Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-23
Fair Sex Find
Male Defender
Pugnacity of Male of Species is
Menace to Safety of Race
Say Prof.
tDy United Press.)


Madison, Wis, Jan. 23-Man
is the handicapped half of hu-
mainly. Mans pugnacity, his ten
deney to pick a fight, a trait no:
possessed by the female of the
specifies, is becoming a menace to
the existence of the whole human
race.
This is the view of E. A. Ross,
globetrotter, author of a score
Of books on sociology, and pro-
fessor of sociology in the Uni
versity of Wisconsin.
The instinct of pug0acity de-
velcped along the line VI war
fare bids fair to wipe the race
out of existence, Ross believes.
"Our gentle friends, the army
militarists, depict how our coun-
try win send an immense fleet
Of airplanes dropping bombs which
win poison whole enemy popula-
tionIs with their gas. The mill
tartts of each of the other great
powers plan to do the same thing
to us, in case we should be the
enemy.
$50 the next war centuries up
the picture Of the great fleets
Of iairplanes returning each to
IS country after having done 4
st class job in extirpating the
her people and finding nobody
We to greet them.
Let US hope that these fleets
iii include some women avia-
ors so that the national stock
will not completely disappear"
Ross concludes from his obseE-
vations in countries all over the
world that women have d'Stinc-
tive trait-the life-conserving IN
stinct which is more salutary and
beneficial as mankind evolves a
state of dependence of the mdi'
vidpal on society.
Studying opium smoking in
China Ross found that in every
case there were more men opium
smokers than women. In the
United States. the same is true Of
excess INDULGENCE in strong drink.
@Years $50 in Wyoming, J saw
a Young cowboy lose half hi
months wages in half an hour
at the faro table. Since then I
have asked ut least fifty persons
whether they have ever seen
working woman gamble away
her wages. and / have not had ar
Affirmative answer" Ross said, ~.
"In October, 1917, when the
fate of a Russian officer with his
men was on hair-trigger, | saw
a Russian officer deliberately fill
himself up with homebrew, know
ing perfectly well that it would
make a beast of him, which it did.
ar never find women doing such
idiotic things. 1t seems to me
they have more self-control than
men. The only way We men can
dodge this unpalatable Inference
is by pretending that woman's
hankerings are weak, as Ten
nyson did: II
Woman is the lesser man ard
all thy passions matched
with mine,
'Are as moonlight unto sun
light; and as water unto
wine
"But they can't put this fc-
ton across because women show
grip on themselves all along the
line. Into whatever part of the
world have gone, l h. found
the women doing the aty, as
they saw it, better than he men
were doing their duty.
Ross reaches the conclusion that
modern warfare has furnished
man with implements with which
he will speedily kill off the race
Il allowed 10 fight as much as
he pleases.
'SHe is precisely like child
playing with matches IN pow
der magazine. lie Inherited an
instructive pugnacity established
in him tens of thousands OF
wears ago when men had nothing
To foht with but stones and
Gibbs. and now he finds himself
able 10 loose at will appalling
forces of destruction