The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-12-14
OF WOMEN and OTHERS.
What the "Stan Reporter" Thinks Of
The Whippins-Post.
his LOGIC is GOOD, BY THE WAY.
Two or Three Reasons why . mar.
riea woman Should Retain Her
Maiden Name 60 Avoid Embar.
rassmens-syn pashy OF Chiidhosd

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Written for THE HERALD by STAT Reporter
A case OF brutal cbild-whipping by ar
extremely vicious parent ia North Yak
ina on Sunday last reminds me tina
We need different grade Of penalty
We need something that shall appeal to
the nature Of the criminal A man beats
his wife or his mistress. whales her until
1t would seem as though life itself mus,
leave its frsil tenement. He is arrested
and fined $40. l insist that not only ID
the victim uncompenssted, but the Grim
inal is in no sense punished. An eye for
an eye and lash for lash would seem
to be nearer equity than the present in
complete sequence. The whipping-post ID
regarded as q relic of barbarism, and
when some years ago its use was discon.
tinued in Delaware, I remember all the
northern journals made much Of the fac,
congratulated the state upon its ap-
proach to more complete civilization.
Now. believe that the use of the lash
on beasts Of burden is at times necessary
Brute force is often an essential. There
is but one way Of managing bull dog.
There is but one mode of dealing with
wild beasts. Experts tell me that an
attempt to control company Of elephants
without the prod would be a supreme
folly. The elephant is cunning. The
elephant is cruel. The elephant is long
suffering. He waits for his opportunity
and then in the twinkling of an eye his
docility disappears, and his marvellous
strength, ntellisently directed by an ex-
traordinary degree of cunning, is utilized
to uproot. to pull down, to sweep into
destruction everybody and everything
that has ever stood in his way or afforded
him the faintest excuse for so doing.
Beast tanners tell me that nothing under
heaven keeps the lion or the tiger in his
place, crouching with fear, except firm
faith they have in the superior physical
strength OF thtir master. The red hot
iron, the knotted lash, the lancet shaped
prod, starvation, red hot Goals of unques.
toned fire, these are the elements with
which TO con rol four legged brutes, and
when man, made in the image of his Gre.
ator, puts his moral nature on all fours
approaching the very beasts IN their bru-
tishness, he invites, it seems to me, the
lash, the red hot iron and such physica
torment as will convince him of the phys
ical strength OF his master, the com
munity.
Do advocate the lash? For men v be
use the lash. do.
Do l advocate physical torture? Fol
men who use physical torture. do.
We hang men who kill; why not Aos
men who whip?
don't think q married woman SHOULD
give up her own name entirely when sh,
undertakes to support husband. Pardon
me, l use the word support" as they us,
it ON theatrical posters, when you Sc,
The celebrated tragedian, Henry Irving
supported by magnificent company" il
small type. That is pretty much how i
is in real life, anyway. The domesti,
poster would run: 1.-THE handsome an
'nergetic John Smith, supported by Car
pline Smith (nee Brown" OF cours,
there are female stars in the domestic
drama just as there are on the stage
They play the same roles and, alas, lik,
the theatrical female stars most Of thos,
who attempt to star in the social worlc
meet with more or less disaster If no
ruin. Yes, men are the stars as rule OF
the stage of life. They get all the kudos
all the money, most Of the applause. 1t |,
true the women get q good d, al Of tn,
money away from them, but it may b
laid down as a rule that women have Il
earn the money they get, and many o
them are wives on very good salaries. Ar
actress must have new play to star in
and the woman in society who wishes t
star needs new fad. What lithographi,
advertising is to the actress, the dress
maker is TO the social star. The gossipG
play the part for the social stars that thu
papers do for stage ones. The society stal
does not charge money at the door, but i
costs your wife a great deal of money t.
go to her receptions; and indeed society
has borrowed lots Of ideas from the theat
rical business and the stage is mucl
'amer and uninteresting than real life
which has borrowed most OF its stroni
plots, much Of the "stage business" ant
many Of it's effects. They even have sou
venir performances all the time in fash
ionable drawingrooms.
As / remarked, don't think women
when they marry should give up theii
names altogether. You can't expect thai
men will marry if the wife does not give
up her own name. That's the kind O
brand that tells everybody his wife is his
not hers; and yet why shouldn't mar
give up his name if it comes? l dom
know that Mrs. Samuel Smith is any
more reasonable than Mr.. Maria Robin
son. Yet woman has to sign Mrs. Sam
uel Smith when she writes a letter. Sh,
may sign Mr.. Maria Robinson; but tina
doesn't look right. Nov it is rathe
awkward when an acquaintance or 1
stranger gets note signed Maria Robin
son. He does not know which Robinson
it is, whether Maria is married or unmar
ried. Even friend may be led into al
awkward mistake because he may no
know which Of the Robinsons he know
is called Maria. People don't Away
make il clear what the last name is il
tnfr adr,einu yau IN aav t,ofhina If uiya,