The Republican journal., 1912-01-04
THE NAN BEAUTIFUL.
Reflections on the New Styles We are al
Supposed to Wear.
From the Chicago News. ]

From the Chicago News.]
"Have you noticed" inqui ed the
prentice hand, "how fiossy are the new
styles for men? The latest things dis
played in the show windows are as fussy
and ornamental as women's wear. There
are imported hats with saucy little feath-
ers and bows on the side and gorgeous
waistcoats and 'insected' coats and all
that. Man is beginning to develop a
shape l don't know what to make
of it,
81 know what to make of it!' growled
the journeyman philosopher. II make
woe and tribulation and crashing Of
teeth of it. These fancy furbelows in
mems attire to me spell the degeneracy
of the sex. Further. they represent a
conspiracy of the suffragettes to make
man ridiculous.
''You have observed, no doubt" con-
tlnued the journeyman philosopher, that
the development of these clownish styles
for men is coincidental with that of the
plain and ugly styles for women. This
is but one of many significant facts that
point to an attempt on the part of our
sisters to reverse the parts hitherto
played by the sexes in the worlds econ
omy.
Men are being nattereQ ana ca1Oleu
into the belief that they are beautiful.
1t is delusion what will play havoc with
mans supremacy when it is once foisted
upon him. OF course. no man in his
right mind can be deceived into thinking
any other man beautiful. Every man
will howl with derision at the spectacle
of other masculine freaks arrayed in
frivolous fnery. But each may be led to
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to the general rule and that fussy cloth
ing is becoming to him.
at is easy to see to what this attitude
of mind will lead-a house divided against
itself! Jealousies and envies and all
forms of egomania will be developed,
and mans mental balance will be over
thrown.
''These styles indicate degeneracy of
the whole species, too. Among nearly
all the lower animals the male is the or
namental beast; the female is plain and
unitarian. The gorgeous male is
mere ornament. Look at our barnyard
fowls for a familiar example. The
plumed and strutting cock appears to
have an easy time of it and is permitted
to exercise a pretence of overlordship,
but it is the hens that are really valu-
able, and they are in such tremendous
majority that the cocks supremacy is an
absurd Joke. He lives merely by suffer-
ance.
This is the sort of government to-
ward which we are drifting. Society
will be organized on an amazonian basis.
The women will rule and do all the
worlds work, and only sufficient num-
Der of males will be permitted to live to
prevent the human species frombecoming
extinct 1t is lucky for you, young man,
that you were born thus early in the game.
You are not particularly prepossessing or
stalwart, and had you come into the
world little later you would have been
drowned in infancy, like superfiuous
puppy.
urge you, as disciple of mine, to
refrain from purchasing any of those
funny clothes, however much your best
girl may fuss over you and flatter you.
| notice that you have started on the
path to destruction already, for you have
bought fuzzy-wuzzy hat, thus proving
yourself weak and vain and a traitor to
your sex. If you show up at this shop
wearing fancy vest and a corset coat l
will slay you with my own hands.
LET the women go on making them
selves as ugly as they can, but let them
not deude you into the belief that you
are beautiful or could be made so. The
law of life is the survival of the ugliest,
and that, my son, involves the law of
compensation that you hear so much
about. Be glad that your face would
stop a clock and turn sweet milk sour
| the fact is YOUR safeguard.