The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1852-03-16

OF its lighted effects. have not already affected
| the public mind. | cite to them their desola-
ton. their sufIerings. as evidence Of the wrong,
and pass on to the remedy.
The difficulties opposed 10 reform. hesi-
tate not to say, lay chiefly with our own sex,
| and IL is TO me q matter Of surprise that wo-
man has so long submitted to an encroachmen
upon this, her uudcniabIe right, when ability
| 10 redress the wrong is ia the hands Of every
one. have no doubt that large majority OF
those who have given this subject their aiten-
,ion, are inclined to favor my views, If they
dared 10 bat such slaves, are most women. 10
| custom, that dread of being first in a move
ment ofthis character, has deprived them Of The
happiness some few Of us are enjoying as the
| reward Of cur independence Of those conveu-
lionalities Of society which bade us conceal our
preference for the man we admired, because
he had evinced for us n more than customary
| respect. Girls, unless you throw aside Your
foolish fears, and come out openly and boldly
10 the maintenance OF our natural right, nine.
tenihs Of you will either be driven into absolute
old maideL- hood, or have to content yourselves
with very inferior husbands.
There are two classes Of misunderstood and
Indifferent, and am sorry TO say that the lat
ter class is by far the larger; why not then i'm
prove the opportunity to catch first class hus-
band, before you are driven, by sheer necess-
ty TO take an indifferent one! Some body must
get the bad ones that is tr ue; but this is no rea
son why you should Sit idly down and content
yourselves with the DEGREES Of chauce-ndeed
il should be an incentive TO action.
Again there are great many manageable
men. whose occupations are Of so coafining
character, as to render almost every moment Of
their time too valuable to be spent in our soci-
ETY., which is too often unproftable-at any
rate, their hours for relaxation 10 the company
OF ladies are so few as 10 render them almost
"notcome. at-abe," by the usual mode OF "set
ting caps' Girls. are you going to let these
worthy men slip through your fingers, without
an effort 10 secure them?
Arouse yourselves, shake Off the chains which
have so long bound you, and show the world,
that having an aim to accomplish, you are not
behind the Steiner sex in energy to effect it,
Assume your righiful dignty--evince deter
mination TO free yourselves from your fetters,
and yo1 will find the difficulties which you mag
nify TO mountains, will sinh at your approach.
We know that the assumption OF the Boomer
costume-the nearest approach possible to that
article OF which man is so very jealous-met
with but little opposition, and surely il man
will surrender he Zine pressible" without COM
plant, they will not object TO our taking some
Of the trouble OF courting, very difficult
task 10 some Of them. Call 10 your aid
iitle Of that assurance Of self-confdence which
alone makes man your superior, and then use
the weapons that are 10 your hands, and the OBJ
ject of pursuit will fall an easy prey; for though
men may fearlessly face death ia all its terrific
forms, and stand unawed and firm amid the
commotion Of destroying elements, scarce one
can be found who is proof against a pair Of
pretty black or blue eyes bent tenderly upon
him, ar the silvery iniopaiions OF female voice
in accents Of entreaty. These are your wea
pons, you are abundanily supplied, and you
are well skilled in their use: then buckle op
your armor and enter the lists, never doubling
a glorious triumph Years of happiness will
be your reward. and will amply compensate
you FOR the few jeers which may be thrown at
you BY crusry old bachelors. who would rather
drink smoky tea and darn their stockings, than
shoulder what the old hearhen call the "erpensc
of a wife," Such wheezy, dilapidated speci-
mems Of Humanity are not worth catching, and
consequently, not deserving your notice.
IL you have your eye upon a man whom you
think will suit you, why not be candid about il,
and tell him sol Let him know that you are
his admirer, and, ten chances TO one, he will be
so fatiered by your preference that he will
readily enter your scheme and make you hap
py by bringing about that greatest era Of your
life, your wedding day. Let every woman set
this down as an axiom upon which 10 act in
life, viz: that she cannot presume too much
upon the vanity Of these men folks
Ihsve tried the latter novel experiment, and
find it works TO charm-take my experience
then. !, may be more convincing than all else |
could say upon the subject.
There lived in the town Of my nativity, a
young man, of steady, moral habits, rather
good looking. (he is peeping over my shoulder
now,) and withal, lawyer OF the first class
none Of your picayune petlifoggets, but justly
popular for his talents and agreeable manners,
which latter, however. were a little tnctured
with diffidence when in the company Of females.
He was quite a favoiite with his lady acquan-
fsnces, notwithstanding his bsshfulness, and
looked upon as a real prize, which subjected
him TO many trials and grievances; for il there
Is one thing modest young man particularly
breads, il is a nscioesness that half "a score
pf pretty girls are "setting their caps" for him;
and specially is this distressing when he hap |
pens, as a man has the right, TO have his eye
upon one not of their number. Every ifice
was used to entrsp him, but in vain. He SEEM
I'd so busy with his books and clients that a
body rarely had an opportunity Of seeing him.
except at a public assembly; and many were
The vexations experienced by msneuvering
Misses at his repeated excuses Of ''important
business" when papa invited him TO call round
md spend an evening. saw that the "mask-
ID batteries which were erected for him, wo'd
miss their aim, and cast about me Tor better
weapons than were used by my scheming COM
oetitors-for competitors they we've. though |
lid not acknowledge myself in the lists
Now, have always advocated this principle |
,f Woman's rights, and II struck me that |
night reduce my theory TO practice, 10 this in
stance TO advantage; so ] resolved to test the
OF my socalled extravagant views,
md furnished precedent which if acted upon
generally, I felt, would create an era in the his
ory OF our sex, which future generations wo'd
ook back upon as the data OF female freedom
rom the lhras OF custom which has no par
,IleI in the tyrannics Of fashion. Here, then.
vas fair tes,--a contest between the old poll