The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-07-06
SHOULD WOMEN PROPOSE!
A PREAcHMENT UPON A SUBJECT
OF INTEREST TO THE FAIR.
What Is Meant by a Proposal of Marriage.
Arc Women Willing to Assume Suci,
Rcsrnnsibility:-Thc Old Fashion of
Courtship Will Go on for Awhile.

has been the subject Of more or less serious
discussion. it may not be amiss 10 consider
what wolnan's 'propo<ing" implies.
.i">t of the advocates of Il new departure
seem TO look at it merely as Il short cut to
E;ttrimony and the securing of husband
AID Il iiuine
True, there is an assumption that the agita-
tiun of the question is as much in the interest
oi the male as OF the female.
This presumption is based up II the suppos
.;itlous bashfuness of our brothers, who,
bu; for tic manful, or rather wonlanful, com
Ing forward of tho ladies', III! ,ht miss matri-
lnony aito-et er
But thcu-h civilized man is just now, per
h:i'S So,ucWlia; back liwartl in coming iur
'aHl To ctioose il life partner, his shynesS is.
"e S'IiniSH. due not much to fear Of the
young woman in the case as of what said
Voting woman will ultimately cost.
Mo'ics'v n.!i shrinking shvncSs are not
characteristic of the stcrncr sex. AS Il rule,
ii'n l!c not atraii Ia ask for what they want
they have brcn lords of creation too long
for tiiat-;.!,d. while there may he here and
there bachelor who needs nothing but Ell
couragenet to become a benedict, these are
but sporadic cases, and prove nothing unless
it lie tn. rule
WHAT "pRoPoSlNG" IMPLIES.
lu.lo..l mo, take i, f,. o,.,ntal th,t vb.t
folks ,l,n.t ,.; for ,lov don,, v,,+-,lot IL
unless Ihev take it without asking
Witness tha n,t,nr of woman srtrraao
They saw women. os y body don't osl for
sutirar. Erno women nS =, ho,lv dop.t
want suirraen
Which nrovrs v,,,+ ,oor r..so,,,.. mar,
can H.. for ,,iI ,I,o;r nvl,., .,.., of hr,j, md
bn,l,t,1 s,,,..,i,r;tr of i,,..llo,.
wl,av ,,i,t,t nc r,Il Gov, INT ,,.>,o,, ,,,,,,.
want husbands h,c,nso tbnv an,,t os,. for
them!
H,it ,s ,i,, LAT. Mr. croa,.,,. ,,..,, +o s,,
The ,shv TO rcsu,ne is to resume y and onr
cl ,,s,,ie,.s i, to c.,sn of cour,s,in ovido,,,lv
h.li,.yc t,,,t t,.. w,v Ia rronos, i 10 ,,rn,,sn
oul t;,y ,,,;.,,,,,. n..,o,,, ,ho,,,sol,.n.
tn sl,,r,, ,. ,.,,-,,,,i,l si,.,o viii ,l,, hi, i,
c,,,o ,,lonorolis.ic ic mai,
W-Li.h * tin,l of tlar,.-if th.,. ,ro ,s dis.
i,,f,r.,ta1 os tbnv wo,,i.1 se.m .,nI What ;s
mud, ,,nr,. t., tho nni,+-if ,l,,,. ,o,,yo ,,,n
rn.,,n,-;l,;l;, ;.,s chow, ,,,,l .l,<,,,,,,or
Ind tHnt br,n'rs Ne ,,,al, vhara wa ,,,r,,
Wh,, docs won,an,s ..,ronosin@,, innlvs
nnns 4, mann, ,,.,. o,,i,. eac,,;,, h,,,,,o ,,
, ,l,s,,,,i ,I, ,s,,,,-i;;,,o .l,'' ,,.a l',,S
,,,,,i,,r ,l,o at,.,r, n ,,n,,, ,,.,o
a,i,ocstss th;. VOW 1on,r.nro r,,Ilr r,oan
t,.,, sbo i ,.,,I, ,,;li;,,@r hut ,,,n+ s,
,,ots To n,,i.,toi, .ho ,,,, 20 .,,o ,,,.@,
noses ,,..,ri.,rn,
p',..t i. v.;,7t mon, n,a,,,s-,,,. i. s,,,,cs,,
.n ,,.,,--.l.or I,o ,,ro,,o.,s ,,,,r;,,,-a r., =
,vou,.,,, .nd il u,cn,on whom ,h.,v ,,.o,,,sa
do NOT ,,,oon ne ,nc,, ,i,,.., ,,t ,hnrns,,.nr IN
n ,,,ost ,,rniIi,,in,, liol,t
What r,,I,t m;nlnJ v.n,,,,, ,ro,ia ,ot ,,.
too rro,,l to offer /, man I,ss finn, l,o vnuId
+n,,,io,. ,,,,,. ,,,,,ar s;,,,;,.,. ,,,,,,.aao.,
4, mo ,hi,,,, enr :, ,vl.,,,n T., ,llo,,, h.,r.
