20 ARE WOMEN LOWERING THE STANDARD OF CONDUCT? O SEVERE JUDGMENT OF REV. 6 g DR. HAYWOOD. X 0 SAY without hesitation $ 9 112 that the New York worn- 9 a * of to-day la dragging 2 9 i down moral standards, 9 O £ • not only for the next § O J generation of her own 9 0 sex, but for the men among whom a 9 she moves and whom she endeav- 9 9 ors to attract by means to which n Y her mother and her grandmother 9 O would never have stooped. If her X influence did not extend beyond 9 0 the confines of Manhattan Is- 9 9 land the situation would be less £ 9 appalling; but, alas! she is se- 9 § lected as a model by women all 9 o over the country—women who 6 S see her in her own environment 9 Oor as a guest in their home 6 S towns or who read of her eccen- 9 O tricltles, her attractiveness, her O § daring in the public press and X 9 periodicals of all sorts. Indirect- q $ ly, as well as directly, she thus 9 becomes a source of contamina- 9 0 tion. 0-00000-0000000-0000000000000 fcI,II,IB, UN'CE more the New York O woman is arraigned at the bar of social opinion. And all because in a recent sermon Rev. Oscar Hay- | fcVS wood, pastor of the Col- ST legiate ISaptist Church of the Covenant in West Thirty-third street laid the downtown tendency of New York city's morals naStSaaaJ at her door, says the New York World. Following this sermon with a direct statement to the Sunday World, Dr. Haywood says: "I say without hesitation that the New York woman of to-day is drag ging down moral standards,-not only for the next generation of her own Bex, but for the men among whom she moves and whom she endeavors to at tract by means to which her mother and her grandmother would never have stooped. If her influence did not extend beyond the confines of Manhattan Island the situation would be less appalling, but, alas, she is selected as a model by women all over the country, women who see her in her environment or as a guest in their home towns or who read of her eccentricities, her attractiveness, her daring, in the public press and period icals of all sorts. Indirectly as well as directly she thus becomes a source of contamination. "New York may well be termed a Babylon. It is poisoning the very foundation of our national social health by drawing women of other cities to itself—and away from the wholesome standards, forms and hab its of generations past. "The women of the household are responsible for the moral slough of New York. Take the single question of where the family of the typical New Yorker shall live. For the sake of his children the husband and fa ther would be quite willing to live In the suburbs, enduring all the incon veniences of commuting. But his wife will not bury herself in the "deadly dullness" of a quiet suburb. Rhe wants to be where she can see and be seed. She demands excite ment, the social life and the night life peculiar to this city. She insists, in fact, on being in the swim, and being ir. the swim in New York she imagines rtieans indulging in all sorts of dissipat'ion, not only in private, but in public, so that all who come may see that she knows Just what "smart" women are doing. "Concerning the modern habits of,' women, let us first consider smoking 1 hold that smoking, especially cigars ets, leads women to a far lower point: of degradation than drinking. Many a man or woman who drinks Is not morally bad. but the average man or' woman addicted to cigaret smoking betrays a moral standard that is ap palling. strikes a criminal note th»t is shocking and shows a decided ten dency toward degeneracy. And fig ures goto show that more women are smokirg cigarets in New York to-day than they ever have 'iefore. "Uriuking follow? cigaret smoking, and the combination is fearful. Wom en who indulge in these two habits can wreck a community's morals, for, remember, the old generation is dis appearing. and the'oncoming genera tion will look to the woman of to day. not of yesterdajr, for its example. "And what sort of«4n example does she set, In dress, for instance? In the ballroom at the theater, on the street, the New York woman leaves nothing to the imagination. The country youth, watching her pass, blushet*. at the vision cf exposed ankles, clinging, suggestive skirts, low-cut necks beneath open furs, the hat crushed down over the eyes as If to half-fretl the Invitation to admire. "l.ook Bt this woman and ask. if you can, why immorality among children is on the Increase, why chiv alry is on the decline, why family life is disintegrating, and why, all over America, there Is a tendency to aban don the spiritual for the sensual, why marital infidelity is on the increase and lawlessness Is forgiven so long as it goes undiscovered! "The New York woman, *'lth her loose habits, will have much to an swer for, to her nation and to her Lord." The foregoing statement was shown to many prominent New York women who agreed that many of Dr. Hay wood's statements were only too true. On the causes of existing conditions they did not agree, however, and their comments as here set forth are sufficiently interesting to ( challenge the attention of every thinking New Yorker. By Mrs. E. L. Fernandez. Vice-President