellow plno trees,
practically In a solid body, wero
dying.
Only peoplo who agroo with you
listen to reason.
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