The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-07-15
LETTER rRon AN OLD MAID.


scribble, I'm told. The mania has
seized me. / must infiict myself on
some one, and knowing you to be long
suffering and enduring, l throw myself
on your generosity. Here arises diff
Guilty. You do not publish anonymous
articles. / fancy my nom de plume is
familiar to many, and have fiattered
myself it might prove an ''open sesame"
to the closely barred editorial gates. At
all events it's something to be consigned
to the "waste basket of the sanctum.
OF my antecedents? very little. 1 sup
pose was once child, as have faint
remembrance of being complimented
after this fashion, ''What ails the
child?" ''Why is she so different from
the rest?" Not having made the ac-
quaintance of the inimitable ''Topsy,"
L did not respond, Dunno. 'Spect L
growed." But know had supreme
contempt for all their twaddle, and went
my way, self-righteously congratulating
myself l was not as they were.
Somewhere between the years of '65
and 20 / came to Kansas. / think my
original plan was to settlein Lawrence,
where L was assured the women were
'sstrong minded, and the men radical :"
but fate ordained that Emporia should
have the honor CD of my presence.
By the way, it would seem that nature
had expressly designed this valley as the
location of the "lovelicst city of the
plains S.
OF course I'm wOman-an old maid,
if you like-or l would not care to write
on the earthquake which is now shaking
the social world to the center-"Wo-
mans rights" / wish 1 might see them
clearly defined. No offence to the
Stanton, Mott, Anthony clique who
have labored so indefatigably and eff
GENTLY. What in the estimation of this
class tends to elevate and refine the sex,
only serves, according to argument on
the other side, to degrade and pull down
from the imaginary pedestal on which
they would place us. 1 can but laugh
at the immense amount of labor per-
formed by the opposers Of the move
ment; their profound CD arguments
and subtle reasoning to prove to the
poor, deluded creatures that they have
their happiness in view. They say we
wish to elevate them, regard them as
the 'tender, delicate vine to be sheltered
and supported by the strong oak" An
honor which 1 should respectfully de-
cline, was the support to be of the nature
which some of these champions consider
proper. I've seen some specimens of
the elevating process. Instance, a bust
ness discussion, in which the wife was
pecuniarily equally interested with her
husband. With the utmost modesty
she makes q suggestion. Mark you,
now is magnanimous mans opportunity
for encouragement, and if need be, en-
deserves consideration we will think
of it. No, indeed! he turns it off with,
'fWhat do you know of business? l
will manage this" Of course it is
to shield the ethereal creature from
contact with the rudcr elements of life.
How consideratel For my part, when /
consent to grace the home of some one
of these CORDS of CREATION I'll pro-
pose to him to commence the elevating
process by cooking his own dinner
while the thermometer ranges among
the COS. In that manner he could crafty
himself, as he would effectually shield
one of natures master pieces" Gas one
cloquently terms woman), from one OF
the greatest ills at least of my life.
Now, I've little theory of my own
which reads thus: The majority OF
women care very little for the ballot OF
public offices, providing that when sim
gle and obliged to fill clerkships and
offices for a livelihood, she is able to per-
form mans work as well as he, she shall
be as amply remunerated, and if mar
ried she can share her husbands conf
dence in all matters pertaining to their
mutual welfare, and occasionally be
allowed to judge what is proper for her
to know and do.
I'd Danish the little word obey from
the marriage ceremony; it belongs to
the dark ages, and in many cases is a
great incentive to rebellion. I've said
my say and the t.world still moves"
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