The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-10

II NJ IL session Of the General FEEDER
y lA alton Of Womcn's Clubs was
by Mrs. Kate Epson Clark. OF
brooklyn, who spoke from the subject.
Move Upward Driving Out the Beast and
Let the Ape and Tiger Die" She said
NJ friends the remnants of the beasts
from whose dead selves VIC have steppe
TO higher things. live Enthusiastically within
Wa We have met men and women VINO
have the faces 81 dogs. tho low and carnal
tastes Of the ape. the chatter and scope
OF the parrot. the temper OF the tiger.
Civilization IS only the life-and-Ceath
struggle between these and the archaneels.
They fight again tine old battle with Satan
and his fends There are some faint
hearted ones VINO say from time 70 time.
'Oh, what's the use You can't ever beat
them Divorce and worse social evils have
always been. They are always going to be.
You can't help H. Drunkenness and gam
bling are wrong, 81 course, but n certain
portion Of the population arc going 20 he
conquered Nv them every day. and yon
might as well accep. that fact Women
have always been at n disadvantage In the
struggle FOR existence and they are always
golI & 10 be You can't help II, Dunno
animals and children have always been
abused and they always VIII he. Don
get 10 much excited about II. II tires you
and does them precious little good, Cor
wayr will he. For heavens sake, give us
"A rest OF them. Don't you see people don't
like ~ You are only making yourself I'M
popular by talking about them. and YOU
dom 90 a biz Of good There always have
been lasciyious plays and books. md there
always Will be. You ean't help it."
Ny friends these doubling Thomases do
not read I'm Mcmoriam. once month, as
ever, well-regulated person should. They
probably have never once read It entirely
through. They surely have NOT lmbibed It's
spiJit or they could not speak 50. Maybe
they are right Maybe these awful hlots
upon our race must forever remain, but |
don't believe It, and neither do Won why,
that belief is the reason for the existence
OF womens clubs. though good many
pecple have never understood II. and do
not yet understand IT, The time has come
when the ruder physical processes. which
ut country for residence, are accom-
pIiehed IN America, We have govern
ment which protects our Hives and proper
~. our financial system is fairly orEHniz-
ed We know what we can depend upon
so far as our physical life Is concerned.
We are free now To- consider the social
constitution, TO examine the heart and
mind and soul of the nation. 10 see what
its lacks and diseases are, and to devise
remedies There Is not a woman's club
. That know. even the mcet fashionable
and diie.tante, the most snobbish and torn
by strife, but that stands for spirit for
those higher things which move mankind
upward. driving out the beast.
In n brief way. Il may be said that the
apo exists among sis most obviously In the
forms of fashionable folly and all its imita-
tivenese The tiger inspires wars and
commercial and political cruelty and greed
The ape seems TO stand for one class CT
sins and the tiger fof the others Mater
tailam and % nstiality, with their attendant
train OF loathsone vices, are personihed
In the ape with his own almost Shakes
peerean power Of comprehensive express
sion. Tennyson's few words draw world
picture They include everything.
Emerson says that tho hordeS who de-
struvcd tie Roman empire did not come
moment too soon. The ape-mcn had been
ruling Rome--as II T. the ape-trRits which
are the chief curse and peril OF the Ro~
nance peoples today II was healthier
and bcttor that AtIila, with his tiger war
riorr should come and overthrow this soft
and enoryating luxury for. though they
hrongh, only another kind Of sin. II had
az least the merits OF ,iriiity ana force
Then for thousand years. until this fair
weatern world rose up tho apc ona the
tiger wrestled almost unrestrained
throughout EArope In pasdng " may hr
mentioned that the American app Is OF
higher type than his Eurupe an cousin aut
his frontal development is much larger IT.
might have Won the battle II ~ ood he'n
left to him
The FIRST matters - decide are tho prta
snt nnunts Of the beasts who are lurking
In ambush tn ruin u4 Furtw Warned. az w
oil know Is forrstmod
why do YOU not set your faces like
mint aEplnst wicked and unhealthy aud
denporattstng suiea ~ Dress can Nou
al N.. all
plal2 can you not without advertising
N devise WAYS Of curlallnc and stopping
tho ualow ~ tigrniciou% literature. .hAA
nrNHpAprrs. magazines aud books Surr.
Is ynu can u y0u give your minds g. Vs..
and IN heavens name, WY do voH mot Ga
~ believe in i1iEa.' day.a good
OH fashioned one. in which small 1ul
great shall s,and before thr bar ~ ,soi
and give account of the A,r.is trrc m
the hoslv In that dreaded Say Cos whom
much has been given ot her shall rnach ht
required
You So not believe 90 ihese styles u
dre.s You believe fh1t vt1rv 'ou-3H3a
OF women ami g9ele liiti. rhNHrrn tyr Killed
~ thetu that thousands rar' ue made
tnvalids many thousands m"tc uudaN
taxed and hiudervd bS taern womcu wh4
uecd every atom ~ tb,,s strength far
hiehor uecs-ypt. what hase Nou eVer said
pr done Go prove YuUr fattH" NaH believe
that crr3stn lday~-eeftain nsoSs certain
n,a.saiurs certain ucwautatr- l.. f.g of
the slimjs~t Sins ~ the aro ara .i .,- rr-u
90 esN ytt WNat have yUu done to destroy
their snHuceees
Tl.,tc 90 No,nothins ap{ea.tUs about frt
WAY Cos wAloh tAv pe-tuat1tiyeu,s vita
h. as lugse ns Onward aKtjusi rUt oII
4 IL uNe thaf wonderful 'nnucnCf - tt~
pea .rn.tf lp~0 tht vtiuatvr whH. .ta
been a, ,lvb!A tescritct hy Marion t.at