Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-26
IN RRlEF

Even casual observer OF the signs
Of the times must see that the woman
movement Is not MT st0udstill, and be
convinced that It is not OF SO little so
clal Importance as men assume, who
smile aud shrug the shoulder nj the
mention Whatever affects the socinl stu
tus of at least onehalf the human race
is not TO be- disposed OF by smile,
a shrug or a sheer
Radical innovations all have their era
of chaos and generally their unwisc
champions, aud tue woman movement Is
no exception, stiI The agitation has al
ready borne fruit aud will yield larger in-
crease in time. proportionate TO the wise
policy of those directing H.
The question of suffrage Is one that
can wait; In fact, It wore better to have
y wait than 10 have IL come too soon.
will be time enough when the existiug sut'
frage system nus been so rcnodeled that
the ballot win represent Intelligence Ia q
nation rather than numbers The grant
ing cf this n .lt rests largely with women
themselves, aud IL Is nov conceded by
men that do not advocate tue couces-
sion that whenever The women so Will,
they will become voting citizcns. OF
more immediate Importance i5 II that
women qualify themselves for rights at
ready theirs, and also Tor further en-
croachment, j. the word Is allowable,
upon such vantage ground as has here
toforc bceu regarded rs mans eNclu-
Bivc Erritaae.
The female portion OF the human race
may be Hun-.tpdrl into three classes;
mothers daughters, ana unmarried we
d H b 81 .aNau
industrious and pruyident husband is re-
moved ut q time Ia his affairs when his
death means ruin 90 hs family. The
wife Is NOS lifted 20 take up the busi-
ness, and The result IS poverty and hope
less struggle. 10 80 no uncommon sight
TO see dauyhtcr Wearing out her youth
aud freshness iu nn attenpt 90 provide
FOR the comfort of hcr aged parents,
for ulthOugh she may have PASSED IN all
the schools, she can DO nothing well
enough TO make it profession. The
unmarried woman, rcMihing that there
Is nothing for her hut sell maintenance
enters the arena againlt biz odds.
For these and other reHsous, the vital
question IN ,he woman movement Is that
of equipment, women ought not not 20
be content with anything short of an
equal ability with man for the work
they intend doing. II Is not essential
that they be qunllhed 10 be- heads of
nature best fitted 10 work under diroc-
ton and 10 follow in philosophy. ltem-
ture art and science but 1t Is essen-
tiRl that thoy ho iittpd TO furly coMpeto
with man ana tiius compel respect and
recognition. The hrst result OF the pgi-
taton is that IL now Is NOT enough that
the worker N woman. but ahe herself
has made Il that success for her hinges
on q favorable comparison of her work
with that OF man and hence The neces-
sity for thorough preparation IN some one
line for the bread or fame winning cou-
test into which she desires 20 enter.
with the remembrance Of the long list
" female poets in mind it win be some
what IN The nature Of a surprise 70 be
told that Mr.. Edmund Gosse in an nd
dress at the Newman college, Cambridge,
gave to Christina Rosseth the sole right
TO claim being a woman poet OF the An.
RlO-Saxon race who has cultivated poet
~ as an art In the course OF his re-
marks he admitted the excellence Of the
species Of poetry written by women on
OF other literary work, but Ne Asserted
that they are occupied with literature
more az a profession thal as an art
and that they are little quelihed or prone
70 do work for 10 own sake rather than
for It's results.
Ii may be- as Mr. Gosse says, that
depth 81 feeling inspires a woman,
muse, but how Mr. Gosse or any nial
can discern thar women writer's are
never troubled with scrup,es and Tie
lRseitude Of aE artist IS mgNplivahle
Little gecks be Of nights when the LITTLE