Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-19

~ltnOuL. nleu s0ca s0nzeA as sf1c
.sz slAte I'll taa laws be more iusR
A.aety nlne ogt Of every hundred NO
Lue1 s41E4g SIS are married women.
IA enc ilIs4e love, protection an1 home
seemed - them far indeed, and waen
lhey took the solemn Cd. gsGion, either
expressed or imp. ed, % Dc the be- pful
confs1e, L world have r9laed their
chances foT weGlock lad they rspu1l-
1ted Their sex.
skiftIess are the sasragists.
Tue afdsnt female suifragist Is too
often supported u ease aud luxury
While she drpnves her husband of ner
compromising snd fans ~ exercise
toward Der chlfdFen that care anu at
tentl0n Hhlch - 50 essential 10 their
well being. There are great wrongs IN
tae world bns she only add. another TO
use fearful LIST when she becomes such
a tTansgTessOr. Hrg motive IA securing
The home winch sne atterwafd neg lects
may be ltkeEel 30 that OF tie one
WHO obtains goods under false pre-
lenses NJ woman responds 10 al offer
I'll marriage BY disclaiInlug all desire
fOg the duties which Will tail to her as
her lovers good Wife. Rather does size
exhibit an eagsFness for the OppOrtuh-
lty OF showing him bow well fitted she
Is BY nature and education To create al
ideaI home. She does not tell HIM
that ne may eat cold meat or no meat
az ali while she attends the caucus and
Convention. Before the nuptial knot
: tied she giores ia her womanly char
acter SHES we'll knowing that any man
OF sense would prefer for wife some
one who would at least desire 10 be her
own sweet self and not hybrid for
which pilOlogists have not As vet found
suitable name. She knows that men
hold N SUSPICION and contempt the te-
male who would unsex herself. She
knows thatthe man who loves her would
tie scancaized Ia see herat the polls hand
n glove with ralles and villains hoping
~ her influence 70 induce them to cast
their ballots Tor some great measure OF
reform. Men are skeptcal IS 10 the
good influence OF women IA some
places, suca as conventions and the tur-
ouient caucus. lie believes that her
influence IS better. purer and more
effective il she remains away from such
places. He knows she cannot mingle
nth the motly crowd without losng
that delicacy OF Thought aud speech
which y woman- greatest charm aud
lee regards all her attempts al wire pull
ling With suspicion and contempt. Men
know that when women hagglc with
men Tor their votes the chances for a
corrupt ballo. are greatly enhanced.
They know, too, that her moral iutlu-
ence viii dCpreciats. The truly refined
viii remain AZ home; wives and moth
ers worthy the name will not desert
duties which they alone can perform,
but the hawd will be there with all her
bgazcn wlckedness and hldeous pollu-
ton. The fallacy OF publication OF the
ballot will become apparent. The
female ward striker Will subject herself
20 just ridIcule and derison.
New Erooms sweep Well.
Down IN Kansas and IN Wyoming the
female sutfraglsts saw the new system
= 4 success, but il might he well To
wait few years before being SO sure.
Truly all women know or should know
that = new broom sweeps excellently
well. a few Of these reconstructed
females have drifted into this state to
strut about ana with much mounting
10 relate their great successes. IL these
are fair samples OF what equal suffrage
will DO for woman let female Michigan
pray tor deiIverance from il. 1t is
urged by the so-called reformers that
because women go out by the day
washing. scrubbing, sewing and wage
earning n other ways that their fam
HES Will suffer no more when woman
goes out to vote. In other words they
are wiling that the ouerburdened
female laborer shall take additional
duties and become pack horse. The
result of such condition will be n
large increase in the ranks of female
workers Husbands and fathers will
be less willing TO provide for the wives
and daughters IN the days when
the woman takes voluntarily
all her own duties and the
greater share Of his and man in
general will he justified IN expecting
the women of the household TO be en-
trely self-supporting in the time of
their perfect Independence. IL woman
y to be perfectly independent of man
the first step should be 10 provide her
shelter. bread and butter. but she
knows too well that she cannot do tins
satisfactorily and spend her time rant
ing All over the country. No man or
woman can serve two masters. The
artist becomes great because he devotes
all MS life and energy to his calling.
The great musician becomes one be-
cause he devotes himself entirely to
talent. Because some women are
obliged, by the exigencies of their sur
surroundings, to go out from homes
and graphic with the task of bread
winning, u does not necessarily follow
that all women should do 40. Nor will
equal suffrage alleviate their condition.
Working women are IN the minority,
and they know better than anyone else
that their hardest tasSmasters are Of
their own SET. Women who toll know
full well that II Is woman, lovely wO-
man. who will Jew them down TO the
lowest pos BILE price for their services,
and then compel them 70 work over.
time.
Overwcrk~d aud Underpsid Women.
There Is in this city az IN every other
large city class of female workers who
20 daily to the homes Of the rich to sew
by the dav." Nine out of ten OF these
women vii tell You that they ara sys
temsticalIy ovsrworked and undergrad
The women OF wealth will pay a female
employee the least possible sum for her
services and then require her to work
every moment during the noon hour
except the time actually consumed al
the t. bic and keep her bending over
her sewing until dinner - ready at $50
or nearly p. NJ. Indeed. it is well
known that the dinner hour - Otter
parposeiy delayed 20 secure from the
Bapless worker few more moments OF
her valushie time. When man hire,