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

gettin' it, as you want it for Tommy,
who was named for him. know you'll
bring him to terms if you'll do your
best, and if you don't succeed, I'll know
it's because you didn't half try, and
mind you-you'll not fare first-rate if
you fail" And this woman, with fine,
proud, sensitive nature, who would have
starved rather than begged for herself,
was compelled to ''obey,n although in
so doing she brought upon herself the
taunts and ridieule of her brothers, and
the scorn and contempt of her father.
of course she failed, and her husband
Kept his word. OF course she didn't
fare first-rate" after that; and he had
good excuse for the fact.
Jane" said one Of these rulers one
day, "Iou must stir around briskly. /
have four more new hands, and you
must have plenty of good things at the
table, and clean beds and towels. Have
dinner ready just at twelve. Pm going
to town to see about my new header"
Jane" had passed sleepless night
with teething baby, and was deathly
sick for another reason. But she was
''obedient," and therefore 'redl wom-
an" you know, so she toiled on through
that hot, long day, while her husband
rode to town, got his dinner at the ho-
tel, and then, visiting a saloon, got into
game of hazard, and forgot to go home
and prepare stove-wood. But then why
shouldn't he amuse HIMSELF He had
wife at home at work for him, and
hired men in the fields.
This day was but a repetition OF many
more, until the obedient wife yielded
up her disobedient spirit and worn-out
body and died. Then the minister read
the woman's curse, "rhy desire shall be
to thy husband, and he shall rule over
thee" forgetting to read mans curse as
an accompaniment curse which he
disobeys and lives, while she Obeys and
dies: "In the sweat of thy face thou
shalt eat bread" The minister extols
her wifely virtue, dwelling particularly
on "duty" and obedience" but seeing
not in the blindness out of which he
earns his money that these self-same
"yirtues" have murdered her.
My dear ''redI woman" as your pet
hobby is to ''obey," would advise you
to try it for 4 while and see how you
like it. To obey husband in the choice
of wearing apparel is q very small mat
ter in the eyes Of most men and women.
All amiable women enjoy catering to
their husbands fancies i'm these things,
which involve neither lite nor happi-
ness, health nor principle, and amiable
men equally enjoy thus humoring
their wives, and for like reasons.
There is no "affectation of despising
the opinions of gentlemen" among
''strong- women" Women who
write such nonsense, and men who quote
it, have no knowledge of what they are
talking about.
Dear ''TedI woman" will you be kind
enough TO teach the ''dear girls" just
how to ''seleetn those "noble and up
right husbands" whom they may
"obey" to their hearts content?
As "obedienp' women have no ac-
knowledged right to choose husbands, it
seems to me that your advice is little
superfluous. 1t is admitted in high
places that it will require 4 magic Ian
tern to find 4 good and upright and no.
BILE man, and when your "ideal grip
finds him, ten to one he's married al
ready. The truth is, good and noble
men can never be found in plenty so
long as one-half of the world is in sub
lection to the other half
All good, well-married couples strive
to mete out justice to each other. There
can be no ''obediance" in true mar
riage, but mutual concessions, forbear-
ance, love and tenderness, which will
bring harmany and happiness to both
husband and wife.
Dear ''real woman" if you are not a
man or an old maid, your associates are
certainly disappointed spinsters who
have given your ideas q false coloring
and set you before the world as a simple
ton. Please tell us, will you, how much
Glowing "and 'petting" is necessary to
cause you to "love obedience" when by
''obeyingn you violate your own better
Judgment and drag yourself down to an
untimely grave. Women, as mothers,
cannot be blind to the evils with which
they are surrounded, and which have
brought whitening blight upon two
thirds of the hsman race.
We are very sorry, dear 'ireal woman,n
that there are women like yourself, who
look only upon the bright clouds with
their golden hues, while there are so
many more dark and dreary ones which
you do not even notice. For this cause
misery stalks through the land unheeded
by those who enjoy the sweets of life,
and who, from the fact that they alone
have this enjoyment, are prone to look
upon misery as only the result of some
inherent wickedness in the unfortunate.
from which their superior virtue de-
fends themselves.
These women selhshly ignore the fact
that if they had but tithe of the suf-
ferlng to endure which is visible every
where around them, they would be the
very first to complain of that tyranni-
cal word "obey."
The false idea of wifely subjection has
taught bad men from time immemorial
that wives had no rights that they were
bound To resDect IL has haan the means