, 1891-09-05
woMANs WORLD IN pAaAeaApHo

How n Great Opportunity Was Lost at n
Wedding Ceremony.
Marian v. Dorsey tells in the New
York Herald the story of a bride who
was opposed to the word "obey' in the
marriage service. She arranged with
the minister through a third person to
omit the hateful word. She was a wom-
an Of mature years, large brain, strong
will, wide experience and a writer Of
note. The idea of her obeying anybody
was therefore ludicrous. She went calmly
to church and stood at the altar in the
fond belief that the vows would be as
she had arranged. What was her horror
therefore to have the preacher PROFOUND
the same old whiskered chestnut, Glove,
honor, obey" A moment she hesitated,
then, without the culver of an eyelash,"
swallowed the dose, obey and all. She
said afterward that she was unwilling to
make a scene. But what a glorious
scene 1t would have been had she pos
sessed the courage and dignity to refuse,
for the sake of outraged womanhood, to
pronounce the monstrous promise. 1t
would lave been woman's splendid dec
l~aration Of independence. The brave
bride would have been the heroine of
the hour. She would have done more
than a thousand sermons could have
done to wipe this foul blot from the
churches of the end of the Nineteenth
century. Her new husband would have
admired her all the more for a woman Of
spirit, and would nave known by this
that the promises she did make she
meant to keep faithfully. But moi She
lost her opportunity.
One thing is certain: If women are
willing to let that anachronism, the
word 'obey," be retained In the mar
rage service they ought to keep the
promise they make and literally obey
their husbands, whether the husbands
be brutes, lunatics, drunkards or repro
bates. The marriage vows are the most
solemn of their lives, and women perjure
themselves by making promises they do
not intend to keep.
Under the new constitution, which
was adopted by so overwhelming a ma
jority in their state, the unfortunate
women OF Kentucky are put back a thou
sand years-relegated to the position of
their sex in the Dark Ages.
Mrs. Ellen Dortch is the plucky young
editor Of the Gainesville (Ga.) Tribune.
The county printing has been awarded
to her paper. To the insinuation of a
masculine rival editor that she got the
printing because she was a woman, she
retorts that she never in her working
life either asked or received any favors
on account of her sex. Brave Ellen
Dortchl This is the right spirit for a
working woman.
The secretary and treasurer of the In
diana Dairymen's association is Mrs.
Laura d. Worley, of Elletsville, n Of
the most successful dairy farmers in the
state. She has a herd of forty Jerseys
and sells her dairy products chiefly in
Cincinnati, getting prices that enable
her to do whatever she chooses in life.
Mrs Morley was a delegate from Indi-
ana to the National Dairymen's associ-
alton at Chicago.
Mrs. Laura D. Worley, dairy farmer,
and Mrs. Virginia Q. Meredith, breeder
of Shorthorn cattle, are two of Indiana's
commissioners for the Worlds fair.
These two conspicuously successful In
diana business women are enthusiastic
friends.
Governor Hoard, of Wisconsin, says
he has been acquainted with many wom-
en- who carried on farming more or less
extensively, and he never knew one to
make a failure of it. They pay closer
attention to details than men, he ex-
plains, and make their way more eau
tiously.
Women are designing creatures any
how, says Judge, and it is no wonder
they can be architects. But one of them,
Mrs. Horatio N. May, of Chicago, has
designed probably the most stupendous
work of any women of her time. This
is nothing less than a great steel boule-
ward tunnel to connect the north and
south divisions of Chicago in one con-
tinuous and beautiful driveway along
the lake shore. The tunnel, $500 feet
long, ventilated by electric fans and
illuminated by concealed i~ncandescent
lamps, will be only less attractive than
the lake shore drive itself, of which this
subway will be a part. 1t is expected
that the tunnel will be completed in
time for the Worlds fair.
Miss Hayden, architect of the woman's
building for the Worlds fair, has planned
lovely aerial gardens as a part of her de-
sign. None of the other exposition
buildings will be provided with this
feature.
ELIZA ARCHARD CONNER.
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