The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-05

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feminine aspirations. Mrs. Stanton shook
her snowy puffs and, in a tone Of "AvAunt;
get thee behind me, Labouchere,n she said (;
''PrOposei What do women want OF that
mere form7 There is more than one way Of
proposing and guess that women do their
share OF it."
Then MRS. Stanton dehberated awhile,
and when the oracle of aspiring woman
spoke again it was evident that the truth,
as Labouchere sees it, was fermennng in
her brain.
"All reforms move in parallel lines, =" said
Mrs. Stanton in a deep tone. "When we
have more advanced women we will no
longer have the wretched specimens of man
hood we see now. There will be greater
equality, and many distinctions will be
swept away, this one among the rest, may
be. But IL will not be until woman is the
equal Of man and can take her share ia the
question Of support that she can ask him to
marry her."
Then the truth fermented some more, and
Mrs. stanton proceeded:
This is the phase Of the subject which sp-
peals to me- A woman ought to have the
privilege of selecting the father of her chill
dren. In that case do you think any woman
would choose to be the mother of genera
ton of foolsi"
mo. indeed" assented the reporter.
cot course not" said Mrs. Stanton.
and they would select EmeTsOns and Millions
and Shakespeares for their husbands
Mrs. Stanton did not explain how we
would get enough Reniuses to make the sup
ply equal the demand. but perhaps that is a
minor consideration. 1t is quality, not
quantity, which is needed. She also asserted
that we would have more careful and cau-
tious marriages if women were to become
the proposeTs. Man, according to Mrs.
Stanton, is prone to falling in love as the
sparks to fly upward. He is the victim Of
successive mad attachments. in the course
of each Of which he proposes more or less
frequently. If he Is accepted, he is married
in haste and repeuts at leisure. This is the
secret Of the multitude Of unhappy mar
riages. IL women should become the pro-
posing race, all would be different. They
are more cautious, not 80 impetuous in love,
and more given to the contemplation Of the
possibility OF love after marriage.
But o, girls! Mrs, Stanton would have a
law passed by which you would be debarred
from marrying before you are %; SO, you
see, her ideas are not broad In all direc-
tions.
DR.. Jennie Lozier of Sorosis, who knows
a great deal about women and what they
want. does not think that. IL the chance of
proposing were given to women, men would
need to get them TO a "monkeryn or self
protection. She thinks women have the
best of the matter now. They can win as
surely as II they went forth TO conquer by
proposing and then have mono
Of the ignominy of rejection.
She. too, says that there is more
than one way OF proposing, even in extrsme
cases, and cited the example of Puritan
Priscilla, when she said
why don't you speak for yourself,
Johnp
Mrs Lozier says that under no circum
uf oh,
is financially the superior of the man. Even
then she must be absolutely sure of his love,
for, according to Mrs. LOzier, a man needs
a greater capital of love before marriage
than a woman does.
Gertrude Anterior has had a great deal
of experience in the ways of that garden of
unconventionality, California.
Well, Pm quite certain" said she, that
a California girl would be perfectly capa-
BILE of proposing, whether MIR. Labouchere
had established the fashion or notn
"Do they do il nowm
sit isn't exactly the unanimous custom,
but presume there are instances of it,"
Would you propose to man you wanted
to marryn
Cant imagine wanting anything of the
kind"
'Well, tryn
Mrs. Atherton tried with the following
result
"a woman cannot propose marriage to
man unless she can supplement her pro-
posal with the assurance that financially
it will be mere matter Of partnership. If a
woman suggests matrimony otherwise she
places herself in the ranks of those who
make their beauty their stock in trade. On
the other hand, if she offers to bear half
the expense, the man, even in declining,
must still respect her, nor can she have
forfeited her sslf-respeot.
ut is quite safe to say however, that the
woman will not be rejected because the
woman who makes such a proposal will
have too much intelligence TO make mis-
take in the man.
Mrs Atherton then corroborated Mrs.
Stanton's prophecy by saying that when the
time comes that it is the custom for women
to propose q law will be in existence forbid
ding girls to marry at the early age now
possible. This she said, is because girls are
governed by admiration OF outward quali-
ties, if only Of the picturesque. Women of
30 are governed by reason, no matter whas
the strength of their natures
Now, these opinions are gathered from
bright women of widely different types, and
it is odd that the one point which seems 20
appeal most to each Of them is not from the
romantic or sentimental side, but the practi-
cal. IL Is the question of money, and if
these women are to be believed it will not be
until women have their own purses, as we'll
as their hands and hearts, that they will
offer 'all they have" to men.