Proresslonal Woman's League. I MAY be old-fashioned, yet I am continually engaged in questions of the day. I see and hear things, and participate in affairs that in terest the public. But my old-fash ioned views inspire these comments on Dr. Haywood's interview: The trouble with New York women is their lack of interest in their home surroundings. They feel no in terest whatever in their homes. Home is a place to sleep, perhaps even to eat in when- the bank account runs low and they cannot spend the accus tomed amount in public restaurants. In many households there little love of family. Women do not wish to have children. This condition in itself is enough to wreck the morals of a country, for no matter how bad the woman if she has a child the spark of goodness and womanliness still burns. On the other hand, the woman who deliberately shuns the motherly duty becomes hard and bad at heart. This lack of home ties leads to dis sipation. The idle wife must be amused. Once she begins to drink she is forever restless. The world holds not enough to divert her. She must go out every night and then to supper and to drink some more. She must lunch and dine here, there and everywhere and liquor accompanies every meal. Her home bores her. She escapes from it as every opportunity. She is off with other men because they in terest her for the moment and furnish excitement. She begins to regard her husband as a human bank account, and resents the situation when she finds she has overdrawn her account. This condition nine times out of ten will end with divorce. To-day, even, divorce in the eys of some women is a diversion. It gives them something to» do. It * furnishes excitement to jacjed sensibilities. •femoking represents exaggerated stimulation of mlndSf and bodies. Vul garity in dress is the natural result of the woman's deadened sense of de cency. .. • When a woman drinks she turns reckless. Her first recklessness may hardly be apparent even to herself, ljut gradually it becomes more As a result she will say any thing .she desires; she will do any thing, no matter how disgusting, that she wishes to do, and she will wear jthe most outrageous clothes imagin able. Analyze the nervous, high-strung jvoman of to-day, the woman who flaunts her petty vices In the face of society, and you will find that the word "home" means nothing to her. By Mrs. Harriet Johnston Wood. | Vice-President of Die Woman's Equal Suffrage League. WHAT is the matter with the New York wonf&n? Her hus band! If she has no husband, then her men friends. For New York men are directly responsible for what New York women are to-day. Does a woman smoke? Then it is because her husband demands her companionship even in smoking. H® may have traveled in countries where women smoke. He has become accus tomed to this, and misses it if his wife does not join him in a cigaret after the salad, or with their coffee. His selfishness leads her into the habit. Does she drink? Then- her husband, or her men friends, have asked her to do so. They go out to dinner to gether. The first question asked by the man is: "What sort of a cock tail?" Or if he has learned her pref erence the cocktail is ordered before she has drawn off her gloves. She drinks at first not because she likes the taste of the cocktail, but because the man expects her to be his "good pal." When she finally learns to crave the liquor he taught her to drink the man condemns her. Does she wear low-cut gowns or CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1909. Indulge In any extremes of dress? Be sure he has admired them on other women. Men of to-day demand that their women folk shall be in style, regardless that styles may ba shameless. A New Yorker will not have a dowdy for a wife. And when the 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 taken off about all they dare —to satisfy man's desire to parade about with a marvelously dressed doll! Why are 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 stage whom their husbands may admire. A woman of leisure must lie, cajole, pet, pamper and please men in order to obtain what she wants or even needs. Marriage as a trade has made women what they are. Some day they will wake up. They will cease to pamper and pander to men. By Miss Leonora Macadam. Teacher of Deportment. WHEN you ask me what is the matter with New York wom en, their manners and their habits, I see opened up be fore me a large and painful subject. In sorrow I must admit that women are helping to lower morals 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 believe that she should be taught how to conduct herself properly in public and in private before she goes forth Into the world. To-day this is done only in rare cases. The modern mother therefore is to blame for the conduct of the new generation of young women. She is not content with the sweet manners of a modest girl. She demands that worldly dash in her daughter which causes comment, yes, but which is so often the hallmark of vulgarity. The mother does not recognize this as such. To her it is style, fashion, something sparkling and altogether to be desired in her daughter. From