Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-04

ishing bodies Of ours refused to be
sustained on superior TRUTHS"
'broader views" or "poetic fights
Forced to darn stockings! All,
merciless fate! IT'S pity and tits
true; sad pity tits tits true" that we
must darn our stockings, else viii our
unprotected heels by constant friction
with unsympathetic shoes, give hard
er and more callous than the heart of
tyrant man.
1t looks my dear girls to "a rather
conservative sister as if you overdress
overeetimate the advantages which
you are confident will be the result of
the emancipation of our sex; that you
dwell too much on the imaginary pic
ture of mans inhumanity to woman.
All men are not fiends, any more
than all women are angels. l had
nealry said that the average was pretty
equally balanced, but then l won't
say it. but may say that the men
could make out quite as good a case
against us if they chose.
Now while 1 love women, l don't
love all women. Perhaps that is be-
cause l know women pretty well, and
1 might say for smalluess, cunning,
and intricate wickedness, commend
me to crafty, narrow-minded wo-
man. Knight say that but wont.
How many of US are quite sure that
we understand and make the most of
the rights and liberties we already
possess; perhaps there are wonderful
resources that we do not appreciate,
from which we may draw unlimited
joy and content. | assert that there
are certain elements in the feminine
makeup which will not be satisfied
with the aims, ambi tions and employ
ments that seem naturally suited to
men: there is no sureer way of ennob-
ling and elevating humanity, than by
the hottest influence of true homes.
After all dear ladies, the joys and sor-
rows of life are about equally divided.
True the law does not yet secure to
the wife such protection as will guard
her from the injustice of bad husband,
neither have they provided any red
resss for the anguish and shame which
a bad wife may bring upon a man.
Well, | give up, to me, confess, it
seems tangled enigma to which
equal suffrage is not the key. But let
me conclude by quoting what lovely
and sensible woman says, in late
magazine, in calling attention to the
prevalent discomfort of women with
their home duties, she says alone
is the true kingdom of woman, where
her rights can never be dethrOned.
All pure love, all right thoughts, all
governments, if we would have them
flourish, must have their roots beneath
its altar. Let home stand first before
all things. No matter how high your
ambition may transcend its duties, no
matter how lar your talents or your
influence may reach beyond its doors,
before everything else build up true
home. Be not its slave, be its minister.
Let it not be enough that is is swept
and garnished, that IFS silver is
brilliant, that its food is well cooked,
bu, feed the love in it, feed the truth
in it, feed thought and aspiration, feed
charity and gentleness in it. Then
from its walls shall go forth the true
woman and true man, who together
shall rule and bless the land.
What honor eau be g, eater than to |
found such a home? What dignity |
higher than to reign its honored mis-
tress, to be the guiding star? The
ruling spirit in such position is a
higher mission than to rule an empire. |
Has man any holier, higher rights
than this-wOmans rights?