The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-13
EVERY DAY OCCURRENCES.
THE EDITOR OF THE NEW NORTHWEST:

ONGA 0h0CA Jul CAAobink laws
and customs, meet the eye or ear Of the
thoughtful at almost every time.
In hotel not thousand miles from
your beautiful city, I was on recent
occasion suddenly awakened at quar-
ter to five in the morning by the tramp
of mother and half dozen little ones
in the hallway who had just arrived
by the steamer. They entered q room
opposite mine, and presently the door of
their room opened and a gruff voice
said: "You have got to stop here until
tomorrow"
The wife and mother said: "Why so,
Charley? A lady on the steamer told
me that we could take the train at
seven o'clock, and we would be at Un-
Gle Henry's in a few hours"
'There you go with that inquisitive
tongue of yours; you always have to
growl at everything; 1 had our baggage
to attend to, and I'll be - if don't
come alone the next time. I'll not be
bothered with such FOOL" the man re-
piled.
AS the man slammed the door and
left, 1 heard that sobbing wife, amid
the cries of her little ones, say, sit ap-
pears to me as though he is bound to
stop a day or two around every place
we come to and spend forty or fifty dol
lars each time, and soon our money will
all be gone" AS listened, could not
help but think of Mrs. Duniway's un-
answered arguments on "Women Pro-
tectors."
In conversation afterwards with other
men who were rooming near and heard
the words l have quoted, 1 found their
verdict to be that "she was a fault
finder" [ replied that "I thought her
arguments showed good and just cause
for fault finding, if that was what he
called it,"
So deeply rooted in the minds of men
are those old ideas that a "woman must
be submissive unto her husband in all
things" that they cannot, or will not
see that a wife is entitled to any
thoughts upon the management of af-
fairs which the husband is bound to re-
spect-no matter if he is "going to the
dogs" or frequenting whisky dens spend
ing every dollar of their hard wrought
earnings. Nothing will bring such men
to their senses and stand them on their
heads awhile that those selfish ideas
| r1o fha fl,axy in
the ballot is in the hands of such moth
ers as the one have described.
On another occasion (and these are
all recent occurrences) was seated at
the supper table at seven o'clock, when
a large, fine-looking man came and
took seat directly opposite me at the
same table. Presently medium-sized,
noble-looking woman came and took
the side seat between us. The man
looked up and said: "Why, I supposed
you had been to supper"
The woman did not speak; the waiter
came for her order.
"Only cup of tea," she said.
"Won't you take some meat, or fish,
and vegetables ?" said the waiter
"Only cup of tea"
And she could hardly keep the burn
ing tears from her bright blue eyes.
"YOu had better have something to
eat-I thought you had been to supper"
said the "woman protector"
"You supposed I had been to supper
= when you have not been near me since
early this morning. Why did you moi
: come to our room and see, before going
to supper yourself? This is nice way
to treat woman, to leave her from
daylight until dark among strangers
and then suppose she was cared for"
"Well, 1 thought you had been dowr
e to supper before this" the man replied
!, 1t was the only reason and sole excus,
=, which he offered for his conduct during
d the day. I left full half of my suppe
:, on the table and hastened from the
= scene, wondering to myself if the tim,
+ would ever come when a woman woult
y be equal with her husband in law auC
in society in those inalienable right
q which alone are absolutely necessary Il
: her comfort and happiness.
Suppose the wife had left early in thu
D morning and not returned until sevel
e in the evening, even without tina
= "knock down" excuse "I suppose,
: which admits of no answer because i
e has not the ShadoU of a reason in it
: what would have been the result? Why
t the foundation for "divorce," to b.
sure, besides the howl that would hav,
been set up in her ears by virtue of hi
v lordships superiority over her as master
t And all of society would have rushed t.
$ his aid with helping hands and sympa
e thizing hearts.
! Ah, 1 tell you, Mrs. Editor, there ar
!, other rights besides illegal rights" to b,
: gained. These fires cannot much longe
e be kindling in every hamlet all owe
g our fair land and left smouldering. Th,
v minds of the masses are ripening for tn,
!. conflict much faster than is supposed by
l. the superficial observer. We wait tht
Il time with patience, while our hearts
9 ache with sympathy for those suffering
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