The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-06-22

study of this college is equal to that
of Harvard, Yale or any Of our great
Universities. IL seems to me that
this alone would show that the idea
that woman's mind is inferior to
mans, is false. .sih . ~
Some women think that they will
be able to better their condition by
obtaining the right of voting. But
to my idea they win not gain much
advantage by that, and there are
many other ways which will have a
more permanent. effect upon their
wrongs if they only look at the mat
ter in the right light. All over the
land they raise the cry for higher
wages. They think they deserve as
high wages as a man but as gen.
eral rule, they do not, for they do
not perform the work as well.
A great many will take any en-
ployment that is convenient, with
the intention of working at it for
only little while. For this reason
their minds are not on their work,
and they have no interest in it and
do not care whether it is donewell or
not. They only work for the money
they receive, and their thoughts are
wandering upon other subjects. But
when men choose their employments,
they take thatfor which they have the
greatest adaptabillty, knowing that
it will be to their advantage to do
the work the best they can, for it is
probable that this will be their en-
ployment for life. 1t is true there
are many women who perform their
work as well as a man could in the
same place and they are beginning
to hold prominent positions in our
country, but these already receive
as high wages as men do. 1t is
only those who slight their work
that raise this cry, and their wages
will never be raised until they raise
their aims in life.
A great many think that if wo-
man would stand equal to man, she
must share in mans work that she
must no longer stand apart endeav-
oring to tighten his burdens by her
sympathy and kindness, but she
must rush out into the world fight
ing and struggling with men for
worldly fame. Her home is deserted,
her children given over to some
ignorant hired person, her virtues
are trampled under foot unnoticed,
while she hurries on, reaching after
some glittering prize. Woman's
power lies undeniably in a silent
moral influence, and no true woman
who does her duty faithfully to her
husband and children will find her
time unemployed or her life incom-
plete.
In ancient times women were
treated more like animals than like
human beings. The laws of the Hin
docs said that a women's character
was made up of malice and deceit,
and that it would be disgrace for
her to learn to read. The Greeks
considered woman decidedly inferior
to man and that they were qualified
for discharging only the subordinate
functions of life. Aristotle says
that "the relation of man to woman is
that of governor to subject" and
Plato, that ga woman's virtue may
be summed up in few words, for
she has only to manage her house,
and to obey her husband" Even in
Rome, although women had many
more privileges than in Greece; yet
it was thought entirely unnecessary
to educate them. In the twelfth
century writer said that call the
education woman ought to have
was to know how to pray to God, to
love man, to sew and to knit" In
SOME countries of modern Europe,
much wrong is still done to women
by old laws which have not been
repealed or modified to suit pres
ent circumstances. And in no coun-
try, whether ancient or modern, have
women had less to complain of con-
corning their treatment by man, than
in America. From the old colonial
times up to the present, the hardest
tasks have been done by man and a
consideration has been shown women
in all classes of society far beyond
what is customary in even the most
civilized countries of Europe. "The
Father of all never put one man or
one woman into the world without
some visible, tangible end" says one
writer. Some people seem to have
a particular mission, yet they are not
entirely those whom ambition or
necessity urges to do and dare. The
records of the past and present are
filled with names of those who have
won renown. But all cannot hope
for fame. In the real life of every