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the chaplain, and became bitter prudes
and bigots in their old age; later on,
they scheme to outvic zach other in the
Graces Of a grand monarque, or a Charles
II, or they marry country squires and
..suckle fools and chronicle small beer"
until their drowsy death. But it is I'M
gracious to pursue this retrospect Of
what woman's existence and what her
relations to man have been in the past,
for nous dUOHs change tout celia, and
woman in the present and in the future
is a far fairer sight.
But man, like the fly upon the wheel
of Time, feels the movement, dimly per-
ceives the progress, and cannot for the
life of him understand what is the power,
or how to control it. Steam he knows
all about; electricity he is graphing with
pretty successfully; the odIc force he
talks about with more or less intelli-
gence, but what sort Of force or power
moves this coach wheel, which lie dimly
perceives he does not move, only rides
upon?
Well, giving up the problem, he says
there isn't any power at all, it just goes
nobody knows how, and for his part he is
not going to attend to any such nom
sense; woman is what she always has
been, the adjunct of man, the feebler,
less responsible half of his own existence,
whom he is bound to control, to elucate,
to protect and to ]patronize. While she
is young and pretty he will make love to
her, and If she resists his pursuit he will
probably want her very much indeed,
and say a great deal about her perfec-
tions and merits; having obtained her
and in parenthesis the man remark thai
she generally is as glad TO be caught as
he is to catch her-the mans duty is to
treat her kindly, but not to let her sup
pose she can manage her own life, much
less his; hasn't she promised TO love,
honor and obey, and does she fancy he
isn't going to exact the whole bond?
lie doesn't expect her to know or care
about his business: if he IS a business
man, she couldn't understand, and her
opinion wouldn't be worth taking; if he
Is = lawyer, he takes good care not to
tell her anything about his cases, be-
cause. you know, women cant keep a
secret, and invariably put ON their BON
nets aud run over to Mrs. So. and-so's TO
retail every bit Of gossip they can pick
up; besides, a woman has no idea of law,
logic, equity or precedent. If he is a
clergyman, lie has a fine time, for lie
pclts her with st. Paul, and enunciates,
wives, be obedient to your own hus-
bands" in a fine chest one.
Altogether man is quite sure that lie
knows all about woman and is perfectly
competent to guide and govern her,
along with the children. etc. But this
new departure! What is to be done
about ii? First, he peevishly mutters:
"Nonscnsel Don't be sillyl Go get n
new bonnet if you want it, but don't
talk like n fool!'
This doesn't quite seem to quiet the
commotion, and he wakes witty about
long haired men and short haired wo-
men" and asks his wife. or daughter, or
sister, il she is going to order the neither
gar'denis Of his tailor or buy them ready
made.
Even this whitening sarcasm doesn't
altogether nip the pcstilent growth Of
this stem of rebellion, and then the
shrcwdcr kind of man tries to identify
himself with the new order, and is mag
unanimous and kind and %patronizing to
Lilith, and holds out his hand, saying:
Come, then, III help you up to the sad
die right in front of me, and you shall
manage the snuille ring, and IN hold the
curb aud keep the whip"
To this proposition Lilith replies, il
effect, that man is quite welcome to rid,
his own horse after his own fashion, an,
she shall not interfere 80 long us he doe
not obstruct her path, but that she is her
self well mounted. and feels quite abb
to manage s%nalile, curb, whip and spur
she is very willing md DESTROYS to rid
alongside of her comrade man in tn
most amicable spirit; she secs that the,
are both bound to the same goal, and sh
grants that each can make the roat
pleasanter and more profitable for tn.
other, but she insists upon it that he
stced Progress is quite as valuable as hi
nag Precedent and il he will not ulloy
her roum 10 ride by his side she shaI
certainly push for the front, and ma,
, unfortunately crowd him to the wall n
she passes.
At all events, she does not propose T.
be crowded to the wall herself, nor doe
she intend to ride any longer upon pre-
cedeut, either behind or before men; sh
il daughter of Liltth, equal in every wa.
| to Adam, although in a different direC
ton; she does not claim to govern O
% direct him, nor does she mean to let hin
4 govern or direct her. That sort of thin
t does very well for the daughter of Eve
g that poor creature who could not resis
t the Establishments OF Satan nor the de
4; sire for forbidden fruit, and who, havin
got herself into n scrnpe, dragged Adam
+ into 1t after her. But |, says Lilith, au
4 quite u match for Satan and his pippins
5 and am brave enough to fight my owi
, battles and bear my own penalties. A
r | nsk is that man should treat me as we.
+, rs | treat him, or as he treats his brothe
F., man.
e There lies the question. Will man
1 can man see that "A new condition O
. affairs obliges him TO adopt IA new atti
: tude? The good steed Progress is bcaI
ing woman to the front; will he dra,
Precedent aside and make room that III
S two may ride on together, true and faitl
full comrades. OF will he insist tina SIT
run at his stirrup, sit cozily upon a pi
70 lion at his back, or perch prccariously i
front and guide the snaiile rein:
: Ore thing is sure and certain. the oil
5 order of the world is changing and "A ne,
order is coming in; nor can the will c
one man or all the men in the world, nc
, nor of all the women into the bargain
/ retard, or aCcel, rate, or alter the cours
] Of that great change. The only thin
. we, both man aid women, can do is {
! adapt ourselves to it. Let the wome
open wide their eyes to the now spher
of action opening before them; let thct
emancipate themselves in the best mem
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