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THE NEW MAN.
Items of Interest for Progressive Masculinity.
Communication for this department should bo addressed to Mr. J. Willie
Wilkins, caro of Tiie Courier. Mr. J. Willie Wilkins begs leave to announce
that lie expects to receive assistance in the conduct of the Man's Department in
the way of regular and occasional contribution from the following named gen
tlemen : " F. Connell Zehruug.
C. . Magoon,
II. II. Blodgett.
Tom Ewing.
John T. Dorgan,
and a number of married Now Men who are the husbands of New Women, but
who for obvious reasons prefer not to be known as contributors.
The time for the emancipation of man has come, and men must
not delay taking their place in the ranks of those who are today
pressing forward in the great battle for independence that is going
on. For centuries man has been held in the most abject subjection
by woman. The petticoat has been to him a symbol of his thralldom.
He has been kept back and oftentimes treated as though he were
not capable, mentally, of grasping the problems with which women
have contended. In extreme cases he has suffered the most cruel
treatment. For centuries, since the time of which the memory
of man runneth not to the contrary, he has been completely
enslaved. Jf he has been unfettered by the clanking chains of
physical bondage he has been stamped as an inferior being by the
iron heel of free woman, and has, up to this time accepted his lot
with resignation For centuries man has been utterly excluded
from all participation in the great affairs with which woman has
busied herself. Woman, in the enjoyment of absoluto power, has
told man what he should eat and drink, and further than that she
has had sole supervision of all culinary arrangements. Regardless
of feeble protests she has made dangerous experiments in cooking
and man, dumb as a lamb led to slaughter, has eaten in silence. As
an incident of hio slavery he has been tortured by dyspepsia, and at
night a disordered stomach has caused him to see snakes and other
things. He has suffered from insomia and a dozen other ailments
arising from improper food. And that is not all. The door of the
nursery has been locked in his face and he has seen the children he
loved grow up and bring disgrace upon the household. When he
has ventured to express an opinion as to how Mary or John should
be "brought up" woman the wife, has smiled sarcastically and said:
"What do you know about such things, you go down to the office
and don't bother me.' In the sewing room it has been the same.
In fact the whole household and all its affairs are in the exclusive
control of woman. Man is locked up in his library while woman
reigns supreme in all other parts of the house. But now, fellow
sufferers, there is a chance to change all this. The new movement
is well on its way, and nothing less than complete emancipation
should satisfy us. We will take our rightful place by the side of
woman and show her that we are mentally able to deal with these
great affairs of life. Rise up, ye slaves, and with a chafing dish ic
one hand and a flaming sword in. the other, with our breastplates
stuck full of needles and pins, let us invade the precincts from
which we have so long been excluded! Let us fight for liberty.
J. Willie Wilkins.
A resident of Lincoln who is not quite a New Man cites as one of
the disadvantages and dangers of this movement in the direction of
man's emancipation from the thralldom in which he has been held
since Eve first provided Adam with that very costly fruit and con
stituted herself the manager of the household arrangements of the
family. He refers to the divorce case that is just now stirring Bait
more to the depths. It appears that David Melamet, composer of
of the prize Columbian cantata and a musician of national reputation
is the unnamed co-respondent in a divorce suit commenced by a Pro
fessor Reinhold Faelton. The newspaper account says: "Mrs. Fael
ton is a handsome woman of thirty years, who is also a talented musi
cian. Six years ago Mr. Melamet came to this country from Ger
many and took up his residence with the Faeltons. Mr. Melamet
and Mrs. Faelton soon became great friends and were seen constant
ly together, while the husband teas at home looking after the four
children."' Now Melamet is a co-respondent. The gentleman above
referred to is a married man, and he says if being a New Man and
staying at home and taking care of the children is going to put
roses in the path of the wife who is out looking for co-respondents,
he is not prepared to endorse the new movement of man toward the
kitchen, the nursery and the sewing room. Co-respondents were
found readily enough under the old arrangement. But this is an
extreme case, and there does not seem to be any reason for serious
apprehension on this score. The New Man must not falter or take
a stop backward from the goal of complete emancipation because of
the danger in the way. For the sake of The Cause ho must tako
the risk.
The man's movement has made such headway in Lincoln that the
leaders of the movement have now decided to tako decisive steps
to spread and make more 'effective the gospel of man's emancipa
tion. The two or three men's clubs will be madothe nucleus of a
great chain of clubs which will be organized 'at once. There will
be sewing clubs and chafing dish clubs and nursery clubs and sweep
ing and dusting clubs, etc, etc., and in a few weeks, or just as soon
as they are in proper running order all of these clubs will bo joined
togother in a federation, which it is confidently expected will become
an integral part of a general man's association taking in the
whole state, to the meetings of which the different clubs will send
delegates who will deliver addresses in the interest of the THE
CAUSE.
"X Y Z" writes to tho editor of the man's department of The
Courier as follows: "I am opposed to this proposed federation of
men's clubs. What's, the use of our joining togethor clubs with di
verse objects and contributing money to a state association and
sending delegates to state meetings, etc. It seems to me the cause
of man can be properly advanced without this federation folderol.'
Men are being emancipated who were never emancipated before.
Women are being made to understand that man has a mind of his
own, and the latter is demonstrating that his intellect is capable of
grasping even tho most abstruse subjects that for centuries have
been usurped by women. The dawn of the new era is at hand.
The New Man is not neglecting his personal appearance and he
will be interested to know that cutaway coats are now cut shorter
than they were Ifcst season; that purple dress suits have not "caught
on,' to use the vernacular; that tan shoes are not proper with any
other than a business suit.
The president of the kitchen club will read a paper on "The Sci
entific Method of Heating Water" at the next mooting. The paper
is an exhaustive resume of the whole subject of heating water and
members of the club may look forward to a three hours and a half
treat.
In the course of a few weeks an omnibus or blanket club will be
organized, the aim being to take in all whj for some reason have
not joined any other club. It will be known as the Men's club.
Husband Do you like these pit-s, my dear?
Wife Yes. indeed; still of course they are not quite so good as
those my father used to make. Town Topics.
A correspondent sends a recipe for making ice cream in a chafing
dish. It will be reserved for the New Man's progressive cook book
now in course of preparation.
The men's sewing club reports an accession of twenty uew mem
bers. The club is just now working on doylies, and excellent pro
gress is being maue.
The Broom and Dust Pan club will meet Saturday afternoons
hereafter instead of Friday evenings.
There is no reason why children should be allowed to suffer from
loathsome scrofulous sores and glandular spellings when such a
pleasant, effective, and economical medicine at Ayer's Sarsaparilla
may be procured of the nearest druggist. Be sure you get Ayer's.
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