The Washington herald., 1907-02-07
The Indignant Parasites.

Who is this upstart of a college profess
sor out in Chicago-Thomas. by name
who has gone 90 the trouble TO write a
book TO prove that woman is parasite?
Webster defines parasite as "a hanger
on; a fawning hatterer; trencher-
friend; a svcophant; in botany. an animal
or plant subsistlng at the expense of
another organism; in mineralogy,
plumose variety Of boracite occurring in
the interior of crystals OF the same, and
resulting from their partial alteration;
In zoology. an animal which lives in, on,
or at the expense Of the actual substance
Of another; an animal which habitually
purloins the food Of another; bird which
lays its eggs In the nest Of another bird,
as the Old World cuckoos and American
cowbirds." The photographer gives these
synonyms fer parasite; sycophant,
fawner hatterer, dunky, toady, wheeler.
To which OF these grand divisions does
the low browed Chicago creature assign
woman2 In his theory OF her place in
/ cosmogony. is she a bird, a mineral
plant, or an animal? Out with It, Mr..
! Prof. Thomas, or forever hold your peace,
An Oregon parasite" has contributed
to our esteemed contemporary. the Port
/ land Oregoniau. a communication on the
subject Of Prof Thomas which we think
will hold him for a while. The signature
+ to the communication is Mrs. Elizabeth
Craig. corresponding secretary Of the ore
I gon Sufragists' Association" We pre-
sumo that i'm England, which just now is
/ I'm ferment OF excitement over woman
suffrage. the membes Of Mrs. Craig's as
sociation would call themselves "suf-
fragcttes" In her communication Mrs
Craig says: Il am sorry the Oregonian
gave up valuable space to the opinions OF
such a man as Prof Thomas. II is re-
f grcttable that Al institution of learning
+ like the Chicago University should en-
ploy such man and permit his adverse
/ expression Of woman and send the same
out to the world"
Would that some man. like Abraham
/ Lincoln. could. by the stroke Of his pen
/ set us free" eXclalms Mrs Craig. add
/ ing: Il ann longing for the day when we
women. like the black men Of the South
will De emancipated; for are we not as
much slaves as they, when dominated by
such men as this Chicago professor"
Sure,
The Oregon parasite" has been around
/ the polling places on election day. and has
kept its eyes open. FOR it says. with just
/ Indignation. 1T is enough Of an insult
F to me % see an ignorant brutal man
on election day. for a drink of whisky
or plug Of tobacco. go and vote as the
/ boss tells him 10 do with no intelligent
idea of who or what ne Is voting for.
while we women are declared because we
( happen 90 be born women" We learn,
then, from this parasite" that il does
+ not acquire its parasitism; that it comes
/ by it naturally that it was born with &.
and that nature not woman. is 20 be
blamed. Hence we agree with Mrs.
+ Craig, that III we, as nation of women.
were allowed the privilege TO vote which
is ours by natural right. this Chicago
/ professor would not dare give us this
imaginary added Insult by placing us with
no mor- Intellectually than that pos
/ sessed by the lowest order of mankind.
We advise Prof. Thomas to HE him 10
a deep. inaccessible forest fastness. The
parasites are after him, and will get
him if he doesn't look out.