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ARE WOMEN
LOWERING THE
STANDARD OF
CONDUCT?
O SEVERE JUDGMENT OF REV. 6
g DR. HAYWOOD. X
0 SAY without hesitation $
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a * of to-day la dragging 2
9 i down moral standards, 9
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O J generation of her own 9
0 sex, but for the men among whom a
9 she moves and whom she endeav- 9
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9 land the situation would be less £
9 appalling; but, alas! she is se- 9
§ lected as a model by women all 9
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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
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§ daring in the public press and X
9 periodicals of all sorts. Indirect- q
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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
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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.