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, AN. II appears, whs made In the linage and like
ness of wiini.ui. Woman Is the race, man the
creature of thi" race, nnd tlie nlnptppnth eotit
ury's new woman Is tml thp resurrection of
pri historic female, head of Iipi horde, quetjn of
hpr kind, leader, slem, and stamina of her
species.
Man Is the " fickle nnd changeable sex."
Virgil l. date reads, " Varium et inulii bile semper vlr." To
say " fcnilnn " Instead of "vlr" Is "the precise reverse of
the truth." Thus salth I ester F. Ward of thp government
geological survey In Washington, and America's great so
ciologist. Man, argues Prof. Wild, was raised up hy woman ua an
advantageous clement In the race which slip constituted. Hp
was created and evnlvi d harmonious with her tastes and
purposes, until finally, oy the strength of body and tnlnd
with which slip endowed him, hp was enabled to overpower
his maker and work her downfall, from which she Is only
now recovering. "S he has developed such higher qualities
of mind as give appreciation of her worth, and permit to
her the exercise of faculties almost atrophied through long
disuse during the centuries of his " universal anil systematic
impression," and her legal and social exclusion and ostra
cism from everything that tends to build up either body or
mln
Woman Is the Human Race.
"The idea that the female is naturally nnd really the su
perior sex," tile apnstli' of advanced femininity admits,
"seems Inert dlble, and only the most liberal and emancipated
minds, posscss d of a la i ii- store of biological information, at e
capable, of realizing It."
To set forth his arguments as he puts them, " Woman is
and remains the human race.
" l,ife hcgiiueus female.
" The female sex. which existed from the l K 'i 1 1 i II u . run
tiiiut u unchanged, but tlie male sex, which did not exist at
the beginning, makes Its tippeatance at a certain stage and
haa a certain history and development, hut never became uni
versal, so that there are probably many rqore living brings
without It than with it even In the present III of the globe'.
"The female is not only the primary and original sex but
continues throughout as the hiain trunk, while to it a male
t lenient in afterward added.
-Man a Mere Afterthought.
"The male Is therefore, as It were, a mere afterthought
of nature. The male element was addfd for the sole purimse
of securing a crossing of ancestral strains and tlie consequent
variation and higher development. It began as a simple fer
tilizer, assuming a variety tif forms In most organisms, grad
ually assumed more importance, and ultimntily came to ap
proach the size and general nature of the female; but through
out nearly or quite the whole of the Invertebrates and to a
considerable extent 111110114 the vertebrates, the male has re
mained an Inferior creature, and has continued to devote Its
existence chiefly to the one function for which It was created.
" For a long time it did not exist for Itself but simply for
Its functions, and was exceedingly small, fraH, and ephemeral,
often possessing 'io organs of nutrition or power of self
preservation, and perishing as soon as it had performed Its
function, or without performing It, If not selected from among
ii multitude of males. Thls selection of the best examples
nnd rejection of the inferior ones caused the male to rise In
the scale and resemble mire and more tlie primary organism
or female.
" Hut other qualities were also selected than those the
female possessed. This was due to" the early development
tif the esthetic faculty In the female, and these liabilities were
In the nature of embellishments. The male therefore, while
approaching the form anil stature of the female, began to
differ from her In these esthetic qualities. The result, was
that In tlie two highest classes of animals, birds and mam
mals, the male became In many cases, but not In nil, highly
ornamental, and endowed with numerous peculiar organs
called secondary sexual characters.
"To further selection a plurality of males often happened
nnd these became rivals for female favor. This led to battles
among the males which futther developed lilt hi. especially In
the direction of size, strength, weapons of offense, and gen
eral lighting capacity. These qualities were never used to
force the female Into submission, but always and solely to
gain her favor nnd Insure the selection ol the successful
rivals. In many birds and mammals these qualities thus be
came overdeveloped, resulting In male effervescence To a
considerable extent, but less than 'n many other skm It s. the
Immediate ancestors of man msspsscd tills overdevelopment
of the mule, and In most primates the male Is larger, stronger,
and more highly ornamental than the female.
Primitive Woman Still Ruler.
