Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1912 — Woman to Emancipate Man [ARTICLE]

Woman to Emancipate Man

Time, Ssye M. Flnot In “The Eternal Feminine," to Throw Off Yoke of Eternal Feminine. Paris. —M. Jean Flnot, in his new book, “The Eternal Feminine,” reaches the startling conclusion that it is man and not woman who needs emancipation. Man must proclaim his independence, be declares; for thousands of years he has borne the yoke of the eternal feminine; it to high time that he fought for his freedom from woman, who, by law and custom, keeps him a slave to her emotions and caprices. He thus begins; “All our trouble can be traced to the Church Council, which was rash enough to declare that woman had a souL Man originally knew well enough that woman was his inferior, but as time went on one man out of pride and vainglory boasted that he had a handsome mate. Another at once boasted that he had a handsomer. The men then begin to drew them np in fine feathers out of sheer rivalry. “When a rib was taken out of Adam during his sleep—it was a mean thing to have done—Adam, I imagine, felt nervous at the sight of the first strange creature, Eva. “He climbed up a tree, no doubt, and looked at her as his feet HangUng from the branch on which he sat She was lying la the grass, basking in the son, already showing SB# : disposition to idle away her time. “Driven out of Paradise, Adam bad to work to rapport her. When he returned after a hard day’s work Eve said to him;

“’See, I have also been working! Look bow pretty I am!. I hare made myself s beautiful dress of leaves. I discovered a lovely pink shell with which to polish my nails—-see how they are shining. Why don’t you admire my headgear? Isn’t it lovely? Don’t you like these birds’ wings? Ah, thifi new life of ours to har4, hut I shall have courage. lam looking well, am I not? I slept a little when the sun was high. But you seem to be den pressed. You are not at all cheerful, my poor Adam. Ah, I see you cannot bear up against misfortune as well as myself. Come and smile." "Adam heaved a sigh and tried to smile.” -