The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-23
PHIR- MINDED
MEN and WOMEN
A Problem as to the Sex Pcs
sessing the Advantage.
Many Points Tn the Fezninie Per-
of Unbiased Judgment.

Although men and women. writes Julius
! Henri Browne, are very much alike, have
/ grown 50 particularly in the last 80 or 80
| years. steadily grow more and more so
with every added year. many marked diff
! ferences remain between them necessari-
! iy in mind no less than body. In what is
known as fair-mindedness they are more
distinctive perhaps than i'm any other
! trait of the higher order. 1t is not as
sUmed, of course, that men as sex are
/ fair-minded and women as a sex are not.
! Nobody believes or ever has believed
! thai. Very few men, compared with the
multitude, are fair-minded; the fair
minded man is an exception, ii often
! seems. Can anything more severe be said
| Of women? II is not my purpose to speak
severely Of women when intimating that
| they are very seldom addicted to impair
! tiality breadth OF view, fair-mindedness.
Such quality does not. il would appear,
naturally belong to them. Ii is so OPP
| posed 10 a great deal in their composition
that il does not flourish: ii usually Ian
cuisines IL lacks SuStenance, II perisheS,
even if planted before it can take root.
Thus man continually affirms. and many
a woman comedies the point as a rule.
but maintains that she has impartiallty,
fair mindedness often. positive magnan-
unity in isolated cases. This last claim
he stubbornly denies He is wont TO de-
clare that she is incapable of magnanim-
ity under any and all circumstances; that
it is wholly incompatible with her con-
stitution. her temperament. her destiny.
He is apt to say cynlcally that parvanim-
fly is her characteristic; that anyone who
looks to her for impartiality. for fair
mindo dness, Is pretty certain to be dis
appointed. She cannot. he continues, rise
above herself encroached suddenly, all at
once. unon the masculine prerogative, be
two SEPARATE distinct beings in one. The
laws of nature must he preserved. The
rev. the advanced, woman-the woman
Of today-is indignant at this sort OF talk,
viii not listen 10 it, pronounces II the re-
suit of ignorance. prejudice, pure mis-
oEyny. She is prone TO be at one eA-
IRENE The sarcastic, railing man at the
other The truth probably lies between
the two.
What intelligent unbiased. reasoning,
hiehIv educated men and women sub
stantially agree upon is likely 10 be We
racisus OF the sexes and must carry
WEIGHT What do they say, the moderate
ard the clear of vision? They are the
picked ones. the individuals. the yisibly
discriminating. They grant woman no
less than man that her life her dispo-
sitiou. her training. her constant eNpe-
rience tends not to impartialty. TO Ialr-
mindeduess which she is disincllned TO
value properly or appreciate iuily. ar
Indebtedness is not. in her view. shin
ing attribute does not primarily appeal
To her Is not commonly ranked alh"hS
the feminine virtues: therefore not 10
10 ,1il,iy3taa by her. Woman is spon-
t8reously attached TO what strs' en-
kiulles her vanity. as man Il supposed
"a he what evokes his pride. Her most
astiruable qualities are frequently the
defects rs they are regarded. OF heT
virtues. or il may be the virtues OF her
defects She is a creature OF eHl"lloi-
Of sentiment Of affection. II she were
always impartial. strictly lall-HiiIucI'
she would have much less OF 'noSe -
irr-s ,ynuld be much reduced In her pow
=. ne a woman. would be less attractive,
l..s 1a,-ahlp She does not feel that she
can lose ANYTHING Of her attraction OF
her lOvanleaess, without seriously I'M
-,af,ine the beauty and benignity OF her
sex and rather than that she would pre-
fer to perish. to be totally obhterated'
Every woman is. TO her own IDEAL
GODDESS and in such contemplation
however exaggerated, she redCileS HS'
highest happiness. e
A woman who is the incarnation OF
r,aruaniuitv and whom most men pro-
Y,ounca impossible they would not as d
,,,Ta fancy at all They would be repealed
~ r,,- in the concrete. II she should ap-
- "a Them in the abstract only, they
,,.o,Ild he sure that she had an aqulhhe
,,,eo a craggv chin. a slight mustache
ma bass voice Often as men censure
mem for want Of fair-mindedness they
seldom laud her for its possession. 1hey
could be rather drawn TO her pretty
mouth than to any number OF impartlan-
ties ii might utter. A pretty mouth Is
so7,,rnonlv eloquent to their ears, though
81 may convey only platitudes- They may
-, 7l,out intellect and culture. cut faces
and forms win them much more. The
greatest professed adorer OF mentanty III
tha other sex viii often be found IN ar
don't Dursrlit of a well-turned ankle and |
an undulating gait ,.
Freely as a large class OF men mNelgh
arair,st the inferiority of women. IL seems
mostly a habit, a mere exercise OF the
TONGUE The sexes are on the whole ad-
y,,frab1v ADAPTED to one another. cOulo |
secretly be amended to advantage. The |
,,.is-fst the most learned men frequently |
aupear to harmonic completely with |
frivolous women. An en- |
tb,,siastic 3dnircr of fair-mindedness |
might readily become riveted and often |
does to her who had no conception OF the |
meaning Of the word.