The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-18

lofty character and heroic deeds stir the
Dobler impulses OF the soul TO emulation.
Would that courage, truthfulness purity
and devotion 10 principls rs exempli6ed in
the life of Wendall Phillips, we're preached
from every pulpit, taught in every school,
praised in every social circle. With many
IL is step gained when thew are convinced
OF the existence OF such noble character.
a host OF women have no finer conception
OF manhood thans:hat afforded by the coz rse,
selfish, .profsne. falsifying and loose men
with whom birth and circumstances have
associated them. a hest OF men have no
higher ideal than the cheap success won by
the subtervien CO OF principle to policy snd
trickery, than the gross pleasures o. gzGh
led seltsbness and appetite.
There are husbands and wives TO whom
TIE s.ory Of Wendell Phillips welded life is
q revelation Of an existence exalted beyond
their ken: husbands who regard home and
marriage as only place and relation for
the indulgence OF their selfshness,
Iov desires and tyranny-Hi7es 20 whom the
only Iecompense OF marriage is the degree OF
provision for material wants that il affords
Wherever Mrs. Livernore tells the story
OF Wendell Philips home life, Of his rare
love for his wife-a hopeless invalid from
girlhood-of his never failing consideration,
courteEy and tenderness through al their
years together, OF his answering loyalty 10
his yowg OF his constant efforts make her
days essier and brighter, always regarding
her needs and claims as more imperative
than any call from friends or the public
whenever this is told in Mrs. Liyermores'
vivid words, there IRE women who listen
with tortured hearts, from whose souls comes
comes this cry, for such love, auch MARI.
age. such manhood. / could dare and do
all things endure all hardships, pow
erty, sickness, suffering, sorrow, and yet
which they dreamed, hoped for, sought for,
believed tbat they had found, and-bitfer.
est OF all disappointment ts-nAissed. Having
missed that, life is robbed of its sweetest
hope, labor Of its best inspiration.
Wherever Mrs. Livermore tells this story
of noble li7ipg che puts before young men
high ideal of manhood and marriage to
strive after; before young women the same
high ideal to expect and require.
The strength, manliness, and virility OF
Wendell Phillips nature are unquestioned.
He was . man, vigorous, tremendously
of Greek Apollo. with the brain force
of er-"fCll-summed in all his pow
ers"-yet he had neither sowing nor harvest
Of wild oats" His life gives the lie to the
shameless assumption that yirility and pur-
ity are incompatible.
Hero worship" is not amiss when tins
hero is worthy. II is natural TO the young,
II stimulates 10 sublime purpose and high
endeavor. The mother who would have her
scps become something better than dudes
the home walls a portrait of Wendell Phil
ips, the dauntless. the truthful, the self.sao-
rifcipg, the lover of humanity, the leader
in the struggle for liberty, the hero who
laughed at persecution and mobs, the mod
ern Sir Gslahad
Whose strength was as The strength OF ten,
Be cause his heart was pure"
Early Days of the Woman Suffrage Move
ment In Indiana.
Extract from a paper read by Mrs. Sarah z,
Franklin, OF Anderson. at The State Convention
at Kokomo.1
The first Woman Suffrage Convention in
INDIANA was held in Dublin, Wayne County,
October 90 1S5l-more than thirty-three
years since. The brave women who issued
the call were Amanda M. Way and Fanny
Hiatt. They were seconded by q loving
friend of equal rights, Joel Davis, without
whose countensnce and support L never
could have endured aud gone thorugh with
what did" said Miss Way. At that time
she was twenty-five years old, and engaged
in teaching school and taking care of the
motherless children of her sister. i only
mention this as she was an able representa-
tive OF tkat class OF women, who 1t was said
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devolved the dreaded task OF opening the
meeting, which she did in fearless man
ner by stating the object of the Convention
to be full discussion Of the legal and social
position of woman.
She thsn read letter from DR.. Mary f.
Thomas. of North Manchester, now city
physician bf Richmond, Ind, who urged the
believers Of equal rights to press forward
and claim place in the trades and
professions. The first object of the Womsn's
esociation was to open up avenues that
women might have employment and receive
equal wages for equal labor with man. 1t
was useless at that time for women 20 ask
for the same wages Gs men, though they sub
mitted to the same requirements In trades
end professions as men. Still it was argued
that man was more valuable than woman
who does the same work, and for that reason
should command better pay.
IL was also asserted that man to some ex-
tent sacrificed his independence of action in
employing women to do mems work, and
men lowered their dignity by working with
women.
About this time l was awakened 10 the
injustice done to women in regard to wages,
and when ask ed why / received but half
the wages of my husband when my certli
cate was Just like his and l was required to
perform the same labor, the only answer l
received was that ne was man, thus put
ting O premium on sex. / commenced q
fight. / had an excellent letter of recon
incubation from the only female college in
the United States, besides my certificate
from the examiner of the public schools
The director was anxious should teach, and
he eald he would advance the salary from
SIS to $50 per month. / said mo, my hus-
band gets S33 1-3, and / do the same amount
and quality of work he does" In few days
he came back Offering me S25. an advance
of $40, saying it was the best he could do as
he had to hight the other two directors to get
that. soon heard of what the Indiana wo-
men were doing and wrote to them. When
the community was thoroughly aroused to
the audacity of the women, there came the
hue and cry, that the men would be thrown
out OF employment and wages would be low
cred, just az they talk about the Chinese