The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-05-16

DISCOVERY WHICH BROUGHT a NEW
SEX INTO THE WORLD.

labor existing in the good old days OF
sayagery had the effect OF practically
eliminating sex from the world, oX-
cept as regards the lowest animal func-
lions Before the higher functions for
which nature had designed women
could be developed great change mad
to take place in man. lie had to acquire
an entirely new sense, the sense of
beauty.
1t is, indeed, commonly supposed
that sense Of beauty exists amongau
races Of man kind. even the lowest, and
that peculiarities of taste account for
the different standards In my "Prim-
tive Love and Love Stories" OPP 229-
28O / have shown that, on the con
trary, there is no such thing as a sense
of personal beauty among the lower
races; that sense being. like romantic
(supersensual) love. one of the latest
products Of civilization. l cannot take
space here TO summarize my
arguments, but can in one
brief sentence mention three
things which alone incon-
trovertibly prove my point: II these
lower races had a sense of personal
beauty they woul, not have fattened
their girls literally like hogs for the
marriage market; they would not have
been Indifferent to the fact that they
never washed their faces. and they
would MT hovo non, DnI1od tbor,, "a ba
their mules do the hard work
which robbed them OF all traces Of
beauty nature may have given them,
at a time when they should have been
still IN the full bloom of girlhood
In proportion as men acquired
the aesthetic sense they saw that beau
ty was woman's real sphere, and they,
therefore, began to treat her in such
way that it became possible for her to
unfold her charms of body and mind,
and make them her speciality for her
own sake as we'll as for mans. This
was the first and most important Of
woman's rights" granted to her by
man. But before he could grant this
boon deliberately he had to make the
discovery that she could not compete
with him in trials of strength, and he
beautiful at the same time. And thus,
in course of time, was established the
real antithesis between the sexes
strength in man, beauty in women. 1t
was the most important discovery ever
made, for it brought new sex into
the World-the fair sex
All Europe and civilized America mad
accepted this antithesis between fair
women and strong men when, about
half century ago; a small band Of
American women (most of them not
conspicuously of the fair SEX came to-
gether, concluded that the world was
out of joint, and proceeded in an at
tempt to swim the Niagara Falls, to.
make the clocks of time move back
ward, and change the laws of nature.
For from recognizing beauty as wom-
ans special prerogatiye, they promptly
began war of determination against
it. In the years 1851-52 about hun
dred of them, "Gs a matter of princi-
pie, adopted the bloomer costume
the most hideous parody on dress ever
conceived by human brain.
The public had gradually accepted as
it's ideal of womanhood a lady, refined,
modest, gentle, sympathetic, shrinking,
if possible, from rough conflict of any
sort, and blessed with a voice lever
soft, gentle and low-an excellent
thing in woman" 1t had learned in
stinctiVely that these qualities repre-
scented beauty of mind and that beau
ty of body and mind-or at least of
mind, the more important Of the two
lis the sine qua non Of true woman
Illness. 1t knew that as the pen is
mightier than the sword, so beauty is
mightier than manly muscle; that
beauty needs no strong cords, because
it draws us with single hair" and
woman has whole tresses with which tC
govern mans imperial race" Yet here
were a handful of persons clamorins
that women should throw overheard
all these advantages, and once more
enter into competition and condic
with man in his own realm of muscle
strength, strife and struggle for exist
ence!
Of the leaders it was said
quote only from writer's entirel.
| friendly to them) that they had beef
: for decades "diligent 1orgers Of al
manner of projectiles. from fireworll
= to thunderbolts. One Of them is Xix
ened to Bismarck (the man of bloo
and from; she plans the campaigns
provides the munitions of war" etc
4 AS a speaker. she is angular and RE
l i'd Her face has an expression q
masculine strength" "She is hard
: featured cold as an icicle." In carryin
= ont her schemes she is rugged III