The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 26, 1902, Page 9

4’ 4 A BARTO | RATRITIONY] . n>» KATE THYSON M %RR ERY decidedly, yem In fact, any pursult, occupation or business that sumes a woman's time or engrosses her” attention bars from her heart and mind the inclination for sentiments that sre the landmarks leading to the baven of matrimony. A woman, whether old or young, who becomes inoculated with the club fad, bé- comes correspondingly inoculated in an sggravated form with a sense of her own importance and fancies that “her mission in life is to gather into the fold’converts afliation con- to the club teachings, and her enthusiasm leaves her n r time nor inclination for {the sentimental tendencles of -her ' sex. The aim and object of her club-she con- siders her first and all-engrossing duty. Unmarried women are often well charged dynamos of both energy and self- esteem. They cherish the idea of a mis- sion in life and the awakening to the fact that the charm of girlhood is quickly and ly passing often tinctures the coming years with a strong flavor of acidity. It i= when The coming of the crow's feet Rings the death kn the beaux’ feet that fads w’ ener nds an escape valve in the club o expend the surcharge of nsciousness that she ve to the opposite cudgels in defénse has the magnetic become a leading finds a solace in ec v that deference, but d self-assertive. She is v 2 mob of women, y in her train. her recedes her charm for the op- If she.possesses the means her e becomes the ren- regnated with mu- tually thebries, which soon wverges more or } into a sort of freak incubator jon wherein is hatched the often worse than freakish ideas that es startle 2 community. These ab- rs cherish an abiding hor- for the reason that the affiliations with other the more studiously will bs are the continuous per- of sentiment. When terested in anything er it be a man, a bab; horse or a club, that one par- the constaat, rrepressible topic of all her If she is in love, she can that one man and all her echo of the “think.” If the one and only baby hough those who have been others. to hammer every- the idea of atten- te sex becomes a dim-in-the-distance men possessed of ge to face a real live, ag- yoman with his love in his d. The love e 5 3 es 7= PROF¥ HAECKEL'S Ilatest (L) pu ntains some curious L ane t the human mon- ey most Interesting Epe ed by Professor ng gibbon was watch- kel at his own house ecies is found only in alled Hylobates lauscicus, “0a,” on account of stic sound it utters. When er than a child d is comparatively small, in Java. Java, a the vall, slender waist. The legs are and the arms much long- er. The more human than that . Professor Haeckel my reminded me of the solvent bank pondering w over the results of a of the Oa toward all noticeable. On e was on térms of inti- with the Malays in our with the small chil- s 15 very housel dren wled on all fours when tired but stretched on the gra he tropic sun, with one arm foo under head. When I held tasfy out of his reach he cried like ‘huite, huite,” a sound rent from ‘oa-oa,” with essed various emotions. He more shrill sound when frightened. gThe speech s embraces many they are modulated They also use y gestures s with their hands nd grimaces which are so expressive in manner that & careful observer can de- tect their different wi emotions. lshes Dk 'varions “My specimen liked sweet wine. e grasped a cup in both hands and drank like & child. He peeled bananas and or- anges just as we are accustomed to do, holding the fruit in his left hand. Most of the Malays do not regard the gibbon f 4 orang-outang as brutes. They believe e former are bewitched men, and the ialter are criminals who have been changed to monkeys &s & punishment. St. Louls Globe-Democrat. S S nd soon becomes ~ would be frozen by the latest formula of real club woman stare, and the hand that held the heart would be stricken with partial If not total paralysis. A man may tolerate a woman's club In a wife, because were he to oppose her he would find a stony resolve barricading her capable of resisting any attempt of siege. In a wife he must tolerate it, but Ths N apoy in a sweetheart—I doubt it. The men who endure a wife's clubs or ‘who sanction them do so after having found that opposition only strengthens stubborn resistance. A man who en- courages such affiliations is a rara avis and generally entertains some self-inter- ested motive independent of the club itself for such indulgence. not Ve taken from The spirit of independence that follows the wake of women’s clubs {s diametric- ally opposed to the sentimental idea of dependence that a man likes to feel ex- ists between himself and the woman he loves. Club women soon lose this gra- clous charm. It may be a broad assertion, but obser- vation has led me to believe that women deteriorate through too constant assocla- tion with other women. A man's com- panionship induces her to appear always at her best personally, and. if the man is cultured she, is also benefited -mentally. His strength or superiority in mental at- tainments acts as a stimulant. The most brilliant women in the world of art or literature have achleved fame through as- JAN 24t soclation with men of even greater bril- lancy; while, although a man may be as- sisted by a woman, it is negatively and morally. The more dependent a woman is upon the protection of a man’s love, the more lovable she is in ‘His' eyes. Inde- pendence, whether financial or in thought or action, Vvery often detracts immensely from a woman’'s charm. She gannot stand N\ QUTION 1902. 