Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-01-21


II cannot have cscnp'i thc attention
Of those who have Kept .lp-' watch u
the news columns OF the urw-papcfs
during the past year, that q tory great
number of breach Of prpAi-r ca.,s
have been tried IN the 1iiious Of courts
Of the country during tlh- time. rhey
will also have noted ma" fact that the
number of Young mrn who have com
mittcd suicide hecau-e nf di-lppolnl-
mcnts in love has htu illruir CIV barge
These two hct- apptrrDtly -o di--imi
lar have, ncverIhelr--, a -uggrsliyc con-
nection rhey Indicate. # they do not
show, that Nomrn arr uomiug more Ia
tind a balm Tor llccrated affections In the
courts, Whic mon SEEK Tor Jf ia suicide
IL would he -"meS hat novel light to
ace young ,uan -Iciug young Woman
in our courts for breath II promise.
Yet such spectacle was recently
afforded the country by Young
man In Western town aud PEG
pie have not got through laugh
Ing al it yet. II f. not thought that he
will win 50 stroug l. the sentiment
against such au unhcnrd ot thing, so
strange. So Revolutionary, go opposed 10
the social u-agrs OF mluklnl tor ST. many
centuries But Why -huud this feeling
EXIST Why should NOT "~ll,c for the
gander" be "Sau g tor the GOOSE sup
pose the young man had thrown the
young lady aside foe some new love, after
having solHmuly plgh,eihl- troih to her
Would not the world have truthfully
pronounced him hnlve. Would not
the Young lady have the moral support
of the community, and would not the
sympathetic jury Into whose ears she
poured her tale of woe have been very
apt to make the young mau pay dearly for
his faithlcssncss, thus leaving him with
depleted bsuk account in addition To-
the unsavory notoriety attaching to the
case lnuumcrahle eases of this char
acter have apparently shown very clear
ly that such would have been the case.
We do not condemn this. lodecd We
believe that man who would win the af-
fectious of woman only 20 cast her oil.
deserves to be dealt with severely hv the
law. There is no excuse Tor hun. Gu
the other hand there is no excuse for "a
woman who uses a man in a similar way
Yet because he IL a man, the world will
say to him shear your own burdens, "
and the usages of society would fix upon
him the stigma ~cowardicc" were he TO
seek the redress of the law. But why
should this be -ot l. the female dirt
worthy OF any more consideration than
the male dirt? WOULD not the uotoriety
OF the courts prove as wholesome med
icine for her as for hm. We do not see
why 1t should not. The female flirts of
the fashionable world are said BY those
who assume-either from observation or
experienced know about their pc
culisr characteristics, to glory over
the number of their victims. very much
IS AN Indian brave would exult over the
scalps that lined his wigwam, They
seem to find pleasure attaching men TO
their retinue for short time by the use
OF every seductive art aud vile Ia their
power-only 10 cast them oil later on TO
angle for fresh victims. When the "Ses-
SON Is over It's success will he inca surpd
by the number of engagements made
during it. Such life woman eau lead
with impunIty but it would be AN ex-
ceedingly dangerous Que for a man.
Suppose 1t were 50 with the female dirt
and that the FIRST victim to whom she
pledged her faithless troth. shout bring
her before the court aud, even II he
did not secure pecuniary recompense
for his outraged affections, at leas,
inniet upen her most undesirable
notoriety, swhat would be the
resultp Can we doubt that ii would end
her quest for victims" right then and
there. Her next engagement would
De genuine one, and society would thus
be relieved of 4 most undesirable person.
age. 1t is true that in some respects
society judges women by other and
hArsher standards than it does men. In
respect - marriage engagements, how
ever, the woman has an Immense sdysn-
tage. 1t may be right that such should
BE- the case. Woman lie weaker than
man. She has been brought up in the
past to be dependent on man, though. in