The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-01

re1snv thar rseag wDuid not naase taeEH less
feminine. ii s1Te. than fksy ara s01ays
"a statistics. even those Of human loRgev-
fs~. are more or Iess epen 90 question uslE
wAess. g. II taaa matter Of BEARDED woueas
these ere 40 sE&tfsttcs whAseFeT. TIE subject
is hn-r1-Ey 70 hs 6iseusssG 2
Ard she cree more rnbhed her smooth
chin before sfving an order 70 rack her
trunks.
Among the ter who stood aaaEnily by
their guns wgs Mrs. Emma Beckwith. who
was found IN TIE very middle Of hsF battle
Sog the nsayorAiIfy 0f the City Of Ghurches
she vas IN her pariox assisting her bus-
band to tx q sisrnOraEized bscycle In the
Intervals q this absorbing occupation she
woald tarn 70 little table piled up with
election circulars and .passeTs.V and make
. pencil calculation Of tee probable result
81 the voting. When she s2w the thesis
her blue eyes flashed. ard she gave Il ready
battle
Our women grow beardsg What pre-
posterous and fanny Ideal D9. shaekes-
ford il on the wrong track, sheexelai med
Culture and progress. far from devescp-
fne masculine tendencies in women OF the
character indicated rather make them
more feminine in the sense that il broadens
their horizon and expands their sympa-
tkies for their sex. Speaking from ny
own experience IN public life have never
found any nlasculinizing tendencies AZ
work. CertsInly tEere are no signs OF
beard yes az all events she aided. srnil-
ing, as she passed her white hands over
her cimpied chin. for the voters OF Brook
lyn declared Mrs. Beckwith 70 be most
winning candidate. although they dl1Ist
give her very many votes. AT the meet
ing of the international Peace Association
which attended abroad there we're many
women Of high culture present, but none
Of them had the slightest evidences Of
mascuIlnity. Boards. indeed Those
ladies we're womanly women. elegantly
dressed, and the convention was as fine
show Of silks. laces and fashionable cos
tunes a. I ever remember seeing.
Mrs. Lockwood. who was our candidate
for president, you know. left for Washing
ton today; but can speak for her in this
matter. for know that she holds the same
views that ! do, and so also does Mrs. Cady
Stanton. No. no. the effect Of widening
wemsn's sphere OF activity viii not be TO
give as boards. ! think as the frightfni sug-
gsstion says. bat 10 make Us business
women, more self-reiiant, stronger, better
and, above ali, more womanly women. The
fact that some women have been known 10
have boards does not establish a rule that
bearded women are the productof feminine
culture and progress. The more cultured
and progressive We become the less we are
slaves aud the less liable 10 undertake
those emplovments for which, man Is natnr-
ally adapted. But it's 4 very strange propo-
sitioa aad certainly one that will attract
the attention Of women everywhere, il only
10 relute il. !"
When Mrs. Frank Leslie was asked what
she thought OF the predicted danger she
knit her intellectual brows aud studied q
full minute before replying. Mrs. Leslie is
one who has the fall interest of her sex at
heart. She has travelled all over the world
and has seen women as queen and as bond
slase. But never before had she heard her
sex threatened with mustaches aud
whiskers.
Il cannot believe" she said. s'that na-
tgre would ever take such means Of pun
ishing woman for quitting her sphere. It's
a very remarkable suggestion, certainly.
Dear me | never thought of such 6
thing. Now, / remember when ! was in
Cuba four years ago---I was there several
weeks-I observed that many OF the yonng,
dark-compIexion Cuban girls had cum
ming little mustaches: but they are all
very womanIy. tender and affectionate,
those Cuban girls, and 1t would be the last
idea in the world for them to attempt to
nsurp the Geld occupied By men, so their
hifsute adornment cannot come for that
reason. In Europe, too the women who
work IN the fields and elsewhere in the
open air, at cailings that might be properly
regarded as mems work, show no sign of
boards. have seen women with boards
ia different parts OF the world, some Of
them pretty well defined ON lip and chin,
too; but | never remember seeing any
thing about them TO indicate that the
beard was q result OF masculine qualities.
such women as those | have mentioned
would 5c the very last to think OF woman's
rights: indeed. they know nothing about
the subject.
II am not an advocate OF woman's rights
as far as uSurping the functions of man
are concerned There Is "a distinct sphere
for woman to fiji. and she ellis ii best when
she Is most womanly. Men don't like
masculine women. any more than women
like efIsminaie men. | have had 60 take
hold Of a calling which some people may
regard as masculine, but / did so as a
solemn duty, which could not avoid, and
il is certainly not owing 10 any masculine
qualities. but rather 20 the kindness Of the
people and press. that have succeeded SO
WE'LL
Nh. sKrsoS sfxEx
i probably the best known student OF
human character in the United States.
having In the course Of the last thirty years
examined over 10000 heads os both men
AMI women. Professor Sixer. who Is also
the editor az The Psychological .Iotissal
opened bis ewes 10 their widest extent snd
stroked his long shise beard. Then from
the 3epth Of ais big mustache came soft
chnekle ~ Of one woo had suddenly lighted
upoa q new aud amazing discovery.
"Hai hat' he exclaimed. casting rapf
gaze on a bast Of Shakespeare. they can
ges everything Ia The way Of woman's rights
they want, bat they can I get the whlskers.
M0uaen have worked in al the countries Of
the giohe a. hard as nlen have. but il hasn't
given them hearsis yet There's the Indian
women. WAC - cut with their babies 20 she
Eeg8s and hoe the corn, ana do the manual
lahor. yet are 0eagaless. Women must be
distinctly and tuEesionaliy masculine be-
lere she can ever hope - have ene. Yes.
kHaw shers have been instances Gf women
with boards. hai these are exceptional
cases is sex and not labor that gives
fhe heard The proposition that sash a
condition might come ia tals way Is start
ing and. I shsnk. ahssFd.
ssIeok az he woEnen ia many parts Of
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