The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-15


lion more IN general than In a liiera
,eAse, as i,ayins broader significanct
han the ni,r re- stOwai of the electivv
franchise. He ook for his text "mal,
and iemale created He them," and III
-ubstance his line Of argumeDt was tha
while there are many walks In life in
which woman can compete with man.
many professions and trade
which women honor by entering, at the
same time, there should always be con-
sidered the differences between the
sexes, and the womanly tributes and
qualities should never for moment
be lost sight Of in the desire
to advance, in the search for
new worlds to conquer. "Tne Bib,
definition of woman is an unconsciou
tribute TO her." he declared, "and
nothing is more becoming to man thar
hat he should cherish that estimate
woman" Man and woman each stands
for a distinctive type Of personality.
Here is the rock on which the cause
Of woman suffrage is wrecked. The
failure to take into consideration the
difference in the sexes the fact that
woman has field more peculiarly heI
own than any occupied by man exclu-
siyely for man. Is too often ignored
10y people delving into that question
With view oil Fastening wha
aey call he destiny of woman. wIthou
any comprehension Of what that destiny
is or should be. The fippancy witt
which sex differences are brushed asid,
contribute to the delay In the settlemen
Of this question. 'lf man can under
AXE certain employment why not
woman? If man votes, why not
womanY'
The solution Of the question of the
quality of the sexes does not resi- In tn
uallot box. The comforting of the fran
chise on women would not make til,
Elysium that is ever beckoning to th'
advanced woman suffrayists.
Why seek to destroy the charm thai
now surrounds womanhood and ask {,
live among men a. man In all thing
save dress alone. Az DR.. Parkhur
says: eff you succeed in convincing
man that the only difference betwee
you and him Is in physical, structurs
there is an end to your exis ence as wo-
men. The eecret of q wotnsn's hold
upon her companion, wife's infuenc,
over her husband, is the fact that she 1.
woman. Her proper destiny Is on tn
distinct line from that of masculinit,
aud she will SAVIOR less and less of mas
culinity the more she breaches the
perfection OF her sex"
This talk about wpman's purifying tn,
ballot box is, Theoretically, all right. BIZ
look at it in sncthel light. The cur
If the ballot t.day Is the existence of az
element that is purchasable, that is cor
rupt, that is ignorant. Man has no
,een able to devise means OF
overcoming this element. It is an oh
ject to so-cslled ''bosses" to keep thi,
element III evidence. Moreover IL !,
lifficult today to get certain otheI
lass Of men to the polls. A rainy da
cuts off, as every political studeni
knows, even when questions of the most
vital importance are being considered.
a certain percentage OF the so-called
better educated voters, men who's,
every interest demands that they shoulc |
be the first to vote. Give the franchis
to women and the same two element
creep In. You simply double the vena
class, without doubling tho class t. |
Woman should be represented IL
politics, but it should be the represen-
sation Of the father, husband or brother
do not create laws, thu,
imply enact them. Behind Ill law
ublic eeniimen'. and the tru
onan can create or mouic
hat scr iment as she viii |
law is SIM y INC txTIEssi0h or putTT
enrimeni, and wbea the public de
mand its repeal 1t is wiped Of IN,
statute books.
The true woman exerts today rs much
influence In politics as she could were
he right to vote conferred upon her
Yet in the haste to obtain the franchis,
tnis is ofttimes forgotten.
AS DIR. Parkhurst declared 18th,
sorest spot in our municipal condition
a our national condition, is the de
cadence of the home idea, and it is ths
dea which we must exert a
rur energies towards preserving" 1t
ON The mother that the child r.,
elves its frat secret impul-es IN tl'
ne of its eternal destiny. The mother
{ today are de erminiug through the
hildren what the future Of this la
'hall be, aUd tie great element of powe
md of life lies In the homes and in the |
mothers Of today. The mother who