Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-07-03
THE WEAKER SEX.
From N. Y. Daily Graphic.

EDITOR DAIRY GRAPHIC.-Eo not sup
pose mean women by the term weaker
sex I mean the sex of Mr.. Stubbs, Ad-
am, and all those great calves who eat
forbidden fruit and then whine, 'The wo-
man tempted me- Do what we will. it
is not III human nature to admire that
type of manhood, and we can only ex-
cuse folly on the ground that men are
tho weaker sex, that is, weader in moral
power; for man has rivals in physical
strength even among the beasts. Moral
force is tho only distinctively human
force, and in the xemplification of this,
men when compared to women are as
moonlight unto sunshine Whoever
heard a woman who had made false
step excuse herself by saying, The man
tempted neT Why the very sill:est of
women would be ashamed of such
course. She says: Il am betrayed, was
promised love, protection, honorable
marriage This, as everybody knows, is
the old story. She never accuses any
man of tempting her; indeed, no man
can tempt a woman. He can make her
bclieve-and that, alas: too easily-that
his love ia sincere, his honor unsullied,
and that his Judgment is superior to hers.
Eve did not eat the fruit, even of the
raj, garden of Eden, because of her ina
bility to resist temptation. One can see
Just how it was. Eden was fearfully
| dull place. It was al eternal forced idle
ness in the society of one stupid, ungal-
| lant man. If he had even possessed be-
/ coming suit of clothes, doubtless he
would have been more attractive! There
was absolutely nothing to vary the mo-
notony of th.t dull life-not even the pos
sibiiity Of funeral. Of course Eve i'm
proved the first chance that offered tor
widening her sphere of usefulness. When
she SAW that the tree was TO be desired
to make one wise she took of the 1ruit
thereof and did eat She wasn't tempt
ed. She cted with mature tleliberation.
Nor does the record say that sl,e ever ac-
cused the serpent or regretted the cost OF
becoming Eas gods knowing good from
evil.' In shoft, she was brave, strong
minded little woman, and the best of her
daughters are learning to appreciate her.
To her We owe all the progress Of the
world. But for her enterprise Adam
would have been moving naked around
that garden to this day.
Men are beginning to understand their
weakness and our strength, and we must
be good to them, and keep their feet
from straying towards us with presents
of flowers and pictures AMI watches.
How can they know that our intentions
are hauorable marriage-especially, for
example, when they have wives at home
The truth is, since that experience with
the tree of knowledge in Eden, we wo.
men have been so busy with the children
and the cooking stove that we have left
Adam to tinker morals aid ethics just as
he pleased, and the result is q fearful
botch! We have the work all to do ov
er after him. He has been assuming RI
this time that we 'falp when We make al
idol OF him, believe him, and trust hin
foolishly. The world must learn, ami tn
sooner the better, that it is he who falls,
not we, when he cheats us by giving tn
dross of his heart for pure gold of ours
when he lebases his soul by peTjur!
merely for selfish ends. Poor fallen men
These are the real abandoned of tn
} earth, for they have lost the triple crow
of manhood-generosity, gentieness, ant
, honor.
F,nally, in view of the weakness OF ou
D brothers in resisting temptation, l woul'
invite all true women and virtuous mel
D to discuss the propriety of cstabllshln!
! the order of the Triple Crown-a societ.
: for the weaker sex.
2 MARIE ROWLAND.
U Aammonton, N. j., November u.
$ JAMES A. GARFIELD.