The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-24
WOMAN IS THE TRUE REFINER.

woman's Responsibilities Are just as
Great Those of the Men.
Editor Romans Column. Morning Call:
Woman is the true refner of human nature;
the true civilzer Man makes the home.
woman beauties it. S. s. is az fault how
ever to assert that the works of women do
not compare equally we'll with those of man,
and does her an injustice. Woman's duties
and responsibilities are just as grave and
great as are mans. 1t is necessary for me
to go into details of comparison, as S. S. has
already done so in this column in eloquent
and unimpeachable fashion.
Woman has performed Der duties as we'll
as man has-and as i'll. The world over, his
tory and observation show us that man
and woman keep even pace, relatively, with
each other, morally, intellectually and phys
ically
But THERE is ONE FACT
Which S. S. denies has any influence over
her convictions, and, consequently, in her
opinion on government she has even said
that this certain infiuence,is "all nonsense"
yet the fact of the potent presence of that
same mighty influence stands out in relief
in every comparison she cites to show the
direction of women's power and what 1t has
accomplished. And this great, Influential
fact which pr0claims itself irresiStibly in
S. SIS arguments and citations. is my pet
theory that woman does all good deeds,
makes all her advancement and achieves all
her wonderful successes at home and in the in
terestof suffering humanity. The suffragists
Will please stress that paragraph, noting at
the same time that woman has done and is
doing generally her own work without v0t-
ing at the polls on il, and that where, as In
this country, we enjoy the freest religious
liberty, We can, ii we will, make of our
selves all we should be-Christians. And q
nation of true Christians has little need OF
Legislatures and courts Of law.
And l may add, as a supplement to that,
that whenever and wherever woman has
abandoned herself TO idleness and folly soci-
ETY. and government have suffered and weak
ened proportionately.
IT is SO IN THESE UNITED STATES
To-day. The men are as good or AS bad as
the women one way or another. Our society
Is as pure or as corrupt as men and women
make 1t In their association with one an
other, and our government is constituted
and administered as beneficially or as in
1uriously as the disposition and ca abilities
OF our human species OF domestic and social
production allow. Any true thinker cannot
question that, though dare say the suffrag-
lists will have try at 1t. they who are try
ing to purify its waters by working up-
stream instead OF down. They seem to
overlook the one simple, great fact, that our
people govern themselves, and also that as
sho poopio dic ou Will tHciI government De
that we are living, not for time, but for
eternity; tina. the ballot is not one of the
sacraments; that II ayaileth man or
woman nothing II he or she gain the whole
world and lose his or her own soul: that
spiritual perfection is attainable without
political knowledge.
THE WORD LOBBY"
Is what seems to stick the most In the
Threats OF our women, particularly those
OF the suffrage persuasion. But there is no
getting round the divine word conscien-
tlousiy. Women are bound by command
ment to obey their parents-one of whom is
a nlan-in their youth, and they are made
to swear to obey their husbands when mar
rying.
They are not required to obey their sons.
and there is where the scepter is given into
women's hands. their sons are bound to obey
them. III the good suffrage advocates de-