The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-08-09
woMAx,s WORLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
The Man Who Does Not Believe In
Woman Suffrage.


1 have found him. He thinks women
have not intelligence enough to vote and
never viii have. He says besides that
politics Is none of their business any
how. Their place is to stay at home
and keep house and take care OF the
children. The woman who does any
thing else "unsexes herself" says the
man who does not believe in woman suf-
| frage. He is against equal pay of the
sexes for equal work, too. He affirms
| that women are such botches and so
| shallow Drained that their services are
worth no more than third as much as
a mans. He would never let a woman
| who is Obliged to "unseX" herself and
| earn living do anything but house
| work, washing or scrubbing If he could
help it, Also if he had his way he
/ would take away from women every
| public clerkship, every stenographic and
| typewriter and cashiers desk and give
| them TO men, especially If they pay
| fairly well. He would not permit a
| woman to be lawyer, doctor or preach
er If he had his way and has said so.
| In brief. he declares out and out that
/ a. woman is poor creature at best, in
| ferior TO man in every respect Just so!
| And / have found out exactly why the
man who does not believe in woman
suffrage or equal pay for equal work
| holds such unmanly opinions. There is
reason for it. He is a lawyer now and
| a public speaker who has attained con-
| siderable distinction-in fact. If / should
| mention his name you would know il in
a minute. In youth he was very, very
| poor. He did not have money enough
| TO study law, but he married a noble,
lovely, energetic lady who was as de-
voted to him as if he was not mean
| little man. She taught school. She
| kept boarders. She earned money in
various ways and skimped and saved to
the last degree to get money enough TO
| pay her husbands expenses as law
| student. She carried the whole burden
| of the family support till he was able
| to get practice enough to keep soul and
| body together. Whatever he is or may
| be in the future he owes absolutely to
this brainy, self-sacrifcing wife. Her
reward is that now he turns and rends
| her, not only her, but womanhood. What
| do you think Of a man like that? l
| know one sarcastic woman who says it
served the wife just right.
The most precious quality in this life
| is human sympathy.
The Emma Willard association is an
organization composed of the former
pupils Of the school which this eminent
educator founded and conducted so
many years at Troy, n. Y. Forty years
ago it was as much honor to have been
trained at Mrs Wizards school as it is
for the girl Of today to be a graduate
of Cornell or Ann Harbor. Mt. Hol-
yoke seminary and Mrs. Wizards school
at Troy We're really the pioneers of
higher education for women. The EN-
ma Willard association held a meeting
not long since i'm the WOman's building
at Chicago which was the occasion of
much enthusiasm. 1T is desired that all
the former pupils of the Troy school
become members. Mrs. Russell Sage,
New York. is president of the associa-
ton
In the colony of Victoria, Australia.
women teachers in the public schools
are eligible to receive possible salary
| Of 81, 500.
This year ten young ladies passed the
famous mathematical tripos eXamina-
| ton at Cambridge, England. Two of
them would have attained the rank of
wranglers if women were allowed to be
wranglers. They will be, however, in
course Of time even in conservative Eng
land. For the present they must con-
tent themselves with passing better
examinations than the men wranglers
! themselves can, as Philippa Fawcett
did
Five ladies have been sent as official
| commissioners of education from Great
| Britain TO the worlds fair to examine
| the American school exhibits and see
what features of our system Of public
instruction can be adopted with profit
in England.
The New York School Journal pub
| fishes a chapter of biographical sketches
| Of the great teachers of the past four
centuries. You may or may not be sur
prised to learn that there is not a wo-
mans name in the list, although there
| have been women educators quite as dis
| tinguished in that particular line as
| jefferson was, to say the least. and he
| has u prominent place among the num-
Der.
Mrs. Josephine x. Henry tells us an
| awful story on the gallant Henry Wat
| terson. She declares that the Courier
Journal once responded to an argument
| in favor Of higher educa ton for women
by an editorial headed Higher Fiddle
sticksp' Henri, Henril Is it possible?
A comparatively new occupation for
| women is now opening. 1t is that Of
cashier in large city hotels. At the
| Palmer House, Chicago. it was tried and
| proved great success. Mr.. Palmer tes-
tilted that women cashiers are quite as
| efficient and accurate as men and per
| haps more honest than men, They do
| not feel Obliged to wear a dazzling dia-
| mond pin or snub a timid tourist as IL
| they were at the very least the Russian
| ear Mr.. Palmer says there is only one
trouble with these fair and capable girl
| cashiers, and that is that they will
| marry. But that is quite much mans
| fault as woman's. and therefore they are
| not wholly to blame for It, The mag
nffcent new Holland hotel on Fffth-ave
| New York city, is another house in
which young women cashiers have late
| " been introduced The Holland liked
| the first one so well that it secured an
other The young ladies require seven
! different books for taking all their or
| ders, and they must keep track of these
| and not get tangled up. They also have
| occasion to cash large checks at times
| and must know when these are genuine
| and when bogus. There is much re-
sponsibility attached TO the place, and
| it is a credit to a girls brain that she
can carry the load so lightly. The West
| hotel. MINNEAPOLIS. has q woman Shiar
| too. ELIZA ARCHARD Common