The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-07-15
BALp-HEApED WOMAN.
She Is Becoming Quito as Numerous as
Her Brother Man.

Her Brother Man.
Word comes from the scientists and
physicians that women are gradually
becoming the equals of men in yet an
other direction; that we are, in short,
more prone to baldheadedness than we
used to be. The rapture Of the radicals
at such good news may well be mag
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 Dc
sure that it has been keenly felt. That
being bald-headed was an attribute
which the privileged sex would them
selves just as lieve forgo had nothing
to do with the case. 1t was the gener-
al principle, not its particular applica-
tion to the front row at the theater,
that allured. Your rampant womens
rightster cares not whether distfnc-
ton between the sexes be welcome or
otherwise; what she wants is to have
men and women upon the same plane.
Bald heads may not intrinsically be
acceptable, but men, as rule, become
bald-headed, while women, as rule,
do not; therefore, bald heads are to be
desired. Such is the logic of the wo-
mans rightster and the cogent thing
about it is not strikingly different from
the logic of all women. The fact that
hot bai short while
women must wear it long, has long
rau1led 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 short-haired women"
has long been the accepted way OF de-
scribing a 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 aberra-
lions, they were always more signifi-
cant of the revolt among women than
among men. 1t 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
headgear. 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 women's
clubs, with their attendant devotion to
millinery, is chiefly due to the physio-
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. $50 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 cud-
| geled, that which thatches the brain OF
woman is being thinned out" Or
ganized effort" it is needless to state,
does not accept either of these theo-
ries. It 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. "All else aside" say these,
what shall we pin our bonnets to
when we become bald?"