North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-11-17
Woman.

W Oudus
We publish the below, by request of a
lady correspondent. 1t is an extract from
one of Pomeroy's sentimentalisms.-
Brick" has energy and ability--he is not
our favorite, and he knows it from "head.
quarter" announcement in the TINES, and
from talk by sword of mouth" And
yet, we like the cuss in some respects, and
he knows that also.
There are two or three kinds of women
engaged in this social, political, and bal
lot>box hunting kadaddle. There are
women whose husbands amount to moth /.
ing; who are unable to support their
wives; fit for nothing except sleeping part>
ners, or evidences that the ones who
married them could find some one to mar
ry. They are women who naturally must
feel disguised with the ineficiency, mental
and manly weakness Of their protectors,
and knowing themselves to be more capa-
BILE Of managing than the ones who should
look out for them-who, judging from
their husbands, think all men of second
ary ENTHUSIASTICALLY wish to take
the affairs Of State and nation into their
own hands.
And there are others whose husbands
are poor drunken coots, no good to them
selves or any one else, who throw all the
burden of support on their wives, and it
is but natural that these women should
ask the right Of ballot.
And again, there arc others who 60
from motives Of curiosity; who have
nothing to do, who look upon the matter
as sort of show, and after listening to
the remarks made, and paying the dollar
or two for dues, 90 home and laugh at the
performance-haye food for gossip sufi-
cient to last them several days. IN.
We do not know of one woman inter>
ested in this matter who is blessed with
a right honest, earnest, capable man for a
husband, or who is happily married.
Therefore we cannot blame them for en-.
gaging in anything which will relieve the
daily monotony of their marital lives.
The man who marries woman and is not
loved by her more and more as the years
come upon them-who does not feel that
love of home and growing affection for his
wife and family which marks the happy
man and the happy woman-must, from
the nature OF things, be miserable,
heart-wrecked dog, and excusable for
very many things.
And the woman who has loved man,
placed her heart, her life, her hope, her
happiness in his keeping, only to find her.
self the head of the family when she
should be the heart, is also excusable, as
VIC view things, for going or coming, en-
gaging in this or that, fer doing almost
which will drive care, thought,
and that dull, leadcn unhappinsss from the
heart of those who, from their nature, suf.
fer most keenly.
Man has many ways, many paths in
which to move, many objects at which to
ook, many means OF willing away hours
which to women are tedious. Because of |
lis nature, his habits, his life, his labor,
ne is constantly living in two spheres
home and business. When he marries it
$ for love. When woman marries it is I
or love and to find a protector. If the
husband and father cares more for other
han for home scenes-if he does not, as
he years come, show his determination to
make home happy, attractive, and home
n every sense of the word-ifh he does not
trive to retain the love he once so earn,
stly sought to win-that love will 20
elsewhere, the home which he might make
pleasant will become irksome, anu the one
Who is left neglected and heart-broken,
1as but to endure that misery which no
words can express, or step boldly out into
hat world of excitement, which browns
he trouble it cannot soothe.
We ask our correspondent not to blame
the ones who are tired of being women,
and want to be men. God alone knows
how fearfully they must have suffered be.
fore being driven from home and the in
stincts of women to the position they are
or attempting to. Let all who
are good, noble, manly, and earnest, pity. |
but not condemn. They are the mental
unfortunate" Of life-the heart. wrecked,
budding together for sympathy and pro-
.ection.