The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-04-05
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chanGicieers growing 10 the distance, but
very young .rOosters sometimes mistake
moonlight for daylight, and l feel quite
sure they have done so in this instance. |
Some feminine instinct tells me that 1 |
am Al sWoidS points with oas of the lords
Of. erosion: Poor fsllosl He is in the
same unpleasant predicament 10 which our
boys fOnpd Jefferson Davis. .''*'~
+ NOWnif Yrs, Ellen Day is a'WOman. 1
humbly ask,her pardon; but have sew
eral good seasons cor the faith that is IN
me. L $50. .-ses..,
'This extract did not come to US as
cold waIeT 70 . thirsty traveller That's
masculine. ;, Women are seldom thirsty.
and never 4uss that .simile, while some
men are forever thinking of drinkables,
and hence thirsty. traveller becomes IA
vorite comparison with them. Then the
seplsncsasars short and sharp. after the
style Of soma business men, who snap
| of their words as if fearful of consuming
more Of their valuable time than they
would be compensated for.
Again. the writer isn't quick wittsd
enough for aWOman. Every woman who
= knows Anything about geese. knows that
every fiock of geese is led by an old gan
j der; and would have seized upon that
fact as ap unAusWerabls Argument in Ga'
g vor of the superiority of the male sex. q
! With dsueh earnestnsss the writer ex-
9 claims, 1--WE would just ask here what it
. takes TO mai . silly wOman?" II usu-
: ally. takes. about twenty years of instruc-
b zion by silly mother, when the pupil
= graduates by marrying the son of smother
Ie silly mother. II she is not Incidentally
e silly by this time, she bad very strong
Il natural sense TO commence with. Again
9 1--WE would just say here that il the mul.
tiPHed thousands Of the stronger sex are
not capable Of trAnsacling business, max
ing laws, governments. 30, g., what
shall be dons?" L see NO way of getting
70 out of the difficulty short of giving .th'
franchise to women. b..
70 If The multiplied thousands'' of the
~ male sex are capable of making jus: ADD
equal aws,,Ihey hdVnI done it. The!
have lsiIsd siu the pAsttO protect the veal
from the aggressiOns of the strong. The.
have yinked at orlne in high PlAces-ths.
-. - have joined hand in hand to Cypress 'h,
" poor aud needy. and We have no Promis
of anything better in the future. Thi
once. and I'm done with quotations 70
8 the present. s'We' just imsgios with'
" ourselves that women can aocomplis
- much more good if they only would lie
= men s affairs alone aud pay stricler aItsu
, ton TO the great responsibilities reslini
!" upon them around their own fami
- Is circles VIII some one who knows
y please tell Us where mems affairs leave o
- and Woman's affairs commence.
~ Il seems to me that if man and b
g wife are one. as God declared they shoul
u be. that their affairs. BUSINESS Interests. c
whatever you please to term it. must B
10 identical. The interest Of one. must !
81 the interest of the other. I do DOtqwis
- to be understood as saying that their Wor
is identical. Laboris neither tnasculiu
or feminine, and a PERSONS oircumstsn
~ css should always determine his or he
:. occupation. 81. .. staa
10 I,know half dozen, men in this vicin
III ity who are excellent hoGseksepers. The
ng have found it impossible 70 procure f
. male assistance when their wives hsV
We been eick, and have heroicallY taken hol
~ of broom. dust brush, dishcloth and moi
les have seen a father get up. in Ii
we morning and dress three small chiidrer
ID. get 1its breakfast on the lable-aft'
u. breakfast he cleared away the thing
The washed the dishes: swept the house al
IN set sponge for light bread. all With Ii
ice nsatness and quietness, Of the most OrdeI
sly " lady. Do you think these accomplish
ments detrac.ed from his manhood
Try Would you disfranehiss him for WAshin
We, dishes? ID -'1. sl
bis Allboborto the mauly men, Who, rstt
gs er tfan sea their wives sink und'
eft an accumulation Of domestic du,is
Of bravely put their OWL shout ders to ii
rlh wheel, and wash dishes if need be. o
j the other hand. know women who's
OF circumstances have driven them into pur
OF: euijjisI repulsigs The last degree. TIE
oil had families TO spppOrtand must do Wha
ever would best Etqaiss thsm.
10: Are they, therefore. unWOmauly b
at cause they have stepped q out Of The o.
ne routine Of Esnals puFsuils?. De men e
st: ally. halisEs thai, The snfranehiss msBt 4
70. Wcua5azRis iseIins them to desert lhei
I own eaIling Tor more masculine employ
t al mssts9. Not one man in hundred
z cupid enough 80 to bslisYs. Lis not u
sm noble, ehivaIFous OF iehdsF of the nal
a. sax who oppose female suffrage, but h
be reverse 1a ,ss .1
in Show me 3 poor, worthless losfsr VII
or Ioungss about the groceries, while hl
wife cuts wood, and, I'll sbou you Al OF
II moment of female suFrags. Whsrsye