The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-04

Ougniy that now net he rack OF
the stake should force it from her; no.
not even wealth and fashion could
tempt her to resign 1t. Sac was married
very young to a clergyman of the Church
of England, a man whose violent temper
and gloomy bigotry made her first ques-
ton the saving grace OF the theology he
preached. But this questioning was
subversive Of all proper domestic dis
cipline, and the Rev. Frank Besant in
the name of Christianity turned his free
thinking wife outdoors and took her
| children away from her because the laws
| Of England did not consider a mother
! who doubted the creed Of the Church of
| England proper person TO train the
! young mind. So, widowed and desc
/ late, she went ont to work for human
| ity. When her children were old
enough to choose they went to her of
! their own accord. Mrs. Stanton writes
of the famous Radical. she Is one of
those rare characters, purified and ele-
waited by every sorrow. whose learning
has passed from her memory to her
! judgment, and made her wiser in all the
practical details OF life
have always had 4 sly suspicion that
there were a good many fools in the
world, but at present the most hopeless
| fools seem to me 10 be those superfine
individuals who base their claim to gen
tility on the fact that they wear hand
made underclothipg and scorn the ma
chine made Undertaking. Let those
wear the hand made gear, of course, who
prefer clothing which some woman has
darned her fingers of and bored her eyes
out to make, and after she has done IL
her seams are neither so handsome.
strong nor even as those made by the tire
less little iron fingers. Machine made
clothing is very nice and very pretty,
and thousands Of lovely women viii con-
tinue to wear it. Cranks can wear what
they like, but let them not presume to
criticise those who do not agree with
their nonsense. If they must wear hand
made clothing as a mark Of gentility, let
them. They probably need it.
The Catholic archbishop of Santiago
must have drawn very doleful conclu-
sions from his observations on the estate
Of matrimony in his archdiocese. He
has directed that hereafter all bride
maids shall wear at weddings black
dresses. Marriage Is a grave business in
Chill.
There is one state in the Union that
has no college for women. and the
thought Of coed" college would
brighten her out of her Rip Van Wrinkle
sleep Of a century. That state is Vir-
ginia-old Virginia. 1t is easy to under
stand why Virginia IS no longer the
mother Of presidents.
A woman, Mrs. Annie Baxter, has
been elected in due form clerk Of Jasper
county, No. This is the county of which
the Furnishing and growing town Of
Carthage is the county seat.
The Women's union of Boston has
inaugurated a series Of Sunday meetings
exclusively for women. The speakers
are always women. The topics dis
cussed are not necessarily religious, but
are usually of an ethical nature, and dis
tinguished and able women in all tee
walks of life address the meetings. which
are full of interest. Women's societies
ought to have meetings of this sort in all
the cities and large towns.
The voting in the Methodist church
for the admission of women rs delegates
to the general conference amounts to
this: 1t Is simply popular expression
of the sentiment of the church members
in general. The church in general has
voted in favor Of it. The authoritative
vote-that which will decide the matter
finallv-will be taken by the ministers
Of the church next year The preachers
viii vote not only on the admission of
women TO the general conference, but
on their eligibility rs delegates TO tine
ordinary conferences Of the separate
districts and divisions Of the Methodist
church. There is little reason TO doubt
that the result Will be In favor of the
women, however, since among the
Methodist clergy are some of the most
enlightened and liberal men on the wo-
man question to be found IN America.
Well they may be- too. for it is women
who support the church.
Bishop Vincent prophecies that women |
VIII be admitted as delegates 10 the |
Methodist general conference
Professor Lester F. Ward SAYS in The
Forum: Man has displayed more |
genius than woman largely because he
has been in possession Of a wider range |
of facts" Therefore. Oh. women, get |
facts. not about things that happened in |
some foreign country Z. 900 years ago. but /
facts about the science. history, govern /
ment. industries and social and political /
economy Of your own time. The wo- /
man who understands thoroughly sin /
gle one Of the vital questions of the day |
Is worth more 70 mankind than if she |
had at her tongues end the history Of /
all the poets and painters Of past ages.
Don't go into Sansc,it history. Study /
tie United States constitution and the
thrift ana silver questions.
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