The evening world., 1911-12-27

t8O with BtOob
I3 men.
You and I may
think otherwise.
NJ Of course. We
NnA7 may have contrib
NKOrA" uted our feeble
GREELEY. SMITH opinions few
weeks siuce. when the papers were
nlled with lists Of the ten greatest
women IN history"
But do MOI lot 10 oppose our foolish
feminine notions to the nat WHOM Prof.
DSAs 4~etchnikoff sends forth from
Par1s: that women nsvs have been
eTeat In the ans that men have been.
. the amous Prof. Nstohnikof.
. Of the Pasteuf institute AMI pro-
muisator of the theory that Tactic acid
prolongs life. which sst % many Of u
u drinking buttsrmik. IN the hope OF
becoming csntsnariansi Prof. Mstchni.
on's arraisnmerAof woman WA made
IN p to . request for his views ON
the suffrage movement.
your complaint. a. I understand n.
70 mat man has excluded woman from
AL higher intellectual occupations by I'm.
natural means. % that her mind has BE-
come atrophisd. her capabilities biuuted.
hsr talents ~stagnant." the scientist told
. group OF French s~uffraS1sts.
"1et ~ take the arts. n thsrs
mSn.mAotor % ua~1atural who
ever forbade his female slave 70
cypress herself In musioS hat
where sss yeux 1ssthovsns, you.
wseasss. ysss vssdAs. yous
11aAmse0S
WHIST brutal slsve owner, a
any time forbade women 70 besa.
ufy canvas with seusSyins huss
and lines Depicting life or nstursS
A. In music, man mas suoourarsd
womsu TO DO these thanss, yet
where = your 8sphssls, your
xsonsrdos, your 8ubsnsssS Xsvs
women been forbidden 70 mould,
carve or drawn Yst whore 10
your 1hidias, your A1ohasl An.
gslo, your csllinif DID you ever
hear Of . woman arohitsotf
sUPERioRITV OF MAN EVEN IN
HOME AND KITCHEN.
Home and motherhood-thers, Of
course. the most radical among you
will not say that nan has attempted
to restrain you-there you have had
from time immemorial In all ages, In
all places. absolute n full freedom.
"otu, 10 IL not man, the en-.
SLAYER. who teaches you domestic
economy 70 IL NOT from man
that You have learned how 20
care for your o3spr1ng In illness.
how to smuss them In hssIth7
who discovered the laws Of DO.
nestle hygisus3 Was IL womsnt
Nov. my dear ladies'. has man ever
excluded you from the kitchen? No,
you say, o have been enslaved
there. Cook seed the brute 1t
would seem reasonable that at least
in his sphere woman should have
reached a high standard of perfection.
And the actual result2 An. dear
ladies'. ! must confess. II want a
really good Inner ! must nave re-
course to n chef"
Now this Is all very interesting, very
ingenious. typical Of the archaic point
OF view. which women are just learn
ing to ignore. utterly disingenuous
and misleading.
Take. for instance. the inquiry as to
whether or not n man-mas,er would
have objected TO his female slaves ex-
pressing herself In music? Certainly, he
would not II. after performing her
household tasks and Hlhlilng those
functions OF amusing and pleasing him
which he regarded as her excuse for
being. she had any time or energy left
for creative work. But would a Roman
master have permitted an enslaved fe-
male Beethoven to postpone for one
moment the hour OF his bath and
Amounting with perfumes, that she
might complete a phrase Of a moon
light sonata? He would not. Women
slaves were killed for much smaller
onenses against the lords Of lie and
death.
WOMAN NEVER HAS A CHANCE
TO SPECIALIZE.
Enslaved or married, or merely as
daughter In the home. women have
carried In all ages the handicap that
results from a lack OF specialization,
Tho average wife or mother AN
not specialize even - q cook.
She IL q Jack-of-all-trsdas, con-
s~squently master of nons. The
mother-musician who attempt-
cd sven to orchestrate the baby's
cries would hsv only scraps M
snatchss OF time in waich to do II.
Man. whether as Roman lord or mod
ern husband, has never changed his
view that woman Is for man. hrst, his
comfort hrs amusement and delight.
and. after that. II she has any time
left. for whatever pleasant. harmless
occupation for which she may fancy she