New-York tribune., 1909-03-10
THAT ANABOLIC CELL
Because It's What 1t Is WOmen
Shouldn't Toie, Says DR.. SchLdpp.

When a one-ceiled organism has reproduced its
kind for a certain length OF time by the simple
process Of cutting itself in two il runs out as II
were, and can do longer. until in mysterious
way which science has not adequately explained as
Yet il has renewed its power by union with an
other cell Scientists call this conjugaton, and in
the character Of the two cells concerned DR.. Max
g Schlapp. Of the Cornell University Medical
School found yesterday morning at the Colony
Club the key 20 the whole woman question. He was
talking before the National League for the Civic
Education OF Women Woman suffrage and
other symptoms Of a pathological condition Of so
ciety,'' and in The audience Mrs. J. B. Harri-
man. Mrs. Richard Irwin. Mrs ". A Greer, Mrs.
Clarence Beebe, Mrs. Julian Heath, Mrs. Emil
Kuiohling Mrs. Rossiter Johnson, Mrs Richard
Watson Glider. Mrs. Andrew Carnegie Mrs Fred
erick Roosevelt. Mrs. James A Roosevelt, Miss NJ
Roosevelt Miss Jeanette Glider and Mrs. Burke
Roche Batonyi.
of these two co1jugating cells, said Dr.
Schlapp "one is larger. well nourished. inactive
This is the female cell The other is small and
badly nourished. and up all its energy in
functional activity. This is the male cell The
first is IL what call the anabolic condition; the
second is the cataboc. The anabolic cell stores
UP energy to a certain period, when a catabolc
crisis or cell division takes place The catabOlio
cell expends its in functional activity This
is the key TO the whole question under considera-
ton"
From the uniceIlular organism Dr. Schlapp led
his audience up to the multicellular and showed
them how the individual body cells at first retain
the power Of reproduction II a sponge is cut in
pieces, for instance. each piece is capable OF
reproducing the whole organism. As groups OF
cells become specialized for different functional
activities they lose their power Of reproduction
They have no energy left for that" explained
the lecturer. 'I3Ut throughout the animal kingdom
the primitive cell remains undamaged. and in
whatever organism you find the male cells, all the
body cells Will show catabolic characters. or
znaleness- Wherever you find the female cells the
body cells must show anabolic condition. There
IS 6isDuting this fact II is law laid down by
nature which transgress- The diff
ferenriation Of the sexes Is absolutely explained
by this phenomenon Of anabolsm and catabosm'
Fertility dminishes rise in the animal
scale, DR. SchlaPp proceeded There Is an an
tagonisn between expenditure and genesis. The
worker ant. though q female, uses all her energy
for functional activity and therefore loses the
power OF reproduction The hat and the mouse are
much alike, but the bat uses a great deal Of en-
ergy in flying. while the mouse uses little. So we
find the mouse producing eight 10 twelve young,
while the bat produces only one
Has this any bearing upon the activities Of
zomen2 I think it has. The industrial movement
has made il necessary that should be more
active. They have been using more energy for
functional activity Have any evidence that
they are reaching the limit of endurance? We ind
& in the birth rate which dropped suddenly about
the time that this movement began Among all the
Western nations even Spain and Russia, the birth
nineteen thousand below the death rate. You say
nature viii after this She Will. but she Will
not DO it by adding more TO the already heavy
burdens Of women. You may say that there is
psychical reason for IL. People don't want more
than one OF two children. ard men don't want them
any more than dc But this very thing IS
q process of nature Every thought has d cause,
and this thought is prompted by the increasing ac-
tivity OF women They are becoming too cataboHc
and losing their love Of offspring; otherwise this
love would be stronger than the fear OF not being
able 70 provide for their children The lower ami
1naIs do not hesitate
Dr. SchIapp said he did want 20 be under
stood as having sympathy for the sufferings Of
women.
i am anxious 10 see the lot Of women and par
ticularly Of poor women. improved" he said. I
think il a pity and shame that women should
have 90 get out into the world and earn living
They are the victims OF circumstances; but We
vii not improve things by adding more functional
activity 10 their lot
Mrs. Gilbert Jones presided, and brief addresses
in the same Vein were made by Dr. James J.
Walsh. Dr. ". 3. Pritchard and Dr. c O. l. Wolf