"That Pedestal on Which Men Have Posed so Grandly All Down the Ages is Crumbling"
Picture a large room filled with mon, The men are seated in rows of chairs, and there, is a faintly ex-octant look on their faces.
mongst them one woman stands di alone. She is "Mrs, W. J. Hav kings' and. shows courage, not only for standing up to" such large number of men, but also because she is about to tell them a few home truths about themselves. She is about to deliver an address on, the subject of men, This little scene took place some tine ago, but we are fortunate in having a'copy of that address, It contains a number of pithy statements about the male sex in gen-oval, and enough observations " on men in particular, to merit the the space we are about to give to it, If you should want further Justification "for the appearance of a talk on men on such a pag as this, I will quote the speaker's own words:
"in writing & paper on the subfect of man, it is impossible tore: rain from a certain amount about that most women are mysteries all their lives to men, Yet any woman has all the details she wants about any man at her finger tips. That knowledge ig born in her, Dicke it when he wrote:—" It eon remarked that women have a curious power of divining the characters pf men which would seem to be innate and instinctive; socing that it is arrived at through no patient, process of reasoning or research, that it can give no satisfactory or sufficient account of itself and that it pronounces in. the most confident manner even agains accumulated observation on the part of the other sex'
"Men are much simpler creatures than women, They are poor hands At deception, whereas it comes more naturally to us. The blame for this falls not so much women as on the inequality of the sexes in st, Man, the superior lordly creature-has always beer 80 sure of his pedestal that he has over had to, worry about it, But women, especially in earlier times, had to'depend in so cases on, mn for her livelihood, Jet alone-all comforts and luxuries that are 80 dear to very woman's hea that she had very often to de seen: to petty deceits' and subterfuges and panderings to man's vanity get and keep them."
However, it is hardly necessary. to add thnt this state of affairs has improved. beyond all recognition, To. illustrate this the speaker: makes a daring statement, "It is partly the fault of women that men have thought themselves on, a fort of, pedestal; that pedestal on which men' have posed grandly and-so willingly all down the ages is crumbling. Woman has seen that her god, like the image in the bible, has fect of clay and is a very ordinary orel ture anyway, Alas, for proud man!
"The best thing that can happen to any man to be ruled by his wife but, she should rule him 80 diplomatically, so discreetly "that he could almost boast that it is he who niles hor. At all events he should remain very undecided as to which of the two rules the other. And when a man, is not quite sure that it is he who rules his wife, it may be taken for granted that it is she who rules him. How is this fort of ruling a husband to 'A. French writer says:—The American and French girls are at good school: they have only to study, how Mama does it! To rule
ly as you please but always. pre-husband, dea ladies, do exact tend that you do as he pleases. That is where your ability" comes in." Of the supremacy of women in America another writer says:—
"Of all-the women in the world the American woman is the one who receives the best attentions at the hands of men, The American, man is the most devoted and hardworking husband in the world. He works and he works and he works until" the beads of, iration from hig brow ie in the shape of diamonds on the cars, fingers and neck of his charming womenfolk, The American woman expects a triumphal arch erected over each doorway throu, which she has to pass—and gets itt If T could choose my sex and' my birthplace, T would to the Almighty shout at the top of my' Yoiee—"Oh, please make me an American woman!"
The English band is a very' sition from his, tors get from their husbands, but nevertheless she likes the man of the house to be head of the house.
The Englishman has improved tremendously in his views on men, 'Take, for instance, this intolerable exposition on women by Lord Chesterfield, who was a great and gallant man of faskion:—"Women then are only children of 'a larger growth: they have an. entertaining' tattle and sometimes wits but for solid reasoning good sense I never knew in my life one that had it, or who reasoned or acted reasonably for four and twenty hours together. A man sense only trifles with them, hu-incurs and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly, forward child: but he neither consults them about' nor trusts them with serious matters. Women are to be talked to as below men ove children."
There are still some.men who feel like that in their heart mised hearts, but it would not be wise of them to express it in that way. On the whole women are progressing rapidly and much is heard these days of the emancipation of women. One man writes:—"Now our protection, you'll 4 For you, in times pa drawn the swer xy you hold searce worthy to draw cheques at your bidding. You wish to be man's equal—as if you ought. not to be content with being incontestably his superior, Mon need a certain amount of! tactful handling. Every" girl born with an instinctive. knowles; of how to handle men. Imagine brother and sister who have each set their on @ particular thing: seen ina shop. The boy will blunder ahead in a typically: male fashion and ask for the favour immediately. his father returns to the home, tired and hungry; he is quite likely to meet with a curt refusal. His small sister will wait on her father while he has his tea, will ask him if he wants his slip: pers or his pipe, At the paycholog cal moment are ood, when the weather ses will climb on. is inno ab her heck agaiot Bs and Then, when the erally "make 'a fuss. of him. prepared she will drop the "seed zround is all nicol;
"Daddy, dear, I saw the loveliest doll to-day, the sweetest. thing you ever saw, and so cheap. If only... but no, I know 1 couldn't'
A wistful look, and victory is her well as the doll, Exact ly those same methods are usually successful right through life, Even ifa man realises he is yoing cajoled and if the treatment is fally done, he feels it is 'The principle carried out by' the small girl isa very sound one. It is based, of course, on that obvious axiom, FEED THE BRUTE, other words, if you want anything specially, ask for it after a meal and not before, This is always true, but it is strange how men persist
that Eve waited until Adam had denying it, There is no doubt be had a good square meal before she begged him to take the apple—just by way of dessert, No talk about men would be complete without a reference to men's Attitude to. the important subject of women's clothes, Some men have Surprisingly good taste in. women clothes, and can often buy more becoming and suitable clothes for a-woman than she can herself, The! probable reason for this being' that man is not swayed by fashions but knows what is becoming to that particular woman. man, speaking on the subject! of feminine clothes ost of us mon Bre conceited enough to think that women dress and try to Took as beautiful as possible to please us. My firm conviction is that women dress to please themselves, of kill other women with Jealousy, They most certainly do not so it to please men, Indeed, if the end of the world were to witness the presence of two women only on the earth, each would be discovered striving to outshine the:
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.