1t and is in a chronic state of antagonism against even her own good impulses. This independence becomes to her infinitely dearer than any love a man might prof- fer her. How often do we hear a woman arguing against the very dictates of her own heart? In speaking of a love affair they will say emphatically, “Yes, I would marry him, but I hate to rélinquish my own independence,”” and this applies alike to the woman of the clubs and to the business woman. In no city of the country is this spirit of independence-loving more strikinsly emphasized than im Washington. In the Government offices are many lovely, cul- tured women, who have been wooed by the best men of the country, yet the life of independence is more fascinating than 2 handsome bank account with a mascu- line lock and key attachment. The office hours are not trying, considered from a wage-earner’s standpoint; the work is congenial, and above all the pay s good, with no fears of delays In the settlement: consequently the women grow gray in the service. They philosophize that “they know what they have, but do not know what they will be getting through a mat- rimonial venture.” And having taken the \lessons to heart of the experience of many of thelr co-workers, of whom there are numerous potent examples where pretty girls left the office for love and after having found marriage & fallure they have drifted back, no longér light-hearted girls, but women with other little lives to’ share the salary. The majority labor on and many of them dle in harness. Club life 1s even a greater bar to matri- mony than business lifs for a woman. The spirit of independence of thought and action in the club woman, the indepen- dence financially of the business woman, all tend to ‘antagonize sentiment. Men will never meek the professional club woman with the intention of paying her the highest compliment that a man can pay a woman—the offer of his heart and name. And the woman who assumes club afiliations after marriage, In pro- portion as her interest in the one increases will it diminish in the other. 'The two will not reconcile any more than a man can maintain two establishments on the same footing. Women'’s clubs have deso- lated many homes, and no argument in their favor will ever redeem them In the eyes of right-minded men. The retired belles who find solace In the women’s clubs are not likely to be an- noyed by persistent lovers. The married women who are wedded to club life are often devoutly thanked by their husbands, who thus find leisure to indulge in more congenial companionship. And the widows who can glve their less knowing sisters the value of experience must admit that their admirers no longer need Mr. Wellers’ sagaclous advice. . A man may bravely faee & gatiing guh,/an automoblle or a dentist’s -chair, -but, when it comes to facing’ the real strenuous club woman, his_ courage 1s_ palsied: and he may be excused if. his retreat 1s more precipitate than- dignified. Men do not-admire the woman whom the world calls “clever,” on the same principle they fall to appreciate the ec- centricities that foster women's clubs. The very array of titles designating these cligies is formidable, and the women wedded to them soon lose the gentleness and true womanly grace that appeals -to a man’s sense of chivalry. He wants the woman whom he loves to look up to him He wants her bright, entertaining and companionable, and certainly the woman whose brain is distorted and whose time is engrossed by club fads is not the kind of woman whom a man will seek to woo with the old, old story. A woman who talks always of hygiena, physical culture, sanitary conditions, woman'’s rights, W. C. T. U., rescue mis- sions, municipal abuses and many kindred subjects that perturb the uneasy souls of these restless feminines are praiseworthy no doubt in their way, but that way is far, far from the ken of a man’'s quest when he is In search of the true, lovable and womanly ‘woman he wishes to make of his soul—a part. S g How Wild Animals Sleep. HERE is nothing odd or peculiar about the sleep of the lions and tigers. In captivity they show the same indifference to danger that they manifest in the jungle, and by day or night will slumber through an unusual tumult, unmindful or unconscious. of the noise. Their sleep is commonly heavy and peaceful. Bears are also heavy sleepers, but less disposed than lions and tigers to slumber in the daytime. Grizzly bears usually curl up under the rocks, but sometimes they crawl up to the very top of the rocks, and with front paws spread around the fron cage bars go to sleep in what seems an uncomfortable position; but bears never release their muscular grasp of any object when asleep. The black bears will curl up among the branches of a tree when they have tha opportunity and go to sleep in this pecu- liar position. The polar bears show a peculiarity in the selection of their sleep- ing places. They choose one particular corner of the cage for the purpose, and invariably seek this out for the night's rest. The high-strung, nervous animals are the most interesting to watch at night. They usually belong to the hunted tribes, whose lives are In constant danger in tne and they possess such a highly forest, developed nervous system that they really sleep with one eye open. The slightest noise will instantly awaken them. 2 The prairie wolves merely seem to close their eyes for an Instant and then open them again to see if all is quiet. Many vain attempts have been made to photo- graph these animals by flashlight, and without exception the camera has re- vealed the fact that one eye at least was partly open. The day sleepers in the menageries are . for some reason the héaviest slumberers of all, and when they ‘close their eyes in early morning_they seem almost as stupid as if drugged. - This is' in" marked contrast to the light night sléepers, who, on the approach of danger, are instantly awake and on the alert.—Penny Pictorfal Maga- zine. =