The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-09-04
woMANs WORLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
How a Great Opportunity Was Lost at q
Wedding Ceremony.

How q Great Opportunity Was Lost at q
wedding Ceremony.
Marian v. Dorsey tells in the New
York Herald the story of bride who /
was opposed to the word ''obey" in the
marriage service She arranged with
the minister through third person to
omit the hateful word She was wom-
an of mature years, large brain, strong
win. wide experience and writer OF
note. The idea Of her obeying anybody
was therefore ludicrous. Shewent calmly
to church and stood at the altar In the
fond belief that the vows would be as
she had arranged. What was her horror
therefore to have the preacher PROFOUND
the same old whiskered chestnut, "love.
honor, obey" A moment she hesitated,
then, without the culver of an eyelash,
swallowed the dose, obey and all. she
said afterward that she was unwilling to
make a scene. But what glorious
scene it would have been had she pos
sessed the courage and dignity to refuse,
for the sake of outraged womanhood, to
pronounce the monstrous promise. 1t
would have been woman's splendid dec
laration of independence. The brave
bride would have been the heroine OF
the hour. She would have done more
than a thousand sermons could have
done to wipe this foul blot from the
| churches of the end Of the Nineteenth
century, Her new husband would have
admired her all the more for woman OF
spirit, and would have known by this
that the promises she did make she
meant to keep faithfully. But mol She
| Loot har nDDOrfunitV
One thing is certain: If women are
willing to let that anachronisIn, the
word ''obey," be retained in the mar
rage service they ought to keep the
promise they make and literally obey
their husbands, whether the husbands
be brutes, lunatics, drunkards or repro
bates. The marriage vows are the most
solemn of their lives, and women per5ure
themselves by making promises they DC
not intend to keep 80 i.t.
Under the new constitution, which
was adopted by so overwhelming ma
iority in their state, the unfortunate
women of Kentucky are put back thou
!, sand years-relegated to the position o
their sex in the Dark Ages s'f
) Mrs. Ellen Dortch Is the plucky yonnG
editor of the Gainesville (Ga.) Tribune
The county printing has been awarded
81 TO her paper. To the insinuation OF i;
: masculine rival editor that she got tn
printing because she was a woman, sh'
retorts that she never in her working
life either asked or received any favor
: on account Of her sex. Brave Ellel
1 Dortchi This Is the right spirit for
80
: The secretary and treasurer Of the In
n diana Dairymen's association Is Mrs
: Laura D. Worley, of Elletsville. one o
: the most successful dairy farmers in tn
a state. She has a herd of forty Jersey
# and sells her dairy products chiefly i
7 Cincinnati, getting prices that enabl
|. her to do whatever she chooses In life
9 Mrs. Worley was delegate from Ind
g ana to the National Dairymen's assocl
: alton at Chicago
8 Mrs. Laura D. Worley, dairy farmer
d and Mrs. Virginia q. Meredith, breede
= of Shorthorn cattle. are two of Indiana
i commissioners for the Worlds fan
g These two conspicuously successful IL
diana business women are enthusiast
friends
: Governor Hoard, of Wisconsin, say
l. he has been acquainted with many won
7, en- who carried on farming more or LEI
~ extensively, and he never knew one
Ie make a failure of it. They pay Gloss
n attention to details than men, he e.
~ plains, and make their way more cal
ia tiously.
"a Women are designing creatures an
- how, says Judge, and it Is no wond'
re- they can be architects. But one of theI
y, Mrs. Horatio N. May, Of Chicago, hi
u designed probably the most stupendO'
Vi work of any women of her time. tn
is nothing less than a great steel boui
b. ward tunnel to connect the north al
~ south divisions Of Chicago in one co
"a tinuous and beautiful driveway aloI
the lake. shore. The tunnel, $500 fe
ar long, ventilated by electric fans al
o1 illuminated by concealed incandesce
A. lamps, will be only less attractive tn;
of the lake shore drive itself, of which I'll
y, subway will be a part. 1t is expect
Up that the tunnel will be completed
n time for the Worlds fair.
es Miss Hayden, architect of the woman
70 70 building for the Worlds fair, has plann
b, lovely aerial gardens as part of her
e. sign. None of the other expositi'
buildings will - provided with til
feature.
- ELIZA ARCHARD CONNER.