Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-24

the march for the cause of humanity.
They have mutual responsibilities and
each part to perform to contribute to
the whole and add to the sum total or
happiness and progress.
Woman can elevate man to posi-
ton worthy of his destiny; man can
exercise an influence over woman to
those heights of perfection whereon
she becomes the exemplar for all to
initiate in nobility, goodness and vir-
tue.
Man in return has done much for
woman. He has broadened and deep
ened her outlook on life. She fmbibes
from him a wider conception of things
and a more tolerant view in her Ideas
and opinions Of life. She sees q larger
perspective beyond the narrow vista
through which she looks when alone
But the heavenly pity, the sweet SYM
patty, the patient kindness. the endur-
Ing truth. the surprising love of wom-
an, supremest in adversely. all AFFECT
his moral being and make him worthy
of himself and enable him to consum-
mate the purpose Of his presence on
earth.
For every woman that has a de-
moralizing influence on man there are
q thousand who uplift him to an ele-
walton he could never attain without
them.
Oh. the shrewdness Of their shrewdness wher
And the ruieness Of their rudeness when they
are rude:
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Are rs nothing to their goodness wnen tney an
good.
A story is told Of an Italian nobleman
who. In early life, married beautifui but
wicked woman. His life was blighted and
ne made a vow that he would never have
aught to do with womankind again. He
had an only son and the father resolved
that this boy should never set eyes upor
q woman until he would be full-grow1
man and therefore wise enough to take
care of himself. The son was shut UT
in a castle until he was twenty-one. and
then the father brought him out to a
great banquet in honor of the occasion
Many beautiful women were present ant
as the youth had never seen the sex be
fore ne asked: who are those beauti
full creatures?'
They are devils, black-eyed DEVILS" re-
piled the father. 81 have had experience
with one of their kind and they are dan
gerous. If you want to be happy keeI
away from them forever"
At the feast there were other attrac
tions than the women. There were col
lections of art and priceless treasures
The young man was QaZZleO, enTdptuTeO
so the father, perceiving his delight, said
MY son, on this. your first entrance into
the world, what of all things you have
seen would you rather have?" Father
returned the young man, II would rather
have one of those black-eyed devils thar
all things else in the world combined"
The old Persian romancers tell of {
tabled bird called the Jungftak. The
male OF this bird had but one wing or
the right side and the female but ont
wing on the left. In lieu of the missing
wings the male had hook CT bone an(
the female an eyelet of bone. and 1t wa,
only by uniting the hook and eye" tina
both were enabled to soar aloft and out
rival the eagle Separately they coult
not rise at all, but had to remain on tn,
ground.
Men and women are JungftakS The
society OF one with the other must be o
mutual benefit. As civilization advance:
the companionship of woman and her In
f1uence becomes of higher value to man.
We have advanced to such a stage Of
enlightenment that the young woman is
no longer suspicious OF every man she
meets as being a possible monster. a dis
guised ogre ready to gobble her up. Shs
has trust and confidence in his honor anc
knows that a friendship can exist be
tween them, distinct and wholly apar
from courtship and love making.
There is line of conventionality be
yond which the young woman must no
pass. In no society does Mrs. Grund!