The sun., 1891-05-17

A .rrefouss r.say. sy rre6 n. d. Cope OF
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The foundation facts rof the situation. ~
they appear from physioloRical staadpoint,
arc somewhat opposed to our ideals. freely
admit :but It ls the history 6f every human mind
that is' not ,inourAbly Imaginative rather than
exact. olsarn the lesson which bondage 70
material conditions ipposes on us all alike
|, The equation ia .Askedi. il woman's ihfs-
riSrity the cause or ths eject Of her economic
subiecton :. The ehswerf n thar Il ,is the Of.
feet and not the csnse,ot sucn subsection, as
we'll "a OF body dwsrnng dress and custom"
This is tho fundamental error OF Q largo GLASS
Of women doctrinaires, and 1t needs but su.
psrfioial KNOWLEDGE Of natural history to com.
prehendit 1t. .,9.< 81. -.
Tho inferior physical strength OF the female
sex is general Though not entirely universal)
In the animal kingdom: And. as mentality ia
!, ono Of tho functions Of human mechanism. 1t
extends to the mental organism In man rs
we'll IL is q simple corollary Of the law OF the
conservation OF energy that where n large
amount Of enerGy .is devpted to one function
los romans for expenditure In performing
another ThelArge part Of the female organism
devoted to tho functions Of Restation. lactstlon.
and maternal care OF children simply puts her
out OF the race ns q competitor with man. on
anything like equal terms. Even II those
functions Ars not active the machinery for the
performance Of other functions 10 not thereby
Increased ID Quantity or improved in quality.
oxceptin such email dogree as one woman may
accomplish in lifetime. And this small &C.
compllshment she does not transmit, since the
unmarried woman has no children. t'.
call attention to the fact that. although
woman has had the advantage Of the inner.
itanco OF male accomplishments and capRci-
ties since the origin of the species. the reia.
sion between her and man still remains about
at 1t evsr has remained. Tho ono sex pro-
gresses about as rapidly rs the other. and
they m,liatsin about the same relative position.
This fact is 80 fundamental that It 10 unreason-
able to expect any change In the future. What
Gun be done Is to improve both seSos rs much
each with their limitations. In this way the
greatest amount of happiness may 10 attained
with minimum OF conflict and waste.
It is evident that marriage 10 the destiny OF
both sexcs. and Id the first place monogamic
MARRIAGE - 10 more q slavery to women than
.'s state % q saverv" 70 the the conaiiions OF
ssds h sad e. Soas sssms ssms
mitiRations can be doubtless introduced Man
s an essential part Ct shs VI SS and
sSss q lie IN the S rsat 0
,hss aea nhss e nsn and
That she should escape the consequences Of
Ssn 4 ss rh nG msa %S % s sSs ss
%s;,,:;y R;ss'.s$ aS;:s al ho an;
hs! mostly Ss 81 grim n.esa:
s.Ses RRosnss y,hs and naass
reprisals on society BY yappropriating the prop
asrs os os soCn g. ssms
women. dIseoniented with their. relations 10 q
hss se 70 Of h Wives sh'y 3 fno
wives surrender Al claims to more than tom;
women who ttink This the better system. and
act on But the men, generally abandon It
"5ssy 10 k%oS xaaa Saa Becomes 81 the wemen 70 More
that such men have not chosen wisely:
like amy ANIMAL" must make a living. The
sSeus ter
snch leisure time as they cap sa n; i1o%
nsvs soes eoos!
and I s6a
ensrsnss into the industrial Held as :
the fact that woman. not being respon.
~ Han aiIord to work at some ocenpati IONS Ior
much lower wages than man can accept. This
e as s s ss not dSc 1ass
thoushtle:s asitators assume IT, tS the par, par,
Ss .bcs ao Tss has
meniout Of them. and il the range Of such work
q e be much extended larger number @ Of men
Separsments o! iron msnuiaetures in
seoaaa dd undss such
men mtist emigrate or cease to marry. since
dnsy. On
ausnoes, @ ''Ss One o Q, these would oe Tho aI@np-
stiiution NJ Of { system in which women would
be- the chief sufferers. so that their success in
sedoa1d @ M tos 10 the S benz bsnss t1 OF women at large
do ng Ts e be
and b
ecy socspa!ion. alto s0B gs9 %eTels wish 70 posnt eas
that this state Of aflairs does not represent the
whore there is a surplus Of female liquidation;
to reaniorss the ndamen entaI fact on which my
20 ,ition rests viz; the disndvanlngeous rela-
3 ana SnaGss
and some men support them In this mistaken
opinion. Nevertheless the real state OF the
OF mankind. TO such ms do NOT perceive 1t. 1t
may bs O help to refer 10 tho fact that every
nity and tho teaching OF children may be as
well done BY mon as ty women, and = majority
women vt nil. The. fact that q number o!
wom.y tpccsed for q time IN occupations usu;;
principle. Indeed. II is often entirely proper
ana necessary that they should do 50. provided
that they understand tho general law OF soeia!
arisos. But OF this law they sometimes do not
hear. but are taught by alleged refoTmers In
that falsely assert that In tho nature OF things
the world 10 AS open for an'independent careor |
to q, young woman asto Young man: II