The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-10-29

Justify the ppositiOns that most young
men cultivate their mustaches much
more than their the intellects; suavity
of manner much more than nobleness
of heart, and a polished air more than
that true refinement which ever accom-
panies Christian philanthropy. A num-
Der affect superiority to such art, but
they are apt to take the other extreme
of bOorishness. Thus you see you are
already mans equal; as intelligent and
profound as he, and though a learned
man may not find his equal in a friv-
olous girl, yet he may, if he will try,
find those among women who are fully
up to his standard, while the frivolous
one can find a representative of the pro-
tectinq sex no wiser than herself.
Dress plainly if you can, fashionably
if you will, but above all things aspire
to something higher than anything to
which you have yet attained. You may
become wives and have houses over
which to preside, but it is not necessary
that you spend your life in apprentice
ship in order to know how to fill that
station. Any woman with average
ability can become good house-keeper
without giving her time exclusively to
that. Do not believe that the chief aim
of woman should be to wash dishes
well. Truly, "This ought ye to do and
not to leave the other undone." Fit
yourselves for professions or offices of
honor and trust and fill them with
credit to yourselves. They may not be
lucrative, for men are not yet prepared
to accord to women their just dues, but
you will be blazing a path which is
destined to become highway thronged
with women who twill arise to call you
blessed" Ignore the contempt and
sarcasm of the ignorant and prejudiced
of both sexes. ISLANDER loves lofty
mark" and the fact that they treat
you thus is proof that they recognize
your superiority. Beware of these
aOouId-6e protectors! When women as
sist in framing the laws, they will re-
ceive all the protection they need from
those laws. Look at that dandy yonder
whb sports an incipient mustache, a
, dainty cane and useless eye-glass, and
carries such a languishing air, and
. fancy him protecting woman! Or
that person who drives those fast horses,
and does nothing for his own support.
Fancy what his protection would be;
how admirably he would adorn train
Should they vote? Cast your eye
down the street and you will see one
dressed in finest broadcloth and be-
decked with tokens of wealth. Mark
: his unsteady gait and maudlin air, and
= tell me do you think such person a fit
> protector of 1Uonlen. Ought he to vote
, And that one with the portly figure and
stately mien, whom God created in His
own image, only to have that image
> marred; for do you not see that horriC
V pipe, by means of which he constitutes
himself walking smoke-stack? What
of him as a protector? He is one Of
a" those who render the walks filthy, and
: shield themselves by raising cry about
women who aUedr trains. Do not accept
as suitors men whom any of these spec.
= linens represent. Choose life-partner!
= who will unite their efforts with yours
to make your home pure and attractive
and who will admire you in any dress
! but especially in those graceful, flowing
costumes which every refined woman
g loves to wear at home, and which
added to cheerful temper, an affec
tionate disposition and true nobility o
= intellect, cannot fail to elicit respect
- and admiration from every lover of tn,
beautiful and good. A.