The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-01-20
GEORGE BERNARD
SHAW'S OPINION
OF WOMANKlND
EBEN,s FAULT
G. Bernard Shaw, In New York World.

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G.. Bernard Shaw, in New York World.
Some men who know a great deal
about women can't be induced to d
NIT it. There is Edward Box. for ex-
ample, editor Of the Ladies Home
Journal, who, when interviewed re-
Gently on the subject of the eternal
feminine, remarked demurely, Com
sidering all the years / have known,
loved and worked for women | know
absolutely nothing about them, and
am utterly unable to say anything in
regard to them"
bashful. He is George Bernard Shaw,
the daring English dramatist, who
with play and novel and criticism Of
life and literature has been in%cessant-
ly characteriZing la femme, in all her
CARDS and guises. for many years.
And here are just a few of the
things he declares he has found out
about her:
The ordinary woman's business is
to get married.
Women begin to be socially toler-
able at 80, and improve until the deep
ening of their consciousness is
checked by the decay Of their acul-
ties. But they begin to be pretty much
earlier than 80, and are indeed some
times at their best in that respect
lOHB DelOTS LEelT ClldlleTlllS is, dpdTL
from the Illusions of sex, to be pre-
ferred In serious moments, to the 81
lent sympathy of an Intelligent pet an
imaI.
Two Americans of the fair sex have
been not unknown to me. One is that
glorious and beautiful phenomenon
the "heartless' rich American woman
who SO thoroughly and admirably I'M
derstands that conscience is a luxury
and should be INDUCED in only when
the vital needs of life have been
a~bundantly satisfied.
bodiment Of virtue and decorum the
Intellectual American lady.
In every case the relationship be-
tween the woman and the man is the
same; she is the pursuer and contriv-
er, he the pursued and disposed Of.
goes mad and commits suicide; and
the man goes straight from her fu-
neral to a fencing match.
"Womanly self-sacrifice" is an es-
~sentially manly weakness.
He who desires q lifetime of happi-
ness with a beautiful woman desires
to enjoy the taste of wine by keeping
his mouth always full of 1t.
The formation of a young lady's
mind and character usually consists
in telling her lies.
Women do not mind ill-usage so
much, because the strongest position
for a woman Is that of a victim.
1t is the self-sacrificing women tina
sacrifice others most ruthlessly. I
know a poor wretch whose one desire
She prevents him by threatening to
throw herself in front Of the engine
OF the train he leave on. Tha is
! what all women do.
No woman looks her best after sit
ting up all night.
1a6u who ic invor 80 b1a arooaa.u-
1y disagreeable is in consequence held
to be exceedingly good.
Mrs. Tanqueray was received with
delight by the public; Saint Teresa
would have been Missed off the same
stage for ner contempt for the ideal
represented by a carriage, a fashion,
able dressmaker n a dozen
In the past women have rather liked
being worshiped on false pretenses.
In America they still do.
Women spend half their lives tell
ing little lies for men, and sometimes
big one
When women are offended they do
not group themselves pathetically to
sing "Protegga il Giusto Cielo!" they
grasp formidable legal n social
weapons and retaliate.
A mar who discusses his conscience
is much like a woman who discusses
her modesty.
If women were as fastidious as men.
morally or physically, there would be
an end OF the race.
Sometimes We grumble ungallantly
at a lady because she Toe not act as
well as she looks.
When a lady. because she is a lady.
will face any extremity Of parasitic
dependence rather than take a situa-
ton as a cook or parlor maid, we
make large allowances for her.
Il cannot understand why she is so
unlucky; she is such a nice womant"
That is the formula. As II women
with any force in them ever were al
together nice!
h whole world is strewn with
snares, traps. gins and pitfalls for the
capture of men by women.
III Eternal Feminine draws us ever
upward and on-without getting us a
step further.
Literary and cultured persons have
been for years setting up the cry Of
the New Woman whenever some M
usually old-fashfoned female came
along.
Man Is no longer victor in the duel
of sex. Whether he has ever really
been, may be doubted. At all events
the enormous superiority Of Woman,s
natural position in this matter Is tell
Ing with greater mi greater force.