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About Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983 | View Entire Issue (March 14, 1937)
Section of iAMI CtWT?T NOMI HIWIMNt Sunday, Mar. 1 4, 1037 inllra Uua copyrlghtad 111' by Ha Star fubltiMng Co'Hofatloil. pfodeHo wllhwl parmlulo" prohibits. Ureal Ifllalit llghtl caHmd. S'.ji'r'?ilai f t ,-. P VS' ,1 - f it f r-. v ... .....J" v v?t. . ' r. I Mysteri&Kiis Into the ever-changing cal dron of the world there come at all timet the mbtle, gentle influence of Woman! Mysteri ous, elusive, glamorous! Also spiritual, nun-like and cruel! She is the enigma of earthly existence, representing as she does the noblest as well as the basest emotions of man. Either she is a guiding light, leading men toward God, or she is a siren luring all who pass to destruction by her melody of song. Oddly enough, the same harmonious voice is often attuned to the chords of lulla bies, crooning babes to pleasant sleep and carefree dreams. But dance halls know her, too, and stock exchanges, as well as other marts of trade. She may be the shrew who bar gains in pennies, or the Portia who pleads with talent rare for the heart of man. One sees her, head softly haloed by lustrous hair, as a secretary in a manu facturing plant, just as often as one sees her sitting by the side of a cradle or hospital bed. There is no answer to her moods or her influence, but always, cither with tenderness, impudence, nonchalance, verve or cruelty, she wields power the ages have never been able to combat, for the reason that men always have end always will listen to her alluring voice and be guided thereby! She is the mother of men, and should she decide there will be no more wars, not all the kingdoms of the earth could plunge the world into darkness or bloodshed. What she de cides, however, ha never been foretold, nor will it ever be known, until she herself reveal;, it. She does not know today what she will do tomorrow, be cause she is Woman, the Mysterioua. f ..... r
