Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-19
aONCREL FEMALES
Gsrtrucs Gaisty stizlnatixss Equal
sutfragisEs a.
H8BLIHe lGIIaIORS nD SIRENS
She Eaters ists a ssassbis kssiss OF the
sabIse1 asa sh0@s fhAe LoEsiy Nc
s4Aa wsald Eases Herself ~
E4aal Ba4lsG

b<aAl4td4 Dat e nas become col1cn ptG-
oas through familiarity. Moreover the
woman Of TIE present day considers the
comparison odlogs. she sees 10 beauty
IA the likeness and cannot conceive
that one = as necessary as the other.
>ae does not enjoy beng Told that she
- dependent upon man for anything,
yet ny tar the greater number OF women
are taken care or oy men aud are cher
Isned right tenderiy; noF IS there any
known reason Why this should not be
80 Man - stronger physically and IS
endowed with az the Fuggedncss essen-
tial 70 lie Of trlal. Ia MS strength he
Il Ike the OAK or The elm or the firm
wooded maple. Woman has less
strength though her health may be g.
perfect but sne = equipped with more
dainty set OF bones ana muscles and III
thls way she = Ike TIE more delicate
products OF inc vegetable Kingdom.
Why she should be ashamed 10 own the
tact cannot readily be understood.
Zach IA It's way . as perfect, As esautl-
Iuls a. necessary as the other. The tree
exists, the Vlne exists. Man lives,
woman lives. Why should woman de-
s,re 10 De the tree and IN her assertIye-
ness lose half her charm
The relation of tie sexes 8 8 problem
wn.cu - yexlng Oue-nalf the world
now, the feminine hall, though Il
should not be 50 hard TO understand.
Both sexes are essential, and - long as
tbs earth will furnish an abiding place
Tor humanity both sexes viii continue
10 DC bora IL Is the Creators plan,
and lie knew what lie was doing when
lie made woman TO De the nelpnleet OF
man. No more wise and beautiful
plan Tor human happiness can ever be
suggested than that which the Lord
himself intended u Dc perpetuated.
To DC sure the weaker vessel has some
times, nay often, been abused, bat
brGtes, both male and female. are being
torn every minute. Ii Is not the direct
outcome OF the so called domination of
me sex by the other, but lt Is the result
Il heredity and talnts OF al kinds are
transmitted by either or both parents.
Equal Suffrage Not To Elevate.
The right of suffrage granted to
women. tho taking of an additional
burden upon her shoulders Is not going
10 eliminate the bestIal IN the human.
Rather IS IL 10 be eradIcated by the
creation and maintenance of perfect
home, home purchased and provided
for by the man while the woman guides
and directs Il. and Is happy and proud
OF her ability and opportunity to do SO,
realizing that the honor of a home
keeper ~ greater in the sight of God
and man than the honor p of the
clever and successful politician. II was
q fsr-seeIng individual VINO voiced the
sentiment 'The hand that rocks the
cradle rules the world" bat II wOnld be
unwlse III the author TO appear before
the progressive woman. liz there IL a
sentence IN existence which fills
her soul with rage il Is
the one just quoted. She says the idea
Is fallacious- Her husband would never
dare quote IL TO her or she would
straightway make mincemeat of him.
At the same time she forgets that his
dread OF her displessure is a practical
illustration of the truth of the hated
aphorism. In her heart she knows that
she rules his little world. and she knows
that the majority of women exercise
similar power. That woman can sway
man for good or evil is = fact conceded
by history of all times. Deillah, of
Biblical times, - not the only woman
who has schemed against strength and
prevailed. Cleopatra was another fc-
male who swsyed masculine purpose "a
she fsncied. Every woman admits the
truth Of the old saw.
when q woman will. she viii.
loa may depend on't
Bot when she wen 9. she won't.
And that's the end ont"
BY that same token the blind can ace
that woman suffrage IS coming. But
will It be for the betterment of the
home and the Nauon7 Has not wo-
nan already as many duties "a she can
fulfil with credit to herself and Justice
to humanity Are not her hands we'll
filled with sacred home duties9 Isit to
her discredit that she remains mt home
while her husband votesl No, a thou
sand times, no. The duty she = fulfill
ing il - elsvating and far reaching in
its good influence a the act which he
performs. A successful nation - a
nation of good homes and for the max
ing of a good home double lines OF duty
are necessary. When father and moth
or both enter the political arena, who Is
20 care for helpless innocents at home ,
Who will attend 10 the physical wants.
aud no less necessary moral and mental
needs Of the coming generations1 or
do these reformers intend 70 leave the
male specles 70 face the skillet and
cradle
Housekeeping Not Degrading
The intelligence and education OF
modern civilization are at fault Il they
are teaching the awful untruth that
Housekeeping = dexrsding: or that be-
cause woman keeps house. .he is the IN
ferior of man who provides house.
With few EXCEPTIONS is may De- noted
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men of captivating refinement. Rather
are they coarse and unsttractve even
with tbe superior activity OF mind
which some OF them possess. The vo-
man who can sheer as home toys ard
delights loses presfige where she would
gam IT. When she SAYS that
she was made for something
better than wife or something
less TRAN mother, she admits
that she = failure. When she SCOTS
~ vofnauiy requirements. ard giaries
IN the fact that they ara not IN her line,
she acknowledge that she e = mon
srpl she - 10 more worthy - respect
ana consideration than tne excrescence
whscR attaches hiWsgaf - some foelsa
woFflan IA eryier that NJ naay tafve
upen hsf patrmonv. TIE woman vno
snes no bcsniy in tne duties az her srx
md the man who shlrss those rpRpon.
abilities wach al eales inherit are
Goth andeserving - confidence. and
snoaid be- regarded "a unnatural
s~owths. Both are fepaisfve a. true
ma ard wouspn. A Nonan once ssisf
from a platform. IN this eitv II ara
81 tiref of hearing aiout home feiau
are woman > <ehsfe. | am ~ tFeg "a
beina tod that { e = mother duty 10