The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-18
MARIE coRELLi ON
WOMAN'S RIGHTS

WONifAiN . FNiSFl .
Wonen are knouted and shot in
Russia: they are imprisoned as Grim
inals for attempting to raisc their
voice ia parliament. by English magis-
trates: in Germany they work like
beasts of the field. According to
Marie Corelll IN The Rapid Review,
mans inhnnanity to woman dates
from the Garden OF Eden, when Eve
merely tasted the fruit and at once
generously handed it over TO her
spouse. Nho "deyOmed 1t TO the core
and never allowed her to get another
mCrsei such. pt any rate, is the
view bf Maric Coreili a writer dear
TO A1men, and boasting a circle of
readAs greater than ever before
formeh the constituency of a woman
writer \This writer In her article on
Mans War Against Woman" has in
deed beaoen the record of her sex in
liferatnre.A She Is the first JgYenal,
the Grst Aristophanes, of the opposite
sex who ha yet appeared TO lay the
lash a ross the Shoulders OF the mas
cuine me.rbers OF humanity, and at
the same time TO lecture women on
their real rights IN the true spirit of
the satirist Yet her ideas of woman
rights arc not those of the su1ragette
OF England or the feminist Of France,
Germany. and Italy She frankly ad-
mits that Cleopatra is the better pat
tern of an influential woman than
even the philosophical Aspasia or the
moral Hannah More Her answer TO
the question why she personally does
not desire the suffrage runs an iof
lows
"Why2 Because. frankly and hon
estly. / do not want IT, Again, Why
Because. 20 my miro the very desire
for a vote on the part Of woman Is an
omen cQpfeHsion OF weakness Ia proof
ti,at,she has lost ground and IS not
srya ~ herself For If she Is real
w0nail II she ms the natnn hrit-
axe OF her sex which = fne mystic
power TO pcfa ade, cultural ana sun
iugate man-she has no iced so come
down from her throne aud mingle in
any of his political trays inasmnch as
sne Is already the very head and front
OF government
She thus enlarges on mans depend
enco on wruan,
rLet those who viii laughatoreneer
do,vn the statement The fact remains
that man IS seldom am hing more
than womans representative No
man, Ia either business or pleasure,
can ever quite shake OF the influence
of the wuman with whom he IS most
priyatelv and Intimately connected.
Good or bad she color his life. IL is
aiwavg a case of cherchez la femme.
Seek and yom will find. Behind a
slovenly Workman there is generally
a eluttish wife Behind the obstinate
and stupid man. behind the timorous
and timeseryiug man. behind the
hastv rolifician who insults hi prime
minister with be found In their sew
etal turns the comm0nIlace woman,
the hepocriiiral woman, and the dis
appointed. eeoiiaiCal. vain woman
"Man Is What Uoman makes MIN.
she bears hun ard rcars him. She is
~ eovereien aud Supreme ruler From
M 6rst breath he draws. she and she
alone. possesses him When be- BE-
horn he al once displays that iracii
Gus aud Gckle ii position which is so
often significant OF ms iutlre devel
opmept ANA woman has to carry him
tin and down IN her arms. talking
nonsonse t0f hips az. ~ eit lstcslled
baby lana1atc She knows she mas
10 begin that way, bacauso he would
not understand sense
Men. We are Told laugh al woman
attempted intcilectualism- They cal
clever writer, artist, or novelist o.
the opposite sex abnormal or "un
eexed aud set her down as too ole
on too ugly to do anything else but at
tampt 10 secure little doubtful
notonety by engaging In work no
ftted f0r Ilei capacities Men are no