The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-05
WOMAN AND HOME.
A RADICAL AND CURIOUS DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN.
Hints on HOuse-Cleaning ARR
PhilOsOphy-Nerves. Diet and Study
Familiarity Breeds Beauty
Society Customs.
Isignor Max in Detroit Free Press


have many times observed the superior
tact with which woman adapts herself to
circumstances. Indeed, her impulse in that
direction Is instructive. He must be a wise
man who shall teach Us why that is so. We
know the migratory habit of Bird. The
as>ump tion 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 an
plicable 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 it is found in
artificial circumstances.
Debasement is unnatural to woman
Even in that condition. however, she illus
trates kind of superiority that seem, to
me inherent. The outcast is, perhaps, reck-
lie of her good fame lost; but it is only in
the last stage of her descent into the social
sheol that she becomes Indifferent to thos,
refinements which make her attractive
Thus ito deal merely with the small facts of
the easel 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 the in
satiable stomach for conquest that the
world knew all about long before Delilah's
time.
The debased 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. Hi,
speech, his thoughts, his acts are always
other, suits him best. A bath gives him
po
hide his sores under garment of assumed
politeness. In short, he is the embodiment
of treason 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 every day 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 woul be
inclined to say that she is fatally misplaced
and that she mu t be cause of en- Hess
bumiliatiOns to her husband But no man
who has learned the alphabet of the woman
nature could be misled by such superficial
tho ght as that Here is significant situa-
ton in which the womanfy ada ptiveness is
most strikingly demonstrated. True, she
comes from comparatively low station
but instead OF being clog to her husbands
aspirati ons and daily witness to his sup
posed folly in contracting a misalliance, she
steps into her new Office conscious of its de-
mands and early compels both respect and
admiration.
Do you begin to see that she thus presents
against her former low estate and all its un-
refinements combination of forces that is
invincibles 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 q 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 bsfore
he gives the least sign Of progress You will
exhaust the resources of arithmetic without
arriving at a satisfactory result I have
never known a man who was lifted out of
groveling condition by marriage with a
woman whom he knew and the world knew
was his superior. Almost invariably it is
the darker side Of the picture that is pre-
sented BY this I mean that while on the
one hand the woman of low surroundings
whom marriages removes to a higher and
clearer atmosphere readily accommodates
herself to the changed order, another
woman, of better rearing, who marries be-
low her order is quite prone to descend to
her husbands plane