Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-02-12
A SPICY Reply

49, -INNrtUu
-'' Us thy last issue ~ our Valua-
'.' Inp't Tint / have stirred up a
.''1''., l"uu,f-u".t-arc regular high
Nf'f 81 the Womiu's rights pcrsua-
-l.u 900 the person OF one II L. Inman,
vh'thrf male or female l. mere con-
'''.ufr On nay part. Ia, | assume from
fh' tenor of the gt-h' II Is IA woman
With very hight tnge of auburn in
h'f h1If 4 Won, say red" for | thin k
Il.. f'tlon - thr better part Il valor. y
~O, remind. me oi a sportsman in the
~iti' Of OHIO Who went squirrel hunt
nt bud after wasting several shots on
Nh'l D., Thought was a bum v with he
OI.IN tnIl. d., discovered tO hIs dismay
ihtt BE- was .houting at "A louise on his
eyebrow think II the woman whose
itfr'l Of -four and Johnny's toes" are
h.th uut So often. will carefully ex-
anime herself she will find buccpha-
lnl- OF something else ohsiructing her
W,uil Vision II the readers of the
-ItNrNEp will carefully read the little
,i'u.Iuu Il January 18th, over my
signature they will notice there was
u.t a word sand about mans domi-
u.,flug over his wife, nor hint that
q man should raise fuss ali Il re-
p''nl-hiug the barrel Of flour, or of
lnhuuN'- toes. nor that a woman should
lr q huu-chnld drudge, nor that she
should bay her own -four, etc Here
b. lusi What ! said in brief: No man
ever pfusper'd IT, the fullest extent
without the 60 operation OF his wife,
and, that a man would he brute in
decd. Who could not appreciate a wife
elr' showed, lay her acts, that she
placed implicit confidence in his abil-
~ 10 provide lur her welfare and that
of hrr otl-pring that it is II want OF
confidence. 4 dIstrust on the part of
thr NtiV that causes most of the
truhi'- ~ families II there is one
h,iug the u nn needs the confidence of,
shu,c all others. 1t is the wife. How
ui;,n lac fails Ia get. it. Now | ask
iu all candur, ~ there anything wrong
about that ! am addressing myself
Ia the better class Of men and women,
not tu that class Of women who as
sumo the sell constitutcd guardian
ship ol the men whom they have
pledged themselves To- love honor and
cherish aud To- whom they should look
Tor protection and support. ii. l.. l.
has no right To measure all men by
hrr standard Of experience. have no
doubt that -hc had sad experience,
judging from her letter, and | feel
sorry ior her hut she is wrong in sup
posing that her little experience ex-
rmplihc- the traits Of all mankind.
u she i married. sympathize with
hrt husband II she il not, pity the
man Who gets her. presume when
she peunrl those lines she thought
shr was writing crusher, but like the
boy who puked sticks at the RAM"
the crush j. likely Ia rccoil upon her
II When ! pcnncd those lines !
hadn't the slightest Of intention OF
ruistpJ q Storm The fact is, about
uu' half ui the cflnsion" was taken
from an article in the ". \. Lcdgcr,
one oi the leading literary journals of
the world. aud marked it rs n quota
ton Ia my manuscript but ! see the
quotation marks were omitted in the
print. perhaps by mistake am not
~ the habit If appropriaiing another's
thunder without giving him credit for
It u the lady will take the trouble
~ examine the y. !. Ledgcr of Jan.
goth, She will find about one-half of
the article referred To rcrbdiim ct
iHeTpium ~ IL IL in the STANDARD.
With lupe that my unknown
lriend may cultivate the graces of
vumanhood aud throw aside her
proludiccs subscribe myself,
Yours muchly,"
j. &. Coo.