The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-23
THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES.

GA Study in Natural History.) When the Himalayan peasant meets
 the he-bear in his pride. He shouts to scare the. monster who
 will often turn aside; But the she-bear thus accosted rends
 the peasant tooth and nail. For the female of the species is more
 deadly than the male.
 When Nag, the wayside cobra, hears
 the careless foot of man. He will sometimes Wriggle sideways
 and avoid it if ne can; But his mate makes no such motion
 where she camps beside the trail, For the female of the species is more
 deadly than the male. When the early Jesuit fathers preach
 ed to HurOns and ChOctawS, They prayed to be delivered from the
 vengeance of the squaws- Twas the women, not the warriors
 turned those stark enthusiasts pale For the female of the species is more
 deadly than the male.
 the things he must not say, For the Woman that God gave him
 isn't his to give away: But when hunter meets with husband
 each confirms the others tale - The female of the species is more
 deadly than the male. Man, a bear in most relations, worm
 and savage otherwise, Man propounds negotiations, Man ac-
 cepts the compromise; Very rarely will he squarely push the
 logic of a fact
 To it's ultimate conclusion in unmiti-
 gated act
 Fear, or foolishness, impels him, ere
 he lay the wicked low, To concede some form of trial even to
 his ffercest foe; Mirth obscene diverts his anger; Doubt
 and Pity oft naTDlPX Him in dealing with an issue-to the
 scandal of the Sex! But the Woman that God gave him,
 every fiber Of her frame Proves her launched for one sole is
 sue. armed and engined for the And to serve that single issue, lest
 the generations fail, The female of the species must be
 deadlier than the male. She who faces Death by torture for
 each life beneath her breast May y. not deal in in doubt fout or R Pity-must These be purely male diversionS-not
 in these her honour dwells- She, the Other Law we live by, is that
 Law and nothing less! She can bring no more to living than
 the powers that make her great As the Mother of the Infant and the
 Mistress of the Mate; And when Babe and Man are lacking and she strides unclaimed to claim Her right as femme (and baron) her equipment is the same. She is welded to convictions-in de- fault of grosser ties; Her contentious are her children, Heaven help him who denies! He will meet no cool discussion, but the instinct, white-hot, wild; female of the species war ring as for spouse and child. so the she-bear fights; Speech that drips, corrodes and poi sons even so the cobra bites; Scientific vivisection of one nerve till it is raw, And the victim writhes in anguish | like the Jesuit with the squaw! So it comes that Man, the coward, ! when he gathers to confer With his feIlow-braves in council, does | not leave a place for her. at war with Life and Con- | science, he uplifts his erring hands | To some God of Abstract Justice which no woman understands. And Man knows it! Knows, moreover, that the Woman that God gave him Must command but may not govern; shall enthrall but not enslave him And She knows, because She warns him and Her instincts never fail, That the female of Her species is more deadly than the male!
 -Rudyard Kipling in Ladies' Home Journal.