The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-05
MERE MAN"
BY SARAH GRAND.
DECLINE to be accused of calling
man any names l do not decline

RI DECLINE to be accused of calling
man any names. l do not decline
out Of consideration for mere man"
altogether, but In self defense To use
such an expression deprives me of my
dignity which i myself derive from the
dignity of my subjects.
The saying is ''In small things liberty:
in great things. unity: In all things, char
itys' but when you meet a man who de-
scribes himself as n mere man." you
would always do well to ask what he
wants, for since man first swung himself
from his bough in the forest primeval
and stood upright on two legs, he has
never assumed that position for nothing.
My own private opinion. which I con-
fide to you. knowing IT win go no farther.
r. that he assumes that tone. as a rule.
TO overawe sovereign woman. Mere
man Is a paradoxical creature. II II not
always possible to distinguish between
his sober earnest and his leg-pulling ex-
erciscs One has to be on ones guard,
and woe 10 the woman who In these
days displays that absence Of the sense
OF hnmor which Is such prominent char
acteristic In our comic papers.
Sovereign woman Is the ritlander Of
civilization-nnd man Is her Boer 1t
seems 10 me that woman Is very much in
the position Of Queen Esther: she has her
crown and her Kingdom and her royal
robes, but she Is liable to have her head
snapped on at any moment On the other
hand there are hundreds OF men who
have their heads snapped or every day.
''Mcrs man has his faults. no doubt.
but woman can also be a rasplng sort
OF creature especially II she does not
cultivate sympathy with cigarettes as
she grows older.
Personally. and speaking as woman
whose guiding principle through life has
a. ~ fa~
that she can get nice man to do for her.
principle which have found entirely
successful. and which strongly recon-
mend TO every other woman: personally.
l have always found man an excellent
eourade
lie has stood by me Loyalty and held
out an honest hand 10 me, and lent me
his strength when mine was failing. and
helped me calamity over many an awk-
ward ht Of The way and that. too. ut
times when sovereign woman whom had
50 respected and admired and championed.
had nothing for me but bonnet pins.
IN The great republic % letters 70 which
I have the honor TO helong-in the dis
tiuEuishsd position % the letter "Z"-~snv
experience y that woman suffers no In.
dignity az the hands of man on account
~ her sex. That Is the sort OF experience
which creates q prejudice II gives one n
sort ~ an idea that there are men In the
world who would stand By q woman on
occasion. and I must confess that I be-
san ne WIN very strong prejudice Of
that kind
FOR woman 10 have good father r.
90 have been born an heiress. II you
bad asked me az a child who ran 70 help
me when 7 feii, should have answered
"My daddy" When woman begins
afe with Prejudice ~ shia kind she
never gtts over r. The prefudace az a
man sor bis mother r. feeble In com
carlson with the prejudice OF woman
for her father when she has hai 4 man
for her father
II has been said that the heai way 10
manage men is to- feaI the brute Nut
woman never made that discovery far
heFseNf hei,cpe Il was a man ~ hgq
mere man" moni who arSt coneded the
secret 60 some Young wife IN distress
samehody fisf's Young wife Feed and
Batter him Why nptf - there anything
tnore telEhtrld n fhis world than 10
~ asitered ana teis Let VS. a. as NE
weu& De- Done by
When 81 comes 70 facing ne day after
3ay. as so many men have 70 face n
enc work'ngr1fr III Al clAsecs % society
upon whom ,he home depends mea whoee
days are ONLY roo nsten q weary eMeri
ana whose nlChig are an ache % anxiety.
issf thr strength shouia rtFs nns which
mears trcod-w ben enc tanks ~ %. lives
wsicn these men live, an5 The way IN
Rhih they Iivr them. the brave an.
cpnflaining way IN whlch they ashs 80
TIE sraih far lheea bear 10 thew- when
sae considers mere nan from this
rainf ~ yicw one IS moved - enghusl-
asfn. ana one = saia % confess thar
sovereign eaman 90 . PEDESTAL Is a poor
SORT q creature comlsrrd wifr this kfna
u mere man" r. that 30 often she not
0aly faAs 81 help and cheer BIN in his
nern!c efforts. sl; ia appreciate thar he
81 making any effort az aE
I positively refuse 10 subscribe rs ans
assertion How paov 3 thiuE is mznr'
u takes more Serius q 81 q man fhan
manhood 90 ~ 3 genius A. to the slf-
frercss nctwesn men and women. ( BE-
ntve that whom finally their accounts
have hcen properly balanced q WIFI be
/ found fbat it has hesn a case q slx 81
one ani half q doxen * the other. sath
W. the matter 81 sovereignty ana Of
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