Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-20
WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT.
WHERE TO BEGIN.

| AdI "Ouiu Oc lno advantage OF CIV
ing woman the same recompense for
the same work as is given unto man?
In the first place it is but just, and
justice Is always to be desired. That a
woman is paid one dollar for the same
work for which man gets two, is a
crime, if we consider injustice crime.
Right is right and can never be wrong,
| whatever education or circumstances
may indicate.
Woman does not smoke, drink or
throw for treats" are fine reasons why
she should have half as much for her
service as man for the same work, vet
have you not heard the reason given,
sit does not take so much to keep a wo-
mani" Carry this reasoning out and
what do We get? The man or woman
with large family and much sickness
should be paid, not according to the
services rendered, but according to his
or her needs; fine work this would be,
and then too, what wouderous neces-
sites we would all have on pay day!
When you applied for your position
in that railroad office, of course you
were asked how many you had depend
ent upon you, men are so generous to-
wards their brothers nowadays that
they look out for them it seems, could
they not extend their generosity and
give woman at least as much for her
work as they do her brother? We give
the world credit for being just in almost
every thing, when there is full appre-
citation of the merits of the case, there
fore in writing of this we would call at
tention to the facts, and just public
will see to it that the remedy is imme-
diately applied.
In the second place, if a woman is
properly recompensed for her services,
she will be Independent and being indie
pendent, will possess sufficient sell-re-
spect to become a good citizen and if
she is a citizen will no longer be in
bondage. When women are emanci-
pated, no doubt we will hear what is
often heard in the South, show much
better for all concerned, that the slaves
are free, yet we could not see it once :"
We are looking into the future and not
being visionary, but rather matter-of-
fact, let us return to our subject. Do
women (slaves) possess self-respect?
Witness the thousand women who ca
jole men and who are compelled or at
least feel assured that they must do so
In order to get the necessities of life.
Listen to the conversation of women
when together and the subject of man.
aging husbands and brothers comes up
no. they do not call it managing,
only getting along and keeping every
one in good humor, yet succeeding in
gaining their ends just the same. fl
was a man (thank God, am not) /
would blush for myself and my sex, if
my wife cooked nice dinner and after
goOd-sized dish of fattery, asked me
so humbly, for money to buy such a
love of bonnet which was so becom-
ing (fattery again, for does it not
please his vanity to have his wife adj
miredO The ''dear old darling" when
the wherewith is handed over, may
sound pleasant to the heart of the man,
but that woman has profound con-
tempt for him deep down in her heart,
and in addition she despises herself,
and another step in deception is taken.
Deception! Well, what else do you
call it, when the slave with soft words
and fattering lips puts you in a good
humor, and then when you feel good,
rich and generous, with insinuating
words opens your heart, otherwise your
pocket-book- shows how much gen.
uine good moral courage there is in
woman, when after generations of such |
treatment any are truthful.
What are the seeds sown when the |
mother says to the little daughter, |
'wait till papa is in a good humOr then |
ask for that new DRESS" when she |
checks the hasty request of the impa-
tent little one with mot to-day nv
daughter, father is out of sorts, wait |
till another time" This is only policy,
you say. Very well, the thief is polite
when he watches his chance to help
himself to your pocket-book, while you
are all intent on that dog-fght on the
corner. You are indignant when you
discover your loss and you are inclined
TO say in your heart, ''what fool l
have been" when in a hasty moment
you promised the wife and daughter
hat season abroad. She got around
you with a good dinner and the one
fish you like so much and in an I'M
guarded moment you promised, per-
laps too, you dare not recall your hasty
words, for you are not always saying,
'just like woman" to your compan-
on who endeavors to get out of bad
bargain, just as If a woman treated as
Ibove, could really possess a sense of
honor.
There were found in Israel, six hum
lred who had not bowed the knee to
'aal," so even after the generations of
INJUSTICE, we find women with just as
trict sense of honor as any man, not
many, It's true, but what can you ex-
'ect? Can men SOW tares and gather
Wheat? Slaves, white or black, can
ot have real self respect Are you
ware of the rather notorious fact that
n the South there were many slaves to
7hom it was constant source of pride
hat they never took (stole) any thing
ave from their masters. Women posi-
ly believe the same that as they be-
ong to the men, that all they can get ,
Dr. themselves is but their right and