.,.,f ia h. .vo,.Eal f,, c,a su,,,,rtnJ lax, :,
L,,.,,,ud who h,s .,u,bt iis ,,n.;,;,, nc ,,,.o
vidar ne +, nrjvi,cro Ent If is onite ,potl,or
tiire, for a woman +, s,.,l. !, l,,ih,nl to s,,,.
mort hcr ami o,a th,t no ss,f ros,,octi inc,
woman co,l1 ,onsscan1 to thin,, Of if sho
realized tine situation
If ;not ono,,,,b for. ,,,,n,o, n, so,, t,,a,, nv,
willino and rnofl,- to do ti,oir share Of III.
..l,, no,C..s,,.,, tn tho s,,nnor, of thn family
the ,,,,.t Go rn,tIv in .,n en.rrnncv to do
i. ali If ,h,..- ,,,a COIN, T., .y,.,,.,n.,, ,cos
,.;,;, fine ott.r sov Thay nu,t bc ,.ranare
,,1. l,,I,, 10 s,.v.. n,. s,,.na ,,o,or at d;scrn
,inn I'm, nlso To- make none
4, No ,n.r.ar tn ,his tn s,v tb,+ mouv
,,,., ,re now s,,nnor,,1 l,y ,,nr wives The
,,,i,,, ,h,t tbn irsh,nj j. nat on>v lool..d
,,,,,,,. as b,t i. in law tbe natural head and
s.,,,,,o, o, ,h. f,nilv-tl,n none. m,so,, tho
br.,,i yyirr,,.
,,,..,th.,,,.,, ,.,o ..,.,1 K .eui-occ.,so,.
.,i,. h,,i,,,,,,.l and bc,t..r,.i ..y .h. scht os
nm idsal uninn vhc,, man a,,, VIA arn
,h,rau,,,l,. and admirably iutor1rnande,,t-
,a,i, , nni1,in.,, to tbo oti,ar. ,n1 nltborgh
tf....,.,s ,.o,.I1 is cmi,;tt,rn.l ,r; Llac,:prcl
l,,.,n.,,,,,,a...r ..r ,,,arriorc yl,er, the burden
w,. .rot nls,,.,e all aroma; ,,s ,,.e,; who are
hreni,ju.- not onI> The laws of l,eajsi,. ;,.5
sor,ntj,,lr, tle law, of tho land as we'll II,
t,aii nm, ni,rsuj; or ,h4 ..l,,sivo brt u,iehtv
,lnljsr ,..hi,a their ,vo,non,,ir,] utoil moi
no;,ln,. do ,,,cv snin n ond hv tho side of
u.h,,,, S,,,.non in oll his nlorv wouldn't erot
n ..sGicl,fni, in n ,,,..y,,,,, ,,..,. notice,
..rurpr.s yo law As1.. ,fn
When men worI, To s,nnort thei, ui...
and children in ill.,;os, and luxury IT ia
taken as n matter of course. When n woman
works to suu,,or, n husband in tho, sort of
fashion ,,,p may be ru,ied n fool but he is
c:,,;..d i, ,.,.u,.a And uublic opnion in both
these cases is founded ,;ron the fact that the
,n,u s,,,,t ti,. ,,o,n,,, ,;,,t E.. o;l;od her to
,,,a,.r, lin Mad thcrc lies h. ,rc,a,,
II ,yo,,,c., nro,,,.a tn ..nro,ost.,. h,, th.x
si,i, ,,o ~, 49,
81 lrs tat ,l,ar spaIl l.,i S,hn,i+ ~ tha
,i1lt t,,aj,, lr1i,nn,. Wv
s',o ~ l,L 'o'"i'' ~ ., e'.
ho ,ai1 ra.,,ansiI'Ia s no ,rhai,
li,.s w '','u .J' W. rlio.' .''',
w. ~ "'.,' ''''' 80 '"e' o '''ea'' '+''
''', 'V'. stee'' '"e'A'
But II they propose" less tEan that the
sooner they reconsider their determination
riuge to man can afford to stand upon none
iut the ofie>t and most ideal plane.
As n matter OF ,.;uitv there can te no oues-
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