El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-14
The new WOMAN
OF TODAY
No Longer To Be Called the
Weaker Vessel
WITH SELF RELIANCE
She Pre- aches In the Pulpit, Argues In
the Law Courts, Performs Surgical
Operations, And Generally Holds
Her Own.
Written for the HERALD

Written for the HERALD
The meek subservience OF the van
ouisbed male of today is all due to the
advent of then new woman,
All along me line see the conquer
inc woman comes! Without her that
masculine strength which used TO rule
the world seems to have become mere
inert mass Of protoplastlc potentlal1-
ties, wanting the vivifying current,
the electric spark of active develop
mept. Even on things once held to be
exclusively the business of man, and
men only, the coDquering woman has
plar Tt d Der flag, and is fast shoulder
irg Ut her forme r superior rival;
Woman has often been called the
weaker vessel, but unless the phrase
was meant for irony, there never was
greater mistake. The very contrary Is
the fact. Not only Is woman stronger
than her fancied lord, but just In pro-
portion to her seeming weakness Is her
real power. A little blonde creature
with aewy eyes and fragile form, whom
physically you could crush like an egg
she'll 10 Your masculine grasp, Is just
the person before whom you ind your
self crouching and trembling without
daring even stto peep in opposition to
FER will She bends you to her ends
with the mlnim um of effort; she moulds
you to her pur pos es as clay is moulded
in the hands of the potter. Woman
control of man is the eternal theme OF
literature, the burden OF biography
lyric, and romance. In one form or
another, it is always Sampson laying
his shaggy head in the lap OF Dellls d,
the old lion allowing the fair maiden
to draw his teeth and clip his claws.
man emerged from the savage state
when woman might have been tine
weaker vessel" but it is false to cal!
her SO today, when with absolute sell
reliance she breaches in the pulpit,
argues in the courts, performs surgical
operations, harangues on the PLATFORM,
wins double firsts"st the universities;
and the whirlgig of time has brought
us q blessing In the athletic woman,
with the reason firm, the temperate
will, endurance. foresight, strength
and skill.
The modern woman, simple In spirit
and sincere in grit, is entering upon
every line of athletic endeavor found
good bv muscular man.
The athletic girl abounds in brilliant
common sense. If she goes or jour
new and is limited to one piece OF bag
gage. the stout and sensible parapher-
MALTA for out of door existence is the
ped stined choice, and the feathers
and fiounces are counted as superhui-
ties and left behind.
Then the new woman has taken up
most unique and novel occupations,
such as an ornamental guest" She
will assist at dinner or evening parties,
and by her grace, wit and beauty con-
tribute TO the entertainment OF the COM
pary. She will do everything in the
highest style of art. Another will un
de~take commissions of all kinds. She
will buy your gowns. select becoming
spring bonnet for you, purchase your
silverware, in short, do whatever shop
ping you may need. 1t you are in doubt
how to furnish the drawing room OF
your house, how to have coy corner
in the library, or treat nook IN the
hall under the stairway, she will come
to your assistance with her artist dec
orators and will give you the Der etit OF
her judgment.
So it ruos, and the vauquished male
cuts but q sorry figure. He is the
stand ard bearer who has left his post
and lost bis colors-the still lusty
Rex Nemorum who has given the
towards we leone to an usurper-the
counsellor and guardian who as dis
owned his sponsibilities, preferring
the ignominious sloth of place to the
arduous exercise of his duties, and
letting his charges become so many
renegades unfettered and undirected.
To call woman weak is to be guilty
at once of an anachrOnism, m1snom-
err and libel.