The Portland daily press., 1895-08-17
THE WOMAN QUESTION.
Correspondent Who is a Little Tired
of Hearing SO Much About "the New
Woman" Ventures Some Observatives
About Man,
To the Editor of the Press:

To the Editor of the Press:
| I am tempted to devc 70 little time to-
day to chat with you.about some of the
| things that have come to my notice lately
with regard to the woman question; or
rather what 1 think is more to the point
the man question. Of course you have
seen the papers giving an account ofssBishop
| Doaness address before the young
ladies graduating class in Albany. 1t
does one good, it was SO forceful and far
reaching in its conclusions. However it
was stigmatized in a public gathering of
ladies' as cutter rot'' Some way,
an expression like that seems to be Who'll
ly out of harmony with the idea that
women only can purify the ballot [
am inclined to think that some other N-
fiuence is needed also. You know that
some Of our set can be exceedingly par
tisan-ever sarcastic, and sometimes
vindictive. I am not sure but if a lot
of Us got worsted in caucus we should
how how ''mean" it was by crying then
and therel
There are strong womanly characters.
so. There would be women at the polls, who
would shed as peaceful ar influence as
benediotion. And othe-s there ' hom it
would be great relief to have depart
long before the benediction. No, no;
just the influence of woman cannot do
the needed work, even if the wear and
tear of pnblic life could in every case
bring out the highest types of womanii-
ness.
I confess am getting a little agitated
as to what will become of man. Are his
days, as well as those of horses, nu1 .beredp
There is some prospect that the latter
can be shipped to Germany for dietary
purposes. But as yet no such cheerful
cutleok has presented itself for man. Is
every other prospect pleasing and only
man remaining as he was in the DAYS of
the poet? In the third chapter of the beok
of Isaiah, the prophet gives description
of the children Of Judah in weakened
condition. He laments that thev have
become so enervated and are 80 fallen
from their exalted position that "children
are their oppressors, and women rule over
there any hint for us at the present dayp
At his time when there is such a con-
slant agitation about the position
woman should occupy, her equality with
man, her rights, ETC., is thers not danger
that the question may become one-sided?
In Judah tho men gradually lost their
manliness, their noble ambitions, their
capacity for governing their nation; and
became lovers of pleasure, effeminate,
and all unworthy of trust The result
was that even "children became their op-
pressors and women ruled over them. -
1t was society in a deteriorated condi-
tion.
In the state and nation as truly as the
church and homes, there are Universities
gifts.
eff woman stand
In fair equality with man.his matte
Each unto each the rounded complement
Of their humanity, it is enough;
And such equality must ever lie
In their unequal gifts. -
believe the men are still able to goyer
wisely and Well, if they can only be i'm
bued with the great responsibility which
rests on them by virtue of their own in
alienable rights. Let the papers agitate
for while the man question Let them
demand that men carry out the principles
OF an honest government. Let pu blic SEN
timent make it wrong for man to do
wrong.
THE greed for gain, the thirst for power.
Irhs Inst that hlantsns while 1t -hurns: