Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-23

stage She is, in fact the villain of the piece,
and apparently is found to be the most interest
ing topic of discussion in all parts of the world.
But while veritable babel of tongues wag at
her. and by turns tell her that she is thriftless,
neurotic, the destroyer of home life, Indifferent
to the joys of maternity, the mother of degene-
rate offspring, pleasure loving, indispensable to
mans happiness, and few other things, there
has come to her the great news that she is
slowly but surely supplanting Man, and that
time is not far distant when she will reign alone.
Man, like the Boojum, is softly, if not silent
y, fading away. One hestates to say that he
may one day be as extinct as the Dodo but at
all events we are told that he will be literally no.
where as compared with the woman of the fu-
ture And now, one asks oneself, ought women
to feel elated or depressed at the news? The
prospect over which they first glance is GER
tainly pleasing. Woman sees herself majestic
figure, ruling in all fields of labor, while man.
hitherto her master and alleged superior, is
forced to do her bidding. He will be an in
significant creature both physically and mentally;
he may not even be needed, if radiobes and other
scientific experiments now in progress come to
anything in the scheme of creation.
In point of fact it seems more than likely
that he will be altogether superhous But. of
course there is another side to the picture. Will
woman be content to rule by herself? Where
will her triumph come in? If there is no man
to reduce to subjection, what will be the use
of her having it all her own way? It is very
clear that if all the sociologists' and biologists
predictions come true the whole plan of social
existence will have to be altered in the coming
by and by.
Men will no longer have a marketable value
They will do as they told; they will. of
course have no choice in the selection of ,viros.
they will be no longer indispensable to the spo
cess of dances; nobody, in short, will botho.
about them. At least, so the sociolopists toIl
IA We are inclined to think otherwise m
world has been going on for a great nnmhor
of centuries now, and so far as can he aso.r
FAMED there is not very much difference .fto,
all. between the men and women of TODAY and
those. let us say, of the time of Antony and
| Cleopatra.
1t may be true that unwed women preponderate
in the suburbs, that seven per cent. more GIRL
babies than boy babies are born every wear tbat
more women are earning their living-tbst is
Getting separate incomes than heretofore b,t
all the same, somehow Or other. we fancy man
will hold his ground, even if we have to rssort
70 the Chinese method of dealing with the snner.
fuous girl.
Woman would never be happy alone She
needs man to grumble at, she wants him as
competitor, she must have him to conquer, and
she will not suffer him to become extinct She
NAV if she deserves to, get more concessions as
time goes on. She may stand as his equal but
she could no more triumph alone chan single
pirl could flock together as Lord Dundreary
pointed out. If she is to reign she will want
a good supply of male subjects and when, if
ever man is no longer available, then woman
viii cease TO want power.