Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-12-08
MEN AND WOMEN EQUAL.

Goodness gracious. what are we coming
10! 4 Miss Thompson of Chicago. who
Is rounS girl and Il prtety girl 80 boot.
mas Just had the degree of doctor Of
philosophy conferred on her. with special
mention Of her work in psychology In
order to compete for the degree each stu
Gent IL required TO undertake some orig
maj work, and this young lady selected
rs hcr topic of investigation n subject
thar Adam and Eve began to debaFe, in
Eden. and TINT * still undergoing active
discussion i'll every household in the land
WIN small prospect OF being settled
Miss Thompson calls it The Determi-
nation of The Psychological Form. IN
the family circle ii is trying to Setfie
whether the husband or the wife is best
emitted r0 rule tine ro0$t. and in general
II may be said To ne Il scientific effort 10
try u sertle the much-diScusSed question
OF the fridtlve mentality of men and
wcmen. Miss Thompson attempted 20 do
thlS by making tests of the acutenasS of
the senses of sight, taste, hearing. smell
and touch, and the fair philosopher ar
'ivcd mt the highly gratifying conclusions
mat 50 far rs these evidences went
women Showed no inferiorty To men
We Should think not. Judging from an
unsciCntliic but practical standpoint We.
should say. on the contrary. that women'S
senses were far mare highly trained than
men :, Take smell. for instance Who
ever heard of man, who. after he went
10 bed. could smell something burning?
ism II invariably the woman who does
IT, and isn't it only after repeated and
urgent solicitations from his wife that
man Ii induced tn !set mp and 20 down
stairs to see? What Il he seldom. or new
or, hnds any shing: Doesn't that only go
'o prove how very highly developed a
Woman'> olfactory organs are. when she
can smell an imaginary fire. Then, too,
II men. who have the votes and could
change matters if they wcGid. had noses
that are as much offended 10y evil smells
rs women are. would we have So many
uuNavory odorS Salutjng us from I'M
clean cutters On every side: We trow
not
In regard To the sense OF sight womer
are equally superior. \ maa may sos
some things as we'll aS anybody. whel,
they are put right under his eyes. and his
| attention called to them. 1t is III th.
ability To take vitaScope views OF things
that women excel. \ man passes Il wom-
| an on the street and sees nothing hut a
female human being. y woman sees hev
dress, her manner. her age. her EaticE-
( ahtN, and decides whether She Is rich 0r
poor, married or single. Man j. also lack
ing IN dehCacN of perception of shades
and. except under abnormal conditions.
such aS being man mildner or dry goods
clerk. doesn't know the difference be.
. tween pastel shade and magenta pink.
In hearing women are also in advance.
1t IS always the woman who hears bur-,
glars Of cold night. Never the man.
Ii is the mother who hears the children
move, and wakes To cover them Mra
have been known to he a. deaf as most
aud Slumher through midnight char.
ivarl. when the baby had the collie. bur no
mother ever failed to hear the first wall
that rent the air
Ii is a pity that Miss Thompson didn't
continue htr investigation little farther.
She might also take note OF the fact thlt