The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-26
THE W0MAN'S COLUMN
What Women Who Live by the
Golden Rule Can Do.
How Women Would Probably act in the Jury
Box-A Wife's Maintenance - Women
Less Nervous Than Men.
WOMAN LIMITED.
What Women Who Live by the Golden

What Women Who Live by the Golden
Rule Do for Civilization.
Editor IVOmdn'S Column, Morning Call:
A recent contributor asks, how far would
the race be in its march from barbariSm to-
ward enlightenment, had man waited for the
advance of woman? l viii reverse the
question and ask if enlightenment, even civ
nization, can be found dSaSsociated from
woman, and if the degree of civilization is
not in rect ratio to the freedom Of womanP
There is not as much civilization in the
Tower of Babel, the Hanging Gardens, the
Pyramids, or the Brooklyn Bridge and
Eitfel Tower, as in the rescuing of white
slaves, IN the protection OF labor, in the lift
ing Of the lowly; and he or she who lives by
the Golden Rule does more for civilization
than all our millionaires if they depart from
that rule. Civilization does not consist in
great material enterprises, they are but the
exponent OF power; civilization comes from
the growth Of unseltishneSS, thus developing
Justice from reaching out Tor higher and
better things, from expansion Of intellect
and soul, and to all these influences women
contribute their full quota. Considering
their dependent position, their activity is
remarkable. Stanley, with a Well-armed
baBd, tuiI Of resources,
PENETRATEs AFRICA,
DesOlating and killing. Father Taylor,
with men, women and children, and the
spirit Of the master, penetrateS the same
country without killing or being killed, and
the natives are blessed q his coming. The
Spanish coming to America without fami-
lies were a sc0urge to the natives, and they
destroyed what yer civilization they found.
The English came with wives and children;
they did better, and that colony of friends
who put no barriers Oh women never had an
Indian war. The more influence the women
had the more civilization. a nation may
be great IN ornaments and III massive
structures, as was Rome, yet be perfectly
heathenlSh IN Its aims, and may commit sui
eide By its corruption; soul and moral pur-
pose are essential factors in enlightenment
and women contribute their full share of
these; and could they make these elements
felt IN government we should rise out OF the
political miTe in which We now wallow.
The writer asserts that woman has no
works peculiarly of her own creation.
Does she furnish the kitchen" Her
needs aud ideas have been the incentive for
all kitchen furniture. John drives the nails,
but Jane suggests where he shall drive
them and fer what purpose, and she uses the
cUDYenieDces which she has secured
TO SUPPLY THE FAMILY LARDER.
Does the farmer manufacture the con-
veuiences Of his barn Does the carpenter
make bis tools, the merchant his goods?
Woman produces the food of the world, the
clothes of the world, the cultivating lnfu-
any class OF workers, and alone. often with
out sympathy; she lays the keel Of human
ity, she produces this wonderful creature
who turns round and challenges his mother
The ef1ice OF motherhood Is the most i'm
pOTtant In the world, fatheThOod next, and
she who fills that office well has done more
for civilization than any other worker, yet
unlike any other worker she IS den Ell con-
troll Of her work. Ii uSuTps authority over
her II is said that women cannot cook
vt-ifh n for Il ~ non
cook they usually have plenty OF provision,
are unchallenged as u its use and have no
other responsibility and some one else does
the SculliOU'S work or II is not done. W omen
with often little 10 do with do most Of the
cooking Of the world, as an aside from num-
ereus other duties, with little children him
deTng at every step and no help, yet almost
any woman cooks vegetables better than
our best hotel cooks, her meats do not all
taste alike and her pastry
DOES NOT PAIL on THE APPETITE
As does that Of some bakers. When men cook
they are paid we'll for it, but woman working
for food, clothes and medicine" and no
control as to their quality, doing no end of
other thIngs, so that she cannot make pro-
fessiOn OF anything. averages far better
than the men VINO compete with her. When
men sew, one cuts. another sews. another
makes buttOnholeS. but women cut, fl and
make al kinds Of garments with often lin
tied material yet they do very well. When
women do mems work. as was COM
mon during the war, and as is not
uncommon now, they are not con-
spicuOus failures. but men never try to do
WOmen's work in detail; when the need
comes they pack of one child to an aunt
another to mother or sister, keep the ones
that can help, and then declare that women
lack business ability" Give family and
equal means to man as woman and nine
teen times out of twenty the woman will
come out ahead, and If widows had to con-
tend with no evil influences other than from
women, their sons would always be pure,
their daughters a comfort. II is asserted
that "the bride does not even furnish her
pillow" If women do not make the pillows,
who does? Do men raise the geese, pick
them, cleanse the feathers, spin and weave
the cotton and
MAKE IT INTO A PILLow-CAsE?
Who beats and airs that pillow 365 times
per year? ii The pillows are Of wild geese,
is Il not as much to make the pillow as to
shoot the goose? Are not sweeping and
airing rooms as important TO the world as
days spent in adding columns Of figures or
rushing about ge ttlng up a buslneSsP Inc
writer says, woman does as she Is taught,
man reasons, investigates, experiments,
ETC." Through the school age boys d. not
prove superior to girls. There are at least
ten good scholars among girls to one among
boys, and 10 all school tests girls are quite
as likely to win as boys, and If we make
tour of any town we shall not ind that men
reason and investigate more than women,
or that they can any better give a rea-
son for their opinions or prejudices. To
DO the work of subduing nature men have
been compelled TO cooperate; II could not
be done single-handed, and the inventions
Of many minds have been collected in one
machine, their works represent man en-
masse-whiie the care of children, the max
ing OF a home, is individual work, and rep
Tesents woman single-handed. Few women
have ever owned their earnings or entirely
controlled their time, yet Camilla UrsO In
music, Rosa Bonheur in painting, and many
in poetry and prose demonstrated ability.
But what Of that as concerns human right?
Do we disfranchise men for not being
smart? Then why women2 3. S.
lilrol. June. 1891