The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-12

That's What Mary H. Krout Says Of the
Editor Of The saturday Review.

N~
Editor Of The Saturday Review.
In the good; time that is conling-of
equal suffrage and of equal rights in all
the ~avocations of life, the time thai
shall mark the abolition Of d~iscrilaina-
ton because Of seX-The Saturday Re
view will be remembered as one of tic
chief OPP onents Of liberality and -
tice. Whenever or wherever it can utter
a slur upon women, the falseh0Od %.H!
the insult have gone forth. INF tn
nately its chief mouthpiece is a woHG""-
a roma so sOur and hard thai ere
wonders much at tho fate and cS"Gi-
ence that could so have imbittc"cl ;icr
Judgment that she is incapable Of beng
ever fair upon the simplest Gr Ion
where the interests Of other ONE 80
involved. The world of working wO,ncn
has in her a pronounced enemy, for she
believes hat all ONE should remain
at home and be protected, whether they
have a home or not, and even where
there is no II willing to assume the
burden of the protection. The latest
diatribe from The Saturday Review
against the hated sex is a charge that
women are incapable of friendship or
even good will toward each other; that
they will betray confidence without re-
greet, break faith with impunity and
quarrel over a pirated bonnet or an
alienated lover.
1t goes for nothing that history can
give many noble examples of lasting
friendships between women and that
there are other illustrious examples to
be studied in our own times. while
there is no n who cannot recall in his
or her own immediate circle women who
have been faithful friends for years, be-
tween whom the cloud of suspicion has
never risen and whom sorrow and adj
versity or that still greater test, fortune
and prosperity, could never separate.
There is no SO called self made woman
who cannot name some faithful woman
friend who held out the helping hand
just at the right moment; who opened
her doors and received her into the hos
pitality Of her own home who sent the
timely check that made possible the
priceless opportunity which turned the
tide of fortune.
The faithful friendships between wo-
men whose poverty is a common bond
could they be known would revive ones
faith in human nature and its POSSIBLE
ties of divinity. They divide their all
the crowded room, the lean purse, the
unwonted luxury, the few possessions
and with a self abnegation SC complete
that n a we'll believe that life itself
would be surrendered if it were required.
The real truth is that women who
satirize and misrepresent their own sex
know nothing Of women. They have
proved. themselves hostile and treacher-
GUS, and from such traitors good women
turn away instinctively. They know
that they have nothing to hope for at
their hands.
1t is difficult to understand what
could be the motive of writers of Mrs.
Lynn Lynton's type. Do they seek to
curry favor with men? Is it q method
Of proclaiming their own superiority
over a sex which they have endeavored
to prove are so manifestly inferior, NOR
ally, intellectually and physically? No
n a tell, not even themselves, if
they were pressed for an explanation Of
their motives. They should learn one
thing, however, and that is that, how
v e their power may be limited in 9TH
er directions, ONE are social arbiters.
The edict has gone forth that there is no
breach of good breeding more heinous
than the detraction and misrepresenta-
ton Of II wOman at the hands of an
other. So if conscience and generosity
are 40 restraint rigorous rules of ETH
quette may be. The woman who is q
woman's worst enemy is no longer the
fashion. AS a type she is destined to
become as obsolete as Lydia Languish
or Clarissa Harlowe. Mary H. Krout
in Chicago Inter Ocean.