The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-03-01

know women.
Women assume a part in dealing
with men.
Men assume a part in dealing with
women.
Neither can help it. It's an instinct
provided by nature.
Here is a roomful Of men; smoking,
conversing, laughing.
Enter come women.
Instantly the men change. Seats are
vacated, smoking ceases, the converse
ton is dropped. Whether they enjoy
1t or not the men assume an air of
respect and Difference towards the wo-
men which is accepted by the women
as their due
It seems right. It is right. The
man who objected would be secuted
by the rest and would feel he deserved
il
Nothing can eradicate tne primary
instincts inculcated by nature. One
might as well try to do away with
noses or fngernails. Nature just
keeps on supplying them because we
need them.
Nature provided woman as mans
companion, and man as .voman's pro-
tector.
Nature made man larger and strong
er than woman and implanted in the
mans brain respect and Difference for
his weaker partner.
In a world of two billions there are
Of course variations from the rule;
that is, some women larger and strong
er than some men; but that is ex-
planned by variety of type; the large
type of women being smaller than the
large type Of men. and the small type
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type of men.
Nature has carried this rule through
out the animal kingdom. The male is
larger and stronger and protects the
female.
The man who i'll treats a woman,
strikes her, curses her, is very properly
considered a blackguard, and men have
provided laws for his punishment.
I have rarely heard of a woman be-
ing punished FOR i'll treating, striking
or cursing man.
If such occur. a man keeps it to
himself and later smiles over it.
Women don't carry candies to a man
or send him flowers or escort him to
the play or see him home after dark
or pay The taximan or the dinner bill
for two.
Men do these things like the natures
gentlemen they are, and they wouldn't
have It otherwise.
Nature las ordained that they shall
do them, and nature will continue to
SO ordain.
The relation Of women towards men
is not that of parasites; indeed, no.
Without analyZinE the why and where
fore, women are obeying nature in ac-
cepting from their men friends these
of PROTECTION.
Neither can change that law, though
it may be objected to by some mis-
taken men and women.
If the house is afire we don't send
for the f1rew0men.
II there's a burglar under the bed
we don't send for the policewomen.
If war is declared we don't arm our
women with swords and guns and bay
onets and send them to fight.
We don't set women to dig coal or
copper or iron from the mines; neither
do we employ women to build ships
nor to feed the furnaces in the hold,
to make locomotives, build railroads,
bridges, skyscrapers or houses Women
don't dig canals, lay sewers, sidewalks
or hard roads
And women don't run the affairs of
nations, control armies and navies or
organize the immense business of feed
ing, clothing and controlling two thou
sand millions Of people.
These are man sized jobs; and the
very pick of the strongest, cleverest
and keen men are none too strong
and clever and keen to handle them.
Here 1 arrive at the real purpose
for which this article is written. Wo-
mems Suffrage.
Should women share in handling
those man-sized jobs? Would sharing
prove interfering or helpful?
Cold, hard experience has taught
men that too many cooks spoil the
broth. Hence men are cautious and
The world has run its course for
thousands of years without women
sharing in such work.
Are there today good and sufficient
reasons for sharing?
Have there always been reasons;
and, if so. have they been overlooked
by accident or design?
1t is a Dig question. Upon its answer
depends the worlds future history
The inclusion or exclusion of mill |
ions of women must matter very con- |
siderabIy. And a great many women |
evidently think so and say SO in more |
0r less emphatic manner.
Now, the same roomful Of men who |
vacated their seats and ceased smoking |!
and oonversing out of Difference to the |
women who entered will surely listen |
with equal Difference whilst the wo- |
men state their reasons for wishing !
to share in the management OF the |
What reasons can women advance? |
That plans for the betterment of the |
world are not made by Drawn but by |
brain.
That whilst women are not built for |
physical work they are built for in
.ellectual work.
That the physical force method |
which has been turning the world up
side down for thousands OF years |
whilst under the control Of men is |
he nd world /