The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-13

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Durand the other day at Butte, Mont.
that she is genius. She threw more
light upon her views in answer to a
series of questions.
@. What do you admire most in mod
ern man? A. 1 don't admire any
thing most. He is too uninteresting
to consider. The modern man isn't
worth Analysing. He is usually an
idiot.
@. But if you could meet your ideal
man, what would be his chief charac-
teristic? A. He should be strong
strong-strong!
Q. All, ! remember thus you idealize
Napoleon in your revelations. You en-
dow him always with strength. Do
you mean that strength to be physic-
al? A. 1t should be both mental and
physical But mostly, yes, 1 acknowl-
edge it, physical.
@. Do 1 understand your preference
to be for a muscular pugiliSt or a big
policeman? A. Well, now, l don't
much care about fighting so long as he
is able to fight if occasion demands.
] adore animation. Some people call
it virility Intellectual people are
anaemic. They are unhealthy, monot-
OnOuS, apathetic. They talk along one
line They are tiresome, tiresome. ]
hate them. Give me blood and fire.
The strong man has blood. Napoleon
had blood and fiber, animation and
muscle!
The Idiotic Modern Man.
O. Could you perhaps give me an
example of your ideal man? A.
have never known any. l have never
met man in my life who could posi-
bly, interest me. Since writing my
book l have received any number of
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the modern man. I burn them up
without reading them. They are
probably from gentlemen" whom l
hate; from feminine men, whom | de-
spise; from soft old bachelors and soft
old widOwers; from those masculine
things that wear pale blue neckties.
AS those who have read my book know,
l have prayed the kind devil to deliver
me from all such.
Q. If the kind devil' would grant
what you desire, what would you ask
for? A. When l say l want a man to
be strong, l mean he must dominate.
Mentality is too subtle. He must DOM
mate with his muscle. To fascinate me
he must be strong and thoroughly a
villain. You see, it wouldn't be suf-
ficient for the man who Wooed me
merely to be strong like a prize-fight-
er, unless he combined also the quail
ties that would command me- if need
be, to my ruin.
Q. Would you follow him? A. Sure
~, for l should rather be positively
wicked than negatively So [ hate
negative people.
The lnane Modern Woman.
Q. Is it true that you hate sensible
girls? A. Quite true. The sensible
girl is, nine times out of ten, a hypo-
critic. l hate hypOcrites.
q. Do you consider the modern wom-
an usually sensible? A. Unfortunate
ly, yes. She is too frequently a per-
feet lady. l detest perfect ladies and
sweet girls as much as l do nice young
men and pleasant old ladies.
Q. What do you mean by a perfect
lady? A. Oh, she has clean hands
always, and smooth. She wears white
Kid gloves and silken skirts. She sits
In a straight-back chair and sews. She
mends her clothes when they need it.
She talks about shocking things in a
Whisper. She sips chocolate and nib
bleS little cakes of an afternoon. Her
clothes set beautifully Nine times out
OF ten am sure she is bow-legged.
From all such may the kind devil deIiv-
er met
Q. Do you really believe that all
sensible girls are hypocrites? A. Ger
tainly. No girl ever wanted to be sens
1ble. Therefore, if she acts as though
she liked being sensible she is a hypo-
critic. A girl may be a genius as 1 was,
but never in this world was she born
sensible. A genius does things like no
one else. A sensible girl does things
like every one else. Sensible girls grow
everywhere. They are as common as
dandellons. L hate them all. The Amer
lean girl is quite apt to be inane
The Conventional Tidv,
Q. Do you really object to tidy peo-
Pile? A. Tidy means conventional. 7
hate the conventional. 1 like people
with clean faces and clean bodies, but
l realize that only sensible girls mend
their clothes.
Q. Is it true that you pin yours to-
gether when they need mending? A.
VI course. 1t is a waste of time to sew.
When my skirt is torn pin it together
very tightly. L have only one pin in
TINS skirt, but you ought to just see a
skirt l have up stairs. 1t has a long,
long tear in it pinned neatly with a
whole row of safety pins.
y. Will you never sew it together?
A. Certainly not. If I were to sew that
rent l should be hypocrite. I am not
forced to sew it, because no one can
control me. do not want to sew it, so
II L were to appear with it seWed. 7
should make myself seem to be some
thing am not.
Q. Does it never make you uncom-
Portable to go out pinned up? A. New
er. Pins last as long or longer than
stitches. L have never learned to sew
and 1 never intend to learn.
HypocriticaI Virtue.
Q. You have given people the idea
that you did not admit virtue Is that
true? A. Oh, 1 know 1 have been
styled morally perverse. But this is
by perverse people who do not under
stand.
Q. Do you consider yourself virtu-
Gus? A. Yes; negatively. But 1 be-
heve if the proper temptation confront
ed me 1 should yield.
Q. Do you admire virtue? A. The
ordinarily accepted definition of virtue
l detest. 1t is hypocrisy. Hypocrisy is
the all-pervading spirit of the times
and L hate it. Virtue in it's true sense ]
admire, but it is very rare.
q. 1t is not the conventional virtue
that you admire, is it? A. Certainly
not. For instance, I do not see the
necessity of the marriage ceremony. It
is too often a cloak to cover more
shameful things Every one who is
married is considered Virtuous Be-
cause 1 said 1 should never make use of
the marriage ceremony, because reg
istered a vow to that effect, I have