Wichita daily eagle., 1885-09-12
WOMAN AND HOME.
A RADICAL AND CURIOUS DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN.
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have many times observed the superior
tact with which woman aiap:i herself 20
circumstances. Indeed, her impulse in that
direction Is instructive. He must be a wise
man who shall teach rs why that is So We
know the migratory habit Of birds. The
assumption is that the Creator endowed
them with knowledge when to fly south
ward and Of the time to fly northward.
assume, also, that the creation theory is ap-
piicabie to women, as explanatory of her
natural desire to fly from base surround
ings. 1t is not worth while to argue that
there are many debased women We all
know it; but the reason for ii is found il,
artificial circumstances
Debasement is unnatural to woman
Even in that condition, however, she Illus
trates a kind Of superiority that seems to
me inherent. The outcast is, perhaps, reck-
les of Ter good fame lost; but it is only in
the last stage Of her descent into the social
sheol that she becomes Indifferent to thoss
refnements which make her attractive.
Thus Ito deal merely with tho small facts Of
the casej she is fond of appearing in pretty
clothes; she affects the amenities which pure
women practice; cleanliness is the govern.
ing article Of her creed: AMI she has ths in
satiable stomach for conquest that the
world knew all about long before Delilah's
time.
The debasei man holds all refinement; in
contempt. He makes no sustained effort to
escape from his wallow. He is vicious in the
degree that he is debased. He takes as
kindly TO rags as to royal raiment. His
speech, his thoughts, his acts are always
coarse, often british. Dirt, literal and
other, suits him best bath gives him
moral hydrophobia He does not care to
hide his sores under a garment OF assumed
politeness. In short, he is the embodiment
of reason fed to british beasts"
Here, then, are two propositions that seem
to establish radical and curious difference
in the natures Of men and women. That
difference, as We find it illustrated in the
varying phases of everyday life. must al
ways be fascinating study to those who
seek for the philosophy of things
Take the woman who marries above her
station. At first thought many would be
inclined to say that She is fatally misplaced
and that she mu be cause of eniless
humiliations to her husband But no man
~ho has learned the alphabet of tho woman
nature could be mislsd by such superficial
thought as that Here is a significant situa-
tion in which the womanly adaptiveness is
most strikingly demonstrated. Trua, she
comes from a comparatively low station.
but instead OF being clog to her husbands |
aspirations, and daily witness to his sup |
posed folly in contracting a misailiance, she |
steps into her new Office conscious of its de- |
mands and carly compels both respect AMI |
Do you begin to see that she thus presents |
against her former low estate and all its un- |
a combination Of forces that is
invincible' or course she wins the victory! |
Genius for that kind of generalship is her |
birthright. think l ought to add here |
that she does not use very noisy powder or |
fight her battles Of this sort to the sound of |
gongs.
Let man marry u woman who Is in sta |
ton and accomplishments his superior, and |
then make your computation of the time and |
pains that must be devoted to him before |
he gives the least sign of progress. You will
exhaust the resources OF arithmetic without |
arriving at satisfactory result l have
never known a man who was lifted out OF
groveling condition by marriage with q
woman whom he knew and the world knew
was his superior. Almost invariably it is
the darker side OF the picture that is pre-
sentei. By this mean that while on the |
oao hand the woman Of low surroundings |
whom marriages removes to . higher and |
clearer atmosphere readily accommodates
herself to the changed order, another
Of better rearing, who narries be-
low her order is quite prone to descend to
her husbands plane.