El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-23
.orothy Dix

1.-THE great trouble with men. anC
the source of all Of their in
justice toward women is thai
they have never realized that the two
sexes are of the same flesh and flavor
and that what is sauce for the goose
is sauce for the gaHder. They act as
il women were animals Of some pecu-
liar and foreign breed. and were only
fit for the human palate when served
up In a sweetish sauce a la feminine
instead Of as just plain, rare humanity.
This is a great mistake Barring
the accident that dOOmS half OF hu-
manity to wear skirts. and eXalts the
other half TO trousers there Is mighty
little difference between men ana Wo-
men. Just as men are sons OF women,
so are women daughters OF men,
and Just as men inherit from their
mothers, so women inherit from Inelr
fathers and the general result strikes
pretty much the same average OF IN
Ueiligence and Stiffness. OF goodness
and badness.
Men and wbmen hunger alike; are
cold alike, they are moved by the same
sickness and die the same deaths.
Nature makes them equal Tor II II
gives TO woman the greater endurancei
If il gives 10 man more initiative II
gives TO woman the greater palence5
II ii gives man the broader outlook It
gives woman the subtler perception.
Why. Indeed
Why, then, should woman be set
apart as an alien in the bigger affairs
Of life? Why should she not come
into her share Of the inheritance OF
the ages2 Why isn't the sauce for the
gander sauce for the gOOseZ
If a girl has enough intelligence 70
take a good education why shouldnI
she be given One2 Education has been
a pretty good thing for men. Men
have found education a good tool TO
ri Dnen
ored and respected because OF their
learning.
But it has taken generations of as
bitter a fight as the world has ever
known to open college doors to women
and even vet some of them are smut
and it is still a positive reflection on
q girls character to have speaking
acquaintance with Latin ana creek
Of course we are getting a little &C
climated 20 the college girl now, and
aren't quite as much afraid OF her as
we used to be; but to call woman
strong minded is still term OF re
preach, just as much as it would be
to call a man feeble minded
Why are brains sauce the proper
thing to serve with a ganoer, ana not
with a gOOse2 This is particularly un-
answera bic in view of the fact that
tell US that men get their
sense from their mothers, and that
history shows US that every great man
has had a mother who was woman OF
superior strength and Intelligence
Then there is the question of follow
ing ones talent. We think that a man
vino doesn't follow his bent and develop
his God-given ability in any line Is
little less than a criminal fool. Nobody
dreams u suggesting that the boy who
is born with a genius for writing
should spend his life blowing because
he happens to be born on farm, or
that great financier should stay
soda wafer clerk because his first work
vas washing glasses behind counter.
or that a sculptor should remain a
blacksmith because he was brought up
81 a forge.
But no matter what talent a woman
has people cry shame on her If she
wants to 90 out into the world and
develop herself and achieve success by /
the exercise of her art She's got /
lut Of her sacred sphere. She should I
nave stayed at home and washed and /
and cooked and baby-tended. /
Now, why is the home every wo- I
mans sphere any more than the farm 1
lr the carpenter shop every man's2 I
Why should the goose be always stewed 4
n the domestic sauce any more than 4
he gander?
Then there is the question Of money. /
Why should men be so keen about |
financial independence for themselves,
md so opposed to il for women There !
sn't an able bodied man, with a grain