this scorn of sweetness and modesty in young girls spring loose ness and carelessness among women in public. The young woman of to day thinks nothing of drinking in pub lic; in fact, she awaits eagerly the time when she may go into a restau rant and order her cocktail. Smoking in public is becoming too ' common. To see a woman, beauti fully gowned, smoking in her motor is most offensive, yet walk down v ßroadway or Fifth avenue any eve ning and you will see that very thing. This all comes from familiarity with the life of the woman in the half world. It is a difficult thing to-day to tell one class from the other. In dress, in habit, in manner, they are the same. Their wa>k is filled with suggestlveness. Their clothes are designed to attract the attention of men. Here Is the great trouble with women of all classes in New York. They think only of attracting men. They do not consider that gentleness of manner and dignity will interest the desirable class of men. Until maternal censorship is exer cised over the dress and the habits of the girls who have the wrou b standard of manners and dress the moral tone of the city through wom en will gradually decline. By Mrs. Belle de Rivera. President of the City Federation of Wom en's Clubs. THERE Is a vast difference be tween lowering morals and of fending good taste. Many wom en in New York do both, but, on the other hand, there are thousands of other women in this same city who remain untainted, delightful and charming. When it comes to smoking in public I do not believe in it.l do not smoke, but I do not object to other women smoking If they choose, so long as they do not indulge the habit in pub lic, where it offends the more con servative element and defies the c u s toms of our nation. It is decidedly bad taste, but not Immoral. I must say right here that 1 cannot see how a woman's smoking would have any specific or direct effect on the moral drift of a community unless she carried the habit to excess and through that excess became irrespon sible. Drinking is an entirely different matter, and I must condemn it with out reservation. I have seen a great deal of drinking among women, and when you ask me what is the matter with them, w.iiy do they do it, I would again say that it is a matter of cus tom, and custpm is the New York woman's greatest foe. Before drinking in restaurants be came a custom among women you saw little of it. No wthat it is cus tomary you see a great deal. The New York woman is a slave of cus tom, and when she breaks from this taskmaster and does some independ ent thinking she will gain much. I do not believe that the older New York woman is leading the younger woman into bad habits. The young er woman now leads her elders. For Instance, a middle-aged woman goes .'nto a restaurant; she has never drunk anything in such a place; she sees it going on about her among the young women; It seems to be the cus tom; she follows the custom because she does not want to appear behind the times. The dashing young woman in search of new sensations sets the daring j example and warns her elders that they must follow or be counted as "has-beens." Women Explain the Tendencies [ Deplored by Dr. Haywood Radical and Careless Mothers Are to Blame. Lack of Home-Making Is to Blame. Husbands Are to Blame. Rich Women, by Bad Example, Are to Blame. KEEPING SHEEP AND CHICKENS IN SAME PEN Practical House that Shelters Both—How the Structure Is Arranged Favors Winter Eggs as Money Getters. If I were asked to name the two things most neglected on the aver age farm, I should name the two things that pay the best for the amount of capital invested, sheep and chickens, vrrites R. C. Thomas in American Agriculturist. And with a little more care or a little different care they can be made to pay much better and together make the best combination I know. As a rule, when you are t>usy with one you have very little to do with the other; and the sheep are certainly a great help to the hens in winter, where they are housed together, as the animal heat from the sheep keeps the hens warm at night. The house we have is built on the lean-to plan, against the haymow. The back of the haymow forms the back of the house and makes it tight and warm. The front faces south. We cut the logs on the farm and had Where Sheep and Chickens Live Together. them sawed and only had the roof 1 to buy, which is of galvanized iron, i The house is 50 feet long by 30 feet deep, the back is 16 feet high and the | front 8 feet. There are four posts | set in the center to support the roof, and running from these posts to the back we have-a floor 7 feet from the i ground and running the entire length of the building. This gives a floor | space upstairs 50x15 feet, which is in- ] closed by wire netting, with a door ! at each end. ... j One end of this roonrf'is cuT-off foH I a feeding and laying room; that is, I j ONE METHOD OF CUTTING BEEF /-O/n J ~~j" 112a K x^ i jp 'i\ The illustration, shows how a re tailer usually cuts beef, the average market price of the cuts, and thei* uses. The Loin.