Bisbee daily review., 1907-07-25
THE ORIGIN OF WOMAN.

OF WOMAN.
 A Hindu myth regarding the crea- tion of woman is making the rounds and it is such a pretty one-mind you, it's q myth-that it is worth produc- ing here. A translation of the myth goes:
 At the beginning of time Twashtri the Vulvan of the Hindu mythology created the world. But when he wished to create a woman he found that he had employed all his material in the creation of man. There dic not remain one solid element. Then TwashtrS, perplexed, fell into a pro found meditation. He reused himself | as follows:
 He took the roughness of the moon, the undulations of the serpent, the entwining of climbing plants, the trembling of the grass, the slender ness of the rose vine and the velvet of the flower the lightness of the leaf and the glance of the fawn, the gay ety of the suns rays and the tears of the mist, the inconstancy of the wind and the timidity of the hare, the vani- | ty of the peacock and the sOftness of the down on the throat of the swallow, the hardness of the dia- mond, the sweet flavor of honey and the cruelty of the tiger the warmth | of fire. the chill Of snow, the chatter of the jay and the cooing of the tur. tie dove. He united all these and formed a woman"
 So these are the constituent parts of a woman We suspected the fact several times in the past but never before were our suspicious so per fectly confirmed No doubt the Hin, du mythographer had a better chance to observe women, after the custom of the east, than we, and that lends prestige to his myth. But there are many statements made in this beauti' ful tribute to the ancestry of women in which we of our own knowledge cannot concur. There is no disposi- tion to disbelieve anything the Hindu admirer of the so-called gentler sex has said of her. We simply do not know-perhaps for lack of experi, ence
 For instance, that element of her taken from the entwining of climb ing plants" Never have we had the pleasure of playing the role of post for her when she was in her entwin- ing moods, and by the same token We do not know of her "Hghtness.' B Neither do we know of her "softness' as 'of the down on the throat of the swallow" for the very good reason that we have never made a close in spectfon of the down on that particu- lar part of the swallow. Neither can We affirm that the Hindu $ right when he speaks of her hardness of the diamond" for the only one we ever possessed is still back east and prospects of it's recovery are slim. We do not remember how hard it felt. But when the Hindu touches the or nsthological side of woman we are prone to agree with him. We know that she likes the plumes of birds, therefore we believe the Hindu when he says she is of "the chatter of the jay and the cooing of the turtle dove. " Her "slenderness of the rose vine" is good for those who like the Gib- sonesque but our personal preference runs toward the rose bush kind. Of her glance of the fawn" we cannot say again for we have never en. countcrcs one except on exhibition and he could stare one straight in the face.
 Of her other elements we are will ing to take the Hindu at his word without question, for anyone knows that her gayety Is that of the suns rays and her tears those of the mist, her inconstancy that of the wind and her vanity that of the peacock, her sweetness that of the flavor of hon ey and her cruelty that of the tiger, while her warmth is that of the fire and her chill that of the snow
 Yet, notwithstanding the enlighten- snent this Hindu has thrown upon her ancestry, and despite what we have since learned of her, is she a mystery La mystery as eternal as the ques ton she must some day answer, pro vided she be not unlucky.