The sun., 1909-06-29
new THOUGHTS ON WOMAN
SHE DIDN'T USE TO BE WEAKER
THAN THE MAN.

THAN THE MAN.
The "GentIeman sufrragette" Has
Learned That and More From the
Booixs-Other disclosures Made Be
fore Metropolitan Temple Parliament
A slender, brown eyed young man
known to the frequenters Of upper Seventh
avenue as the gentleman suffragette.
to the rank and file Of the National Pro-
gressive Woman's Suffrage Union AZ Mr.
Davidson and TO the executive board
Of that organization as -Our Elmer
made speech last night at the Metropol-
itan Temple on the subject of woman"
Mr.. Davidson got the sympathy OF his
audience right at the outset by admitting
that his subject was a complica ted one
and could not be exhaustively treated in
the ten minutes which had been allotted
to him.
There were few salient points. how
ever, which he wished to bring to the
attention OF the Temple Parliament. In
the first place. he had discovered by much
browsing in many libraries that women
had not always been the weak and deli
cats creatures which the modern man de-
lighted to trample upon. His researches
proved oono!us!yely that at one time she
had been mans equal both in physical
powers and mental attainments. 1t was
entirely mans fault that she was no
Longer aSH6.S so' . mn, wontsd to marry , DIR,
centuries and centuries ago. said Mr..
Davidson. s@he had to fight with one or
more other men who also wanted her
The girl always chose the winner. After
a while it occurred to man that he might
Just as we'll fight the girl herself. and 80
he did. After he had knocked her on the
head and carried her on to his cave he
he was her master and he told her that
she mustn't show her face out OF doors
MIR. Davidson intimated that 1t was OF
course perfectly easy to httmidate
person who almost had conouesion Of the
brain from q knockout blow, and this
course OF action on the part OF primitive
man was no evidence Of superiority Of
any kind.
The next five hundred words or 20 Of
Mr.. Davidson's dissertation proved that
he was familiar not only with Mr.. Maetor-
linck's Bee, but also with the complete
course Of Mrs. Lille Devereux Blake's
lectures on comparative zoology. After
that he stopped being reminiscent and
became creative.
sThe real reason he announced in
emphatic tones. why man will not allow
woman the liberty that rightfully Is hers
is that he is afraid she will get ahead OF
him. Man has at present no pacemaker.
Let him give woman a chance, and she
will set q pace for him In all the walks Of
life that viii spur him on to greater efforts
than ever have been made In the history
of the race
James N Stacy. who was presiding over
the parliament, tapped the table three
times with his pencil at this point and
told the speaker that he had only one
minute more. Mr.. Davidson said that the
rest he knew about woman would take so
long in the telling that he didn't think i:
was worth while to say the little that he
down.
Mrs. Sophia I'oebinger,. who had been
asked to speak on Marriage said
she would do her best, even although
her experience had not been extensive,
since she had been married only once
and never had been divorced. All sufTra-
gettes believed ip marriage. she said
it was really necessary: What the
wanted most Of all. she con-
tinut,d. were ideal homes. and the only
way these could be attained. she explained,
WAS by the cooperation. OF a man and
woman who were congenial in their tastes
and opinions.
This was why, she said, the unmarried
sufIragettes had registered vows never
to wed men who would not first subscribe
to the tenets OF the N. P. ". s. u. which TO
them were dearer than NE itself. Hus-
hands and wives must stand shoulder TO
shoulder in the home. the business world
and the political world. and the sooner men
came to realize that the club woman maze
the ideal wife the happier they they would S'i be;
Moesch applauded vigorously as she took
her seat, and some OF the members OF
the prliament joined in.
Miss Moesch rose in response to an in
vitation from the chair, and announced
that she didn't have the liberty that
she was justly entitled to and that she
wanted it right away and so did lots and
lots OF other women. She didn t want this
from any selfish motives, she explained,
but largely that she might be able to help
men to gain more liberty than they were
enjoying at present.
A man who afterward gave his name as
Michael Cody asked for the floor for the
didn't know what she was talking about
Women couldn't help by voting, he said.
until there was change in economic con-
ditions. What difference did it make
who voted so long as thousands and thou
sands Of men couldn't earn more than 50 a
week?
Miss Moesch replied that IL women
voted they would get higher wages, and
the men wouldn't have to compete with
their cheap labor.
'Pooh!' said Michael, remembering
that Elizabeth was lady. "its the system
that fixes wages, and no little piece Of
paper amt going to change en-.
Sir. said Elizabeth. you are wrong
Wrong, am I?' qvoth Michael scorn-
fully. well, Id just like to know how
many women here would like TO be my
wife and have TO bend over washtub
all day to add little to my 50 a week.
ANY one who would may signify her
desire by standing said the chairman.
There was a moments silence. but every
woman present kept her seat.
or course many other subjects were
discussed. because there won't be another
until next September. Sew
eral persons expressed their views on
the Sunday shows and the saloons and
and one man announced that
he wanted TO talk on education. which
was the most important subject Of all,
because ignorance lay at the base OF most
evils.
Mrs Loebinger announced, as soon
rs the motion to adjourn was carried.
that she had few copies Of the american
y SuTrdgehe for sale. and the news was
greeted with hisses from the back OF
the room. whereat Mr.. Cody grinned'