" When the human race Anally appeared, through gradual
emergence from the great human stock, this difference In the
sexes existed, and selection was still going on. Primitive
women, though smaller, physically weaker, and eslhetlcally
plainer than man. still possessed the power of selection, and
whs mistress of the kinship group. Bo Ion" as tills state of
things endured the race remained In the stagncal.ed gynie
cocracy, or female rule.
" That this was a long atage Is attested by a great number
of facts. Neither sex h id any more Idea of the connection
between fertilization and reproduction than do animals, and
therefore the inothir nlO'ie claimed anil cared for the off
spring. Success In rivalry for female favor became more
, and more dependent on ngaclly, and this led lo brain devil
opment. It Was brain developnu lit lhat Una II v suggested t!n
causal nevus between fertlll.iition and repi oduct ion, and led
to the recognition by man of his paternity and Joint pro
prietorship with woman in the offspring
"Tills produced a profound social revolution. The same
strengthening of the reasoning powers that made; the dis
covery of paternity possible worked in all othet directions.
Paternity implied power over the child, which was now ex
ercised by the father as well as the mother. Fqual authority
with the mother soon led to-a comparison of physical strength
between the sexes which had never been made before, for
precisely the same reason that the lion never compares
strength with the lioness, the bull with the cow, the cock
with the lien. Physical vticngth never conies htj quest Ion In
the gymecocratic stale.
Man Discovers His Power,
" In discovering; his paternity and accompanying authority
man also discovered his power, although that strength had
been conferred by her. The man saw that woman was
smaller, weaker, less shrewd and cunning than he, and at the
same time could be made to contribute to his pleasure and his
wants, and he proceeded to appropriate her accordingly.
" Having become larger and physically stronger, than
woman, his egoistic reason, unfettered by nny such sentiment
as sympathy, and therefore wholly devoid of moral concep
tions of any kind, naturally led him to employ his superior
strength In exacting from woman whatever satisfaction she
could yield him.
" For the mother of mankind all was lost. The subjection
of woman was rendered complete. She was reduced to a
mere chattel, bought and sold, enslaved and abused beyond
description. '
" No male brute maltreats the female, und the abuse of
females by males is an exclusively human virtue. That the
utilise of women by mi n Is due In tlie main to feeble develop
ment of sympathy Is well staled by Spencer: 'The status of
women among any peoph and the habitual behav ior to them
Indicate with appropriate truth the average power of the
altruistic aetitlnients; and the Indhatlon thus yielded tells
against the character of primitive men.'
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Woman's Treatment Saddest of
" ' In the history of humanity,' Spencer
saddest part concerns the t reattHuent of worn
saddest part concerns the treatment of worn
ii ore conspicuously tire. nlful cannibalism, tin
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ioes on. ' the
ii. I say tlie
en. I say the
torttning of
prisoner, tlie sacrificing of victims to ghosts and gods tin so
have been but occasional, w hereas the brutal trcatnu id of
woman lias heeti universal and constant. The amount of
suffering which has been and is borne by women Is utterly
beyond Imagination.'
" It Is well known that savage women are usually under
fed, that they are allowed no luxuries, made to subsist on
tlie leavings of the men, at whose table they are not permuted
to sit, often have no meat or lisli when tlie linn have these
articles, that they hive little rest, must curry wood and
water, drag lodge poles, ami care for the children, besides
preparing the meals for all. that tlc y are insuillch ally
clothed 111 countries w here clothing Is needed, and that I hey
are during their entire lives subjected to pcrpetn il hardships
and privations, nil of which abuses tell upon her and pro
duce degeneracy.
"Throughout Hie historic period woman his suffered
from a consistent. sslt"uatic, and universal disci iminat ion
ill the laws of all countries, ami lias been powerfully dis
criminated against and held down by custom literature, ,uid
public opinion. All opport unit y has been denied her to make
any trial of tier powers lu any direction.
Man's Inhumanity to Woman.
" In savagery she was underfed, overworked, unduly ex
IHisetl. anil mercilessly abused, so that these Influences tended
lo slunl her physical and nn ntal powers. During later ages
her social ostracism lias been so universal and complete that
whatever powirs she may have had it has been impossible
for her lo make any use of tln ni; and they have naturally
atrophied and shriveled. The wonder Is that woman has ac
complished anything at all. The wonder grows why woman
did not sink stlil lower. '
"Notwithstanding this vast network of bonds which haveV
been contrived for holding woman down. It is peculiar and
rignltlcant that everywhere and always she lias been tacitly
credited witli a certain mysterious power In which the world
has, as It were, stood in awe ami fear.
