The Washington herald., 1909-03-07

60 70 the deuce ano every ScloOlIlaSler
perish miserablyr'
Men, Too, Are Sensitive.
II the women are quick to take advan-
tage Of any admission which may be
turned 10 the discontinue Of their nat-
Ural enemies and prosecutors or 70 mark
any passage which may seem 10 them a.
most like a biz Of fond personal biog-
raphy. yea may be sure that the men are
not above setting their little monuments
about any fragment Of literature that
aims 10 exalt the pantaloon over the
petticOat. In al the fiction Of recent
times there has been nothing 20 compare
with George Bernard Shaw's comedy OF
Man and Superman" for dividing the
sexes into hostile camps. II is here that
Bachelor ans Benedick have their innings,
and how heavily they do score and under
score
Every quotation that IS made in this ar
ticle was found IN the writer's casual
reading OF books IN g single library. and
that not a large library. either II IS dis
tinctly against the regulations 10 mark Or
mutllate book IN any way. but the
. temptation is often too great 10 be with
stood, especially as the chance OF detec-
ton is so small as 10 be negligible II the
evidence were submitted 10 any jury Of
married the verdict would probably be
That the men are quite as unscrupul0us
In this practice as the women, and that
taken as a whole. the sentiments which
they seek thus 70 emphasize are not as
amiable or as creditable as those which
catch the fancy OF the other sex
Can't you hear the gleefuI ehucSle with
which some young fellow ran his pencil
around these hostile allegations contained
T ~, Il s-- "a
preliminary pages Of Man and Super
man"
But in every case the relation between
the woman and the man is the same-she
/ IS the pursuer and contriver, he the pur-
sued and disposed Of
Men Also Fasfidious.
( II is Shakespeares women that Mr..
Shaw is thinking about, but he makes
the inference his own and adds to II. and
I the chivalr0us pencil OF the same reader
/ invites your attention 10 what follows
If wemen were as fastidiOus as men.
morally or physically. there would be an
/ end OF the race The pretense that
women do not take the initiatives is part
/ Of the farce. Why. the whole world 3
strewn with snares. traps. gins. and pit
| falls for the capture Of men By women
i GAEE MDAlEA the N0LE anu III I'VE years
/ there VIII be a crushing tax on bachelors
1T Is assumed that the woman must
wait mOtiOnless until she IS wooed. Nay.
she often does wait rnotioniess. That ;
/ how the spider waits for the fly But ths
/ spider spins her web. and II the dy. Ike
I my hero shows a strength that promises
/ 20 extricate him how swiftly does she
I abandon her pTetense Of passiveness and
/ openly fling coil after coil about him until
I he is secured forever"
Just picture "a yourself the STEALTH
( ness OF the domestic villain who makes
a circle Of lead around this indictment
OF the feminine gender and then care
] fully bestOUs il where his wife or his
/ wife's mother viii be sure 10 see IL
/ You cannot always say Ofhand whether
I q passage IS marked for assent or dis
i sent. though usually there = some twist
or turn 20 the inscription which seems
/ 10 indicate whether the corners OF its
mouth are inclined Up or down But
there are specimens which are open ID
more th~n one Interpretation What are
You going 10 infer from these lines. also
from Man and Superman":
The women are becoming equal
y dangerous; the sex is aggressive, DOW
erful When women are wronged they do
not group themselves pathetically 70 sing
II 'PrOtegga, T. ginstO cielo:' they grasp for
rnidable legal and social weapons and re-
taliate.'
SuhraEeffe OF Coyved Man.
Now.sthat might have been noted BY q
\ sufragette or oy the apprehensive young
gentleman who sits next 10 her az the
clearinghouse table You never can tell.
but as between the two the application OF
it would differ widely
In NOD 9-T
/ and by whom was this remark in Steven
sons ~Virginibus Puerisque~ fenced OK
/. from its context:
a great many people run down zeal
ousy on the score that II is an ARTIFICIAL
! feeling as well as practically inconvenienr.
This is scarcely fair Jealousy. at any
rate, IS one OF the consequences OF. love.
and YOU may Ike Il or not Ike II m
pleasure. but there Il IS"
There. too, is the line which the raa6s-
, has drawn beside IT. What is the con-
; sideration behind the line2 Wes It put
there 70 salve guilty. jealous conscience
or 20 poke fun AZ & jealous sutton OF aus,
% direct attention ia the philosophy
Love and Jealousy and the foibIes OF one
sex as construed by the other. these are
( by Tar y most prolific ca uses OF margin
81 note in public library books. bs-4 NOT
by any means the only causes There "a
also the reader who likes 90 think he has
caught his author in a mistake. and the
greater the author the greater the Pleas
ure OF taking him down L was such a
critic who pounced upon Dickens for as
sorting in Christmas Stories" mar a
sailor was singing las cheerily as black
bird There vas no written word only
an underscoring and an exclamation point
. which said as plainly as words. "Blscz-
birds don't sing cheerilv.~ Very sflzel,,
they don't
Criticism Poorly Applied.
There is a similar re5uke under a csr.
tain line in one Of Stevenson's ESSAYS Il,
which he employed the word botanic ,.
Don't take liberties with the language q.
says the hierOglyphic Of derision. An the
, time botanic was in the dictionsr,
and il was within the terms Of Afr So
venson's or any other authors license -
use Il If he choce.
The books or political economy and
religion are Joy 20 the controversiaijsf
Take 4 work ike Prof. J. Tar,-e-,r.
Laughlin's Elements Of Political Fco7-
omy," and you viii find some OF bis
best reasoning labeled STANDARD OH - i,
delicate allusion, no doubt. 10 his connec-
ton with Chicago University. Or wien
ne explains that no matter how desirab be
thing may be, such as honesty or r.
tellgence, It cannot be classed as vealf,
unless II Is transferable. the amateur
scientist notes on the margin. How
about corporation's good wiH2's Tbus
Prof Laughlin is crushed.
Another reader rises 20 the defense OF
providence when Thackeray IN one Of his
eoitorlal ssloes comments on the hidden
ana AWFUL Wisdom which apportfons- the
eesiinles 81 mankind. and is pleased To
humiliate and cast down the ten5e- e-ooI