Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-11-25

Iovsl;est thir 9 in woman's character-ner
- whv we ourselves should ecorn
-on,sn for showing their regsrd t.r some
ems and wilfulIy teach them that the only
,isht vay ii to practise deceit and. aiming
ia more than can imsgine. ls is propsi
md oood form to express everything OIL
that which they honestly feel.
THE FRESHEST OF soRosIs SAYS YES
Mrs NJ. Louie Thomas, President OF
co-o.,s Is representative woman. neI
Ie,rt Is large ard charitable and knows nc
nsnI;ca Her life is sIe1t in dol ~
d ada Of charity ard kindness, ana sue
IDS ths wrong-dser and those wfo 1Ai
With Isniency and gentlsness. Every se'
Of hers is motherly, sweet and gentle. sse
We Ven ask me. s'Sho1ld women PROPOSE
Wei, I know of no reason Why tney snouu
NOT ii they wish to do 30, exeepung ony
the unwlitten law Of usage, which, IN u
ou ,try and at this period oil Us history s
int 70 law at sll. do not believe IL 10
h. al uncommon for the propsal OF mar
risgs I, come from the woman as naDy
NAV suppose. l have known OF many,
anS have never known OF one wherein
,bs msrrisgs folio wing wal not happy
ono ir,m the gentle Puritan maiden
Priscilla. who said to her proxy wooer,
uind wby net spesk for tbyself, Jonn
.ido1 o., down to the bride of last ytar.
An 70 ,orable mau Caa toafer no n1gner
bonor mon a woman than 10 ask her 70
become his wife, sn1 l csnuot think tie
distinction would be a7y | So lift shooia
come from the other side II tue sI;s.lon
binds them together. The man CT tne "o
man who would brag and boss! OF suc1,A-
perience, with power OF reiCsii, eltnel pe
fore m uriage or after, Is Ios 10 De couh.'u
IN the ,ealm of the tIu >heartei. Mistakes
in m ,tiug. togetter with sharp wcrds an
c-nsl tsun,s, arc too common within the
marriage tia for any one to Claim that they
conIi he made any worse or harder 10 ota-
;f n either msn o: woman shoul ba gwen
the sole right of proposal. Ibelieve in the
b,poy marriage without regard to "h'cn
.,dp:sas N. LOUISE THOMAS.
Tnis is encouraging. Mrs. Thomas mas
known of many marriages resulting from
IRE woman proposing, and she has LeSer
known o. O he whers in the marriage f1lioW-
inc has not been happy one. II woman
had the right of propos pl she would not ps
, 50 ant to sccspt the first proposal
she loved or not-for fear she woul never
receive another. II | were man l would
have very narrowing 6olbts about ~o-
mans love il were tbs hrst 10 propose "
, her. -
, BILL NYEHAs NO OBJECTION.
, BDl Nye writes me the following letter
: on the suhj'ct
lido I see why woman should not pr ]po
IL abe so elect, and then suffer the bittr,
hitter consequences. Many men who now
7 live on un'oyed ard in haud-,o.m ontn
manner N Sht be, oh, go happy II the onus
' of proposing did not weigh them down ike
7 9 large thIea-coInered iatubus.
, lam acquainted with several husbands
who have Re N thus acquired and am
D harry 10 say they are Turning out well.
. Several CT them who were not seli-sup'
;. norting TO start with have married well,
@ having been wooed and won by girls Of
a means Ytus truly. BILL NfE
A PSI an provided for myself.
2. s. Agsin-Mr. James Whitc9mn
Riley, who, as | write, is brushing nan
! with dummy BRUSH which l carry WITH
5 me, says he trusts that the day will speedily
{ come when woman will propose, and he
hone, he will be away up tIwar ts the gen.
! eia!-delivery win1ow when the I'll e opens'
S,uc good woman could make Mr.. Riley
: very. very happy. Any letter sent to Lin
q in nv care will be teerfully read and for
, warded ID him. b. W.
4 If Mr.. Nye's letter does not en-
: courage some girl who thinks the bitter,
8 bitter conse Uuencen is not any bitterer be-
3 Gus of hey doing the proposing to utll "a
9 her very short time 10 receive an engsg =
e ment rng for Christmas present, can I
sea what will. Mr.. Nye's marriage certi-
ficate gems to hover around his first ".
s" like humble bees around clover, but
there il chance for some good woman
with Mr.. Riley. For those who have not
, seen him can voIch for Lin. lie 10
o handsome and geni1l gentleman.
= BELvA LoCKwooD's STRONG VIEWS.
Mrs. Belva A. Lock wood, the Presiden-
i tial candidate Ct the Equal Rights party,
who has done so much in educating the
e world into seeing that women are capable
, creatures and who r, II scta so much credit
on her sex by the manner ia which heI
r last campIigu WAS condutte1, writes me ~
fJllows:
!. Why not? In tie ages past msn have
married their preference; women, tbelI
e opportunities. The man may choose, thi
e women refuse, but che refuses At her peril
a. her decision may condemn her to lie
/ of ce!:bacy, especially in cur thickly
e populated New England or Middle Stites
4 where the women outaumb3r the men
The MIN she accepts may be in no wist
D tie man Of her choice; but it may be
q marfisge o. compaisauce, of convene ace
or of necessity under our present syst .m
{ while the woman looks calmly on to So
q another I'll the place that she has .veted
without airy intimation in the male bress
# Of her desire, when little more fraukres'
O on the part of the woman might have ed
d ded to the happiness of both. A woman
J would be slow TO make application fo
= divorce from the man who b I'd married he
X on her own calm delberation and r. nest
Il while the positive privilege Of making az
e other selection should he refuse-and th
msn should have the same right OF refusa
a as the momaa-w0uld give he. cor fidenc
TO approach the man whom che deemed
4 b S: suited tn Re condition and happiness
4 Matches woali be mo,e carefully mai,
when considered from both stsndpoints
:. and the glamour and indeinitere.s tina
4 usually hedge around a proposal would
; be wiped away in the cool con-, ieration o
4 a mutual business contract.
y Ard why should the woman 70! have
n voice and choice in the man who is 10 b
her life p rtner-the father of her Oh l1ren
e and who is most likely TO give the ION
I and rOlnr IN all Of her after life? Tn