The Lamar register., 1898-09-07
eALD-HEAEap WOMAN.
me rs Beenmins Quite a. sum.ros. =.
Her Brother Ma

Her Brother Man.
word comes from the scientists and
physicians that women are gradually
becoming the equals of raen in yet an
other direction, that we are. in short.
more prone to baldheadedness than we
used to be- The rapture OF the radicals
al such good news may well be imag-
ined- But few women have hitherto
enjoyed the prerogative OF losing their
hair to any marked degree. and al
though not so much advertised as some
other defects Of the sex, we may be
sure that II has been keeuly felt. That
being hsId-headed was an attribute
which the privileged ser would them
selves Just as lieye forgo had nothing
10 do with the case II was the gener-
Al principle. not its particular appliea-
tion 20 the front row at the theater.
that allured. Your rampant women's
rtghtAter cares not whether a distinc-
tion between the sexes be welcome or
otherwise. what she wants is to bave
men and women upon the same plane.
Bald heads may not intrinsiesliy be
acceptable. but men, as rule. become
hald-hesded. while women. as a rule.
do not: therefore. bald heads are to be
desired. Such Is the logic Of the wo-
mans riEhtsteT ard the eogent thing
about II Is not Etrikingiy different from
The logic OF all women. The fact that
men may wear their hair short. while
women must wear it long. has long
rankled In the hearts OF the rampants.
Most women radicals generally cut the
Gordian knot. so eunninEly tieI BY
custom. by cutting their hair. Long
haired men and shor;-hAired women"
has long seea the accepted way OF de-
scriblns n company Of eranks. fn
such case. TO be sure. the pendulum
had swung so far as to result In moth
lag more than a reversal of normal
conditions. but. whatever Its aberra-
tiona. they were always more signin-
cant o, the revol, among women than
among men Il Is doubtful u any man
was ever fool enough TO wear his hair
long unless some greater fool OF vo-
man melted him thereto. But merely
cutting her hair abort and persuad!uS
men to leave theirs uncut ls a thing
easy for woman to accomplish. What
she could not do was TO induce nature
TO is, up with regard to her scheme OF
suffering uen to beeone bald. while
women did not One reason for men
losing their hair more readily thar ~o-
mea is said TO be because they vesr
their hats more. which. II true. prob
ably accounts for the tenaeity with
Which the ciubwonan eiings to her
headgear. n bonnet wearing will bring
about the desired hirsuie equality. then
bornet wearing IL shall be. and no
matter how naturally distasteful the
process Some scientists and physi-
clans hint. indeed. that 10 the vomens
clubs. with their attendant devotion 70
millinery, Is chiefly due TO the physio-
logical change nov taking place upon
the fcmlnine poll. Others likewise
hold the clubs responsible. but declare
ihst the millinery has nothing what
e-er 10 do With Il. 1T Is because vo-
men have begun to think more that
badness is more prevalent amons
them" say these. so long as men did
mos: OF the thinking II was mostly
men who became bzld-headed: but now
that the brain OF woman IL being cud-
seled. that which thAtches the brain Of
woman is being thinned out" Or
xanlred EFFORT IL Is needless to state.
does not accept either Of these theo-
ri.s. II Is even said that. pleased as
the few are at the prospect of enjoy
ing the privilege of badness. Just like
men," there Is large majority who
are quite worried over losing their
hair. "Ail else aside say these.
what shall We pin our bonnets TO
when we become bald7"