Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-10
CHAPTER v.-(CoNTrxUED).

and pulling at his high collar TRY
this garden chair. What Is there tina
can do for you? Shall l ring and LEI
Mrs. Denver know that you are mere
pray do not trouble, Admiral
only looked in with reference to our llt
tie chat this morning, wish that you
would give us -FOUR powerful support
at our coming meeting for the improve
ment Of the condition Of woman
mo, ma'am, can't do that ne
pulsed up his lips and shook his sriS'
zled head
"And why not?"
Against my principles, ma'am'
"But why?"
Because woman has her duties ano
man has his. l may be old-fashloneu
but that Is my view. Why, what Is
the world coming to? was saying to
DR.. Walker only last night that we
shall have woman wanting to COM
mand the Channel Fleet next"
THAT is one of the few professions
which cannot be improved" said MRS
Westmacott with her sweetest smile
"Poor woman must still look to man tor
protection"
II don't like these new-fangled IDEAS,
ma'am, tell you honestly that
don't, like discipline, and think
every one Is better for it. Women nave
got great deal which they had not IN
the days of our fathers, They nave
universities all for themselves, am
told, and there are Comen DOCTORS l
hear. Surely they should rest content
ed, What more can they want|
"You are a sailor, and sailors are al
ways chiValrous. If you could see now
things really are, you would change
your opinion. What are the poor things
to do? There are so many Of them and
80 few things to which they can turn
their hands. Governesses? But there
are hardly any situations. Music ana
drawing? There is not one In fifty who
has any special talent in that direction.
Medicine? 1t is still surrounded with
difficulties for women, and II takes
many years and a small fortune to
qualify. Nursing? 1t Is hard work Ill
paid, and none but the strongest can
stand 1t. What would you have them
w IutIll <Aulhll AZ NJlb AO"h OAAN
starve?"
Tut, TUT 1t is not so bad as that"
"The pressure Is terrible. Advertise
for lady companion at ten shlllings a
week, which is less than a cooks wage,
and see how many answers you get
There Is no hope, no outlook, for these
struggling thousands. Life is a dull,
sordid struggle, leading down to a
cheerless old age Yet when we try to
bring some little ray Of hope, some
chance, however distant, of something
better, we are told by chivalrous gem
tlemen that it is against their princi-
pies to help"
The Admiral WINGED, but shook his
head in dissent.
"There Is banking the law, veterin-
airy surgery, government Offices the
civil service, all these at least should
be thrown freely open to women, If
they have brains enough to compete
successfully for them. Then IL woman
were unsuccessful it would be her own
fault, and the majority Of the popula-
Itlon Of this country could no longer
complain that they live under a differ
Sent law to the minority, and that they
are held down in poverty and serfdom,
with every road to independence sealed
TO them"
what would you propose to do,
ma amp"
ITO set the more obvious injustices
right, and so to pave the way for a re-
form. Now look at that man digging
in the field. 1 know him. He can
neither read nor write he Is stepped in
whisky, and he has as much intelli-
gence as the potatoes that he is dig
ging. Yet the man has vote can pos
slbly turn the scale Of an election, and
may help to decide the policy of this
empire. Now, to take the nearest ex-
ample, here am I, a woman, who have
had some education, who have travelled
and who have seen and studied the in
situations of many countries. hold
considerable property, and 1 pay more
IN imperial taxes than that man spends
IN whisky, which is saying great deal
and yet have no more direct influence
upon the disposal Of the money which
4 pay, than the fly which creeps along
the wall Is that right? Is 1t fair?"
The Admiral moved uneasily in his
chair. yours is an exceptional case,
said he.
but no woman has a voice. Consider
that the women are majority in the
nation. Yet If there was a question Of
legislation upon which all women were
agreed upon one side and all the mey
upon the other, 1t would appear tha
the matter was settled unanimousl,
when more than half the population
were opposed to it. Is that right?"
Again the Admiral wriggled 1t wa
very awkward for the gallant seaman
to have handsome woman opposIt,
10 him, bombarding him with question
to none of which he could find an an
Bwer. Couldn't even get the compton
out Of his guns" as he explained tn
matter to the Doctor that evening.
Nov those are really the points tina
we shall lay stress upon at the meet
Ang. The free and complete opening o
the professions, the final abolition o
the zenana 1 call it, ana the franchis
to all women who pay Queens take
above a certain sum. Surely there
nothing unreasonable In that. Nothin
which could offend your principles. W
shall have medicine, law, and tn
church all rallying that night for tn
protection of woman. Is the navy (
tbo the one profession ABSENT"
The Admiral jumped out Of lis cha
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