"She Is the cause of war and hostilities. There are al
ways powerful female deities. Minerva Is even made the
goddess of wisdom. Kver and anon a great female pcrson
,'i,e, real or fictitious, appears a Bemlrnmls, a Cleopatra, a
Joan of Are. a Queen Klizabeth. or a (Juecn Victoria; Sche
herezade with her thousand and one talcs, Sibyls with their
divinations and oracles, Fui li s and (iorgonp; and finally the
witches with all their powers for evil. Although woman Is
usually pictured as bad, still there Is no uncertainty about
the supposed possession by her of some occult power.
"Only during the last two centuries and In tlie most ad
vanced nations has some slight relief from her long thral
dom been grudgingly and reluctantly vouchsafed.
" What a continued and increased tendency In this direc
tion will accomplish it is difficult to presage, hut all signs are
at present hopeful.
" Hoth man and woman will find themselves on a far
higher plane and In a stage In which both man and woman
shall be free to rule themselves. "
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FROH PYTHON'S SKIN
WORK OI TJIIi BEES
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This pholo illustrates the manner in which bees work at tilling one of the large honey
sections of the hu e proper. In this instance the section has been lifted from I lie hive.
KEEPSAKE
TO MAKE THE HA Ii Y COMFORTABLE.
The boots, vest, and cap worn by the man
In this picture were made from the skin of
a python which he killed in Africa. This is
C'apt. l)e lancier. a buyer of wild animal.
PUZZLE PICTURE.
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The swain who
wishes to be quite up
to date no lunger car
ries next to his heart
a portrait of his fair
charmer; he wears,
instead, a bracelet or
chain u ml. int in
which a realistic pic
ture of Ids lady love's
eye is handsomely
mounted
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Wbr are the solitary wardertre?
A German Invention for adding to the bub)'s comfort.
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Japanese train these birds to do their fish-
i'.g.
NOT "?LL STUMPS."
. li re is ; little puzzle of the kind that wor
rit d Mr. Pickwick nnd his companions.
This mystrrii.ua legend was1 worked tn an
old sampler. Iivthe red cross st itch that found
favor win n our grandmother were girls:
Klizabeth tint
Hue Consitantine
Very thin gloves
Way Susan dart.
Call you tell what it is?
' 'SPEND ED "CIRC.
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KURDISH RUG WEAVER.
MILCH GOATS.
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The -agricultural department Is trying to
popularize the use of goats' milk.
Oriental rugs and rartiets are woven by women who, In many
cases, sit on boards supported by ladders, and slow ly travel upward
as they weave, the warp und the finished carpet hanging stationary.
ROMAN KEY.
LA TEST PURSE
EARLIEST JAGS.
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The " i-lrc " has been elrcled In a gnat
many ways by circus performers, both In a
hoi !!. ntal and a vertical position. The fa
vorite method Is with a cycle, but a motor car
has also b. t n us. d sometimes al great risk.
The latest purse is
a ppn.priati ly cnllt d
il.t iiu. ny spinner
1 1 is made of gold
int-h formtd exactly
ike a sTliln' wtli
Willi a huge Jeweled
1 1 idii in tint center
On tlie hand tlial
hold the baa; is shown
on of the f martin
suede glovia of the
nu iiitnt. tliilslurt with
a bract li t of black and
w hite silk around the
w i ist.
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UruM.e keys like this wt re in c imon use
I a in uiit Hoir
RACING OSTRICH.
Frank dc Win anil
Uohert Itiirns do this
trick on b tiiibni pmt .
I OK MOTOKHo.i ''.
The ceremonial drink called a'iie of th
American aborigines was prepared by the
women In stone vriwels, and boiled by meant
of heated stones.
Tin is Oliver W., th- racing oorich of tin
Florida ostrich farm. When under full speed
home large ostriches chii travel as fast as
I ne average passenger train.
A won. on driver
trie Monaco motoi
boat ract u. " Practi
cal c o & t u m -."
Fn nch pa pi r. gn ally
daring, dubs Mine.
1 )u i in e st unit at
tirce t It gunt and practical.
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