The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-12-26

whose head thirty summers have shed
their brightness hands > ou = 49,,
means she is too young to leave her
mothe If natron Of fifty. hands an
old bachelor a sprig OF sar:fower Z is a
gentle hint thas -sb5 Il iair and forty
II buxom'pIairt who weighs over two
hundred pounds, handsyou ''toueh me
not,h she intimates that she is rraII
thing and mutefy beseeches you not to
crush her. Ifan old bachelor in attempt
ing to play the gallant presentsa daffodIl
to a widow she will faint in his arms
and he will find. his head in the
matrimonial moose; unwittingly he has
said, ,"Will you marry me?" II a laugh
ing girl with rosy mouth gives you
"tulip" she means kiss me if you cam"
and would not give much for the nan
who couldn't.
The time was when the girls had
great fancy for Phrenology. They dis
cOHrsed wisely on bumps and temper
aments. But now their heads are sa-
credly guarded from the touch of rude
fingers. II you attempt to caress a girl
by stroking her front hair, she will cry
: out, "rake care of my rats" Or if you
attempt to touch her back hair you are
rolled away to a distance by resistless
waterfall. They used TO envelope
themselves in hoops, and now they
cover their back with ''Dolly Vardens"
, and "Grecian bends" so you are always
in doubt whether all these fancy fixin's
! cover a doll or woman.
The art Of fortune-telling has always
been appropriated by women. The
: oracle of Delphi was woman.
Next in order of womanly accom-
: plishments is music. Music will thaw
, man out of the dead of winter, and
; open the fiood-gates Of his affections.
l have enumerated some of the ac-
complishments of girls who are ex-
pected to move i'm good society. The
idea of their being helpmates to man
!, has been discarded by society, and they
Il are victims of false education. Their
first business is to catch husband. We
= laugh at women for concealing theil
$ ages How heroically they struggle tC
q retain the only source of power lef
4 them. Grey hairs OH mans head are
4 only the spring flowers of q green old age
n but on 4 woman's head they are tn
: waits OF q desert island towards whicl
3 she is irresistibly drifting. The rounde'
r form, the blooming cheek, the laughing
!. eye, where are they? "Gone glimmer
p ing through the dreams Of things tina
:: were" Not for her the power Of intel
q lect, not for her the pleasures of litera
Y ture, not for her the teachings OF philos
q ophy. She is dethroned queen VIII
e must forever weep in the darkness of
4 mental dungeon Tor the kingdom sh
A has lost. When the beauty of one of thes
"a dolls has faded she leads forever an isO
= lated and joyless life.
a But If these women mead the ballot t
W teach them that they are to be the equal
10 and helpmates of men, Whist shall W
# say of the lower million who need it t
If give them an equal chance with thei
n fellow mortals in their fearful struggle
N llielT UeCteottll itSbOI lOA
ir Let ms give women an equal chaRe
10 to take care of themselves and the
ra will prove equal TO the occasion. Me
,f have so long housed women up, maxim
,. them perform such drudgery as the
IN would not do themselves, that they hav
acquired an abiding faith in their supe
is rior right to every lucrative employ
nj ment. God made woman free, and gav
N her the gift of understanding and hand
l. to work. Let us not longer tie he
ir hands, and thus violate the law Of Coo
Let us throw open every avenue
70 employment now open to ourselves an
!. give her an equal chance and let her II
"a longer continue i'm the condition of do
"a or menial.
- If women were allowed to perforI
>, any labor for which they have the C;
10 pacity, there would be more independ
a enee among them, and they would |
n less subject to the temptations OF evi
"a Take one of the most depraved OF wome
70 and trace her life back and you wi
20 probably find that it was not wal
m of virtue, but want of bread ths
n dragged her down the fatal abyss I
a. crime. She had been tenderly reare
by a fond mother, who gazed into th
od depths or her beautiful blue eyes, parte
IN her downy hair caressingly and kisse
- her with all the pride and rapture of
ho mothers love, little dreaming that I'll
child's after life would be spent amid:
-, oaths and obsenity. The child hs
- grown up, and is left in the world wit
y no capital but her beauty. Brainle:
ba and breadless, she must hencefort
%, do battle for herself. Bread alor
20 does not satisfy; but she mu'
H. have dress. Then the struggle al
a.. humiliation commence. There is n
he honest labor for her to do but har
nd drudgery, poorly paid. Man comes
a. her with offers Of bread, fine clothes an
~ undying love. In moment OF veal
ness her virtue is conquered, and she
A.. heuceforth to be banished from goo
90 society, and ushursed down to lowe
- sinks of infamy. Men may comm
- youthful indiscretions, may lie, gamb
:, and .teaI, and move in good society
but what woman ever fell, but that I'll
'"' finger of scorn was pointed at her f
eli ever after.
M Is Woman is ever the hardest on womaI
- Mems shortcomings may be forgive