New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-11
" THEN the mas
wv culine serpent,
who was more

the mother Of mankind TO eat OF the forbidden .
fruit. the Voice III the garden said TO her: Il
VIII greatly multiply thy sorrow " It scarcely
be denied that tins has been full
filed. So manifold and incessant have been the
s0rrows OF woman since the legendary account of
the creation Of the world that one cannot help
thinking the whole business somewhat unfair
If for merely being beguled" by a beast of
the field who known be more subtitle
than any other, and afterward being given
away by Coward Adam Eve and all the
descendants of her should be compelled TO
suffer centuries OF torture
The injustice Is manifestly cruel and arbi-
trary, Yet II would seem to have followed poor
Accused Eve from then till 4 viii
greatly multiply thy sorrow - And has
been multiplied to such an aggravated and
barbarous extent upon her unfortunate head
that IN the Jewish ritual to this day there Is a
part of the service wherein the men, standing IN
the presence Of women, individually say: / thank
thee oh God, for not having made a
womanl" thus deliberately insulting IN their
house Of worship the of their mothers
But from the earliest times. if TO
accept historical testimony, the Jews Of the
ancient world appear 10 have treated women
IN the majority as something than their
dog little lower than their horse" Except
those rare cases where the Jewish woman sud
denly found out her latent powers and employed
them advantage the Jewish man made her
fetch and carry for HIM like VeTltable beast
OF burden He voked her TO his pillow with oxen,
he sold and exchanged her with has friends
base uses of her were various and seldom TO
his credit while. such they were. they lasted
only as long as they satisfied his immediate
humor. When done with, she was cast out
The kind of casting out which she sub
iected Is not explained always; but It may be taken
for granted that IN many instances she either was
killed outright turned adrltt 10 die OF starvation
and weariness The Jews IN their Biblical days
evidently were not much affected by her griefs They
were Gods % chosen" people and that women were
the mothers Of the whole chosen appeared tC
call for no claim on their chvalrous tenderness OF
consideration.
Looking back through the vista OF time 10 that
tabled Eden. when she listened the tempting OF
the subtle" one the wrongs and njustices endured
by Accused Eve at the hand Of Coward" Adam
make up a calendar Of appalling, almost superhuman
crime Man has taken the full license allowed him
bv the old Genesis story which by the way, OF
was invented by man himself for his convenience
THY desire shall be 20 thy husband, and he shall
rule over thee" And among all tribes and in al
nations he has ruled with rod of iron. The Christian
dispensation interfered somewhat with his fOrmel
reign Of tyranny for with the birth of Christ came
to certain extent the dealizaton and Identification
OF womanhood.
The Greeks and Romans however. had latent
glirnering idea OF what IN all her glory should
he and Of what she possibly might attain TO the
future for all their grandest symbols OF life such as
Truth Beauty Justice Fortune, Fame, Wisdom
are represented by their scuptors clothed IN the
female form divine II curious fact that IN those
early periods Of civilization, when literature and ar
were Just dawning upon the world, man, though
ageregating 20 his own ego nearly everything IN the
universe. paused before representing himself as
figure Of Justice Mercy Wisdom He evidently
realized his untness 10 stand, even IN marble, before
the world as a symbol Of moral virtue.
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