Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-05-20
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IL Masquerade
By Idah McGIone Gibson
Strange Marriage Ideas

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autobiography.
] am not a brave man, Jim. II
haven't that quick impulsiye ma
ture which makes for bravery.
I've always been one of those who
must stand and wait.
When first went south, was
too i'll to think OF much except
that / was inexpressibiy lonely,
and blue. For a while / thought
perhaps it would be better If did
not try to live. But. thank God.
suicide is one cowardIy act that
has always semed to me unutter-
ably silly.
soon made friends, for as US
ual, / became acquainted with
many people and that changed
my outlook on life wonderfully.
Most OF these people were
themselves more or less Ill. Mis-
cry seems to draw around itself
its own company. Even when ]
was looking death in the face and
that 1T would be only short time
until l would be sailing out to
sea, life did not seem to be very
different than had / expected to
live years and years and, in my
way enjoy them every one.
Humanity quickly adapts Itself
to conditions.
had to live in one Of those in
expensive, uncomfortable hotels,
for could not afford TO go to
one of the big play palaces even
II they wuld have taken me in
my condition. | was too i'll to even
worry much. / only sat and tried
not to think, during the long
hours / spent on the galleries of
the hotel In the sunshine.
Before long l began to improve
| In health and started to write a
little. However, / found it impos-
sible to make my brain obey my
will. / could only look ahead to
months of poverty and finally pas
sing out into knew not what.
l had no hope of future life.
My dear mother, for all her teach
ing, had not been able to put me
on any kind of a religious founda
| ton.
| Just drifted. Then l met the
woman who has had the greatest
influence on my life. Whether 1t
was because of my weakened ply
sical condition or because of my
| great lonliness I cannot determine
but l was really bowied over for
| the first time in my life. The
treatment l had accorded many
girls was now meted out Of me,
Every dog has his day and mine
came right there.
"Jim," interrupted DR.. Milton,
81 think the average modern girl
is, unconsciously, the most sexual
animal In the world.
Now don't look shocked Re
member I said unconsciously
Her mother, her cousins, and her
aunts, the drama, the novel, the
things she sees around her, all
teach her toward this end II
blame there be, to them 1t should
; be given.
ITO a woman-chiid, love-ro-
mantle love--is idealized and
taught until 1t is made much
bigger than life itself" continued
DR.. George who, having gotten
started on his hobby, was riding
pell NELL over everything.
From the time a boy can un-
derstand, he is told to prepare
for a life of work. From tht
time a girl looks with understand
ing into her mothers face, she is
told to prepare for a life Of love
Every beautiful feature OF
her face, every gesture of her
body. every fashionable whim OF
her attire is made to attract the
opposite sex.
THAT is the reason for the
change of fashions. Short and
narrow skirts come in, and all
men begin to sit up and take no
tice.
"Reformers shout. preachers
preach and all the world calli
E attention to the terrible fact thai
/. women really have legs. Ther
s when men grow tired of thu
= lure. when they no longer gaze
fashions produces some new fe
male OF the species may beguil'
the male.
There must always be some
thing new to whet the jaded ap
petite of mems senses. And b.
the way, II is worth noting tina
: throughout the whole anfma
kingdom the plummage is worl
by the male except among hum
ans. Look at the gorgeous pea
, cock and the nondescript hen
{ Look at the tawny, magnificen
= male lion and the sad female
Among human animals alone |
5 this situation reversed. With u
o the female is the gorgeous crea
ture and. of course" DR.. Mil
T. ton added thoughtlessly, won
e an Is far more barbaric than man
y Her instincts of savagery, veneer
+ ed by centuries OF civilization
r find expression in baubles sue
as earrings, jeweiry, ankle wat
e ches, etc.--all of which hay
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d Great Scott. George. what