Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-16
DOES she LIKE TO BE Bossep.
INC Op'n'on Seems TO be That She Does in
Spite Of What She Saws.

woman likes to be boseed h1, -
mere is no getting around tbis f,ot
declares the New York F,veniner D.
She may assert and reassart ha,. 49, =
independence and her die1iko ~
sis ans uoi'ii'eeriAg men, but all the
Sic prs such men to those
"hoiii she can domineer Woman
re rs woman ra are the world over.
he poiice oiilcers and magistrates who
i"Ne iiidoe study OF the question say
'hat the uneducated woman Of tho
Sums VINO is accustomed to rece;va
periodical beatings from her husha nd
ioFes MN all the better for that reason
"A reflned woman who would hate
man II he used violence toward her win
| never love him, to put it mildly up1asc
ne dominates her mentally. After all
! the spirit is the same in the woman 90
| both degrees. Equal Fighters ana
woman suffragists can pirate all thav
please about the only happy relations
between man and woman being that
where neither bosses the other and
each mas the same mental, moral and
physical rights. There is no such rela-
tlon, and never will be, so long as man
nature is man nature and woman ma
ture is woman nature.
In every relation of life between q
man and woman, in acquaintance
ship, in friendship, in sweetheartship
and in marriage, either the man rules
the woman or the woman rules the
man. Both are much happier if the
former condition exists and the rela-
ti0n will
man wants to hold a woman's interest
let him master her Of course. there
are ways and ways of mastering
woman, and clever man will never go
at 1T In an aggressive, I-will-be- boss
or-die-trying manner. At least, that is
what one girl who has recently been
mastered says. She was talking it all
over with her chum not long ago Re-
suit, the chum is pining to be mas
tered
Lois" said the chum, Il never ex-
pected to see the day when you would
allow a 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
bullyragged every man and woman,
too, about you. OF course, it was
natural for you to do that, and I'm not
blaming you, for your family has al
ways put a great deal of responsibility
on you, and then you've been making
your own living for five years and are
Independent financially,
and nothing strengthens the will like d
steady income and bank account
But you've been downed at last, and to
think that quiet old Phil has done it,"
We'll, after all. it is a fine thing to De
bossed, as you put it," said Lois. You
see, I've been working so hard for so
long and I've had my way absolutely
until now that come to think of it, I'm
utterly tired of it. Really, it is a glori-
Gus thing to have a great, big, clever
man think for you and settle things for
you. Ever try it, chum? The feeling
is fine one; it beats that of independ-
ence to death. Any man can win any
woman by mastering her. if he is sharp
enough to do it without letting her
know that heis mastering her. OF course,
my case is only an average case. eX-
cept that l was far more Independent in
though, word and deed than the aver
age woman, and I assure you the
minute Phil says, you must do thing
or must not do it, | really want to DO
as he wishes, and ii seems to me that,
after all, if you do a thing because you
want to or keep from doing it because
YOU do not want to to do it, that isn't
being Coerced.'
The other girl laughted contemptu-
ously.
Laugh all you want to-" continued
| ,piS '''Tha RaU will
will grow sick and weary of your indie
pendence, and of deciding things for
yourself, and youll be only too glad 10
have fine fellow decide things for
you. 1 never had such fine holiday
as the one he made me take. True, [
had occasional twinges because l knew
l ought to be at my post. but the feel
ing that somebody cared enough for
my physical well being to make me
give up work for a while drove all the
tWinges away. Come to think of it,
must be immensely amused
at the way | kick against his mastery
and then give in to it. The best of It
all was that he was smart enough 20
keep me in the dark about my subjec-
ton. I'll admit frankly that 1 never
was 50 interested in any man as / am
in this one, who completely rules me.
Talk about the sweetness and beauty of
ones self. Why, it is moth
ing to compare with the deliciousness
of feeling that you are dominated by
nice man. After ALL that is true indie
pendence. A woman is never really
until she has a man VINO
cares enough about her to master her.
Then she has a real friend. and with
one genuine, true friend. in the best
sense of that word, by ones side. a
woman can face the world, the flesh
and the devil and be awfully happy
Il reckon you are right" answered
the chum. I'm sick myself of bossing
myself. Every woman who does it is If
she'd only own it,