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

family duties that might retard her
selhess efforts In behalf OF the whole.
Beavers. offers ana othcr aniInnls OF
| high grade Intelligence work SIDE by
side, quite irrespective OF sex Nhen-
| ever the femal. IL free from the de-
mands OF her specialized cndeayor, in
terdependence OF working function he
| ing the rule rather than the exception.
Regarding the masculine beaver Mr..
Seton. who would seem at heart 60
| prefer his sisters to his brothers. ad-
| mits that the industrious little worker
may be considered a model parent
! although as "a pungentiy added. 'of
course he has neither to bear, rear
feed, lead, nor protect the children
! q circumstance. q condition on which
thoughtful suffraRists. militant and
! otherwise. base their most potent arRu-
ments for equal suffrage, since the
working world largely Is peopled with
women and the children for whom they
must care Still as Mr.. Seton Justly
! concludes his dictum I'm regard to
| beavers as parents many fathers are
considered models II they merely let
the young ones alone
BIRD sUFFRAGETTEs.
bird life. in turn. has it's growing ex-
| amples OF the working value of the
suffragette idea. Madame Ostrich, as
Is wen known. long since served notice
| on her acquiescent spouse that here
cept the entire labor and responsibility
| OF the maternal duties. Madame Os-
| trich laws the eggs, duly. and also takes
| her turn at Matching them. But Mon
| sleur Ostrich sits on the nest during
alternate periods and performs no In
| significant share OF the work Of feed
Ing. rearing and protection
Father owl also Is said To bear a
similar good record in certain families,
| The stork and namingo each help
n hnn
hold and family matters And now
comes expert testimony in regard to
Mrs. Phalarope, small dainty at
tractive land and water bird often to
be seen on the Chicago shores OF
Lake Michigan during the migra-
tory season, but at her best in regions
farther north
Mrs--or Miss Phalarope attends to
the sweet duties OF courtship. accord
ing to the bird lovers and scientists.
while Mr.. Phalarope modestly accepts
her advances, and looks after the
labor of home-making and incuba-
ton. For the wise and progressive
Phalarope lady lays the eggs merely.
only this and nothing morel"
Miss Agnes Deans Cameron. clever
and adventurous Canadian woman,
who now makes her home in Chicago.
last summer penetrated the arctic
regions in search OF her material for
1.-THE New North.' her admirable
book on the great northwest OF
| America,
THE NEW RED WOMAN.
While far in the frozen wilds Miss
| Cameron, who at present Is I'm London
| on a special mission from the north
western land department of the Cana
dian government, made many interest
| ing observations. not the least notable
| OF which deal with the Chippewa In
! dian women-the suffragettes Of the
| red race--and the perky. piquant 1T
| tie suffragette birds who reverse so
! many other traditions of the feathercd
! folk in addition to that which de-
! crees the brightest colorlng of the pair
| for the ordinary male bird This is
| what Miss Cameron has to say anent
| the Chippewa ladies and their sisters
| OF the Fond du Lac sands:
1.-THE Chippewa wife Is the new red
woman we see in her the essential
head Of the household No fur Is sold
to the trader, no yard or pound of
goods bought without her expressed
consent. Indeed, the traders refuse to
make bargain OF any kind with a
Chippewa man without the active APP
probation OF his wife, When Chip
pewa family moYes camp II is Mrs
Chippewa who directs the line of
march. How did she happen to break
away from the bonds that limit and
restrain most red brides? This Is the
| uQtktlOn tndl mas iIDupitu fAIHtlUSASI9
| since the north was first invaded by
! the scientific. We think we have
| found the answer,
Along the shores of Fond du Lac
we descry a long-legged wader. the
| Phalarope This Is the militant suf-
| fragette OF all birddom. Nine. Phaia-
| rope lays her own eggs tthis deposit
| tory act could scarcely be done by
proxy, but in this eliminates and
| terminates all her responsibilities,
Father Phalarope builds the house.
| the one henpecked husband OF all feath
cred families who does. He alone In
| cubates the eggs, and when the little
| Phalaropes are ushered into the vale
IL is papa who tuoks their bibs under
their chins and teaches them 10 peep
their morning grace ana U cat nicely:
| Mamma, meanwhile contrary 20 all
laws OF the game. wears the brilliant
| plumage. When evening shadows fall
where rolls the Athabasca, she struts
long-leggedly with other female Phal-
aropes. and together they discuss the
upward struggles toward freedom of
their unfeathered prototypes.
AND INSECTS. TOO.
Nor Is the insect realm without It's
marked exemplifications of the SUI
| fragist theories and outworl1ing. The
| case OF the queen bee Is too well known
| 10 need more than passing mention;
nature students are almost as generally
| aware of the unmarried WoIherS OF
| certain highly developed and highly
| specialized ant colonies who are of such
| MAGNIFICENT service to their race in
the way OF colony government. kinder
.arten training-for want OF an in
sectivorOus equivalent for the profess
sonal care and teaching of large num-
ber-s OF ant youngsters-and infant cul-
tuTe.
Henry G. McCook in his fascinating
recent study OF Amt Communities has
remarkable things to say concerning
the ant gynarohies that 50 quietly yet
| effectively flourish, petticoat rule pre-
| waiting among the industrious ants
standing armies police forces, en-
gineering companies, all sorts OF fine
| Institutional and educational features
are maintained by the retiring little
creatures TO whose brilliant example
| King Solomon directed the attention OF
the sluggard urging him to consider
It's ways and be WISE" the only blot
upon the fair feminine ant escutcheon
being the carrying on Of lively trade
in abduction ana slavery, with men,
| bers Of other ant tribes serving as vic
tins. tCaa Il be that the domestic
problem has invaded even antdom?)
| The female ants. according to MT.