Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-07

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Men lack courage" declares Vicki
Baum. In case Of fire. notice Who is
carrying the furniture from the house
and WhO sits back, moaning Ouer his
fate"
"You are like fussy hen he tells her.
Let me alone. am well able to look after
myself
"RUT this is not the case with the little
= Kringeleins Of the world They need
a womans protective love and tenderly
encircling arms to shield them from a cold and
cruel world that usually trar piles on them and
brushes them. Yes, weak men have need OF
woman's love and compassion and service. But
then, so do all men, For all men have weak
spot in their armor no matter how impregnabie
it may seem to be to the superficial gaze.
What are mems weaknesses? Well, for one
thing, they lack courage. And to live life
perfectly one requires tremendous amount OF
that No, men are not nearly as courageous
as women are Observe men under adversely
Let a man lose his job. for example He is
appalled, He can hardly bear up under the
blow. He gets nervous, worried, depressed and
is peSsimistic about the future. His world has
crumpled. But take a woman. She gets let
out from her job She is philosophical about
it and sets about planning the most effective
way to get another one.
She may be just as dependent upon her
earnings to maintain herself and others as
man is, and yet she will not go under as
quickly as a man will. She has fortitude.
More valor. Better resistance and self-reliance.
A better working philosophy to tide her over
the rough places
uTHINK also of the man who SuStains sud-
den heavy losses in, say, the stock
market He kills himself You read
often Of such suicides Women suffer tremen-
dous financial losses, too. but they are more
sportsmanlke about it. Consider also the mat
ter of serious illness A man will bemoan his
fate and think that he is dying, while a woman
will bear up under even truly fatal sickness
with patience. Women appear to possess an
inner strength that buoys them up and keeps
them from becoming submerged in disaster
when bad luck comes their way.
PERHAPS this is because they are mothers or
potential mothers of the race. AS central
figures In the home they are looked to for
sustenance, support, strength and guidance.
Certainly they are the rocks to which children
cling This age-old dependence Of the young
on woman may have developed strength In the
situations Worries disasters, tragedies or losses.
The difference in mans destiny may account
for his weaker strain. -t-5-
do men resent it when women detect the
flaws in their armor? Not at ALL That is
they do not object unless a woman shows
mockery or taunts a man for his weakness,
whatever It may chance to be. But the right
sort Of woman never does this. She may indulge
in a bit of good-natured raillery at his expense,
but generally she does not let him know that
she has found his basic weakness. She will
never hint at 1t If she is clever and tactful.
Numbered among mems weaknesses are also
excessive pride, sometimes undue vanity and
very often selhshness."
Although Frau Baum was counting OF mans
frailties, she spoke not so much critically as
rather tolerantly, Just as q mother would re-
cite the shortcomings Of her children, Of whom
she is very fond despite their weaknesses. Frau
Baum is by no means man-hater. She likes
men, but at the same time she understands
them.
(COpyright 1090.)