The morning call., 1891-03-20

and slew devourng beasts to clear a way
Ior the coming of her husband or sweet
neart Where is the land OF her invasion,
where her conquests but in the ballroom,
what has she subdued but as missionary,
and what defended but the folies of
fashion, Let the works of woman equal
the works of man and her recognition to
political authority will not be refused
But 1t Is claimed that man would not
allow woman to rise; his authority over her
mas dWarfed both her muscle and intellect.
The sexes had an even start at the begin
ming, how is 1t that woman is so far behind
now? How far would the human race be
in its march from barbarism toward en-
lightenment had man waited for the advance
of woman? What has she produced that
she now demands so much? Has she spicd
out any law OF nature, fixed the principles
OF any science, discovered ANYTHING new.
invented anything? She has not even
ciothed herselt nor made the cosmetics
that she alone uses.
THE BANDS OF GOLD
Ihat adorn her person, the pearls, the dia-
mondS, the sapphres, the rubies, the sill
striped hose and the dlinty slippers with
which she parades the earth, like thing of
beauty, bear the impress of mans ingenuity
and handicraft.
=, Let woman look about her and mark
those things which are peculiarly of her
own creation. Has she furnished the par
lor? Are her works in the kitchen? Are
they on her own person. or those Of her
children? Does the bride furnish her cham
Der? No; not even the piliowI Bring
forth your good works, woman, and l for
one will fall down and worship them.
Although the proper sphere of woman
has not been clearly defined in this column,
l infer from what l have read that Que
cause of COMPLAINT is that man is too slow
to admit his nearness To the beast creation
and wOman'S nearness to the angelic. This
opinion l get wherever l see the cause of
woman eSpOused either in practice or in
argument The desire seems to be to SO
raise woman In the estimation of man rs to
place her above all labor, domestic or ma
ternal cares, and to relieve her of every
obligation to Self-Support. The great de-
Sidtratum seems to be that she is not prop
erly respected and woTShiped.
II woman is denied some privileges ac-
corded the man she should consider her
exemptions. The law has always been more
lenient to woman than to man. Ii she does
not enjoy suffrage she is exempt from its Oh
legations. Man, on account of his Difference
to woman, has peacefully yielded up nearly
all the light and genIcel vocations to her.
SCHOOL TEACHING,
TelegTaphy, copying, type writing, book
keeping, clerking and light manufacture
have all gone her way.
The argument advanced on this observa-
ton will no doubt be that she is the more
expert, more apt etc. But is it so? Does
the vOcatiOns, which from their nature are
peculiarly wOnahS, man is her superior.
When the art OF cooking wants amaster it
demands man; he makes a better dress
maker than woman, and eXcelS her at mil
lnery and Embarrassing. | never vet saw
woman who could get the same even quality
of bread from different grades of -four, nor
make a sewing machine accomplish the pur-
pose of its maker Woman does rs she is
taught, man reasons, investigates, expert
mentS and thus becomes his own teacher.
1t has been asserted III this column that
wOman'S ability to receive an education to
the same extent as man is proof OF her
mental equality. There is a great differ
ence between learning a thing once deter
mined. and determining thing worth
learning 1t took much longer to perfect
the English alphabet than it does to learn
it. The rules of arithmetic and the laws of
mathematics We're
NOT DETERMINED IN DAY,
But because woman is able TO comprehend
these she is now mans mental equal. The
best educated man in the community is sell
dom the one possessing the greatest mind.
Education is but filling the memory with
few facts; genius, natural intelligence, is
a gift Of the Creator. Woman can receive
an education, but she is slow in its
application. Her capacity has a limit
that plainly shows the end, man
moves slowly but constantly on. One
would think that woman would select
those vocatioHs or professions, or take up
those calings which come nearest her ma
ture, and by their practice astonish the
world. They love music, but they neither
excel in composition nor performance. They
love art, but where are their Raphaes?
They love poetry, yet they have 10 Shake
speare, no Byron, no Burns. They love
romance-in fact, they are all romance-yet
they have none whose works Will live like
those of Scott, Dickens, Goldsmith, Lever
or Dumas. Where are their sculptorS, their
humorsts, their preachers. their orators?
DO all these, too, succnmb to the heavy and
restraining hand of man?
Come, sisters, here is some material to
awaken your ire
March 9, 1881 SCISSORS.
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