The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-28
GIRLS LOVE
a MASTER
Men Must Be Bosses to Pos.
sess Their Affection.
independence Not Part of Fem.
nine Nature and Does Not Foster
Happiness.

Woman likes to be bossed by man.
| There is no getting around this fact She
| may assert and reassert her love of in
| dependence and her dislike of what she
calls domineering men, but all the same
she prefers such men to those over
! whom she can domineer. Woman nature
| is woman nature the world over. The
police officers and magistrates who have
! made a study of the question say that
the uneducated woman of the slums who
is accustomed to receive periodic beat
ings from her husband loves him all the
better for that reason. A refined woman
who would hate a man if he used vio-
lence toward her Will never love him, to
put it mildly, unless he dominates her
mentally. AfterLall the spirit is the
same in the women of both degrees
Equal Fighters and woman suffragists
can pirate all they please about the only
happy relations between man and wo-
man being that where neither bosses the
other, and each has the same mental,
moral and physical rights. There is no
such relation, and never will be. so long
as man nature is man nature and woman
nature is woman nature.
In every relation of life between man
and woman. in acquaintanceship. In
friendship in sweetheartship. and in
marriage, either the man rules the wo-
man or the woman rules the man. Both
are much happier IL the former condition
exists and the relation will continue
much longer. IL man wants to hold
woman's interest let him master her.
OF course. there are ways and ways OF
mastering a woman. and a clever man
will al II In "a aggressive. l.
will-boss-y ou-or- die-trying manner. AT
least that is what one girl who has re-
Gently been mastered says. She was talk
ing IL all over with her chum not long
ago. Result. the ehum Is pining TO be
mastered.
Lois" said the chum, 81 never ex-
pected to see the, day when you would
allow man to boss you as Phil does.
Why. he rules you completely. You have
no mind of your own left. and it seems
so queer for you've always bully ragged
every man. and woman, too, about you.
OF course. il was natural for you to do
that and I'm not blaming you, for your
family has always put a great deal of
responsibility on you, and then you've
been making your own living for hve
years and are consequently independent
financially. and nothing strengthens the
will like a steady income and bank ac-
count. But you've been downed at last,
and to think that quiet old Phil has
done it,"
well. after all. it is a fine thing to
be bossed as you put it," said Lois.
You see, I've been working SO hard for
so long and I've had my way so absO-
lutey until now that. come to think of
il, I'm utterly tired of it. Really. 1t is
glorious thing TO have a great. big,
clever man think for you and settle
things for You. Ever try II. chum? The
feeling Is fine one; il beats that of in
dependence to death. Any man can win
any woman by mastering her. by men,
tally dominating her. IL he Is sharp
enough TO do it without letting her
know that he is mastering her. OF
course. my case is only an average case,
except that was far more Independent
in thought word. and deed than the av
erage woman. and ! assure you the min
ute Phil says. YOU must do a thing. or
must not do it. ! really want to do
just as he wishes. and it seems 10 me
that after all. if you do thing be-
cause you want to or keep from doing
il cause you do not want to do it. that
isn't being Coerced.'
The other girl laughed contemptuous-
10.
Laugh all youuwant to- continued
Lois. THE day will come when you will
grow sick and weary of your independ-
ence. and OF deciding things for your
self and you'll be only too glad to have
q fine fellow decide things for you. l
never had such n fine holiday as the
one he made me take, True, | had oc
casional twinges because I knew l ought
to be at my post, but the feeling that
somebody cared enough for my physical
welI-being to make me give up work for
while drove ala the twingeS away.
Come to think ofUit, somebody must be
immensely amused at the way | kick
against his mastery and then give in
to il. The best of il all is that he was
smart enough to keep me in the dark
about my subsection. I'll admit frank