, 1875-07-04
THE COMING WOMAN.

| 1b Ms Editor ef The Chicago Tribune:
! EvANsToN. ILL.,, June 90.-Afadame Recainiel
out Of the depths Of her wonderful charity IN
love for humanity, chose for herself the epitapt
kind friends, whenever anything good hsr
pens to mankind, please think affectiunatelv, i
your peace Also of NINE"
Several good things. OF special interest to a!
| philanthropic men and women Interested In th
higher education, the political, 1ocial, ind re
! 1igious enfranchisement OF women, haze hap
| pened; and SO ask for space in your cosmo
politan journal in which to pfoffer congratula
tions, to point to the signs Of the times. and
With INTENSE earnestncss. remind our young girl
Of the West (girls standing on the threshold 0
life'a wonderful possibiities) that undreaned-o
honor and influence await them il they ntu bu
prepare themselves to occupy the land.
Commencement, with its attendant orakory,
Wit, wisdom. heat, flowers. music, and festivities
exists alone in memory. We have returned
from our wauderings through Greece and Rome
and lettering With the Shades OF the Ancients
have enjoyed our annual introduction to Cicero
Deuosthenes. and all the heroes aud martyrs
ancient aud node1n,-haTing learned one rig
DiicAnt fact.iA q. q truth that cleaned in tht
F1esidents thought, tinted tho Masters O1ar
tions, was traced IN evergreen letters at the wed
ding OF Alumni and A'umnm: J: that 'Minetva il
summoned to Cou,t;" Earth avaits he1
Queen :" and the coming woman is almost here
In otner words, We are surely aud irresistibly
moving on towards the complete educational.
legal, and political enfranchsement Of woman.
Do you think this a mistaken assertion Put
on your thinking-cap moment and review the
years just passed. Not many times have the
leaves fallen since your correspondent together
with twenty-five other Hoosler girls, applied for
admission to Western college, and in lien Of
the bread Of knowledge we asked for, We receiv-
ed stones OF sarcastic ridicule, while the sorrows
and trials OF tbs twenty-thrce "6orry-Sisses "
were heralded far and near. Yesterday, at your
own Northwestern University, where the digni-
taries OF that institution marched in solemn pro-
cession through the long files Of students, be-
hold di.nitied elegant woman member OF
the Faculty. and several womanly wives and
mothers as duly elected members OF The Board
Of Trustees.
When the class Of rs bowed for it's diplomas,
we beheld not only the stiff lines of conventional
black, but sheen Of rose color. film Of white,
as the rusty gates swung vide to admit into the
young women. ready to afford practical demon
stration Of woman's right to self government.
George William Curtis IS right. The fatal
mistake Was made when you taught woman the
alpl abet. Being daughters OF men, we are apt
scholars and during these Centennial days,
Of those Revolutionary si1es, and ze-ecbo and
reassert, ''Taxation without representation Is
tyranny" etc.
These echoes have not reverberated in con-
ventioas and resolutions as continuously as they
did few months OF years since; hence many
have enjoyed tho delus,on that Woman Suffrage
was losing ground. Far from it. A change OF
tactics. OF Of base, does not imply defeat. Con-
vlnced that 1t WAS only question OF time. We
have changed our tactics somewhat. Many
t>u7 Inn G4%fFr
have no personal grievances to re-
dress no bitterness no fault to find With the
men they love. and who have ehielded them Sc.
tenjerly that they personally belong to q privi-
legged class and ret these same women recog-
nize the abstract principle Of right, and unite
with their 1ess fortunate sisters in their demand
for equality before the law.
Such women have been swift to appreciate the
mmenee value Of the historic ounce Of preven-
ton; hence have preferred to educate the
psejudices and convert the erandfathers. Tho
coming voter is to-day under the tuition Of his
mother, and hers the fault il he does not learn
his lesson we'll and many mothers are building
lar better than they know. A boys prejudice ia
Just as rapidly overcome BY seeing his mother
preside, or voto, or speak, at missionary or
temperance meeting, AZ at a Woman-6uurage
meeting; aud the children who hare become ac-
to the weekly absence Of mothers at
missionary OF charitable meetings will be ennblsd
to excuse their mothers for an annual
visit to The polls,
4 few weeks since there convened in your city
National Convention. influential enough to
the presence and earnest speech, and
he written congratulations, of wise politicians
.s Tice-President Wilson and the Hon. Schuyler
5olfax, That Convention, in executive session,
through It's delegates representing all parts Of
he country, deliberately cast los ballots for
Voman-Sufrage and fourteen against. Gentle
men, the power behind the throne still lives.
In view of the channels Of influence constant
y opening to woman, let us earnestly endeavor
o create for our Centennial offering Gan offering
aud gratefully bestowed, be- |
:ause Of the rights obtained aud liberty won by |
,ur husbands. fathers, brothers, and sons) 80
complete, symmetrical, and consecrated q wo- |
manhood that the fathers Of the country will cry
,ut from tho depths Of their masculine govern |
nent, I" Our sisters, re pray you, come over and |
lelp us !" |
Yea, even Uncle Sam,-cruety, care-worn, e1- |
bacheloEic Uncle Sam,-wearied With |
he monotonous cares incident to keep I
1g the National Home, will hie to the !
,apital in senrch Of his bride, and plead |
nth Columbia to descend from her pedestal, to |
hare his kingdom and his cares, snd be the |
ngei OF the house, whose gentle ministrations
hall effoct the healing Of the nation.
LIZZIE BorSIoN HARBERT.