The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-03-29
WOMAk'S NAME.

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often speaks s'as one having authority
and the record of her oratorical tri
umphs is emblazoned with glory. Lucy
is particularly strong in individuality,
and u~nyielding in her convictions Of
the proprieties of the r The won.
der is sometimes, that she ever compro-
missed her Individuality by getting mar.
ried. But gently-even In that trans.
action she triumphed- The gentleman
to whom she was wed, bears the name
Of Henry b. Blackwell; Lucy Stone
simply added the graceful and proud
prefix Of Mrs" to her maiden name;
and the world never hears of Mrs. Lucy
Blackwell. It has long been known
that, after thefashion of some actresses,
Lucy had a business cognomen; but the
discovery Is recent that she insists on
retaining that name in private life, re-
CARELESS Of law, ethics, or any rule Of
society. This idiosyncrasy, If such it
may be termed, reached the acme of
Righteousness when she refused to sign
a deed-which disposed of part of her
husbands property to a third person
by any other name than Lucy Stone.
The purchaser quickly pointed out the
fact that this name would leave a defect
in the title. The simple answer was
that such a defect was preferable to an
acknowledgment on her part that she
possessed no name but her own.
Here then we find a new phase in
jected into the woman's rights question.
Woman is to have all the rights granted
to man, including her own dear orig
inal name. 1t seems to us that this is
sort of overlooking the movement on
the top; making it topheavy, so to
speak. Mrs. Stone is on record as ac-
k~nowledging that while by any other
name she'd be as sweet, she could not
possibly be independent and individual
like by any other name than Lucy
Stone. Therefore, names are brought
up prominently as a fruitful subject for
discussion, and already does it form
part of the objections against woman's
rights in the east, the directors being
always ready to clutch at straws to
weave a work of opposition.
This idea of names is something
novel and entertaining. AS Mrs. Stone
has pronounced the fiat of independence
of marital cognomens, the inquiry is
what shall be done to meet the casef
Shall women retain their maiden names,
a la Mrs. L. S.p Or shall men assume
the windup of the female personal des-
ignationp If, in the first case, by
whose name shall the children be
knownp Our common law lays down
the rule that a child must take the
name Of its father. So the father
would be left forsaken and ignored, and
dying, would soon be forgotten. As to
the other phase, that of the man assum-
ing his wife's name, no doubt the men
would agree thereto, If the women
would obligate themselves to attend to
business affairs in the outer world, as
well as in the sanctuary of the ireside.
But then, Scripture tells us that man
was made first, in the image of Deity,
as there was no earthly pattern for that
form divine" Woman wa made af-
forwards, and from a bone of the mans
side. There was no doubt as to which
the Maker thought most of; priority
settled that. "Woman was made for
man, :" and this Scriptural edict settles
the matter of the mans taking the
name of the woman upon marriage.
GOD and the right are a majority. y
1t is not so certain though, that Mrs.
Lucy Stone and her claim will ever
prove to be a majority. She is incon-
sistent, in that the name she adores is
that of the husband of her mother.
Why not assume the maternal maiden
nameP She may urge in reply to this,
that she dates the patent of her indi-
viduality and independence from her
w birth. Let US not dispute with
her on that point.
We have often thought that the fact
OF women being compelled to assume
distasteful names upon marriage, causes
them to protest against the practice.
And yet they know their remedy
don't marry the men with ugly names.
Those women who want good hus-
bands, n who a appreciate worth,
will Lake the name whatever it may be.
1t is safe to say that although a young
lady may dislike the name of a very
fine Gentleman abe will snOn laarn tstO