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PAGE SIX ’New Skulln for Capital of the Natioiv hSreat Monument to Religious Ideals and, fc Aspirations Os People of Nation W- fostered by distinguished 1 Churchmen, Statesmen ■rF and Business Men, ?T1 TASHINGTON. the Capital of the Nation, is to have a new Iyy skyline! I :l lc Capitol Dome, the Post Office tower, I ■ the W. 'hneton monument, and scores of gigantic office buildings in between, mark the present one. b Five years hence, when the National Cathedral is finished, its I magnificent Central 'Power, will rise higher above the Potomac than, the famous Washington monument. B It is fitting that against the skyline of the national capital, the most conspicuous tower should be that of a great cathedral. Up to this time Washington has been the only capital city in the world without a national expression of the spiritual life and aspirations of > jits people. In his plans for the capital George Washington included a church “to be erected for national purposes.” With the com pletion of this Cathedral. Washington’s dream will become a reality. LOOK TOWARD COMPLETION. fThe decision to complete the National Cathedral has just been tai'ien by several of the most distinguished statesmen and business, men of the nation who have joined with the National Cathedral Foundation in a nation wide appeal to the America people for $10,000,000. Toward the fulfillment of the great cathedral ideal, more than eight thousand men and women, of all classes and con ditions, in every section of the country, have already participated. While the undertaking is being sponsored by the Protestant Episcopal church, the cathedral idea has made a powerful appeal to the (American public generally. A nation wide movement to com plete the construction of the National Cathedral was formally launched at a recent luncheon participated in by officials of the Cathedral, 1 nundation at the home of John Hays Hammond, chairman of the I . S. Coal < ommis sion and chairman of the Washing ton committee. Senator George \\ . Pepper of Pennsylvania, national chairman, Andrew W. Mellon, secre tary of the treasury, and national treasurer of the Foundation, Henry fAVhite, former Ambassador to Trance, General John J. Pershing, are among those who support the dcathedral movement. Public statement F** MADE. “ th/ official statement, considered ' T>y many as a ‘"confession of faith", signed by the Rt. Rev. James E. ■Freeman, Bishop of Washington, as , Treiident of the Foundation; Senator I National Chairman; Secre-1 . dßr|w|i|r;S . »>*» . WRfc ■ . - t 1 «'■ ! W ! ' • yzs»'iw u ’s£2[ ■' w ' ips‘ W I I . s' ■'"■• I ksj . ■ * ■ —- =it V ‘.' SENE STRATTOK-FORTBI g ILL the next Great War be The Battle of the Sexes ? Is the antagonism which is being constantly fos tered by propagandists of various movements now w extant, merely a reflex of the unsettled condition of the world in general, or an antipathy that has a logical reason for be. ng on account of centuries of oppression of the “weaker sex” by the hithertb dominant male? Is woman man’s mental equal? If not, will she ever be? These are questions which have kept the present gen i eration in a perpetual state of ferment. Have disrupted R homes. Have filled the divorce courts. ■ What is the solution, if any? ■ Shall we go back io the spurious chivalry of the Mid- ■ dle Ages, so delightfully satirized by Cervantes in “Don ■ Quixote,” or even to the mid-Victorian period of Lavender ■ and Old Lace; or shall we progress to a fairer equation of V the sexes without becoming involved in a cataclysm of r social revolution? Dr. Gina Lombroso, daughter ct, the great Italian criminologist and wife of Guglielmo Ferraro, noted historian, aitd herself a scientist of note, asserts that woman is not man’s equal, that she never will be, and that It is only by "modifying man’s habits and appealing to his chivalry that woman’s condition lean be bettered.” L Gene Stratton-Porter, noted Bk.merit.hn author, whose books (have sold more than ten million Kopies to date, does not agree with RDr. Lonibroso. I "Woman is not only man's men ■tai equal in whatever field she has Koshpeted with him, but she has Bjoponstrated her superiority In Knany vocations hitherto monopo lized by him,” says Mrs. Porter. |n*ewever, it is not a question of HvlßKan’.’aJjii *-y, but the readjust Os the ansh.p that ‘,.