The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1889-02-22

ID u country where woman is a si,oilt child,
rctteA and made 50 much of, .ho can do and
dare almost anything it is strange to find
women who are not content with their lot,
but demand tho complete emancipation of
their SEX
American women asking for complete
emancipation! 1t makes one smile.
Was talking; one evening with Mrs Deve-
reux Blake, the chief Of tie movelnert-a
middle aged lady, Of fluent, agreeable con.
versntion, whu has declared war to tho knifo
against the tyrant uian-
Iou must excuse me ! said to t1cr, If |
ask questions, am anxious to ic;sE'u. have
>s'ih,nittrsi 50 many times to the Interviewing
prDcc4s III your country that ice! as II had
Il frit To Interview the Americans Il little in
my tlrEl. The American wonlanaPpears to ma
,;rgratclul not 10 he satisfied t"lh her lot.
Size seems 70 rule the ronst in the United
Stats
=,,No,' replied Mrs !ilakc, she does not,
but she ought
But she certainly docs, y Insisted.
De lacto, perhaps, but de- jure, no.'
'What do you want moret'
'sThc right to make lnws. " =
wv hat DO you neai! by t!utt
..Tl!c right OF voting for candidates for
congress, and even the right 10 II seat IN tho
house Of representatives
This appears to me Il little exactins, and
almost unfair" | observed timidly You
probably already make your husbands vote
as YOU please. if, added to this, you are going
to throw your own votes into the electoral
urlls, it means the extinction Of man, neither
more nor less, and Us Leon Gozlan says: 1t
is perhaps us well that there should be two
sexes, for some time longer at all events
Ny dear lady, you are spoilt children. and
s!,olt children nre never satisfied"
\ lady, who enjoyed that most esteemed of
wonlan's rights, tho right to be pretty, gava
me some very curious details on the subject
Of New York life. We were speaking of the
security Of women in the large cities, and of
the risk they ran in going out alone after
nightfall.
Il have brcu struck with tho rcspectability
of your American Streets" / said to her.
.'Onc never secs vice haunting by daylight,
aid il the evening, whenever have been
through the great arteries of your city,
have seldom seen anything that could shock
the eyes Of an honest woman. In Paris tho
boulcvurds arc infested with street walkers
from O'Clock in the evening, and the evil is
much worse in London, where from or s in
the afternoon whole district is given over
to theGl
"You are right" said the lady; "but if tho
streets of New York are respectable, it is
In, tr, If hOfi v1aitnE until tina
men swept our pavcmeuts we should have
had to wait IL long timo. We cleaned them
ourselvcsn
"What do you meanf"
"a few years ago several young women,
among whom might name members of our
best society, resolved upon going alone in tho
evenings. and of striking the first man who
dared TO accost them They pcrscvered for
Il long while, and finally succeeded in accom-
plishing the disinfection of the main streets.
Vico still exists, but it keeps within DOORS
and hides instead of parading itself. II you
are able to 60 out at night with your wife,
or even your young daughters; If lady can
go to tho theatre alone, and, if it please her,
return homo Oh foot, it is to us that thanks
arc due. And do you not think that women,
Young, good looking and well bred, who
could master their disgust SO far Us to do that
which the authorities wero too cowardly to
undertake, arc not worthy to have deib-
crate voice in the councils Of tho nationY'
could not answer this.
aln going to launch u rather dangerous
assertion
1t seems to mo that the American woman
docs not render to man q hundredth part Of
tho alteration ho renders to her. II love
could spring FROM gratitude, Jonathan would
bo the most beloved of men.
But does love ever spring from gratitudea
In the eyes Of the American woman mnn
has his good points He inslrcs her good
position when he lnalrics her, he works hard
to satisfy her smallest wishes, and SO long as
his signature has any valuo at the foot Of a
check this will be an extenuating circum-
stance in lis favor.
This spirit of Independence in woman pro-
duces excellent results. it must be confessed
You find In America women who by their
talents have won for themselves positions
which numbers of mon might envy. And do
not imagine that | am speaking Of blue
stockings, spectacled spinsters, disdained of
Cupid Not at all The American woman
has always tact enough to remain womanly
Even among the heroines Of the platform I
have always noticed littlo touch OF coquetry,
which proves to me that man is not In immi-
nent danger Of heing suppressed in America