The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1885-09-17

column, 9 istter from 9 hemonstfAnt,
On which the writer declares that
though abe has been looking
arOundn her, she does not see but that
the average woman has equal rights
with man" 10 strikes me that the
writer % this letter who signs hefself
wife" hss been looking without
seslng. 10 b true that the inequality
% the laws ~ touching men and WO-
men b not % glaFingly apparent in
Kansas - Ga nearly al the other
Btatss bat while "Wifs" Wss "loOk-
Tngp she might have seen that though
Kansas women are highly favored A,
they are yet q dIsfIanehlsed class and
sssing this, I cannot understand how
she can say that she cannot see but
that the average woman has equal
righia with man." For her benefit !
viii mention that there are only four
states cut o fthe thirty eight wherein
mothers have equal right with the
fathers 10 the custody Of their chill
dren. Mothers, my dear Wife" are
mostly average" women, but their
night 70 the custody 20 the control, b.
the disposal Of their children Is -
umall, that On thirty -four states any
father may dispOaseas any mother OF
their children. Il there not here q
most glazing inequality 90 be- seen by
those who look with seeing eyes 7?
We might cite this wife 90 other disa-
bilitiea 10 which women are mnde
subIecl by Law and We might tell her
thai the fact thai women have learned
% d. sOnlething besides house-WOrk &,
has made 10 possible for them 20 open
The doors Of professions, trades and
Positions held unnttaln able 20 women
Br ages. A backward glance would
show "Wife" souie great ineq ualities
which have been dwelling up Tor forty
yeaF8 under the equalizing influences
brought 10 bear By The Equal suffFag
isls-the grenteat Of whom are wO-
lBen. This leveling-up process must
continue until wOnisn and men stand
shoulder 20 shoulder in the State ~
Ia the family. The cO-educatiOn the
Ory 10 seldom discussed now. It's
practical results are before us. Few
colleges refuse 10 admit our girls, and
these, mereiiesBly lHmpOOned all over
the world g. old fOgyish. As 70 the
busting brush and cooking stove"
American women are quick and
versatile; few women adapt them
selves with such readiness aud grace
% the needa Of the hour. Mental
cultivation Dnly increases this power,
besides bringing 10 the work Of home
making aud housekeeping that intel
ligsnes which 30 gFHndly Supple
ments muscular power, and muscular
strength need suffer no dlminutlOn
from mental culture. We are told
that upon the mothers depend the
Quality Of the men Of the future II
Ihis b true, for the sake Of the CON-
Ing men, utter no word against any
WOman's opportunity fOf education.
Certainly mothers need 10 know
uomsthlnE more than the busting
brush and cOOklng-stOve science. Do
not understand me % under-Tate this
very important branch Of WOmanis
esiueation. 1 would have every wO-
man veil up in domestic accomplish
msnts am simply ;inveighing
shall learn nothing else. Some OF
our best housekeepers have been close
sludsats and excslleut teachers, only
10 learn housekeeping
when they had house. 90 keep.
We would like ~ ask how much
WOEss q Il for q hungry husband 20 be
met q meal time with the news
''ElOther's gOLe % attend sonie pOliti-
uei msellnF," than u would be for
hinl % have his antleipatiOns dashed
with the news that mothers gOne 10
church or To the w. q. r. u, meet.
iRN, % 10 q party OF q funeral? It ls
my Impression that mothers could at
tend the caucus o. conventions, or go
10 the polls without interfering Wiih
the dinner OF baby's rights In any
rreatsr degree than % make her trips
intO town % do the marketing, her
sailing, her charch-EDing or her at
tendance 81 temperance meeting.
= Wife" advocates the Hanctliy 81
home Tor women, and quotes Sc. Paul
Do prove that wOIiinu should keep 81
lsncs, aud then herself rusbes out
INTO the public print. She reminds
ne Of the Eastern RemOnslrants who
declared that women ought not 10
have the ballot because meddllng
With politics would be concentrating
% women and then these same pro-
lulEatOFs OF this doctrine went right
boldly Into the pool" speaking,
EFIting, canvasing and pelitiOning
has women be allowed 90 remain dis
lfanchised lest participation la psli-
Len lnlnre wOmsnkind-and the
Imell Of hre was not sven upon the
hens Of the garments Of these partiei-
DasoFs On politics who are 20 much
,fFaid Of the be-smirehIng Influence.
wonder that wife" does not Oh
IeFvs thai while she writes letters for
abe h not practicing her
IWn precePts. A. w. ).
DRAR Mrs.. JOHNs-AllOW me 10
hank you for your Kind indulgence
4 permitting = protesting sister the
lss % q small space Ia the WOman's
and also 10 thank you for the
invitation % write again. never
oHaldsrsd myself q Literary" wO-
nan-in fAcl, think C IL out Of wO-
aan's regular sphere; but neVerthe-
-, lfI can lend my pen 20 the great
pod Of preventing q theory, such -
gOnan saRrage 30 take root In the
alnas % our young, OF TO bring back
nv dsiudsd sister, I am willing to
asriGos myself-Or rather my feel
nga.
4 - an last weeks JOURNAL q ne
A. % nv article, By Josiah Aliens
ktfsn She has ID her own estlma-
- a hast, plaoed me Just q century
.shiud ths timen. Maybe / am, but
Cannot sc how L win aid woman
D feeD ND with the times By unsex-
~ hsF1elf with dAbbllng lea politics
2 ewing fuf sQual riRhts with man.
have al the rights l want, ~ many
g my sisters viii Join me Ia saying,
nd 1 feel justified in saying that n
BE- paIls were open % woman to-day,
laf one-tenth part would east q bal
q, A child shut up IN the refining
tmoepheFe % home fof ten yeArs
llght not make the display q oOllegi-
g. could, bul for true WOmanliness, .
an win search Ia the refining ele-
serls Of the kItchsn u need b., rnsh-
: than amo1g pFO5esaiOAal women,
rho q lsH Wilh1ut q servant unsz-
aFadiy, would have 30 81 their iiege
ards down 20 soggy brad, burnt
LEA, ETC. 10 may Be e. Josiah Al
MS WIFE, says, that our college
I'd rirl can % need be, learn all
hsss thinga But how many, with q
nneTior elsucaiiun, are willing 30 /
wield the dustine-brJsh ~ No, @ il
Is neceasaFy eoF political uleetings to
= hsld e nssAi hms bat q woman