-.s between man and woman ' . '.rat s nvolved Men Gary Mellon, National Treasurer; 'John Hays Hammond, Chairman of the Washington committee; Admiral Cary T. Grayson, Vice Chairman and the following members of the Washington Chapter: Dean G. C. F. Bratenahl, Chancellor; William L. Davries; Charles J. Bell, President American Security and Trust Com pany; Charles C. Glover, Chairman of the Board Riggs National Bank; Rt. Rev. Philip M. Rhinelander of Philadelphia; Rt. Rev. James De Wolf Perry, Bishop of Rhode Island; Dr. William C. Rives; Corcoran Thom; Henry White; Dr. William 11. Wilmer, famous eye specialist; James Parmelee of Chicago and Cleveland, follows: “To the American people: “We have associated ourselves with those who are working to bttild the Washington National Cathedral. We desire to bear public witness to our belief that this is a patriotic enter prise of far reaching importance. By JOSEPH O’SULLIVAN and women both must meet these changed conditions fairly and with out prejudice, without laying down any arbitrary restrictions for ejther sex, co-operating for the benefit of the family unit, which Is the basis of the social structure.” Who is right? Gene Strattop- Porter, American novelist, who plays upon the heartstrings of her public with the unerring artistry of i master-craftswoman; whose great popularity undoubtedly lies in her ability to touch a responsive chord in the hearts and minds of millions of her readers; or Dr. Gina Lorn broso, daughter of a renowned ‘ criminologist, descendant of a bril liant race, dissector of the human mind and soul-analyst extraordi nary? The reasons given for the re markable and retrogressive conclu sion arrived at by Dr. Lombroso are found in her book called "The Soul of Woman," which is said to have - A // / U ' ‘ ‘ ,\ * C-- ,'P7.I r // A WAX* < ■ ' '* \ "'x a d / ■ W y * Cj I *♦*" :*’* * SSSKS kA f • ■ m K. Jr < V r- .a. HON JOHN HAYS HAMMOND ;' r' V-. ! WkLLVW, z i - wgfife ;■ T/ Yr-' T ~ PajPW tHHM wAre CWW/lFfi '•' '-a .‘1 •j fx ft CATHEDRAL EOUNDATtOfA ! ■ 1 .'’Ob vw i r i . it; R U.S.SENATOR GEORGE W. PEPPER jrom. PENNSYLVANb CHAIRMAN o/ l&e NATIONAL CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION. @ HAH/flf-GHVI/VC. “11l building the capital city of the' nation we should express not merely the supremacy of government and of law but also the sovereignty of Almighty God. The Capitol is the symbol of the one. We need the Cathedral to symbolize the other. WASHINGTONS HOPE A REALITY. “This was Washington's idea. His plans for the city included a great building designed to express the na tion’s faith. We must now give substance to his hope. A good be ginning has been made. The gifts of more than eight thousand people of an aggregate value of nearly four million dollars have prosided a matchless site on a tract of sixty-five acres overlooking the whole city. A design of conceded architectural merit and of surpassing beauty has been adopted. The entire foundati n of the vast building has been la. The eastern end of the structure ha actually been reared. Ten million dollars is required to finish the wh-.ie within the next five years. This ■>< be done if our fellow citizens share our view that the time ha* r. w come to give visible expression to the religion of the Republic. “The moment when people despair Is Woman Mans Mental Equal ? fees. /-says GENE STRATTON Porter JA(O /- sfys Signora Gl NA LOMBROSO iMOfe- Famous American Novelist Challenges Italian n 4zft| Woman Scientist’s Assertion That the \ !Hi.< ~ Solution of Woman’s Rights HlpP-k -v M-4 Ir. . |l,| r Y \X A ' Question Is to Appeal to T^gggz A 'w rf o -’''' Man’s Chivalry. TWuXrXX VW “Catch ’Em When They’re Young >J.&' and Make ’ Em Be Good ” Is rTjHxaWR. X jC• Mrs. Porter’s Advice. VM t-■ I “Shirking parental re sponsibility is the primal cause of much marital un happiness, divorce and ‘man’s inhumanity to wo man.’ Men must realize that their children are en titled to more personal at tention than their business associates cr their car; and women must devote more time to their off spring than they do to bridge or social scandal * ■*■ * Take care of the present generation, and the next generation will take care of itself.” —Gene Stratton-Porter defeated woman suffrage in France and Is now causing a lot of discus sion in America. Dr. Lombroso de fends the "old-fashioned woman" as the t rites t and best feminine type, basing her argument upon pure reason aud not sentiment. “There is no use denying it; woman is not man's equal,” as serts this eminent feminine scien tist. “Aside from physical and intel lectual differences between man and woman, there is another which overshadows and stamps them all. Woman is an alterocentrist; that is to say, she centers her feelings, her ambitions, in something that is outside o* herself. She lives for others, and the flame which burns within her goes out if there is no one to help her keep it alive. "Man, on the other hand, is an egocentrist; that is to say, he makes himself and his pleasures and activities the center of <he world in which he lives. There • fore, man is the natural and in THE AMERICUS TJMES-RECORDER ’ -n' ./Vi 1-^. 'U'El' f v . .. . ■ ■ ;U./ |V - ‘Ta ' ~ Wil i Us- ■ '-t ■lm - . -,7 .La '■ 7 ! -FFETTCC ■ E UWB 'J 3E2. '■ *, . r •' - ■•> '/^r-• :'Y sX—. “'.XL F)Uahhv- >• ■' ;7. ' -• J, 2) ---■ - ' A of the reign of peace on earth an ? of good will to men is the very mo ment when the Cj- - an fsrees in the comraunib. sh ’aunch a great adventure of fa::h Th < Cathedra: ' - e'rt aw 1 opal church w:.i t .-a:, nai in rhe broa de-st s t r-e. NATION AL HOUSE OF PRAYER. ‘‘Great 1 .-r-ea-:ie-s ■-< here pro claim the:- message The ■_-„ ir.g « r. " . s great ffui. 2 : c. it It %rifl he- :e in t-.T.e —v;, •. evitable leader, and woman as his complement, his self-sacrificiug and dependent helper." Dr. Lombroso concludes her di agnosis of the sex problem by as serting that it is a mistake for suffragists to proclaim that woman is an independent creature, having no need of man’s advice and coun sel, summing up her conclusion in these words: "Woman is submissive because at heart it does not displease her to obey a man —it she happens to like him. When man is obliged to help woman and care for her, his best instincts are developed.” Doubtless a great many more or less intelligent males will rise up and call Dr. Lombroso blessed; while an equally large number of irate feminists will wield the bludgeon of invective with telling < fleet on this outspoken, if rash, i. male delver into sex psychology. While not a rabid feminist nor yet posing as a learned scientist, Gene Stratton-Porter is a deep stu lent of human nature, and her opinion will carry more weight with the American public than the militant suffragette or the meta physical scientist of whatever emi nence. Writers with the tremen dous following that .Gene Stratton- Porter has, wield a powerful in fluence in the molding of the opin ion of American women on social problems. Any novelist who a reading public of 50.000,000, as Mrs. Porter has, is to be reckoned with. The secret of her great pop ularity undoubtedly lies in her ability to touch a responsive chord in the hearts and minds of her readers, and the melody she evokes from the human .Instrument rings as true as the folk lore that is the ■ basis of all national music. It is I an appeal to the fundamental sin ' verity that lic/s in the heart of hu manity. That Gene Stratton-Porter has a message and that she has taken steps to nresent that, message to , ; . TT - - »—,-a-~ „ JI.-Cl. ‘ :~-4v— , - T . a i .. . ■■ ■ - < minster Abbey is to England tbe «hr re in, which to preserve the me-1 monals of all, who with notable i fidelity, have served their God and i “The charter granted by Congress the I'nite- States leclares that the enterprise -for the ‘pr-nnu:. ft f Education and Charity. ■'At cor.- i. .!; .. . ■- f;’’:w ' 1.