, 1873-07-20

tA!ue tuo mouse, anu AMvo no occasion for nny-
body to sponk roproaollful1v.
bog pardon, can't help quoting tho Diblo
eon,ottn,es, though IFS not progressive to bofoyo
init-thoro ls stlch doal Of aonso In 1t. Do-
s,ldes. they orc to dross as vol as possible, sing,
to l.eop nocrotn, hold thorr tongues, and control
their tompors. If anything proyonts their
| marrying thoy aro to mako nil honoak livnE IT
snyynf snny THy ~ thos ooos' without making fnS'
Then auoh things as nre good to know tloy
will DO told mud such riglita al arc good for thom
to have will como to them. II any woman emit
holp writing opics, let hor writo; and II she is
obllged by circumatancoa to not as Judge, jury,
can. But whom s1ipB Of girls want to firt over
law-books-lot thoin. Put thom In m olilco,
mako thom study and rasD examinations just nB
moro mort fuss $50, ovor tlom tilsn you do whom % Joaoph
| or Auguetus entors Tako away tho notoroty,
| and tho assistance TINT overy woman finds IN
plenty on ontefing now profession, and you'll
lind tho angel strafghtway eliminated, and nho
glad to alp away into tho protection and oh.
sourity Of come moro oongonlnl pursuit.,
80, call her anything but tho mastor-pioco Of
tho raeo, and forswoar tho ignorant homnBo that
doss in your eyes. There arc mon swootcr, pur-
or, aoundor In thoir natures than womon over
wcro, hope. Tho humility Of many fno men
.atteats, not 30 much tho quality Of what they nd
miro as Of their own spirits, and tho beat women
which cannot discover anything moro lovely In
creation thnn tho nervous, uncertain brightness
Of their own scx. Women woro mado to put
clothes on, tho majority Of them; and II they
dress woll, open their mouths with q little prr-
dence. and keep within bounds Of tho calendar,
y is oil that ought to bo expected Of them.-
Code" Age;
a Little IaarplnR on Our Daughters.
From tho Golden AQe-Edito.ial.
Tho brilliant woman who aon1s us IA Sorood
About Women" accompanying It with O request
TINT VIC "givo no aign Of tho authorBhip'} would
DO horaeH (could VIC point to her idcntity) tho
ority which ahc brings against hor own sex.
She Ia Tired, she says, Of hearing woman called
tho masterpiece Of nature. Into what roaIm Of
strango noises sho has carried her oars that sho
should havo hoard such scnscless ding-dong as
this, we cannot imagine. True, according to
Burns (who possibly uttered tho sentiment after
q swig OF Jamaica rum and sugar) nat1re's prom
tico han WAS tried on man, md then eho mado
tho 1asBcs, O! Bnt, outside tho song, thoro is
nothing In the modern demands which mon ara
nov making for women, or whioh women aro
making for themselves, that at nll couutennncea
tho claim that other Of the ae1es ia higher in
the Hcalo Of humanity than tho othor, aud least
Of oil the superior sex Gf thoro DO ono) is tho
female.
Indeed, most mon (and women alBo) have been
only too content to 11 woman's place, both In
nature and society, as that Of @ semi-sorf at
III rlder countries, cs for instance those in.
habitaa BY savage triboa, the man shoots tho
gano, leaves it In the woods, returns to his Wig
VAN, and senda hin squaw aftor tho carcass to
lug 1t home. Ono Of the ideal Indies OF tho poot
as 40 act Of mingled hospitality and subsor-
vlonoy, groolns his horse for him. just as the
modern hostlor OF a country tavern would do.
In Europe It fs common sight to SEQ women
moving flolds-doing the work not only Of men,
but Of strong men. Indeed, looking out Of our
ollce window In Park Row. wo harc seen won-
an and q dog yoxed togethor dragging rag-cart
through tho stroot.
Now, in mono Of thoso notions concerning wo-
mems truo rank and station do We share.
Our correspondent would not condemn hor
sisterhood to an equality with tho dog. Not at
all. She would diadaln such IN afrront. But
on tho other hand, We would not condemn our
correspondent and her fellow-countryWomen to
any lnferior rank to that OF man.
Woman Ia not below man, nor above him, but
at his side She ia noithor his superior nor ill.,
ferior, but hs equal aho is not his sovereign
NJ. his slave, but hia mato.
This, it rooms to us, is woman'a true position,
Tho flattery bestowed on womon.-and particu-
lnrly the sort Of silly compliment which our cor
respondent 30 bravoly disdains-uaually comoa
from class OF men who, eyon while they eulo-
glzo women ~ ornaments jewels, and angels,
nevertheless deny to the worry women whom they
compliment the gTeateat industrial, educational
and civil rights which these men Claim for thonl
selves.
Tho demand which is now making In behalf Of
woman iB not that woman ought to be man, or
bo like man, or do the work Of man, or DO tho
superior Of man. Nothing Of the sort. On tho
contrary, it III simply demand that woman shall
bo regarded az mans equal copnrtner In all the
privileges and opportunities Of lifo, just as sha
IL held to DO bis equal co-partner in ali the obi
CATIONS growing out Of social and moral duty.
In ono respect We agroe with our correspond
ent. blo says that women arc not better than
mon. This Is true: Neither arc they worse.
There is good deal OF human nature both in
men and women. We all have our common
root, and bloom In tho average morality Of our
times. Society boars little harder on womanly
than on manly dorelictfons, but this merely loads
two eoxes reflect each others morality. II tho
standard for both woro q little higher 1t would do
neither any harm and il the standard for both
were exactly the Same, it would do tho whole
rnco an equal and atupendous benefit.
Our correspondent thinks that women do not
toll tho truth as fearleBBly as men do. This, to
aome dogroo, la correct. But it results not from
any greater diepoBition toward falsohood in tho
female mind than in tho male. It eomes rather
from womnns dependent position, making her
fear mans frown-aa when he scowls at ler for
coming to linn for money to pay tho butcher and
grocer. Women arc held accountable to men;
mon accountable only to themselves. Put both
OIL an equality aud tlero will be loss equiyoca-
tion.
Our correspondent is griovoubly wrong in hor
supposition that wiyos cannot be unsoihsh
enough to give thctr husbands up to public duty
and service when the occasion calls. she says:
There Is not ono in 10000 who would not
rathor SEQ her husband tied to her apron-strings,
or lowering about hor sofa, rather than giving
Ills goniu0 to tho world, or his services to his
country. or doing his duty. in tho sphere whore
hfo haa placed him, provided always ho could
givo her sufficient income to spend At tho same
Time" It strikes us that this 10 grossly unjust.
Wo have known somo wives, and know OF
many more, who have freely given their hus-
bands to tho publlc-aye, to battlo1ella aud
bloody deaths. This nation hna too lately passed
through RIlastly history Of perils and graves
to neod any special enforcoment Of this argu-
mont by illustration. In the art Of self-sacIi-
fco women are superior to men. At loast no
have so learned this lesson of human nature
from the women among whom wo hayo lived
from our childhood'H estate to this present. And
We hope neyor to unlearn 1t,
Our correspondent thinks that whom the uni
vorsitiea nre thrown open to women, whom
women can become tinamiths barbors, doctors,
lawyers, merchants, and thieves" when women
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