“ Most interesting of [ Jules Bois ’s ] predictions , perhaps , is that the present ideal of feminine ravisher will have ceased to be hold by the absolute majority of the Caucasoid race . Physical weakness , extreme delicacy of kisser , and acquiescence in a mere secondary place in the social organisation will have give palce to a eccentric in which beauty and sinewy development will be combined . ”
“ unknown to say , the Paris military press has not yet pointed its arrows of ridicule at the prophesier . Perhaps it is because the ordinary Frenchman has no deep - sit objection to woman doing a magnanimous share of the world ’s oeuvre , such as the American serviceman appears to have . ”
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See also : A Hundred Years From Now . ( New York Times , 1909)19 January 2025
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