The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-01
BEARD AND BALLOT
viii the Coming Woman Wear
Whfskers 7 Yes.
aEsvLr or FEaALE SUFFRAGE
ysang L@asss win sEastnehss--A Choice
Eetwsen smoosA Tasss or tae
Efeeteraf Franehlss.

Rev YORK Cor. Sew osseaas TIneEosEoeFAt
VIII the coming woman have beard =
This II the bonasahea whieh Rev. John
~ SHACK eIserd 4 wegfkn0wn Aew YORK
,sss9ine. has cast. al pFiHssd and fused into
the easAp II the female saafagssEs. II vas
! bold thtag for preacher 70 10. Tor u has
Enrmea SPIN him the eyes not only Of tAs
safgrawssta. bat - tie women ia general
ard 81 the other sex ss veil; for such >
lpaasag question woaid intATeyt even man
az at.ne. TAts IL the thesis which the rev.
erend esispntaRk has hung nron the walls
e< societyss citadel, and challenged the
nnited intelgecss Of the sexes 70 answer:
This question is worthy Of the most pro-
found and serious consideration. From
childhood re have been accustomed, oees-
sionaIIy. TO see an old woman VINO adds 20
= sour Tisaea. wrinkles aud grIzzlea hair =
hsrsaae appeadaae on lips and chin, add
ing % the terror and feFocioHsnets u her
appearance. 4 may he . ragged creature,
ernaea with brooEnstsek. pursuing . va
gFans child from the puTIieus Of some alley z;
or : stately dame Ia q drawiue-room By
decSea with gems instead Of rags, darling
osst savage giarees over an aristocEafic
- S8FA%%Ae~-~
ventuser from the side Of pretty grand
daughter or niece. and We accept The beard
as simply one among 0theF dieagreeabie
adiusels OF certain old women.
Shakespeare gives his witches Boards TO
enhance their unwDmznly aud lerocious
aspect You should be women,' Macbeth
addresses them, and yet your boards for
bid to .nterpret thai ron are 20.
.Bat BoW we constantly meet women in
the prime Of llse, who otherwise would be
beautiful, with very unmistakabie beard
On lip and chin. and even quite young girls
with q uaEstaehe that many = budding
youth would give his months pocket
money could he transfer IL 10 his own
smooth Up. Let anyone ride frequently on
a certain line of street cars much patron
izsd 81 the people belonging TO a dsnatlon-
allied nation, and be viii see numbers of
young women who belong 70 the wealthy
class. elegantly dressed and decorated with
gems. whose upper lip Is darkehed with q
black mGsiaehe, promising very gentle
manly proportions Ia the future.
The question which suggests itself TO
the lnquiring mind, In view OF this obvious
fact. Is: How can we account for this ex-
ssaorainary change IN the physical condi-
ton of the human fcmaief Is il freak OF
natnre7 II IL the ~4sct OF climate--s0me-
thing confined 70 tins sos..atry? Is il a
temporary affection. 20 pass away with the
present or the coming geneTationg May 1t
not be another illustration Of the theory of
evolution. and have q moral cause for its
deveinpmentG
Within the past fifty years We have
more or less inteIiigent 10
KIxyATK woMAs rsTo nAs's sFHEllE.
Not socially, for there she win always prove
his superior and rule the roost; but 10 the
world Of business and civil life. She must
have 4 collegiate education; she must be
trustAe Of schools and member Of govern
ment boards OF various kinds; she must
rule, mol only in the house, bat Ia the
Office; she mnst be eligible for any public
ofiieei and. IN order TO accomplish all this,
she muse have the ballot She must see
her name on the poll lists; she must attend
prlmariess she must stand up manfulIy ON
elsction day aud plump for the nice young
man CT woman whose cause she advocates,
and then she viii regenerate the world, aud
politics win he pure. and we shall all be
happy forever after.
.'Now, this may ali be true. Woe 10 the
man who has many feminine surroundings
Who shall dare 60 dispute any Of these
pointsi No; we shall not deny il, Il may
Is true.
But may ne not find in this state Of
Affairs reason for the extraordinary de-
veiopment Of beard growth oil our women 2
Nature sdapts herself wonderfully 10 cir
cunsssnees. II may be that in view OF
what dies before as she l. providing woman
with that which win render her, ia appear
anoe Al least, more manly.
We have nothing TO say, pro or con, as
20 the question OF woman's rights, bat we
do SAY. with all seriousness, "a view Of
what evolution may bring forth: Ladies .
dear ladiesi We pray yoa pause before you
become too earnest IN claiming these rights
lock the possible consequences steadily ia
this Race. Are you prepared, IS YOU gain
these rights, to see your lovely faces dis
isgarsd With hsrsnte appenslage, hrisfle-
lie IL is stiffness & yea shave, or psiri-
arghAi in IL seagth II you do nots Shall it
BE the suaooth aad psach-iike cheek inyis-
ine tbs lovers Kiss, ur tsie beard and the
hal.osf NhleA
TIE possibilities involved ia this propo-
sisoa were 50 startling and gaA of import
q tae human family st large and tie
ladies' ie pAaFicslAr that iavesilr cation be-
esme aa Immediate duty. II Vas eiesiion
day, too fAcs which made sise falmsns.
too st.li mere significant ia IFS general a..
peei Am expesiltloa VAS cssanizo1 and
t5ss advance begnH At once II was found
that az The nsst Aiagn Mss. keIYa Lock
xosssi. the fAtr candidate for rresi,ient
who hsd heea ia ,osB sleetomeerine FOR
Der lfleud aud feigow pafriot. Mrs. EmmA
bsekafth, candidate fnr the BROOKLYN
nAyoralsy. bad led rfecipstasely ~ an
early tEsia. Dear. venerable Elizabeth
CsIv stanton, whe resides quietly ln lsr.
sty CITY. wien Abe Is at tanse, had chsr.
tered section or the Hris and gore IN she
slFgetioa q Buffalo. d0shsiess "a escape
the explass0a.
Stately ard philosophical hate Field AZ
tbs 9vst elash x dAnges had taken wgngs
ia ilefseli and vanished il the tanesnost
FsysFSes s. the Nutmeg state. Even Ella
WsesaeF " ilaox. whe has SIS gAy progressed
fa san estate shsR sac has Aeeosae g.
an'heTstg GA baseball. vas pseasrlng -
NsaE heF Nay 70 she ~slaerness tsl the
ssoFsn hzew ever. The proud poetess af
passion paass3 when sanlEaatsa Nth tae
thesis 81 Rev, d.. shacksltof3. An4 ae.
essnet 80 express an opinion As e. is moral
hsserastaxs-~As less than So psF eesasna.
This hsiaE strictly RFoAsaatory qnotAfsazs
In the isreeent eesaasttoa q EAa saAFka fas
passion literature. she wAs sgloaea Il
aes
# sAink nr. Saaekelssra mase he isss-
snx said Mrs.. Lille fsRvsFuaax Rsaks.
wsth a slgtae shlvex. as sha fase4 the taesis
Tia iasa Il ssmriF Tsslse&sess' There are