The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-08-12

= Rights AdTocate--kAiS Reflections there-
: on si=As Ec.H3fi t3ffs{ HOO 81.
5s.1l was sittin il in my office, speculatin'
in my own mind whether. on the
whole itwouldn't be best for me to
give myself away for the benefit of
my my IA family, when there came a h knock
at the door, ;sN .4sii-z.l...E Gl.iss.lsaf
says I, is some one anxious
totsubseribe forthe El Paso journal
SO I uttered in a loud voice, e Come
in ,,,i.,..1,.,..,,..,. -. - - ~,
.iShe was dressed in pair of store
boots and all iron gray set of specta
cles, and she walked up to me with |
majesty in her mein. knew who it |
was, the minute I set my eyes on her. |
Ittwas woman. :9 o.s s-5l.l ..:t.-
gracefully arose and said, Chow
are you ma'am! were you wishin' to |
subscribe to the H Paso Joa,mal1" at
the same time dippin' my pen III the
ink and iopeniuomy subscription book,
I This This 'alwuS gifts en-. It looks ike
bizinesss.i ~ y. g ~ -. ., s--' ~
SSIrtJS tt4iT .TJ5tGG 5E;;--si.f SSH rs .ii+.
& # didn't git her. ,tiz agqgs t.eftH
s7She fixed her CLASSY eyes on me and
said: "Y0ung man, air yew aiiiadvo-
cate fol. the holy caws Of .Woman's
Rights ?" -
f"kNe1 ma'am,'' said L, clam Pres
byterian." -7@' A=''s
-aGlAif you,n she said, prepared to
embark with me over the sea of equal
suffrage?H .saluaz5. 5.gse etsf sa .a...
YlshMa,am,pi saidI, al haint no OBJ
jectioh to taken quiet sail with you,
provided the boat aint 1eaky,. and
you'll dc. the ;rewin'.1 -ssG.r; 1aa.gtl
Ia smile pefused her features for
moment, and then she said, 1 am will
ling tojsuffeflfo for the caWs. 7+F''is ''3''
stss Yesyps said l, ina a polite and soft
enia' manner, It'n only cost you 50,
an'twe'H send it to any address for an
entire year. r:fsoi'1sioT5a Oh: tss' -.
-o~ HeV you a! wife ?'' she asked. s.5a
io"I t1ev,' y said I, w6nderin' what she
was COMM at. "So that yew see /
couldn't marry yew eff 1 wanted too
ever SO much" ID / threw this as a
s96ther. }Jsn a.!f t.ia ,.+a-'f r3<l
E1tf Air yew willin' that she should
share with you the burdens and trials
of life p'ta5'-f ssiij,' s.'i ia'.i .5''4 ''.s5-
4oa ailYt noways pertickier," /" said 1,
can I'iI let her shoulder the whole of
'efn if She hasa hankerin' that way"
14" Wood you consent that she should
go to the poles?" said she. d i''''' r.. .''..5 =.
h~ She can go where she pleases," :"
said I She gfnnerfy duz." =
-a"Yew air a hole souled man. said
she, and 'throwin' her arm around m i
neck, iaft wildly j" $50 ,7s-'--o'i u
|"Git out" said L; "what air We up
to? I!aih't one of them men. Stop"
After much labor succeeded in un-
loosening her hold and sit her down
in, a chair. l, Judged from her con
duct that she stood in need of a few
moral observations. -.
=" Yoo air an impulsive femail," {" said
"Yoor nature is at once spontane-
Gus and outbrakin'. You need a pair
of martingails. Consider what would
be yoor state ef a mans wife was to
catch yoo a huggin' of him in this
STYLE ,,,.,'[ < .'I'1 - I'm. i - ~
| She wiped her face with her. dress.
She he'd on dress. 1 forgot to men
ton this fact in speakin' of the specta-
cIes. fH5nimGIq Elas sYiia7 Z l5sE /
-aHH I am a worker in the cawsi o f Wo-
mons, Rights y .sssI .stt.<. r.f ra.s-
eyes," said I, "yoo air. Yoo
ought to- be ashamed of yourself. ]
should Judge iyoo was one of them
lobby wimmen that the Chicago 9rt-
6une correspondehce tells of. But you
can't come. your nefarious arts ovel
me. I'm steeled against 'em."
g1aIshould be pleased, she said, sto
go arm in arm with yoh to the poles.'
ItF Noyoot don't" said I, in alarm
ffiot eff Ihee anything; to say in the
matterad won't go with yoo-hot a
single darned pole."lial,afaes Et-ao1'ai
ti'HY oGng man." Said she, @hast thou
children "i5fihuii 10 @'-2' '5l -'i'' 2'..
81 IheY," said O /, g seven of 'em!-
Can yeo show as good q record?" doe
,s".Wood YOU. said she, Hshev your
girls growIup and be married to- base,
! sordid men, who would take away
their pehtical rites and allow 'em
no frsnehises2" i,2uaG @5.1 av gs:i5:
+ attDarn theifranchises," said ], in q
rage; " they are the things that vim.
men put OH behind to give 'em Gre,
clan bend.o Eff my daughters ever go
toeweaiiii' 'em-n Y = 5}Ia,W .o-a tH'
HNo, no." said she, Sthey are pan
niers.v 92T0H Ill sFa2 2ta. st1 .~a
asWell,a said / "panniers or fran
chises, or whatever 700 call 'em, I am
4 opposed to'enf. They are unnatural
ahdhuinpty. They degrade the hu-
> man form Into the likeness ofa camel,
and bring lovely women down on all
foJRfs like a. cat" Hef s-t3- =.,t -t'3
'sThen,A said she, "cone with me,
and we will emancipate women from
the slavery of dress"
!, -%iNo," said l, with severity. q hcv
no wish to take the close away from
any woman. Wimnien without close
l would be q sad spectacle, particularly
! in winter, when the howling blasts
H prevail: WHO air you, anyway ?''-
asked of my visitor. go. '' a...'.
i II am Pilgrim she said; 81 be-
long to the 4gitqtor; q newspaper de-
voted to the caws Of female suffrage
in Chicago 'r.rai,.a an, .,-,.-fe.,,r.
SWELL said l calmly, "the wim-
mem in Chicago need something OF
this sort. Whore them that air mar
/ ried never no, on goin to bed at night,