The San Francisco call., 1896-05-08

using The feminine personal proneun. ~ for in
ss,'ioe ~. he Wen; England wants the eartn; why
since the era OF civilization
Inat government in its feminine capacity has
tnS inulcation that she needed muscle. She even
added TO this muscle q keen-edged weapon to cut
ner way TO what she deemed right, and after the
vpoIine OF our era welded thereto the cross nan
Ole In considering the relation Of woman as to gov
ernme under the early civilizations let US cast
memory, TO which to attach . line for the display
OF tnoes adornments of femenine character that
nave lent themselves to the problems OF govern
ment and at the same time accentuated the charms
tnat nave claimed the attention of mankind.
been periods when women occupied the throne.
Noo.e pedigrees were almost invariably traced
through the female line and this may make q base
point We seek
just here in the progress OF culture is struck the
~ LLss cloru IN all me later harmonies NOW Ire is
secured and catered TO and thought is wingng it.
sei IN bright colored plumage so as 10 attract at
tenuon tnat rs story may be heard.
40 estimate of WON ans worth a ruler can be
FORMED without finding the very point, be 1t In
succession of tribe clan country or empire passed
from the female line to the mae-f0r from that
and the woman was held sacred. She could now
transmit with the blood of the royal line the quail
iies oi ruler or leader, the courage of chief and
more oiten lnan not the virtues of 8 king. Then
was the circle of the sacred fire drawn around her
WithIh a which she still stsnds-possibly by mans
se,nnsnheSS, Dut ne "builded better than he Knew
Inc earliest legends relate that Beus, the great
est goo OF Egyptian worship, cut the darkness in
twain and so severed the body of the woman who
ruled over chaos. This is the first mention OF a
FEMININE ruler, ana she 8 failure, for she had
never Deen able TO reduce her realm to order.
AFTER cutting the woman in two he cut his own
mead on and the trickling drops minging with the
earth 70 form man. Here man is the afterthought.
and better thought.
The sun god Ra was 30 solicitous for the royal
succession as TO give it his personal attention when
he feared that carelessness or aprice might tant
the blood - therefore daughters as well as
were heiu capable of transmitting the royal degree
anu name IL IL be true that nations civilization
may DE estimated by the more less lofty posi-
uon IL accords Its women the gyptians surpassed
a.i otmer ancient peoples. With the second dyn-
asty we learn that there was a law passed that
women could hold the sovereign power.
queen Nicrotis was the builder OF the third pyra-
IT, cries the misogy nis). Her historical character
mas oeen lost In succession of legends. This
% oouoie designer is said by some TO be the most an
clent FORM OF the story of Cinderella
In Moses command to read and explain the law
70 10 al people woman was included by name. In
tne exclamation of Deborah, the prophecies and
Judge, we see where she gets her authority. ''The
Loro made me have dominion over the mighty"
She calls herself "Mother in Israeln and by a
WISE administration OF her power OF prophetic
command gives the land rest for forty years.
But for the stop-wat one would like to dwell
on some OF the attrib utes of Sarah. Miriam, Debo-
rah, a hi gail, Huldah and Esther, not forgetting
Jezebel, that vigorous wife OF a purliDg imbecile,
whose characterization should ike to translate
oy some other term Than termagant, as We are
quite convinced that the need produ ced the nstru
nlent From sarah TO Esther the difference is
WIDE as from earth 10 a star sarah was a prin-
cess over peoples, Esther was a radiant beauty to
Persian King-a star TO her people, but single
star, not cohsteilation-neither a "Cross" to her
husband nor a "Great Bear 10 any else. Sa-
rah ruled In and OF herself Esther in and by means
OF her influence.
The Assyrian Empire was founded by Minus and
Semiramis One skips, for the nOnce, the part of
the history relating TO Minus and the son Ninyhs
70 center the attention on Semiramis. We see
that she cannot be all a myth, earth works
Dear the stamp OF her fine hand. Writing was well