New-York tribune., 1918-01-27
The Fall and Expulsion from Par
disc, by Michelangelo
-From the Sistine Chapel at tho Vatican

not to do
When Adam went to business in the morn
ing there was no one to stand in the door
way and give him list of things to bring
home on the 5:15 express.
In fact, nobody cared whether he came
home or not
He could have stayed out all night and
wouldn't have had to frame up a single ex
Adam didn't know what to do with him
sell. lie was as lonesome as rubber oys-
ter IN an oyster stew.
And God saw it was not good for man to
be alone.
So He caused q deep sleep to come upon
Adam and from Adams side he took a rib,
winch he fashioned into woman
Some anti -sufragists claim that woman
mas peen slde-lssue ever since that date
but in the Garden of Eden Eve soon showed
that she was not sde-issue py any means
She was the most beautiful creature Adam
had ever seen.
tell for her like an avalanche booming down
the Matterhorn.
lie put his property in her name and told
her to go as far she liked
pretty woman can do more tricks with
man than a magician can do with a tame
rabbit, and Adam an inexperienced man
at that.
She loved Adam deeply, but she liked to
show him that she could put it over on him.
In family argument Adam was beaten to
a whisper before he started
Eve turned out his gas before he had
gone an inch.
No doubt Adam and Eve went through the
customary spasms of hand -holdng spooning
In the moonlight, and building air castles.
Adam lost his appetite several times and
/ when he didn't call hor ,,bo ,;,
or eight times a day Eve went into blue
smoke.
They had their lovers quarrels, but Adam
had a decided advantage in one way.
Eve could never accuse him of "being in
tercsted in another woman"
1t was regular courtship. Courtships
haven't changed much since.
God tried to teach Adam and Eve that
they were comrades, and that one was not
superior to the other.
good many times the bonehead question
has been raised to whether man or wom-
an is SUPERIOR
God has made it fifty-ffty deal Each
has what the other lacks.
HNHE first great lesson of God was taught
4 in the Garden of Eden after Adam and
Eve had passed through their courtshp and
were on their honeymoon.
This is the danger Of flirting with evil
The exchange of diplomatic notes with the
devil is just much of menace TODAY as
it was in Eden.
IT Eve had turned her back on Satan when
he first introduced himself, and threatened
TO turn him to the nearest COP, the rest
of the story Of her life would have been
different.
Satan was the original street-corner firt
the lounge lizard of Eden.
When Eve allowed herself to listen to him,
and his sneers against her best friend, God,
she made her first fatal mistake.
The devil was n polished performer, with
the newest style silk lid, and frock coat, and
gray spats
He made the road to hell seem like a
trip through Yellowstone National Park
He made Eve believe she was a small-town
girl who ought to life; that she should
go to the city, where her talents could be
developed.
She ought to ride around in her own lmou-
sine, and have French maid, and a seaside |
cottage, and Il Florida villa and a town
house.
The devil is debater. He would be a
winner at selling lightning rods
He made Eve believe she had too wonderful
personality to be jimmying around in
rustic retreat all her life.
He said that the tradition Of the forbidden
tree was fake-that eating of it's fruit
would not bring disaster but would make
her see the real grandeurs Of life
He pointed out, in honeyed words, that her
first step, in developing herself for the won
derful carnival of JOY he predicted, was to
nibble at Of the forbidden apples
Satan had an object in trying to send Eve
on a detour off the main road.
He and his cohorts had been thrown out
of heaven and they were jealous.
Man was new machine that God had lust |
E,;c ,oI <Lo
the scrap heap.
He wanted to throw a monkey wrench in
among the wheels and break up the combi-
nation so that the cylinders wouldn't hit
He wanted to submarine Adam, but he
decided that the best way to get at Adam
was through Eve.
He knew if he sold Eve an encyclopedia Of
knowledge on the instalment plan
Adam would have to meet the payments.
He had set the stage carefully for Eve and
Adam, and his props are generally real
enough to deceive the audience
He led the unsuspectng Eve over to the
forbidden tree, and she plucked an apple, and
began eating and smacking her lips.
1t tasted like all other apples in the
Garden, but it certainly started a lot of trou-
BILE for this little old world.
The apple opened Ewes eyes.
If she had pulled out her hatpin and jabbed
the devil at the start he wouldn't have both
cred her any more, and human history would 7
have been changed.
But Eve had listened to the DEVILS prom
ises that he would give her more than God
could
She didn't know that whoever makes prom
ses of that sort is an automatic liar to start
with.
The devil had held forth a dazzling bait 7
and she had grabbed it. g
She had yet to learn that the size Of the
bait does not excuse the sin. , 1. {