The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-09-17

authority on snakes in this country.
He says:
IF woman wore pantaloons she
would be no more afraid Of mouse
than a man is. The dread in question
has no analogy to mans fear of
snake"
DR.. A. X. Fisher, the Government
ornithologist, endorses the clothing
idea. He says:
"A woman has the same antipathy
to mouse as she has to snake, be-
cause contact would be unpleasant.
Some day in the not distant future
the females Of our species will not be
so afraid of mice as they are now, be-
cause they will wear trousers. From
this point of view the mouse may be
regarded as an argument for dress re.
form"
DR.. Frederick w. True, curator of
mammals in the National Museum,
says
Women fear small animals gener-
ally. y mouse is very active and
therefore startling"
The opinion of DR.. Stiles, Of the
department of agriculture is as fol-
lows:
"A woman, as rule, is afraid of
any small animal. She is more afraid
OF small animals than of large ones.
l have known women who were afraid
OF mice and not afraid of rats
DR.. De Schwenitz, bacteriologist of
the department of agriculture, says:
MANY men are afraid of mice. /
know man who will jump up in a
chair and yell if he sees one."
DR.. Palmer, Government expert in
mammals and birds, says:
"Women are not 80 much afraid of
mice as they used to be. They know
more about natural history than for
merly; they are more athletic and less
afraid of being hurt. The woman of
today has fewer nerves; shs faints
and goes into Mysteries less often than
her grandmother did,
Prof. Galloway, chief of the Gov
ernment bureau of plant industry
says:
." A woman has an inherent antipa-
thy to an animal against which she
cannot defend herself and from which
she cannot get away. A crow is more
afraid of sparrow than Of hawk,
because the little dicky-bird is so
quick in it's movements"
DR.. T. A. Taylor, microscopist,
says:
ut is largely matter Of education,
believe. Mothers teach their little
girls to be afraid of mice"
United States Entomologist L. 0.
Howard says:
"The notion that quick.dartiug,
active animal that bites hard may get
under ones clothes is disagreeable
idea to anybody"
DIR. Schwarz, expert in beetles, says:
Women are as much afraid Of bats
as they are afraid Of mice. Many
people suppose that bats are nothing
more nor less than winged mice,
though Of course the bat and the
mouse aze not nearly related at all.
There is an old notion to the effect
that bat is likely to fly into wo-
mans hair, though presumably such
thing never occurred"
Prof. Theodore Gill, the famous ex-
pert in fishes, says:
A woman does not like to feel that
she is suitable hiding place for
mouse to run to-
DR.. Charles Richmond, ornitholo-
gist, says:
"a woman will squeal at frog
abo>.t as quickly as at mouse. Men
are easily startled by small animals
that are quick Of movement, but they
are not sc highly organized nervously
and 1t never occurs to them to scream.
The last thing man thinks of when
he is frightened is to scream; he has
other business on hand better worth
attending to-
From all of these learned opinions
the reader is welcome to take his
choice. 1t can hardly be said that,
taken singly or in lump, they point
to satisfactory solution of the puz-
zling problem. AT the same time
they throw some light on the subject,
and afford basis for future philoso-
phic investigation Of the grea: oues-
tion of the woman aud the mouse
Rene Bache, in News and Courier.