The evening world., 1911-08-23
Women Possess Only Sex
and Are Silenced by
Claim Of Other Half of
Society, Says Mrs. Rheta
Childe Dorr, Author.
They're Expected to Con-
form to a Type and
Must Be Beautiful, She
Asserts oman's Hope
Lies in America.
By Marguerite Mooers Marshall.
"a woman u not . human be-
ing. The right OF being human 10
entirely monopolissd By men, WON

u
- woman 10 not . human be-
ing. The right OF being human 10
satissiy monepoiissA By men. WON
- possess only sex"
Il y with these trenchant phrases
that Mrs. Rheta Childe Dorr, author
Of what 100000 Women Want" sum-
marizes the present position of woman
kind In an article in the current num-
Der Of Hampton's Magazine. Casting
her plummet deep beneath the surface
storm OF outrage. Mrs. Dorr apparently
Q really touched bottom in that trou-
bled sea Of restlessness. the mind of the
modern woman.
"Ons half tho population, the
men," explains Mrs. Dorr. has main
tainsd the position: The human race
that's U.S. OF course they are not the
human race. But they have always
said they were. and the colossal audaci-
~ OF the claim simply siiences tho other
half. No one woman has ever been In
. Position successfully to dispute the
claim Of the male half Of society. SO
woman generally has meekly taken her
place as a member of the Ladies Aid
Society to the Human Race. and there
she has remained.
The difference between belonging to
the human ace and being a member
Of the Ladies' Aid Is merely the differ
ence between walking In ordinary shoes
and toddllng painfully In Chinese boots.
The natural foot Is large or small, wide
or narrow, as the case may be. The
artificial foot lacks variation. II has
q conventional size and shape. other
wise It's owner Is a scandal and a dis
grace to the family.
WOMEN ARE EXPECTED TO
CONFORM TO A TYPE.
Men. being human. are expected to
differ from one another" the writer
adds in application OF her metaphor.
"womsn, being . seq. are expect
Cd to conform to . type. and they
are admired And respected In pro-
portion to their ability to conform.
The type. OF oourse, 10 that which
ous the amorous emotions Of
men,
And then Mrs. Dorr asks and
swe a significant question:
What must women be in order to
approximate the feminine type"
First OF all. they must be young
A woman must not be over thirty years
Of age. II she is. she becomes ridicu-
lous. a subject for jest and merrlment
Even In the States where women vote
and hold office, they are still under
the obligation to remain young. They
are never asked 10 record their age or
the registration books, as men are
h oldest grandmother in Colorado
10 registered in the poll books az TWEEN.
'y-one years old.
"8ssides being young, women
must be beautiful. So universal II
h demand for the decorative
quality In women that chivalry
ssumss that all women possess II.
I'm the newspapers are in,
variably described as beautiful or a
least pretty.
TO fulfil tho conventional IDEAL Of
beauty 10 simple. whether 1t Is cas-,
- not. Just as nearly as nature. II
collaboration with art. can manage 1t
.hs type ap~proximates to the soft
smooth. Unconditional. unintelligent
pink and white wax dolls. used to dis
play millinery and frocks In shop win
dows.
Beauty changes It's details from
season to season. One year Beaut!
has curves. another year angles
Bsauty's waist line was formed on tn,
hour-giass model a few years age
Just now her waist line melts into tn
esneral scheme OF stovepipe construc
ton from shoulders to heels.
But Whatever aspect Beauty
wears" tho cynic adds scornfully
women must copy 1t. The thing |
painful for many women. and II is ex
pensive for most, but the duty re
mains. Plainness. especially the plain
ness of advancing years., is absolutel,
i~nterdicted.
WOMAN's FIRST WRINKLE Is
LIFE TRAGEDY.
IA woman's lines are just wrinkle
and the first one is a life tragedy
When the powder and the rouge an
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