-rer* r-'--- ■ ’---- t. i -ir- wi'h :-s her public In a more graphic / form than the printed page V affords, is evidenced by tbe / plans which she recently Con- / summated to put her books /■, into photoplay form. The : ( f first of these to come to the ’ V/J screen is "Michael O’Hallo- I ran," the story of the news- \ boy waif who battled his V way to a place in the sun \ against overwhelming odds. "Michael O’Halloran” has , been acclaimed as a photo play of Irresistible appeal, one that rings true to life and is devoid of the “ho kum” so often seen on the screen. In this interesting novel, which has already sold more than a million copies, the dis tinguished authoress has intro duced a wealthy married couple, the Minturns, who are so ini-! mersed In their own worldly affairs that their children are neglected and deprived of the parental solici tude that is their due. While the fa ther is absorbed in business and the mother in social functions, tbe children run wild under the "care” of a nurse. It is only when trag edy stalks Into the palatial home in the form of Death —a fatal acci dent to the youngest child, caused by criminal brutality of the nurse —that the parents are brought to the realization that what their children have needed is personal attention and parental love. The .Minturns discover the secret of hap piness in their family life and are reconciled after tepiporary separa tion. Now, what does Gene Stratton- Porter say In answer to the e:ni-« nent Signora Gina Lombroso’s 1 erudite analysis of the sex-relation problem? “Dr. Lombroso's assertion thtit men are per se egocentric is, to. I a great extent, true; but much “of | their egocentrlcity is due to the ■ fact that as boys they were de- I prived of the birthright of parental j. 'in building this National Cathedral. I In so doing we are convinced that i they will be liberating a t rivi/s force for civic righteffu nos tit . America." EYES OF NATION GN CAFITAL. The generdus cuntribulions of the le ■. VV hington ’. tve cot:-, ’•■■■■ d J! l’.- p b o. ■ ( J V WWMTTwi r Jrfw TV Tjßr J- I ' KM attention, and as men they have been in a po sition that# enabled them to take and to 1 keep the reins of lead ership in civics, poli tics and business," says .Mrs. Porter. "Shirking parental responsibility is the primal cause of fßch marital unhappiness, divorce and ‘man’s in humanity to woman.' Men must realize that their children are en titled to more personal attention than their business associates or their car; aud wom en must devote more time to their offspring than they do to bridge or social scandal, it is much easier to mold the growing child’s character than to ’modify a man's habits. \\ ith more personal pa rental atte ition the next genera tion will not have to ‘appeal to I man’s chivalry’ to better women's condition. Chivalry is a mis nomer for th* -spirit of apprecia tion a man of real character ac cords a woman. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 25, 1924 z appeal will meet a ready response from every state in the Union. In this way the Cathedral is certain to lie bttl’t within the period designated by the National ’-.'sthedrai ’.-oimdstiw. i t-.e Bethlehem Chap«; 'r. the crypt f ; e great Cathedrai Is already tw in,• usd -r .-e-'g’n-ji .nrv’ees. Fran: - <■!: '. ’a-; Bishop Freercen • sernr-ns ?rc 'ormreexjt to -its iovfa . - i . : of man? amair’-th ■: iftonsaarfs, ths sshington : lea rd .-n rat’.itls al! i’J 4< fa- west ftl . t. \ . s f-.r r-st S Fcj’end. •'ai is only by xnc&Tfy&tf i man's habits and appeal ’ ing to his chivalry that woman’s condition can be bettered. * * * Woman is an alterocentrist; she lives for others. Man is an ego centrist; he makes himself and his pleasures and ac tivities the center of the world in which he lives. Woman is submissive be cause at heart it does not displease her to obey a man. When man is obliged to help woman and care for her, his best instincts are developed.” —Signora Gina Lombroso. Dr CiNA LOMBROSO I ' Take care of the present gen eration and the next generation will take care of itself. Incidental ly. fathers will not have time nor inclination to develop egocentri city, nor will mothers be com pelled to cultivate alterocentriclty to the exclusion of their own self, expression.” Is Gene Stratton-Porter's slogan: Catch cm when they're young ■nd make 'em be good,” more effl* caclous than Dr. Gina Lombroso'. appeal to their chivalry" nana-e»f
