The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-09

Anothrr Theory 81 lIfe IN tne NeN
.n.uIsIry eG ''In,pSRsieratleae
IA 1Iuhto Abolish the Afier Dinner Bore
me original = DteGens's little
norrIt Dead landmarks for ANlatOrs
Nh, Munich Beer ganT Bc Initiated
rnEland Already Insurinx Against
Coronation Risks the Red Fer AbOI-
t.n.d ln the Turkish Army Austria :
aged Emperor on PiisrlmaSc'
r,~pr~ Sept. 2s-lt has remained
~ .ns ondon Times 60 solve one II the
,r.at social mysteries. Amazefnent ~ "A
mid term to apply to the feelings al
i gnrhshmen when they found in the
.t,or,al columns % the ThuHd'Tsr to-day
-, leading article entitled The Problem
n dthe Big Hat
Joke in tn. columns Of England
NOS, diRnified journal would scarcely
\ AVE made greater sensation. FriVoliiy,
srh,ness. the human touch. arr things
,.boo in Printinghouse square. And
70, suddenly. without warning, comes
his startling sign Of juvenAtion not
-.,,,ysn alton. for the Times never was
yoins
There 10 only one thing To account
fr ", That awful burden. the prepara-
100 Of a new edition of the British Ency-
elcprdia. has recently been transferred
nom the Timss to the Cambridge Uni
vsrsity Press The relief from response
o,ity has brought too great a reaction
Il has gone 20 the editors head. IL has
ID him 20 tackle reckleasly and light
AeArtedly q problem which has bafiied
the masculine half OF humanity since
s.youd the memory % man. without
further delay. here is his solution:
1T 10 commonly said that women are
more unselfsh than men. And 80 they
certainly are in the home. They viii
,acrifice themselves utterly for particular
r,sn and particular children Vet they
will not sacrifice an inch 81 hat brim
NJ feather for the common convenience.
And they will not tell rs the rras"n ot this
s.eming Inconsistency.
Men demonstrate. and they smHe and
continue TO wear the hats and the feathers.
therefore il remains for us TO guess AZ
tho reason Of this behavior 50 strange To
Il. and We can only guess that II ~ tn"
result Of a sense OF the relative Importance
Of things different from our own.
When a man goes to a lawn tennis
T.. rnament he goes to see the play and he
,ssIr-s that women so for the sam"
reason. Some do of course. but they ar"
not representative Of their sex They
are romen Who have adopted the mans
poin, II view. who are overpower'd toy
the influence 81 their fathers or husbands
~ brothers. The woman whose natural
=,
ma any game IL important.
she 10 not. ~ man IL. game PLAYING
animal But since man always will he
payiug games sne has arrived at KIND
Of compromise with him. She wall go up
vstch his games and profess an inter"~,
70 them on condition that she may attend
I O. her uNn business all the while, and her
b.slners - To wear large hat az what
ever else, u plesses her 90 wear
II may seem a frivolous business Ia
rna earliest lawn tennis player. but then
lis AVN tennis seems frivolous ro her.
lts rIst q pec,iliarity Of his sex 10 mak"
. iiss about Il, she accepts his peculiar
Tee without fretting about them. and
eIpects hlm TO accept hers.
And after all dress to women IL some
hing more than a game. IL ~ one of
her means 81 expressing themselves.
Pine clothes make them feel happy and
a. u they were IA a glorified state Of exist
snoe freed from the wear and tear Of -
hs IA fact as II they were true birds of
Paradise. with all the splendor Of Para
~" m their pIumage.'
There you have it There IL more Of IL.
sherein the editor admits that only Toll
soy ami himself have sufficiently true
aaght nto Womans nature 70 be able To-
siVe the riddle
But the women have vet 10 he heard
Rom n their opinion 81 the Tim'Ss rsso-
alton We may he sure they will speak
" promptly II IL safe to say the Tim.s
-sl lag j. already swelling with femi-
the remarks on It's Judgment Of feminine
stararter possibly not all Of them IN
rnhrmatlon Of It's view
Still another theory Of life has been
gwen TO a waiting world 10y the Inter
n'ional Physiological Congress now
sting at Vienna. II il all a matter of
chemistry. hut a chemistry such ~ sci
are ras never before dreamed Of
Prof Charles Richet Of Paris president
Il the congress. in his opening address
esooIrsed upon this new chemistry Of
npon dera blsness This chemistry de-
t'-nIn~s the whole question Of the phys
n,oEy ~ individuality or the indiyid-
g'i'y - physiology. In other words.
very .ndividual possesse- an absolutely
dfsf"n' chemical constitution from all
o'h~r .ndIviduals
Eysrv illness every form ~ poisoning
r'00 - m the blood definite substances
eA'rg traces which no lapse 81 time alto
r''t"' "far"= The study 81 this infinite
'f"'r 3. problem would bring tho world
80. r"srar 10 the solution Of tho mystery
q and death
>"n " months ago THE SrS gave details
= 30 wonderful results attained IN Rus
Z" zen I"vitsky IN testing the pro
o. 'r - a Single grain Of wheat An
me -' woman. Mrs Gentry. who lives
~ - I--"y slilaRs. has had equally mar
'".. .. "-ul'- with s'nilar experiments
-. = pu' a cpnicai pa - the requisite
- .'n"nt IN a corner ~ her garden
ne" a., only half an inch Il soil he
." grain ~ wheat which she +
a. By" bottom - the pit and the .
-. gravel tn" top - M" pIt was
= r.. yard ACROSS