, 1874-08-30

| oulv known, women would to-day have been EN-
meus n couquerors, and heroes. .-lsinsing t,
the same old music the tEadltlona
| ..cradle-song;" but the demand now is for
| noa arrangement Of notes, and the issue is tht
same whether the composers sweep GRACEFUL.
| their silken trains over drawing room Brussels
| themselves the contro around Which gather "th
| good, the beautiful. and truo; or whether the.
| are sacrificing their power over the model mar
| bv iostling him in tile hurried tAoroughfares O.
| success aud failure.
tells ua that Woman, with supnrticiM culture
and keen intuition, solves problems, and teilf
YOU shing is 30 because it H." Now she is en-
tlroncl as al impartial, unimDassioned judge
the very terms implying cool calculation an1
learned resource. Ono wonld naturally con-
was in the hands OF pawnbroker. AGain ant
b7 tho came author "A woman's diploma is a
useless or wisely-forsotton thing. "-as II a
woman could pursue the COURSE OF study i'm
piled in collegiate courso without becoming In
every respect
gETTEn WIFE AND MOTHER.
and better qualified to fill any place OF trust
where she may enter Should she choose pro-
fession, her mental culture will only ut her for
mors severe ordeal Should she fill the mission
OF wife and mother, hero the training will not
fail the patient consideration bestowed upon
ler youthful fancies will make happier hearts in
the little ho1no-crc:e; her philosophy will never
overdo tho becfstcak, nor her rhetoric by cul-
turcd nature outraged, send the burning blush
to the cool temples Of him vino figures SO Woll i'll
@'TLe Woman Question
Are the professions In danger Of being crowded
to the wall? e. Ars these tho fires that need
lessly torture living hearts?" Otherwise, why
al this quaking, If Caudlo lectures nrc tho only
ones in WHICH women can attain proficiency?
Let Justice be done though the heavens fall. y
LIT HER TEST HER AD11IIT,
and prove tile truth OF what llcr opposcrs Shy
Or in the QUO fact, OF won,ahs failure III pass
ing I'll examination through which medical Stu
dents have to wade, to be forever harped upon !?
once know candidate for tie ministry to fail
in 3 geographical research and there may bo
other instances on record where men have failed.
Then tako courage, woman. The way is still
open. While failures there aro 80 are there tri-
umpls. NELLIE AfMAS-
Wonan,s flights ana Eree-EoVe.
10 the Editor pf The Chicago Tribune
Sin: That this great scandal has been, Of will
be, the means of ontiraly shattoriug the Free
Love movement, sincerely hopo; but thnt its
fall can proIuce tho fall of the Woman unfage
movement. or even rotard ITS progross cannot
believe, 2s the two havo
NEVER EEES IDENTIFIED.
It is true that Victoria Woodruff, the advocato
OF the Frce~Loyo doctrine. IS also believer in,
aud advocate Of, Womau-sulfrago; but that
cannot mike them Identical. very bad man
in every respect may be o.: honest believer In
truth and noDlencss; but because his practices
are the reverse of thcso they do not, III any de-
gree, destroy tho principles If truth and no
bility. There is no possible connection between
them.
When Victoria Woodruff announced herself rs
1u$1or
cd by somo Of tho leaders OF tho movement as
an able ally in the cause but, when she began
TO declare her Frce-Loyo theories, they were in
s:ant1y rtpudiatcd by those leaders, and By the
largo majority of tho believers III lt,-not be-
cause they nade Noma1's Rights unpopular.
but because they were not what they desired or
were laboripg for, and
WERE AEAOEDEST TO THEIR IDEAS OF SOCIAL ne
FORM.
The intelligent portion Of the people have never
SO misunderstood tho motives and work OF those
WHO he7o tried to establish political and social
equality as to believe they wero endeavoriug to
Introduce such rcpre1ensible doctrines. The few
who eycrflid associate Woman's Rights and Free
Love have long 6inca ceased to do go.
Victoria Wood:1ull and Free Love may hare be-
come synonymous terms, bat not Won1an's
Rights and Free-Loye.
While have often questioned the wisdom OF
many of tho methods takcn to bring about tho
Won1an's Rights reform, have not questioned,
nor does anybody question, the integrity Of char
actcr OF the ablest and nest eminent leaders, or
Of the large portion Of those who believe in it.
They arn neither il theory nor practice Free
Lovers, nor do they, in any way, sanction Free
Love: Why. them ehould Wolnau-Sufrrage be
affected BY tho destruction Of Frce-Love2
AL great moral and social progress ought 10 be,
and beIeye is, accomplished by
PURE AND M0SEsE MEANS.
That the use Of such nleauH is, and has been
The intcrtton Of the advocates OF the Womau-
Suffrage movement. is unquestionable: and
Ehcn they have learned to take tho wisest aud
best course in their work, the movement will
progress in spite Of the many llndrances that
uayo fastened themselves to it. B.
CHICAGO, aug. &c, 1874.