, 1874-06-28
Females as Self-Supporters and Self
Protectors.
The Pros and Cons Of Girls
Education.
Noman's Excessive and Abnormal"
Love Of Appreciation.
Physical Force and the "Subjec-
ton Of ITomeu.

tsBy the Grace of the Mn1c SEX"
To the Rdito< Of Tho Chicago Tribune:
SIR: In recent contribution to IHE CHICAGO
T'R,nuSE upon the question Of Nomau-Sudrage,
there occurs
THIS REMARKABLE PARAGRAPH:
Is long "a she {that Is, woman1 remains female
;ro,net;ou o: ofsprng-:he qualities given her fo=
the performance IT that function will continue to keep
her he Inferior IN powsrl Of man and VII c9nss ms
the goodwill Of the mala st1 should be 80 tar
By the coa1ing and blending which are now being
carried to result in the granting OF equal poslsa
and other rights to the female SEX those rights Will,
notwithstanding and nevertheless only bc held by and
during the grace Of the mails se1the latter having ths
power e facto At any time to declare null and rod
whatever may have been granted, aud the female ee1
being utterly powerless to prevent any releal ot 'a
nghta-
And SO tho question is settled. Sensible
women will abandon all efforts to obtain tue bal
lot,-remembe1ing that. if they should succeed
In obtaining 1t to-day, and this generation Of
women should vote, sometime in the near or dis
tant future, when men shall choose, they, being
physically stronger, can order every mothers
daughter of us to stay at home on election-day,
and, by forre of muscle.
COMPEL. OBEDIENCE
Truly, in view Of such contingency, It is not
really rorth while to 'agitate" longer. For,
think of the horrors OF q contest between men
and women, from which the weaker SEE would
; be left in Who shall say what state Of helpless
subjugation. The condition OF the male spider
T., .ona of ttasa families of which naturalisss
- .x,.;s,, 49, <o-,,s1a - ,rrct, 1oroar and
%eAA oos IL "o1eo ~.o 'oA.AAo - AAA0
stronger creature than the maae,-"hea ufeo OF
the caresses Of her lover, sometimes eats him
up, would 10 nothing to it.
+bar rffer1v
wy ISL ~ -,xs1 .Sa
sttoy-ani'nnate-'oe "noAe " "olaanhtHa' sao
dreamy philosophic husband into common eenso
IN b;a honseteen,nc. and one f{eloise ia loye
nnselfsnlv an unworthy AbeIard: one Sappno
to charm With poesr aud song: or one Cornel1a
to he tbe nrond mother Of future heroes. Let
women think of this. and tremble lest thcv incur
INV d.nuar of los;1,1 .the aood-v;il of man.
Int nnnn what facts does the writer base his
statoment That thn nrodnction Of nnsnrine. or
rather snch share in # an woman has. in com
mon Will ali tic mammalian class. is. and must
forerar he The sonrce ~ iuferiority and weak
moss. rendering her at a}l times less capable OF
saIf-snnnort and ee]f-nrotection than man. For
Il is not vel pro;su that the feminine element, in
nrran;zed life. is auyn bera else M element of
ment In fact. all the evidence. as fast IS it ac-
cumu]ates.
~ r 47rr opros1rr DIRECTION.
C1o~e rtndeots nf yepatahle 11fa disagree "a
vat noon this subject many factH at frst snn-
r,osed tn noint one wav are now clearly eeen To
6oint annfher fne at,,dert of maize e-nur
indian corn--durine the summer Of 1874
eaTa Az The result of his Investigations. The
1act Inst rnore maIa hjossoms wars fonnd nnon
that nlant in its Young and immature condt1on
t1,an fona1a onaS Az 1Cro IN raratah'a Tar~
n,n;no krowa that the frst h1n.son1s of many
r;raa ~ +ha uor.eh ~ nrn=,t;r ara .rbot ara
nnnn1.riv Enow, 80 8! fs1se h1ossom. y whila
fate1 ~, in tho fu,ler and harder ];fo of tha
parm or fe.na,a Tenrodnct,ra elament 8hch
nco-reanonda fo tha IVA ~ anirral liza and wLan
Tart;I;1ad hv no,lon froy, tha Tnaie h,ossnm. d.
ve1ons min .ha frn,t ftl,n SQUASH or nnnr,kin>
eontfin;nc 1ba sce5 NJ the naw Mani,
Sona t;5na ago the writer having he1;ofrona
u;,;c Iad n.rsodd thro,,at Tia w;nfer in v;p.
;Io1 -1ordanf no+;cad anong ,,,o warr .tar,la
f.rane Nsorea ~ 1,,ar * ~ 10 ;,c,,as ~
1anntL~' .,n.1 frasI, shoot MT m,ra tt,an .
tasa a. 1rt,;c ~ 1,rs, ~, ,;t s,,a
inenes n.en W1,en , seemea ;t 10 pnen up WIN spe
tia ora az aifa,stanna 1so;n+in + on+ ~.
+r;nad 1e,;5 .1,h.t as,oo. III -roI.h,r t1os~
eo1n Il sacms an fnIl ~ n,,narah,indart force :"
1ha f,;ard sf1one fa,;avar in 10 thao1v tlst
-,aeo,,i;,';. q ,rea r.aat a.,rrr,ad
.ana - ,a.ar o.. ,,'a tI,1t;I1,nant ~ tn.
s,sn4hno, ,a'ro5 that .ar,a so,t
r. opnI.. W. ':t la oa1 onoos
~. -, ~. tn, ~ He "asn ti
rrornsd ,r, h1n on;fi veauI "
Iionneu WIZ LIEU " Mael aas
..a, ,1at e@'o - ''1'
-..1.p9,..'...1..s LILLY 60 .uas .,,,,,,,,
0AFAoooe44f1 1SEhoi ~ eiAs+Ai 'leoh "1Nh
t1s.'psnt' 80
anu tn,s seems 10 W tue onis IL" 5ek lu!41 o1s~
covered IN plant ana Vegetaole rePEoaoctloni
turning no" TO the lower aorlns VI animal a nie
~ "n'cn sne Sexes ne uts:nlcs, :., "o LUZ luas u
many, ihdeeo among most lnsects, the 1emale Is
actuat!y larger ana sttoneeI tnan tne 1na'e' anu,
wren tnis Is not tne csse' II ~ thonGAt oy natu-
1n1sts tnat tne males nave acquired 1nelf greater
strength, no5 1or se1f-suppots, pnt oy nghtne
with each other. In large majority OF hshes
the same thing 1s true. The queen bee IL larger
than the workers. tundegeloped femaies), or than
tho males. Many lndependent iuVeetlGatore,
practically engaged IN nllk-culture, are regarding
sex 10 the snk-worm as simply the result OF an
increase OF T1gor, from increase OF nutrition at
Ecrtaln stage OF development OF the creature.
lhe Srubs Of certain other moths, butterflies,
etc, 1t Is claimed by experlnenters, have been
developed a: Will into male or femnle, BY the
food gwen them at certain stage OF their
transition. 1e seems to 30 well authenticated
kAat When. by any accident. the queen-beo OF
hlFo IL Killed or 1oet, cell containing the en-
bryo OF : common workngbee il enlarged by
tearing away the adjacent cells; the delicate
larva at the bottom OF II IS fed and treated In
special manner by tile whole hive, and, by these
neans developed into queen-bee,-a crea,ure
much larger than tho others; go that IN insect,