The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-05-27
The Stronger Sex
Is W oman,
He Says
By DOROTHY DIX.


pertaining 10 womens development. as
, seris that woman is. in reality. a great
0g. rousa. brutal savage instead OF the
fran nower that sac Il popularity sup
posed to be.
Professor Sargent declares that wo-
nan isn't the weaker vessel. but the
stronger; ana that shs Il made OF
tougher material than man. lie asserts
that she can undergo many strains that
a man cannot. anu that when II comes
10 a case Ot withstanding coid, munger
or thirst. or any phy steal privation.
woman VIII ouuast man Ia nine cases
out OF ten.
The professor isn't talking about the
tai. large. Amazoniaa. athletic college
slTl. either. lie Is speaking Of Just the
pain. ordinary. common or garden va
riety OF woman. and he Is dead right
IN saying that she's got more staying
powers than the ordinary man. and that
II the average man did half the things
Ia a day that the average woman does
: y would XIII hlm.
To begin with. no man can stand up
under as many hours work a day as
the ordinary woman does IL has been
asserted that the men who work from
twelve TO fourteen hours a day in the
steel mills are old men at forty. but
every mother OF family. In moderate
circumstances. works from sixteen TO
eighteen hours day and Is stil young
al sixty.
i Nobody appoints commission 70
I look into her case. Nobody passes any
laws 10 shorten her hours o. labor. or
relieves the strain under which she
lives, because everybody Is perfectly
sure that shes amply able to bear the
j burden that has been laid upon her
shoulders.
Nobody thinks OF a woman being
overworked who does the cooking
washing. and sewing. ana mending
and baby tending Tor her family
Nobody thinks it's any hardship for her
20 Eet up an hour before her husband
In the morning 20 get his breakfast
D. and to sit up an hour after he has zone
D 20 bed. patching his trousers or IRON
/ ing him clean shirt. or 20 get up a
dozen times in the night % give the
baby a drink. and see that the other
children are covered up; for the woman
is spler i.lv equal TO doing all OF tails
ucver-eudiug labor.
But no mere map would be able 70
2 follow any occupation that got him up
SO early IN the morning and kept him
up so late at night. and had him on
the Jump IN between times. and that
broke in upon his rest and reg..Ired
him 20 get what sleep he had In ntful
snatches lie would have . nervous
breakdown inside OF a week.
And there's no use lr saving that
and easy occupation. Any man who
tries 90 take caro- - che baby and
keep the other children occupied for
a single Sunday afternoon. while his
wife goes 20 visit her mother. vii.
admit that four or five hours Of IL
fraxzies him C4t worse than week
a. tho office. or pile driving
Observe also how much stronger -
IT,. female constltutinn than tho male
why. any little. fran. niucty-pound
a. q hon
hstr that would be the death o.
sardow or Jetricsi
No man could strip all Of his Nan.
nels in the midst 81 winter ana sally
rayly forth 20 the opera or a bal.
vrffh no protection over the unuer
,.,rt OF his body. except n etrfn. 81
oaa~Is. without having pucuwonI. ~
takes a woman 90 stand severe ct
posuro like that without even getting
IA bad cold.
strength 20 do iirS ~ work ~ he
was ciatlct as women are. Take the
hueklcet prizef-htsr ami pin on ffs
te1I trr-e pounds 81 rINs. VITA
flrtv-srvrn hai-p.Hs separately and
individually digging into n.a s..Ia.
Lace On hlm straight front that feais
|.fke "a case OF iron ana cut. of -no.r
loo fIs h.cafHlrg space Perch him IN
on saIt-tke heels that m4E. t-erv
.rtcp torture AMI p4t ou DIra arr
frnUfH fNah lIlns 'N'.u aNA Cnuiue a L
every point and then send AIm form
60 t1pr
Tne result would be that no wont,
If. brought home av noon ln "a. a-,-
l.l4nce. after having boon clicked u,
..u a swoonIug state 40 h.s desk bar
r..r.1Ia 90 women. Similarly gnrhaH
stand ni day loug bel.rI counters
.ar work. az t.ptwrltcrs without ever
4 muruur % protest passing their
Con de-. airo. the different w,v,
LA wu..u men ard women endure pain
I.tre are tens OF thousand. OF women
Who never draw weii b-r1th. who
lfs cortruIl martyrs .sl- aff.r
v.r-. o. rIGrring. yet who 10 ahou,
t,.lr daily work Without n'stin.-
...ma'aIrt. or even ,akiuE advaufars
.as tns medical skill that might posi-
biz cure chem.
,.s,.ua.. headache" ~Mv vie,
rrrrr..r "Nlrgs .Heu"1l1." become 81
much "a matter of U..rsr fhlt r1bodg
pasa any attention to tlcu. and ,hs
rr.r victim rteI r.f. tI le apu.Yrrtl
G.f. r.-. Ifa different story WHOM
.fra rIUaH bead f.lt a.u.e. 1r hubby.
nerve. fHHt are QUE ~ t.Ur. or john
cane .I.r9 Then t.rre ore doctor,
srI trained nurses HuI saraf.f.url
mad every body lu f.e family Dol OK.
..'t.f t1 be up arI G1lus. be.a.r.
r..r .tuf r.tuI pain.
Do t4kss woman OBJ rrft her teeth
and amIn enlc HH. lH enduring nr.rv
al any rate. IrHfsr rar...tf.
'ttr.ry knocks The props one fr.r
..f.r fnr HrH. .f...... win. .
should rg.o che world Do uamra 9-a
indeed. fNo stronger acv. Trn fI.-.
be- r1 further reason f1r wIfrh1Iffr.
tba ballot from them