The Washington times., 1922-06-18

that question-sciepce now recog-
nizes what may be called a third
sex. Joan of Arc had the physical
form Of a woman. but the distinctive
qualities Of man and she was there A
fore neither a normal woman nor Sc
normal man-she represents what o.
science terms The Third Sex. ca
All of us are creatures of strange fe
mixture. A daughter may be femi-
nine edition of her father, even to
possessing his walk and his ways. A son
may be a masculine edition OF his mother.
having her features and traits of character.
This is common experience. But sometimes
the characteristics Of male and female get
hopelessly tangled up in an individual, as
It were, and the result is a pink-hatted
poet (who, by the way, was Frenchman)
parading the streets.
Now and then we come across a boy
who likes to play with dolls rather than
get out in the corner lot and have a game
Of ball And we have seen the girl who
prefers to spin tops and shoot marbles in
stead of sewing and knitting. These chill
dren usually outgrow their contrary tastes,
although sometimes one Of them continues
to develop the peculiar ways which cause
us to exclaim, What a sissy he isl" or
isn't she mannish? She ought to wear
pants!"
Down in our hearts we feel that they
are to blame for their absurd manners and
habits, as IL they deliberately chose them.
But now science comes to the rescue with
an explanation and says that we must
change our opinion altogether. Nature
alone is responsible for it all!
At least, that is what Professor Julian
s. Huxley, the distinguished biologist, told
a cultured audience the other day. He is
the author of book on The Individual"
which deals with the action OF germ
plasms. In his lecture Professor Huxley
said that 1t Is possible for human being
to be born with such a mixture Of male
and female elements that he or she will be
torn between opposite feelings and actions.
Nature, in a word, does not always run
true to form. She may put q feminine
brain or nervous system In a masculine
body, or she may do the reverse. While
he called this mal-adjustment, the profes-
sor thought 1t might also indicate the exist
ence Of third sex" In the human family,
just as there Is among some Of the insects
and animals.
Everybody will remember that bees and
ants are particularly remarkable for the
third sex" they have in their colonies
a sort Of neuter gender Bee neuters are
the hard workers of the hive They are
really undeveloped females Ant neuters
may be either soldiers or nurses There
are moths, too, said Professor Huxley,
that are not sure whether they are male
or female, and some species of snails
change from one gender to another.
Many of us nave noticed hen behaving
like q rooster. II happens frequently
enough to have given rise to the old say,
ing, "A whistling woman and q growing
hen always come to q bad end" A
chicken has been known to grow spurs
and give the rooster fight II he wants II.
But lately we were amazed to learn that
an English rooster had gone the hen one
better by laying an egg, choosing the Agri-
cultural Hall Of London for his extraordt
nary feat. ..,, e'.s.
Freaks, you say. That may be true but
ought we dismiss the subject so easily?
Ages ago men and animals were not the
same creatures they are to-day, and ages
hence they will be different from what
they are now. We may think that nature
Is making mistakes when she Is really ex-
perimenting with a new type Of animal or
man, With his conquest Of the physical
world and machinery to do all Of his work
for him, man may develop into another
kind OF being altogether. Do you remem-
berth people Of Mars Las described by
n. o. wellsi They we're three-quarters
brain and one-quarter body, with scarcely
any difference between males and females.
!, Occasionally In the Newspapers are
given stories OF women living and dressing
like men for the greater part Of their lives
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