National Republican., 1883-01-06
MISS EMILY FAITHFUL.
Her Views ON Woman Suffrage, Prohibit
tion, and Female Progress.


at is much more difficult thing for
women to 60 into professionsin in England than
in the United States" said Miss Emily Faith.
ful to n Chicago Ncrs reporter. at is only
very lately that proper organized school of
medicine for them has been established. These
new ideas are slower to take root with us than
with you. I.think the professions should be
open to women and in fact anything for which
they arc fitted. ! don't want to see them
entor into rivalry with men, but rather work
in union with them. Formerly their sphere
of action was limited to the needle and TO
household duties. Well, the sewing machine
has operated against them in one direction,
and the extent Of their household duties has
been greatly diminished by the introduction of
machinery. For example, baking and brew
ing used TO be done at home, as well as wcav-
ing and spinning, which is now done in fac
tories So If women want to enter into these
pursuits, they must become non-domcstic.
think the general condition of women, and
indeed Of men. is better in America than in
the old country Here every one seems to
feel he. has q chance TO rise i'm the world, to
better his condition. and competition is not so
great. You are not weighed down with the
chasto feeling, and work is honorable, not de-
spised.n
is there not change going on in England
nobility engaged in trado?"
=" Yes. England is essentially an aristocm-
tic country, and trade has always been consid-
cred beneath the dignity of the upper classes
This feeling is beginning to die out, and pco-
pie are valued more for what they are than
iorwhut their families have been or what thoir
occupations may be- Some members of the
very best families are engaged in business
They draw, however, u very sharp distinction
between wholesale and retail. but Ibclicvc You
do tho same in some of the American cities"
"What do you think of women suilragc?"
- attach no emphatic significance 60 it
but ] should not wonder if women have tho
ballot in England before they do in the
United States. You see, according to tho
English constitution, there is nothing 60 pre-.
vent woman who pays taxes from voting
| No amendment would have to he passed
Custom there is the only barrier and even as
IL is, women who own property vote ON
municipal questions. Ladies' are also taking
great interest in school board matters and are
doing some very good work They are elected
by public vote, the boards being composed of
men and women chosen i'm respective districts
and though the men prcdominatc, there are
always some lady member"
" Is there any temperance agitation in
England2"
"Oh, yes, considerable but il is not carried
TO the CXtrCmc that il is here. / am not an
advocate ofprohibtion but rather inclined TO
st. Paul's decentralization in all things"
Miss Faithful lisaccompanying her friend and
protoge, Miss Kate Patterson, who is one of
the leading ladies of the Langtry company
Miss Faithful lectured by request, while in
Boston TO n very large audience ON "Tho
Changed Position of Women in the Nine
tcenth Century" Considerable pressure is
being brought TO bear ON her by many friends
and admirers in Chicago to repeat the lecture
here, and it is probable she will do so.