The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-07-19

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when every woman had man to wait on
her. 1t would have been better for men il
they had been content to let we'll enough
alone, but men are naturally jealous,
you know, and, when this party of old
women arose, lien began to rise against
them, and the more they wrote the
worse it got The papers teemed with
speeches and conventions of these
women. The sum OF the whole is, that
men, by opposition, strengthened the
woman's party; so, by-and-by, women
we're allowed suffrage, and now
squabbled for office. This period is
called in history "the shrieking age"
"Matters now grew from bad to worse
certain manner of dress was forced on
all women who were not wild. Some of
the laws read thus:
"'A woman shall not wear long
dresses on the street; neither shall her
dresses be short, or punched up behind.
All false hair is hereby abolished; every
woman shall have natural hair enough to
cover her head. No woman shall appear
on the street with her hat on her fore
head; neither shall she wear her hat on
the back or the side of her head, or
directly on the top.
"'No woman shall be guilty of using
powder on her face; neither shall her face
have greasy or shiny look. No tame
woman shall speak to or communicate in
any way with q wild woman. No woman
shall ask her husband anything about
politics or any other business. When a
woman writes an article for publication
she shall append her nearest male rela-
tive's name to it"
II have only repeated the substance of
some of the laws. By-and-b by an ingeni-
Gus man invented these wheeled shoes
you see them gliding around on. Then
street cars we're abolished, and women
wanted wheels to their shoes, tool But
men would not agree to this. They said
women's sphere was home, and that they
had no business running around on the
streets. They now passed laws that men
should do all the shopping, and that
fashion should be abolished; every man
dressed his wife to suit himself. This
was The age of horrorl'
deprived of all social pleasure, wo-
men, rendered hideous by mans lack of
taste, now turned their superior minds
to scientific study. With woman's as.
sistance every branch Of science rapidly
advanced /; but men took all the credit to
themselves. At last an old maid began
experimenting in air navigation. Men
had long before given up the expert
ment, and they now laughed at the in.
feasibility of her plans. But she did not
heed them, but worked seventy years on
q machine for the purpose of visiting
the planet Jupiter"
Ibid she succeed?"
eyes, certainly, and so decided wo-
mans supremacy"
"Frieua - exclaimed I, in trembling
voice, tell me all about that planet. Is
it peopled with beings like ourselves? p
"The planet is peopled with women.
like us in some respects, only they have
never known sin, and consequently
never grow old or die. They are far SUI
perior to us in knowledge they navi-
gate the air and communicate with the
other planets. For thousands OF years
the inhabitants of Jupiter have looked
on the world with plying eyes, but
would never communicate with the earth
as long as women we're slaves ; but to
return to my story. This great scientific
woman, after remaining sometime in Ju-
piter. returned laden with new inven-
tons. Among others she supplied wo.
men with wings. The Inhabitants of
Jupiter made her sign solemn compact
not to instruct men in the art of aerial
naviga ion, or teach them the way to
their planet. They have also closed the
road to Jupiter for hundred years, to
test woman's ability to keep secret.
When that time expires there will be no
bounds to our knowledge"
looked at this superior being. and
wished that I, too, had wings. I sup
pose she saw longing expression in my
eyes. and she asked:
would you like 10 fy?"
"Oh, yes, indeed! Above all things,
would like to sail around as you do"
Every we'll, take my wings and imi-
tate the motion Of bird. It is easily
done" She unhitched her wings and
placed them on me. felt natural
enough, gave Q hap in the air; up went,
higher and higher. How delicious! How
enchanting! felt that was superior TO
man and oil earthly things. closed my
eyes in ecstatic bliss, but, alas! closed
nv wings also, and came tumbling down
headforemost to the ground.
As jumped mp, thought / heard .
most villainous laugh; then . suppressed
titter-''ke-ke ke-kish, he-e-e." l rub
bed my eyes and felt for my wings
they were gone! Ny lamp still burned.
NY patchwork was scattered on the floor,
and my chair overturned. Again I heard
. smothered litter, and grssping at ran
dom in the uncertain light, my fingers
became entanRled in woody head, and