Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-09-29

greatest fool in the eyes OF 'ne
E a man whose civic rights are equai
10 those of the wisest man, Assu.1
legal equality to woman-she VIII
herself take care Of the rest
Francesca shook her head
III the man is stronger ami tue wo-
man loves him he will prevail
You need not consider love at all
Francesca, unless
There is no unless, mother, NS
lave CHAPTER is closed. Since ! can
not accept llarold's eonrtshlp ! gan
think of no other man. That Is why
am free to tell you what have AS
covered what love would mean TO
me.
Her mother groaned
.You have got an this out OF
Harold's proposal? Oh, what ioo's
women are. How can we make them
stand up for themselves
Well mother, that IS my ease--l
am one of the fools. But, OF course
there may be marriages where people
don't love each other Then it would
be easy for each to 60 his own way
Neither would care.
Good heavens" cried Mime. Elveda
Had known what mischief thht
Young man was going to do, he should
never have entered my house.
But. my dearest mother, women,
you say, must be the equals Of mem
otherwise otherwise well r. but
given the case OF a woman who loves
a man greatly her superior Equality
in that case IS impossi BILE and sub
mission is a joy. viii you grant the
possibility OF such case|'
"When the woman is fool SEES
LET me 20 on cUnfessiny, mother.
Since have been thinking u these
things have bsgun 10 feel kind Of
rcpugnancc To the whole question.
You say that have sat inattenttye a.
your meetings. Il is becauss the sub
ject seems altogether altered The
speeches Of your trienis have become
a low Of meaningless words words
words words that ! know by heart
words that have 40 meaning. Thrrc
is u voice within me that keeps on
asking the same question: II womeu
are the equals u men, why don't
they prove IT, They are, you see, ~
well educated; they will become lead
ers in everything II they were mans
equals. Net all leaders Ia every thtug
are men always mon And IL we
score little triumph Of degree AZ
Cambridge, we rejoice as much as II
Huxley were woman Or Darwin were
in petticoats. Why don't women
prove their equality And why, when
u woman loves man. do = She cheer
fully become his servant Why do
not women who love their husbands
assert their equality
No. But think seriously about the
questions the great questions at is
sue. Put aside this nonsense about
love, which is only an incident an
Illusion pleasant short-liycd
dream. suppose you have bad Il; let
it pass. Consider the great question
Of womau's condition. Perhaps you
might with advantage read my book
again"
Il know il by heart except the
figures; the degradation 81 wome n,
their hard lot, their miscrablr wages
know It all. When we discussed the
position and condition Of women al
NEWMAN | used 20 employ your facts
and your arguments had the great.
est success with them They con,
yinced everybody; but somehow. they
moved nobody. How - Il that aryu.
mcnts never move Anybody The
poets and noyelists move the world:
logic never moves We an agreed
that we were the equals 81 men. we
would never, never show submission
70 any man. Aud now hear that
they are all marrying in the usual
way, without any hcroics about sub.
mission.
THAT means that under exjstin .
social arrangements they only obtain
certain amount Of personal freedom
By accepting the authority Of hus.
band.
4 read once q a person who
preached himself into infdclity.
some times I think that Is inv case.
My arguments no longer persua dC
NE They are sounds and words ear.
rying no sense. Woman Is mans
equal, Oh! you have proved il In
your book and in your articles and
pamphlets Ani all the women in
tho world except one Or tvs TAX, tho
/ lower place without revolt or murmur
They have never, in single line ~
intellectual work proved them selves
his equal. Aud they only love man
when they Eel hun to be greater and
stronger than themselves. All tina,
proves nothing And yet i saw these
things, mother, because they cxplair
my present condition. Perhaps il il q
I passing cloud
"You make me more unhappv.child
than J can say.
II am very sorry But hnv,
nearly finished In my present fran.
Of mind you see that cannot possibt,
help you in your work am quit.
out Of harmony with t. / understan,
just through considering how Il nigh
have been had | allowed myself 1,
4 lovs Harold, that the submissive wifi,
may be. after all, the happicst. tsus
| pect that women are not tho intcIlor
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