Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-12-05
WoMAN'S DEP ARTMENT.

A writer in the year of $50, under
takes to argue both sides Of the ques-
tion Of suffrage. In one place he (for
1t is man) says, that man is not
made OF woman but woman Of man,
man was not made for woman but
woman for man." finishing touches)
that even If man was made first, yet,
he was not complete, aud that when
all things were summed up, such as
strength physicpl, mental and mora.
beauty, dignity, and etc, there can be
no question as to equality, superiority
or inferiority, than between any two
objects of entirely different yet com
Elementary natures, that one is not
complete without the other" And
then he brings up as an illustration,
Saying the rind of an orange differs
in form, color, and consistency from
the pulp, yet one ls as necessary as
the other to the making up Of the
complete orange" INV dissectlng the
orange we find the rind tough but
pliable and being on the out side, ex-
pect it occupies a superior position,
while the writer says the pulp oc-
cupies an inferior position forgets to
add also that the pulp is the best part
OF the orange, and again IN his argu-
ment of equality 1--WE think it is some
what muddled and indistinct) says,
"as the other part of himself, woman
can have no claim to a separate rep
resentstion-s distinct vote from man
for she is represented in his repre-
sentation-she votes through him,
there can be no antagonisms, no con-
aicting interests between man and
woman in this relation, If rightly
understood (0, and hence, no occasion
for the woman to protect herself from
the aggressons Of the man, more than
Of the man to product himself from
the aggresslons of the woman, there
have a common interest from their
common nsture"-we are again sur
prlsed at this statement. We wonder
if this man hasn't by this time gone
the way that such ideas do-put on q
back shelf or been buried, if he has
not he certainly was not endowed with
q very remarkable foresight, if he is
still living or contrived to survive to
this day and and age Of progression
and new woman" he will have found
some very startling ideas raging
around, one is that the advanced men
Of today most of them mot quite ally
have a very great respect for women
who possesses distinct idea of their
own, they do net wish them to mould
their ideas in the same channel, as
theirs, to such an extent that they
effsce all their own originality (which
they certainly would do if they did,
neither does a woman want man
mentally tied to her apron strings, but
If according to this great srgufer and
chronicler, the suffrage evolution had
died and this moulding process sd-
vanced it might Of been Of some con-
venience or the casting of the ballot
achieved, viz: AS man or woman
should not have any distinct separate
ideas, no conflicting interests no an
tagonisms no question as to equality,
she votes through him." it would be
so convenient for the Representative"
If i'll of q severe head ache maYhaps
caused from Jag" to much to have
the other half of his complimentary
nature go and throw in his ballot with
all the dignity and assurance that
this part Of his brain, with the power
of locomotion all Of it's own, should be
clear enough to know What it was
doing.
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