Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-04

q VI yOMAN suffragists who desise
NV continuation and support OF
wv their cherished claims ana
theories now may receive
these from rather unexpected source %.
The frcqucat statement that equal SUI
TRACE independent personal and po-
litlcal function, Is unnatural now Is
refuted by discovery Of many examples
or equal sufrbgism I'm the animal
kingdom. So great an authority az
Ernest Thompson seton comes forward
with the sweeping declaration that
masculine leadership r. by no means an
accented fact OF even an usual cJndi-
I tion In the animal world
In his splendid new work. Life HIS
tories Of Northern Animals" SIR se-
ton who certainly knows whereof h
speaks. and whose magnificent vol
umes. Just mentioned. form an I'M
questionable animal classic, has this 10
say concerning that king among AMI
mails, the waDitl deer.
FEMALE Is LEADER.
'grhere is widespread idea that IA,
big bull is. as matter OF course. the
leader Of the wapti herd This is not
the case. II is well TO remember how
the animals get their leader They
certainly do not have any formal cleo
tions but they have instead n sort of
natural election or process OF elimina-
ton This is the process: The indl-
vIdual In that band who can impress
on the others that he is the wise one
the safe one to follow-eventually be
comes the leader. and NJ there are any
members Of the band who do not wish
TO follow him, they have an obvious
slternative-to go the other way Thus
the herd reaches uDanlmlty.
"Numberless observations show TINT
this wise one Il not the big bull. but
almost Invariably an elderly female
The big bull might drive them. but not
lead them She is the one that has i'm
pressed the others with the idea that
she IL safe to follow--that she will
lead into no fool-traps that she knows
the best pastures and the best ways to
them; that she has learned the salt
ncks. and the watering places that are
safe and open all around: that her eyes
and ears are keen: and that she win
take good care Of herself and incident
niv OF the band This female leader
ship Is common 10 most, If not all
horned runnants"
Mr.. Seton. moreover. goes yet farther
and at least facility and by Implication
supports the suffragist platform that
while the mother Individually performs
the highest race service. tbs service
OtiNeI 'nfNDdtllatfS nef iof IuTliltl
public duties nor renders marriage a
necessary condition of good citizenship
Among the higher animals the unmar-
ried condition IL well known and re-
Fpected. nor are the unmarried ones
AT all events those Of the gcntler sex,
by any means open to the scorn OF the
others.
THERE ARE OLD MAIDS
"rhe 'old bachelor and the old
maid" Is Mr. Scton's verdict. ARE
we'll known characters In the higher
walks OF animal life" The "old bach
elor" Is somewhat cynically described
as casually an old fellow who has out
grown the ardor OF youth" though
"some believe him 20 be one whose
mate has died"
He generally wnndors alone" adds
the animal student, with dry humor.
.'and Is OF uncertain temper" The ami
mai suffragette, on the other hand. Is
a genial creature, distinguished first
by her fine condition." and secondly
by the absence OF those maternal and