The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-20
RALD-HEApEp WomA,l
She K ReoominG quite as Num.,
Ero~ Ts..A,. - - q

She As BecomlnG Quite as Numsro..
Her Brother Man.
Word comes from the scient;.,.
physicians that women are rrsd,s I'M
becoming the equals Of men n ~ t !.
other direction; that we are. n 80.
more prone to baldheadedness tbsa
used to be. The rapture of the radIoa,.
at such good news may wen be in,ss
lined. But few women have KtI,ssss.
enjoyed the prerogatiYe Of losing ,b.,.
hair to any marked degree and !,
though not SO much advertised a. San.
other defects of the sex, We NAV 49, =
sure that it has been keenly felta.Fbs,
being tald-headed was an attriba,.
which the privileged sex would thom
selves just as lieve forgo had notbiny
to do with the case, It was the geneE,
al principle, not its particular apnlics.
ton to the front row at the tbeator
that allured. Your rampant women,s
rightster cares not whether a dlstinc.
ton between the sexes be welcome !,
otherwise; what she wants is To bsvo
men and women upon the same plana
Bald heads may not intrinsically bs
acceptable, but men, as a rule, become
bald-headed, while women, as a rula
do not; therefore, bald heads are 10 10
desired. Such is the logic Of the va.
mans rightster and the cogent thing
about 1t is not strikingly different from
the logic Of all women. The fact that
men may wear their hair short, while
! women must wear it long, has long
ranked in the hearts of the rampants.
Most women radicals generally cut the
Gordian knot, so cunningly tied by
custom, by cutting their hair. Long
haired men and shorI-haired women
has long been the acceptcI way Of de-
scribing company of cranks. In
such case, to be sure, the pendulum
had swung so far as to result in moth
ing more than a reversal of normal
conditions, but, whatever its abeFra-
tions, they were always more signia-
cant of the revolt among women than
among men. It Is doubtful If any man
was ever fool enough to wear his hair
long unless some greater fool of WO-
man melted him thereto. But merely
cutting her hair short and persuading
men to leave theirs uncut is a thing
easy for woman to accomplish. What
she could not do was to induce nature
to let up with regard to her scheme Of
suffering men to become bald, while
women did not. One reason for men
losing their hair more readily than Wo-
men is said to be because they wear
their hats more, which, if true, prob
ably accounts for the tenacity with
which the clubwoman clings to her
iheadgear. If bonnet wearing will bring
about the desired hirsute equality, then
bonnet wearing it shall be, and no
matter how naturally distasteful the
process. Some scientists and physi-
clans hint, indeed, that to the womens
clubs, with their attendant devotion to
millinery, is chiefly due to the physlO-
logical change now taking place upon
the feminine poll. Others likewise
hold the clubs responsible, but declare
that the millinery has nothing what
ever to do with it. 1T is because Wo-
men have begun to think more that
badness is more prevalent among
Them" say these. 80 long as men did
most of the thinking it was mostly
men who became bald-headed; but now
that the brain of woman is being eud-
geled, that which matches the brain Of
woman is being thinned out. or
ganized effort, it is needless to state,
does not accept either Of these thee
ries. It is even said that, pleased IS
the few are at the prospect Of enjoy
ing the privilege of badness, Gust ike
men," there is a large majority WAo
are quite worried over losing thsT
hair. "AIl else aside" say these
what shall we pin our bonnets
when we become bald?"