The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-10-17

nest builders, the storers of food and
the workers in clay, like the mud wasp
and termites. Man set out to fight and
Outwit; woman to conserve and elabo-
rate; man to explore and wander, WON.
an to settle down and congregate; man
becoming dispersive, centrifugal; woman
unifying and centripetal; man develop
ing the militant spirit, woman the in.
dustrial spirit; for as has been said,
woman lighted the first fire and upon
the stones OF the rude hearth was laid
the foundation OF industrialism. the be-
ginning OF the permanent civilization
We enjoy today. She was the founder
Of society, the primitive social unit. and
with her child and the line of her fe.
male ancestry che formed the only stable
element in society.
To attach man to the group was
another matter and to waken a sense Of
paternity within him was the struggle
Of the ages. Long before this was &C.
complished women had formed tribal
family and racial unity, which. in its
first rude form. embodied the idea OF
government, but which is significant to
Us, as revealing the germ of social unity.
II you would learn OF all the activities
and occupations through which she con-
tributed 30 much to the general mode
Of happiness read il you have not al.
ready the latest word upon the subject
in Prof. Masou's "Woman's Place in
Primitive Culture" Its chapters re-
veal woman in manifold and difficult
role, as food bearer. weaver, skin dresser,
potter, the Beast OF Burden, the Jack Of
all ira les, the artist. the lingulst. the
founder OF society, the patron Of re-
ligion. In these opening scenes OF the
drama of civilization she moves a CEN
trail and commanding figure.the warning
spirit in the affairs Of life, her virtues
and skill reflected from the heavens by
the deities who personate them.
Only in the arts of war is she un-
skilled, only amid scenes OF murder is
her presence wanting for, when it's dis
cordant notes are heard, her voice is
silent. her hands grown gradually skill
full in the making and fashioning OF i'm
plements of peaceful industry. never
made gun, or a murderous weapon.
From all these we are told she is ex-
cluded, save when now and then a few
poor girls earn pittance filling cart
ridges, save, as in the days Of Tacitus,
women carry food and cheer to their
husbands on battle fields, save that the
good sisters OF the Red cross bind up
the wounds and minister to the wants
OF the unfortunate victims.
So we see that the same motive power
that prompted woman to strive for de-
velopment in a material way, is the
motive that fills the ages with her
patient toll that home might be
created, that impelled her to break with
feeble but willing hands the locked
doors OF Natures store house that life
might be sustained, the motive that
worked outward in spirit directly in
contrast with the warlike spirit Of the
AGE. that resisted it not but ever came,
is the same motive that today reaches
out in every organized effort to higher
living, a broader intellectual -ity. better
order. a purer social structure, u truer
fellow ship. larger unity. Militancy
and Industualism in the old relations
to civilization have disappeared.
All the enterprises OF women embody
a hope Of the regeneration Of the world.