Religion: When Women Are Ladies . . .

For the man is not of the woman, but the woman of the man. For the man was not created for the woman, but the woman for the man. I Corinthians,11:8-9 (Douay Version).

Last week one of the top men in the U.S. Roman Catholic hierarchy, Boston's young (49), rugged, liberal Archbishop Richard J. Gushing, spoke stern words to U.S. womankind. Said he:

"If our modern world can be characterized as coarse and vulgar . . . then our womenfolk are mainly responsible. Let it not be charged that men are responsible, for in this manner they take their cue from the women. When women are ladies, men are gentlemen. When women have no just regard for their own sacred character, men have none.

"The coarseness of speech, the slang and profanity, the rude, selfish manners, loud raucous laughter, the low standards of taste . . . the passion of our vile movies, our viler music, the craze for maniacal gyrations, euphemistically called the modern dance . . . are characteristic of a growing number of our youth today."