The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1885-09-10

DEAR MRs. JuHNs In the JOUR
NAL Of Aug. q, appeared q letter
fruui q reniOnslFAnt, which, but for
the general air OF righteous sincerity
pervadIng Il, an urdlnAry reader
would take Il for the production OF
soms iudOrssF Of woman suffrage,
whose mind had taken an irOnlcai
turn, We fear, however, that the
writer's lulohIiOns were Tar from be
lag SARCASTIC 81 the time, although q
would be Riuch FiessauteF to labor
under that hallueinstiOn than TO
know that = woman Of tlie 18Th eentu-
~ should drag out Of the DARK ages n
l0l Of old musly ideas which were la
their prime long before our grand
fathers saw the light OF day, for the
purIuss Of IelATding her own sex.
she h living just century too late.
We admit, that 80 far ~ mere brute
strength EOes, we are the weaker sex.
bat that fact does not argue mental
Wsakneas. The elephant b not thu
acknowledged peer Of aniniEls be
ealsse % lts superior size aud strength.
In truth, many OF the weaker animals,
knowing their physical inferiOrity,
resort to strategy. and thus ~ advAsa-
ries are much more 90 be feared.
OF course every wife and mother
should mot neglect her household do
ties, but when We dispose Of our
hOusekeepers, what AIRS We 90 DO with
the large namber Of women who are
thrown on their own Resources with
no natural protectors? 10 Is because
Of an inferior business education aud
AK Of something whereby % earn AL
honest living, that 3 large number OF
Innocent girls are yearly led Hstray
and bso0ns lost Ia the vicious haunts
Of our eilies. II the mothers Of the
land were 20 follow the writer's
teachings, Instead Of our oOpYist,
teachers, operators and professional
women to-day, We would hRve moth
ing but q chaos 81 servant girls and
sesmstFeasea. OF course 1.-The sterner
SEX should battle with the world"
but there are many who have none of
1.-THE sieFfer sex" to battle for them,
and, be % sald 90 their shame there
are mere than q few women who
have warriors who peFsisieutly refuse
90 gird on their armOF and fight, but
condeseendingly hand their prerOga-
tive over ~ the weaker sex"
Tire cooking stove and dustlng
brush are very essential % cOnIfOfi.
aud every Woman should Know how
tD Weld them, for % the ''slerner sex"
& % Furnish brains for the whole
family, there are iutricacies in these
articles Of hOtsehOld furniture that are
beyond his ken yet shut child ten
years Of age, up la thrir refining At
niOspheFe" for ten years with moth
Ing Co do but 10 lesrh 60 handle theiu.
and 20 the end Of that time, how much
refinement Is there, Hni how can shr
compete with the average eOllege
graduate, even one eKpOsed 90 the
"immOFality Of co education %
Granted that our college bred girl
knows little OF The refining cOOklng
stove" etc., % her education any bar
90 her learning there things 10 the DC
oasion requiresf A truly refined and
educated woman Invariably makes q
good hOusek eepef, hut THIS does not
prove that 10 be refined one UBi1
needs The cooking stove and busting
brush.
As 30 the husband coming hOmr
nom the office and luftead Of \ warm
dinner fluids the wife q political |
nieeling, we should like 90 ask the 1
writer 10 u Is absolutely Necessary fnr |
= political meeting 20 be held at meal
ti1se, and % - any time within hef |
recollection she recalls any 81 the /
"steTneF SEX making an appointment. |
political OF otherwise, which WA
likely 90 interfere with q warm din /
noF OF SUPPER" We doubt il.
We are truly sorry for the cores
pOndent's peace Of mind that she did /
net live ca 50. Paul's time, for she /
would have been decidedly On heI ]
element. As u h she eau but feel q
little out Of date advancing such j
rusty theories. From observation we /
can SAY that ifa woman settles down /
% "learn Of her husband at hOme,n
she will find Il very slow work. The /
husband OF the period, We are happy i
% cay, looks beyond the drudgeTy 81
the Kitchen % the intellect, and the /
numl'ef % nlen who marry % secure
q hOusekeepef wlIo will WoFk Tor her
boaFa snd clothes, is growing smaller
By degrees. To be q gOod vile means
90 be q companion aud an eQuai.
We viii anticipate the charge
which is usually brought fsFFard %
hsinn \ maiden lady NJ uncertain 49,.
and short half, and say that we ceased
O. Be that when we became
JOaIAH ALLEN's WIFE