The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1890-01-04
IF THEY WE'RE MEN.
what Fomous Women WOuld and
Would Mot DO.

you do if you were a manf" was re-
Gently submitted by the Lewiston
Journal 10 some of the world 3 famous
women. Interesting answers were re-
ceivcd, as will be seen by The extracts
given below:
Having always been perfectly con-
tented with my lot as "a woman, and
thinking woman's life 10 many ways
preferable To a mans have never
given u thought as 10 what | would
do if were q man. In fact, cannot
now summon the apparitIon of IA
single thing that | caunot do as a
woman, with the single exception of
voting. That | would do, and take
nv part 10 directing the affairs of
men. would do justice to all, and
withhold natural or social rights from
none. But then. would do all that
rs woman. had the opportunity
Harriet Prescott Spoford.
We're | man I'll do unto woman as
I'd he done by. | would not advise "A
wulnaG to buy real estate, and then
sell il to her at three times its value.
This il whit happened to me recently
in Atchinson. Kansas Kate Field.
would tell my wife something
every day, not only by look or act,
but in plan Saxon, that would convey
to her daily remembrance of the
love that was hers. Elizabeth d.
Custer.
I should reverence my mother above
all other women. and hold every W.T.
man sacr .d for her sake, aud IT | had n
wife should try and be as polite and
attentive la her ~ ii she was the vile
of snme either man. Mary j. Holmes.
would never let any woman know
mt for jusl what | was hy nature. but
having .hsenvereu bfr ideai at me
auul lrf IL live up Ia II, or rather
cop, i; "A, b.sl cnnpd. M man vel
has ever been all that The woman who
loves Inn tries tp believe him. II
were 4 uan | would take care that
she never iound out her mistake. -
Mrs. Frank Leslie.
wou Il never Imagine that the pp,.
session ot DIST tss taisr aud An
eye-giass could excuse viir breath ~
an insolrni air. And IN my general
association with women | would treat
them MS nearly as possible as like
other mrn Ia treat nv sister OF my
wife. Eta Wheeler Wilcox.
| should regard courage n the high.
est gilt cf God. but shou Il no. con-
slider prowcss in mere field sports As
constituting thai grea, git 10 excel
in moral courage, to be able 20 con-
trpl ones scif 10 xiii ihe evil in ones
inner nature, to be able 10 defy society
far principle, Is surely "A greater tri-
umph than to staad with ones loot
upon the body of ones country = foe !.
Ii | were man should count my
sell bic sed. indeed! But Providence
has ordained il otherwise. for ! am
THE DUCHESS.
do not exactlv know what | would
de- if were man, but | do know
what | would be, anu thut IL happy.
could go to the iheater without
waiting 10 he taken or hribing some
HmiabIe old lady to accompany me.
Iocnd indulge sudden fancy for
a midnight stroll under the stars.
could tell n woman IL loved her.
In short. | could live free, natural
and unfeitered life.
Men are ungrsteful for their privil-
eyes, | think. | wonder they are M,
n thousand times happier than they
are. To he sure never yet heard Of
Que who wanted To be woman. Did
you7--L Louise Chandler Moulton.
Thousands of women cDn iinually
wish they were men. For woman
not To feel or express the wish is the
exception rather than the rule.
And from the standpoint of the
perfect freedom and unrcstraint ac-
corded men 10 almost everything, all
women may we'll wish to be of the OPP
posite sex.
Woman's scope for action is so
small that / often marvel at the sue
cess she has achieved and influenced
in the world. Thrice more to her
credit, | say. then. is any success that
she is able to make than if she were
man. Fanny Davenport.
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