The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-13
SENS BILE WOMAN CONES TO THE DE
TENSE OF TIL. EAGLE AND
IT'S ED.TOR.

order TO please whom she terms the lorus 1
of creation" Now | am only plain sew
ing woman, v 18th no aspirations whatever TO- |
ward upper tendon, or any of its pleasures
or folies, but my occupation puts me IN a
post. on to hear a variety OF Opinions on !
this subject, and have never yet heard
woman, no matter how ardent an admlrer
of the masculine sex she may be, intimate
that she would even dress unbecomlngiy
to Dleese all the men in creation.
In the first place, women are contrary
They can't help it. 1t is as much their
nat ure as it is the mems To be overbearlng
and hateful, Hence, SO much trouble IN
the world, sees And this very contrari-
nrss-if men should get so mean again as
TO want them TO take back seat, and
make themselves ugly and stupid-would
prevent them from ever wearing gunny
sack, or anything approaching IT. Oh no
my dear Isa, you understand neither men
nor women when you draw any such con-
illusions.
And another thing. don't you know my
dear, that men are just as anxious
to appear well in the eyes
of the women as we are to appear we'll to
them. Certainly they are Why, 1t was
only yesterday l said TO friend OF mine
land by the way he is the handsomese man
in town. who has been wearing one OF
those grey checked caps, that If he knew
how he looked with it on he would never
wear it again. Well" he said, that
settles it, I'll never wear that cap again;
for if there is anything want II IS to ap-
pear well in the eyes or the LADIES' %
YOU see we are not the only ones who
dress for effect ] honestly believe men
are yainer than women as a rEle
| agree with the EAGLE that the present
style of dress is the most sensible. beaith-
full and beautiful of any history. Yet TO
my mind it could be improved upon.
Take our skirts, for instance. tashlon
DEGREES that they must be long and tight.
Talk about the human form divinei Ii 1t
isn't displayed to the utmost in these
! self-same skirts. | don't know anything
| abous it. Truly those who run may read,
or see Now | love the plain skirt. There
| is nothing so sensible or stylish, II they
are not overdrawn, spesta. But take
girl with one of these over drawn or under
| drawn skirts, and tight plain waists one
sees so often, and let her walk
I'D street with her young man
| and If one cant tell more about the size and
! shape of her body and limbs than they
can of the mans then / am willing to eat
my last years hat. But then to see her
dance: Ye Godsi But it would be an aw
/ u
| pardon | meant limbs No. We must be
! modest at all hazards And another
| thing my dear Isa, don't think you are
| justified tn pulling the poor Old EAGLE S
! tail feathers so viciously. for II L under
stand him Alright, he has ever been
| pIumed and armored knight IN DEFENSE OF
! our tight(s) skirts. In TACT l think be has
been over jealous in his praise of them,
rather warm, as you might say. Don't
YOU remember tie pathetic wall that went
up TO heaven on the stormy winds OF No
vember? How deeply he grieved that he
had not been born Later? His regret that
he was old now. when he so longed to be
Young? How be thanked heaven that his
eyesight had been spared him that he
! might at least look his I'LL upon the NOV
! ing panorama of living, sentient flesh,
| which the wind tossed skirts revealed to
hi, enraptured eyes as he sat at his sane
tum window? Eor my part, L don't see
why he should grieve so deeply. L don t
know what younger men can do but look
aud-well. perhaps wish But then | don't
pretend to know anything about 1t.
| when love by women stoop to folly" a
man behind he throne is not always the
cause by big majority. That old chest
M; makes one weary, and utterly as
proves all your boasts of womans equal or
superior mind to say nothing of morality.
If women are equal or superior TO men,
how is iu you claim that men can lead
them around 10y the nose, wrap them
around their little finger, make them wear
! guuny sacks. or do any Of those things
YOU claim they can do. In one breath you
say woman will make themselves fools or
ANYTHING else to please the men, and In
the nexi you claim for them such immense
superiority that the average man couldn' t
hope to touch them with ten foot pole.
| You must excuse my common expressions
Isa, but they express just what l want To
say, so they must go.
/ have too much faith in womens good
sense and Judgment TO believe that men
can make them do any such thing, as d
rule God made women truthful, believ'
Ing implicitly in the man she loves. That
men betray this trust so often is to their
eternal disgrace and dishonOr, But we
are getting more practical all the time
and hope and believe the time will come
when we can meet him on his own ground
and hold our own: You notice that men
both speakers and writers are in agoIv
for fear the higher education of women
will leave the world without
mothers. / believe you will fine
if YOU study the subject, that they refer tC
women who are wives and mothers who
still want to lead public lives. Our schools
and colleges prove that men believe III
educating girls as thoroughly rs boys, be
cause more girls graduate every year than
do boys, and I my part heartily agree
with those same speakers and writers thai
wives, and especially mo- hers, have diff
fereut and far nobler work 10 do IN the
world than to try to take all mans priv
, ileges and pursuits. | don't say that :
woman has no right or ability to do any
of these things, because | know she has
but If she wants to he doctor or lwyer
politician, engineer, or even pugIIlst, 1
She wants to lead public life OF any kind
| do not claim she has no right to get mar
ried. There is no use talking about it
where one marriage of that kind IS sue
cessful there are ninety-nine which ART
worse than failures. But above ali things
the mother should be educated, eduoateC
thoroughly, and no one understands anC
appreciates this more than the men
Most men love their children, and ar
supposed to love their wives, (1lthOugh
! have nv doubts on that subject and o
course they don't want their children Il
come into the world. aud have some one
to take care of them who don't know
paregoric from Kerosene. On no, nothing
.. Of that kind for them. They would fee
as though they ought 70 stay at nome anC
look after things themselves. And stay
| ing at home, when they can be anywher1
else, is where they draw the line. DO the!
draw it tight, Well. l would like q
know one wife in this town who cal
! swear to her husbands whereabouts. Well
we must be philosophical, and say Will
King Soman. where ignorance Is bliss
/ It's jolly to Be blisser. EDITH
TEE FOURTH NATIONAL
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held its annual election yesterday will
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