St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-21


Not 50 much from curiosity as from
zeal for knowledge. 1 want to ask if
there is a woman living who ever rose
high enough in the estimation of the
world to have her actions referred TO
any cause but love OF men? If she exists,
let her publish herself-Send in her
name. address and day at hOme-snd
thinking women IL a mass will flock to
SEE their fondeSt ambition made mani
fes-
If there Is one blessing more than an
Otler that rising women aspire TO COM
mand. it is to make men as purely III
cidental 10 their lives as women, since
time began. have been to the lives OF
men: to make matrimOny a happy
accident husband. relish. palatable
enough If rightly prepared. but not at
all essential to a square meal. But,
sh3 les OF our departed great grand
mothers, ieer at Us. Though the
blessing is ours. we get no more
credit for FOR its possession than you
did. not a bit more. not bit-We own it
with bitterness in orr hearts and with
blood in our eyes. on what shall we
do to be saved from the everlasting
supp0sitiOu that we exist only in
relauon TO men: that out Of this.
we are nothing but blasted hopes. blight
Ell ambiJiOns-pOOr reeds. broken ana
laid over by the strong wind Of mems
peryeTsity, Do we read books. our IN
terested. sympathetic friends and rela-
Cr,f..4 .ar +bapesaTvrac ro dararro11y,a
lust which one of our faithless lovers
we are seeking TO fOrget.-Whether it is
for john Jones, vino married Mary
Smith. we are ng-endeavCring to
sOOthe our torn spirits with Darwln'S
''Origin of Species or whether it is
Sam Brown. who has gone to distant
parts. we are struggling to lose in
Rants "CritiQue of Pure Reason"
That love of knowledge, or
anything but love of some irresponsible
man. could drive woman into book
that stimulates thought and promotes
growth. is absurd. mpOssible-wholly
without the natural order OF affairs. Do
we plunge into a course Of theology,
law. Northampton thing! She actually
takes William Green's indifference to
heart that bad. Do we set mp in bust
ness for ourselves. eager to fight our
way among the sex towards which we
are supposed to be one mush Of adOra-
tiOn-again. Poor thing. She has
given up all hope of finding a
man to marry her. Does contact
with the world. familiarity with the
thought of great minds. independent
thinking. render the narcotic of pOpu-
lar creeds ana traditions powerlesS to
keep as longer in ignorance OF the
taunJing mystery. the bitter. naUseating
unreaiity of human life-pieaSe God, /
she's morbid. Who was the man that
disappointed her? That the sense of the
unattainable which makes pessimistS of
men should ever operate upon a wom-
ans hope, is a gnat for society that has
swallowed camels to strain at.
1t is painful to the vanity of men. and
therefore. perhaps. has a tendency to
abnOrMally contract the muscles of
their threats, to comprehend that
women who lead practically the same
life that they dO-witneSs the same
scenes, experience as hard Tubs,
read the same books. think the same
thoughts do the same wOrk-cOme into
the possession of a future that no longer
wears patent leather shoes, a Prince
Albert coat and parts its hair in the
middle; in other words, a man. some
man-gOOd Lord. ANY man-nO longer
fills their horizon to the exclusion of all
bur glimpses Of anything sublime. He
IS by TO means crowded out of their ex-
isJence. he has simply assumed new re
IatiOns and correct proportions: and,
with heavy hearts and troubled. Ques-
fioninS gaze. women are facing the aW-
full problem that fate each day presents
not at the foot of his pedestal. PROSTATE
i'm She shadow Of his glory, but erect by
his side in the dreary, fruitless battle
with unseen powers.
When. when. struggling femininity.
WI your change of base be recognized?
When. oh, when Will average intelli-
gcnce. now aud then. in severe cases of
world-weariness and despair. permit
YOU the satisfaction OF blowing your
brains out on general principles. undis-
surbed by Til, certainty that the account
of the suicide viii read. Died by her
hand: cause. unTequited love; man as
Yet unkI0N II. but suspected D.?