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Show 'B ONE WAFT OP WISDOM. iHjfl' I wouldn't for worlds advertise another HH magazine, unless paid for it, but there is a waft Kffl of wisdom in the Saturday Evening Post of July HS' 10 which might be a good thing for somo man HH and all women to hear. It is called "The Mort- H gago" and Josephine Daskam Bacon is tho author, H I won't undertake to toll tho story. Mrs. Hj Bacon does that bettor than I can. But there is H about tho first sane reason over advanced for H what is called a double standard of morals for H men arid women. Tho wise man of tho sketch H tho philosopher convinces his one and much- Hl loved daughter" that she should not reject a B suitor for the reason that he had had an affair E and a pretty intimate affair at that with an- H other woman. H Tho doctor points out that the everlasting H scheme of nature is boing worked out in men H and womon; that ono sort of nature bravery and H slrongth is demandod of men; and another sort E chastity is domanded of womon; that it doesn't HH moan mon may not be chaste nor women brave; PC in fact that either may invade so much of tho & territory of tho other, but that men must bo H brave and womon virtuous. And thoro is no H evading that law. Thoro is no possiblo other B way. Nature is insistent. Humanity must obey. H Oh, good women may rebel till they arc tired H but they will not ropcal that law. Our good men H may deny it, but it is true. For tho porpotuation M of the race, certainly for its advancement, for H tho survival of its best type mon must bo bravo H and women chaste. H For a pleasantcr exposition of this truth, m read Mrs. Bacon's story. |