The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-06
THE NEW NAN PORTRAYED.
An English View Of q Great and
Interesting Problem.



+. have come. He IS fors Swallowed. out
conferences of advance ladies. and his
silhouette fits through the pages OF
IN occasional magazine axticle emanat-
! ing from the new schs .oa. but he is not
yet here in the flesh He remains an
ideal, an abstraction.
Let us consider hi IN for a moment
quite seriously. The: ~ is no doubt that
the relative position of the sexes in
these times have ch; lngcd q good deal.
That is too big n question TO go into
here. but if anyone doubts the fact let
him consider broad 3 how far the east-
arn and western civilizations have
arifted apart in thsar views Of marriage.
| So I do not deny thaf. new sentiments
may from time 10 time become engraft-
| cd upon human nature. The modern
| repugraIsre TO slavery would have heen
unintelligible in aD.ient Rome and I
doubt whether fcoS ed-out or burned
| out negroes and Yell ,w men ever under
stand the a2truistic subscriptions now
and again got up az the Mansion house
| for their benefit. On the other hand.
the Chinese. with dheir worship of an
| ceStors, indulge i'll sentiments which
are caviare TO our selves. No sect, no
| body Of enthusiasts $, need therefore de-
f, spair OF bringing round society to ats
| opinions, it is qui tie entitled to try.
But do the ladies' who are clamoring
for the new man ru ,lize all that their act
implies? i cen hardly think 80; because
the renewal of the British constitution
would be aeabine to what they pro.
pose. as n little reflection viii show.
First OF all, however. let us be agreed
| upon our terms. The demand Is that
there should be but one standard OF
morality for both sexes OF course, this
| Is vague. There might be q lcvelin4
Town as we'll rs a lcvelirg UP of morality.
or there might be a compromise be-
tween the two sexcs-a meeting half
| way. II there was any hesitation in
| Judging OF this matter 10 would hardly
be for the advanced ladies 10 complain.
seeing that one section OF them is in
siting manufacturers and others TO send
In designs for new dual garment
or, vulgaxly, trousers for everyday fe-
male wear; while another section claims
the right. as understand. to retaliaso
in kind. for infidelity. However. not tor
he ungcnerous. let us assume the preya-
| lent demand to be that men should con-
form to the~existing standard of NOR
F, atty.
Well, that idea requires following ont
little morn closely than has yet been
attempted on advanced platforms, be-
cause il lends up TO rather strange IL.
sues, for which can hardly imagineita
promoters 10 be prepared.
Morality, it is clear. ought 70 be some.
thing more than a verbal profession: II
ought to spring from inner sentiment
| and to be closely allied 20 modcsty.
| Given modesty of thought and mosiesty
| OF dem-anor among members OF tho
male sex, there would follow. as n mat.
! ter Of course. the new morality. which
| in turn would yield Ms a race OF bashful
and blushing men, coy in love, lacking
| In initiative. who would let conceal
ment, like q worm in the bud. feed on
tkier sentiments. Nor would the changes
| end here. We can hardly doubt but
| that the new man. actuated by his new
| feelings. would be n some pains 20 dis
guise the contour Of his figure. II he
adhered to the ''d1iaI garment he would
| probably pun IL and frili 10 into fantaz-
tic shapes and scrupulously avoid tho
slightest exposure of ankle. The ath-
lete would blushingsy fling aside his
conventional garb "a too indicate.
Side by side with these Developments
there could hardly fail 10 be a completes
change of the inner man effected. Pro-
posals for marriage would have 20 CONS
indiferently from either side. Indeed.
many new men would probably never
pet over n sort OF maidenly rcpulsion IN
the opposite sex. and there would be-
sides be little attraction TO them in tho
prospect of mating with creatrrr, an
emotional and retiring al Themselves.
Virtue itself would bocorse a drug in
the market. II world cease TO t~ prized.
because temptation would cease TO a..
sail IL
Too modest to confess t6s passion. IL
he had one. the new man would bo cpn-
strained 20 take a leaf ous Of the hp.,1c
OF the Burrness maiden. 10 light his in-
vi.ationai lamp IN the window and watt
pori>utly for the suitors OF the opposite
sex TO come. Would thesss respond7 In
many c-ses perhaps no<. and thera
would sri-- the difficulty which VIII ba
remembered confronted the bsshfuI
benedict, as TO how the world should
be peopled.
The universal sar~ness Of The sexes
would cause them 70 lose all interest IN
each othrr and then. would ~ an e-sd %
Be a rather forward" attempt on tbs
part Of the male To ingrztiste hinself
with the female on aalse pr-t~ns-s-
Do the advanood ladies like this pics
ture? Il In one OF which they havs
th.rn,eires supplied The outline. Ihava
merely taken The liberty of filing IN q
L.tIe detail. For The carrying out %
such a complete re=cTval 81 fhr existing
relation Of the s~res something Ike am
ertir. geological epoch would be -
Tuirrzi. For no noT~ variation 81 GUS
tom. sz5ch "a have referred 20. - oorn-
parable 90 IL IN pom, Of iEnportann~: -
~ossjd be . fundamental change. the
birth OF a new race. Then there are q
graf mary evolutionary problems 10
Dc faced IN connection with IL Suppoas
.he movement 20 Be confined 20 Eng-
land 10 ,hat privileged tact % ths
.a<ff1z surface which les within rarrs
- tte sp>-cb~s delivered =. Exeter hall,
ko~ Joa- would ~. n~w Enviizhrnas
- able % hold hi~ owD Ia The strugrls