HUSBANDS TOO LENIENT.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 12063, 27 May 1920, Page 2

HUSBANDS TOO LENIENT.

CARDINAL AND MODERN WIVES.

New York, March 20

All New England is discussing With varied .expressions of views the remarkable declaration by Cardinal W R O’Connell, the Roman Catholic prelate of Boston, that a husband is the head of the family and should exercise authority as such. The feminine element of Massachusetts, led by the Suffragettes, wants to know where the celibate prelate finds bis authority tor mafeing i such a statement, particularly in these modern times. The women of Massachusetts have not yet the vote, but in the Hist flesh of their indignation they are drastic reprisals when they achieve the suffrage. Their leaders point with glee to the fact that the cardinal does not say that a husband is the head of the home, but that he should ho. . _ The cardinal’s statement, of course, was made in a sermon to men only. He said: “Yon know, dear men, two evils are most predominant in these days. One is rampant license on every side. The other is extravagance. One cause is a sinister feminism, or what appears to be a growing weakness on the part.ot the manhood of the nation. The women are clamouring to take the_ power Into their own hands. That is not a compliment to the men of the nation. There are signs of decadence in the respect for the fathers of families. After all, the wife and children expect the father to exercise the rights and duties of a father. The lack of authority by men is giving an undue prominence to women. Women are becoming more insistent. How can yon look on and see children, especially girls, ron ulng ramp&nt witliout sny considers. - tiou for modesty and the beautiful womanly virtues which ought to be inculcated in their manners and habits of life? Yon say they won’t listen to But there must be aorhething wrong in you if they don’t listen to your authority.