Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-08-17
THE CITIZEN.
w. T. u. COLUMN.
Concerning Mary Jane and sew
eraI Other Matters.

REV. URIAH XERXEs BUTTLEs, d D
Mrs Buttles frequently tells me
am an old fogv | think myself | am
somewhat conservative, and 1T Is pro-
bs BILE that Houenbury training inten.
stied my peculiarities Honey bury
University is. not to put too fine q
point upon il, slow. But if the re-
formers had the control of this world,
for one should not like to live in it.
hold with all humility that men of my
stamp have been the salt of the earth
We certainly try to hold fast to that
which is good.
Mrs. Buttles nee Mary Jane Bobbs,
on the contrary, goes in for new
things. After house cleaning she
generally puts the rocking chairs in
new places. and for three moths or
more | have bruised shins This
craving for the new is ingrained in
her mind, and she is therefore ready
TO see everything IN new relations.
Within the last ten years she bas be
come believer, and, in limited
wav, an adv ocate of female rights
Far be it from me to intimate that
she has neglected any of the duties
that have right to expect from
her. Jonathan Edwards was born
eleven months after our marriage.
Two years later the twins came, and
at dates which l cannot give without
the family Bible, she has presented
me with three more boys She has
been a good housekeeper, and, SO far
as the feat is possible, has pleased
the parish. / do not complain that
she has neglected her duties, only
that she has come to talk about her
rights. And up to date. / have new
er been able to see that females have
any rights, save such as Eve had in
the garden, viz, to help their bus
bands, and attend to the housekeep-
ing.
Mrs. Buttles objects to be called q
female. But this is one of the things
l shall not give up. She is female,
and l have given up enough. She
also objects to talk about female
rights being called clamor. When ]
critisized female lecturer, she said
the lady had better voice than l
have, and that in general her utteran-
ces are better worth listening to
Fortunately the church at Griggs-
vile thinks differently Moreover, a
man has right to use what de6ni-
tions be pleases Now, as l under
stand them, the questions over which
clamor is made, are: higher education
for females; the right of females to
choose their work like men; the right
to females to the ballot; the right OF
females to an unlimited pursuit OF
happiness (Uide the constitution of our
country.
Every man knows the sphere of
women. 1t was defined in the gar
den before our first parents moved in
to the world. Now in what way or
ways Latin, Greek, and higher math
ematics, would make females more
useful to men, | do not perceive.
knowledge of this sort might, on the
contrary, make them more trouble
some. They would be more iuclined
than they are now to ask questions,
aud more set in their opinions They
would compel man to keep
himself always to mark, and man
feels the need of mental ease, at home
AZ least Then, too, would these gu
per-educsted females be willing
to cook? An educated man
would like to spend
his days frying, broiing, and baking
tor his board and clothes for man
who earned say thousand dollars a
year. Aside from its giving females
a training nnsuited to her powers.
higher education might make them
less attractive to men, as well as less
valuable as wives The question is
not what women want, but what men
need So, if as helpers of men,
women would be more useful
if they chose the manner
and place of their activity, / snouid
not abject. But when they 60 to el
bowing men out of the best places
and good incomes, they should be re
minded of what they were created
for. Now there is Miss Harbottle,
before whose door hangs a tin sign,
tor al the world just like DR.. Blink
er's, "Dr Alice Hsrbottle." She
rides about in smart chaise, after
smart horse, and has an income that
would support man. What induce
ment has she to marry? None, un-
less an extraordinary man should
come along, and that will never
happen bsre in Griggsville.
The last time Mrs Buttles was i'll
she sent for DR.. Alice.
81 object to it," l said. when that
female had departed. "Had sbe come
to nurse you, to prepare delIcacies
for your palate, or to press up
ON your brow the tender palm of
sy mpatby, she would have been in
her sphere; but, ,"-"I will mot have
DIR. Blinker." said Mary Jane with
great obstinancy. "He would give
me blue pill. and tour horrors of
pills be makes himself. If cannot
have DR.. Harbottle will have no.
body"
But" reasoned. "if Miss Har-
bottle is going to doctor, she may
have to cut off a mans leg"
What of i'll" said Mrs. b.
What of i'll" My ears shuddered
When | had my last bilious attack
Mrs. Buttles surreptitiously consulted
DR.. II. The result was | was kept
on light diet. and was given a dose
of rhubarb. Dr. Blinker, who under
stands my habit perfectly, always
gives me what he calls course of
medicine" on such occasions, and at.
ter the conflict is over, l feel that
something has been accomplished
Rhubarb, indeed, / need bracing food.
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