Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-18
MENTALLY AID Pr ys1cALLY,

Is Certain - oa:clas. Man,
According {, ar. Uillis.
DR.. Newell Dwight Hills, pastor of
Plymouth Church, brooklyn, and one
OF the most famous clergymen In this
country. made the surprising state
ment not long ago that. If things keep
on In the way they are going. ultt-
mately women will be the only educat-
ed persons in the United States. He
also believes that women in general
will most certainly be larger than men.
physically as we'll as mentally, pro-
vided present conditions continue.
Women are getting most of the ed
ucation Of to-day" decares DR.. Hills,
and before long. IL the men continue
to go into business and get their rec
rsation In the evening with a little ball
driven about over a table with a cue,
while the women follow intellectual
pursuits, the latter will be the only
educated persons In the country"
In regard to the increasing size Of
Hills stated that 1t has been proved
that the men Of to-day are four inches
taller thar the men Of 500 years ago,
ON an average. while the women OF to-
day, likewise taking the average, are
hve inches taller than the women Of
$50 years ago. If this ratio Of increase
keeps up 1t will not be very long be-
fore the women will tower above the
men.
Then, being the educated class and
the physically big sex, they will domi.
nate the world as easily as the pref.
TEST women now dominates the ball
room.
This utter supremacy, however, is to
be some time In the future. Certain
ly this complete sway over man Is not
to become a fact during 1910. But
there is no doubt that during the year
the world will witness woman going
steadily forward.
To classify all the things that wom-
an did during 1909 would require a
book about as thick as the cata'
logues Of everything from needles to
anchors sent out by the mail order
houses. For woman during 1909 con-
tinued to do all the things she has
over undertaken, it being proverbial
that she never let's go of anything she
while she added an assortment Of new
things to her achievements.
But we a glance at a few of the
things that oman did in 1909 and can
form some faint idea Of the ~extraordi'
nary versatility, brain, nerve and dash
Of the modern woman
Our lady Of the past year, then, has
a%eroplaned and motored; she has
smoked cigarettes and she has battled
for the ballot; she has scratched po
licemen and she has written books;
she has pleaded before courts and has
worm divided skirts; she has ridden
astride and has nursed the suffering
she has played championship golf and
has pleaded the cause Of temperance;
she has shot quail and ridden tc
hounds; she has preached the Gospel
from pulpits and she has brought her
medical knowledge into sick rooms;
she has held her place in the busi
ness world n she has boxed; she has
rowed, she has run, she has sailed, she
has fenced, she has competed with
men in tho factories; she has sold bill
ions Of dollars worth Of goods In the
hops OF the world, she has toiled in
he fields, she has played and she has
worked as do men throughout the year
rom January to December. About
he only things she hasn't lone are to
% to war, man an Atlantic liner OF
un trains.