—This cut includes short steaks, porterhouse, sirloin, and ten derloin. The tenderloin is a long muscle that may be stripped from be neath the loin, but when it is re moved it destroys the value of the porterhouse and tenderloin steaks. The first, four cuts, fjrom the smai! end of the loin are called club steaks because they contain no tenderloiri. The next are the porterhouse; the nejtt and up to the beginning of the hook bone are the tenderloin and are the highest priced cuts in the beef. The remaining cuts of the loin are the sir loin. The tenderloin when sold separate ly is deficient in fat, hence must be larded when roasted or broiled. The loin is cut into steaks and broiled; oc casionally it is sold as roasts, but is more expensive and no better than are the ribs or chuck. The Round.—This cut consists of very juicy, lean muscles, and but little bone. It is sold as steaks, roasts, and for beef tea, and beef juice. It is ex cellent for pot-roasts, braizing, for beef loaf, or for casserole of beef. The Itib.—This cut consists of sev en ribs, called prime ribs; the cut is made close to the shoulder blade and separates it from the chuck. It is sold as roast 4, being cut into one, two or three rib pieces according to the size of the beef and the wants of the fam ily. The ribs may be removed and the pitrce rolled. If the ribs are left, it is caned a standing rib-roast. Dealers sometimes remove the ribs and cut and sell this piece as steak, calling it New York porterhouse. The Chuck. —This cut Is next to the prime rib cut and similar to it, but contains more bone and gristle, and is not so fine grained and tender; the portion near the point of the shoulder blade is excellent for steak, and the remainder is fine for roasts, mince meat, etc. The Rump.—This cut contains the end of the hip bone and joint. There is considerable bone, but the meat makes excellent roasts or pot-roasts. The Clod. —This cut is back of the keep my hoppers In there. I use the dry method of feeding. The ground floor furnishes scratch ing room. The other end is the roost ing room. I keep from 300 to 400 Leg horns in this house, and make a spe cialty of winter eggs. I could not keep that many healthy and vigorous in that space only for the fact that they have free range all the year. The arrangement on the ground floor for the sheep and lambs is as fol lows: Along the front, running from the double doors to the end, we have small pens for ewes that we want to keep to themselves for any reason, and across the end, running from these pens to the back, we have a por tion slatted off as a feeding space for the lambs, the slats wide enough to admit the lambs, but to keep out the ewes. Along the back, one end and part of the front we have the hay racks; and on the ground, under the 1 hay racks and close to the wall, are ! troughs for feeding grain, silage, etc., ;to the sheep. On the floor we always I keep plenty of straw. The house is not very tight, and there is a space over each window of about 3 inches that is always open, and we never close the doors only on the coldest nights. We keep about 75 sheep in there, never have a lamb freeze to death, and have no trouble to get eggs in winter. It is a sur prise to anyone togo in there on a 'cold night and find how comlottable •It is. brisket and below the chuck, i* is sold for boiling, stews, braizing, l/iince meat, etd. The Flank.—This cut comes from below the loin. It is boneless and coarse, but of good flavor. There is a small lean muscle embedded on the inside of the flank which is pulled out, scored across the grain and sold as steak; sometimes this steak is split, made into a "pocket" trussed and roasted. The flank is a good boiling piece, or it may be rolled and braized or corned. ' ■ The Xeck. —This cut comes from be low the ribs. It has layers of fat and lean, and is the end of the ribs. It is Used for boiling and corning. • Tho Shank.—These cuts are the fore and hind legs. They are tough and contain large bones and tendons. They are used for soup, cheap stews and chop meats of various kinds. Cement Floors in Winter. An excellent suggestion is made by a practical swine breeder to those having cement floors in their pens. lie advises a movable wooden floor for the winter. He makes his own floors of one inch boards and lays them flat on the cement, in sections small enough to be easily removed at any time. In this way he combines the advan tages of both the cement and the wood. He can remove the board floor, scrub out the pen and also thorough ly clean and disinfect the false floor outside. Cement is the cheapest material in the end for the floor of the hog pen. The floor of the outdoor apartment should be a few inches lower than the house floor, so as to insure drainage and dry sleeping quarters. Buying Feed. When much food is to be bought the aim should be to grow so much coarse fodder that whatever is bought will be bought in the shape of fertilizer. Th« wisdom of doing this arises from the less cost in transporting concentrates because of the less bulk which they contain in proportion to their nutri ents. The fertilizer obtained may be very profitably used in growing th# coarse fodders needed.
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