The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-22

prr,,,. s.. - sue Douy, mind and soul Of
r;n .rae I: vas bodily trsmlneled, laced,
= vas oycrshadowed, hampered and dis
. .IIed Dy convential rules and Miss
= u,.undy To be free bodily was hovden.
,sn, 70 nave opinions was masculine. n
s nsss ASPIRATIONS other than for husband
ss.srs Sl.alaten Was unwomanly. 1t was the
s;,s.sI pain caused in an ardent bur very
tnis sudden transition from the freedom Of
=, mas1le % the prison Of the world, that led
a. nle % dedicate my life to the emancipa-
s srn o. woman, and the advancement az
LIS gospel who IS the best friend that
women ever knew
LILLE DEyERKUx BLAKE.
les" said Lille Deyereux Blake.
oman's progress does interfere with
marriage. It makes girls fastidious. In
New York two-thirds Of the unemployed
women marry, while over one-half Of the
scnool teachers remain single. This, said
MT Jasper, superintendent of public
schools, - because sensible young woman
isn't exchanging certain $50 for an un.
certain young man. Nor is this independ-
ent or emancipated woman to lose her at
tIactiveness. Higher education, finer
thoughts and equal rights will not obliter-
G aye. out rather add to youth and beauty.
properly supported, and the men of the
future may count upon having compan.
Ion as we'll as wife,"
on $4,000 GIRLS AND l0-cEsr MEN.
The Rev. Anna B. Shaw, president Of
the Wimodaughsis, national lecturer for
the suffragist organization, when ques-
toned said without hesitation:
! have no doubt but that this emanci-
patton Of woman, political, mental and in
dustrial, will have marvellous effect upon
marriage. It will tend to decrease the
number Of bad marriages. 1t will increase
the number of happy ones. Just SO long
as men continue to marry their mental in
fer1ors and women to select their moral in
fcrlors, marriage will be unequal and un-
satisfactory. As there will be fewer ILL
sorted marriages among equals, so there
will be smaller families and better chill
dren. II were to state the chief cause of
domestic unhappiness where divorce is not
sought, would say it was the wife's lack
of financial independence. When women
have demonstra ted their ability to earn
money we will not see the daily desecra-
ton of the insti tuition called marriage. In
short. as Carrie Lane Chapman puts it,
We will not have $1,000 girls
marrying 10-cent men, The wife of
the future will demand, not as a
privilege, but as natural right, her share
of the money, and she will enter matri-
moiy as partnership or she will carry
on existence alone in reasonable indie
pendence. When women are emancipated
intellectually men will make them COM
panions, and neither be driven to male
acquaintance nor to other women for
mental stimulus" Referring to the effect
of high education upon marriage, Miss
Shaw stated that careful study Of college
alumni records develops the fact that col
lege-bred women marry later in life and
bear fewer children. but that fewer of
these children die, and they are superior
both in physical and mental constitution.
Speaking of her personal experience as .
minister she said:
For long time was puzzled to know
why all of the marriage ceremonies per-
formed by myself had presaged ideally
people, but having kept trace of them all
Tor years, / was continually surprised that
each marriage had proved perfect mat
ing. Now, however, / begin to see that
when man is broad enough to choose a
woman for this ceremony, or to concede to
his bride the right to select woman, he
possesses the broad character which will
make of marriage something higher and
better than physical relation, or that of
master and housekeeper."
A coSGREssMAN's DAUGHTER.
Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton, the daugh-
ter Of Judge E. B. Taylor, of Ohio, and one
of the Worlds fair female managers, said:
"This new departure of women may de-
crease the number of bad marriages. but it
will make wiser and better ones. Men are
even yet little inclined to resent this new
independence. They cling to the idea that
love must fade or be spoiled by it. That
marriage will be less beautiful relation
when woman is something more than a
pet and dependent, clinging child. They
mistake also our demand for political
equality as desire to follow mans
methods and steal his perquisities. We
care very little for the brass bands and
torchlights of politics; we care less for Of
fees. What we women hope most from
political equality is equalization of pay and
the opportunities for individual life that
men enjoy"
RACHEL FOSTER AvERy'e EXPERIENCE.
"My marriage may be quoted as result
of suffrage training on both Sides" said
Rachel Foster Avery, secretary of the Ma
tional Woman's Suffrage Association.
Both my husband aud myself were born
and reared in anti-slavery and woman's
rights families. His mother is devout
suffrage worker, while my father was the
first man in the country to pay women
printers salaries equal to men. At the age
Oh IL WIOte my uISt NOIudii rights
essay, and the same year, Mr.. Avery, then
boy of is, wrote q similar one in college.
We were introduced years later through a
suffrage convention. that is. by a letter
from mutual friend in attendance. had
long before this become used to the idea
of d-maidenhood. Very liberal home
training had made me fastidious.
Being fond of children, ! had legal
ly adopted little orphan girl
and planned my life without reference to
marriage That Introduction. however.
brought a man whose life and purposes
were similar to my own, and after adopt
ing a domestic platform of love, liberty
and equality we served notice upon our
friends that the third party had declared
its principles. The Rev. Anna Shaw.
Methodist, postponed couple of suffrage
meetings and came on to Philadelphia to
perform the ceremony. She was assisted
by the Rev. Charles Ames, of Boston,
famous Unitarian. We have a daughter
now aged 9 months. and who already is a
member of four suffrage societies, Of Chi
cago. of Cook county, of Illinois and Of the
National. My own happy marriage on the
liberal plan is my answer 10 this question.
And my last conclusion, said this young
and charmingly gay-spirited woman, "as-
sures me that an equal rights marriage can
never be failure.
Mrs. Avery wears a watch, on the face OF
which is her husbands picture, and
among the official papers in her handbag
was another of the same handsome man.
The mutual alteration of this couple
furnishes many stories among their
friends.
OTHER NOTED WOMEN.
Said Julia Ward Howe: with this