The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-24

INTERESTING TO WOMEN. :


take IN washing the hair too of.sn. Once
a month II often enough for a shampoo.
and pure CASTLE soap wtsh a little Dorax 3
as good as anything one can use- Am
mona wiil make the hair britsle unless IL
r. very dry. when a fe@ drops may re
used. az & IS sure 10 kill ell natural iusteT
and result ~ variszated locks.
o. November Il Elizabeth cady star
ton reached her eizhtieth milestone. an
event bonored not Only by our. national
council OF women. vii a membership Of
over GO GO. but from nearly every Gun
Try OF the civilized world women have ten
dered congratulations 20 this pioneer q
Homan's rights. Mrs. Stanton's name IS
a familiar one at every American hressde.
where a love Of Justice. a desire 20 see
wrongs rightsd. Is a. the heart OF things.
Differ as widely as one may with her
views upon the suffrage. still one must rec
ognize in her a benefactress 70 the race.
and none can fail TO admire her persist
ent struggle toward the realization Of an
deal mid trials and tribuiations that
would have d,sheartened a character Of
weaker purpose. To the majority, VINO
only know AIRS. Stanton as a champion of
the cause which she has espoused for the
past half century, IL may be OF interest 10
read OF the early influences which even N
youth determined her subsequent career.
The death OF an only brother. thefather's
Idol. first suggested 20 her mind the supe-
riorlty OF boys TO girls. To console her
grief-stricken parent the little Elizabeth
climbed on his knee, smoothed his troubled
brow. til he drew a deep sigh. saying.
How ! wish you were a boy!' Her heart
crushed within her. the brave little girl
replied: 81 win try to do all that a boy
can do" Long and fervently she prayed
that night for strength to carry out this
<nA - g. - H.
ing morning had made a confession 10 the
village parson and taken with him her first
lesson in Greek. Soon after she entered
the Academy. studied with the boys Greek.
Latin. mathematics. learned to ride horse
back. and gained many a helpful sugges-
ton from the kindly Scotch parson.
In those days all the women were under
the old common law OF England. A mar
red woman could not inherit property, all
LEFT to her went TO her husband. She
might work from sun to sun 10 then hand
over her wages TO her lieEe lord. A wo-
man could do no business In her own name.
She could neither sue nor be sued. She
could not even own her own children.
Sitting in her fathers law office. where
the women from the Scotch neighborhood
came with their tales of woe and went
over the prospect Of no redress. the
young girl first realized the cruelty Of the
Law and her fathers inability to assist
x pJbi IAttliehS tileIISs men she OIeS-
Toned him as 10 the reason such things
were permitted to exist. he said: 'It is
the law: when you are older you NAV go
down To Albany, tell the legislature how
badly these Laws work and they may pass
new ones" On graduating she led the
csass In Greek. Latin and mathematics
and secured the prize. a Greek Testament.
with which she FASTENED 10 her father,
hoping he would recognize the equality of
the daughter with the son. when to her
sorrow. he exclaimed: ooh, you should
have been a boy!"
81 fed To my ROOM" she said. flung the
book on the floor and wept bitter tears"
Shortly after marriage In 1910. she visited
her cousin Gerrit Smith. the famous abo-
huondst, attended many conventions With
him. and met several an~ti-slavery work.
ers. with whom she discussed the question
OF human rights. The pleas urged for ne
gro freedom she applied TO women. whose
condition she considered about as degraded
as that Of the slaves. She applied to
friends in the legislature for a hearing OF
the Married woman's property BILL" and
received an answer. Hoping
20 slip 70 Albany and back without being
missed. she was dismRyed when one even
ing her father read from the papers the
astonishing news that Elizabeth Cadv
Stanton would address the legislature on
the Married woman's property bfl." Her
name had never before appeared in print.
and she considered II the most awful DIS
grace that could befall a woman. The
same year the bin was passed, giving 10
married women rights 70 their property.
In 1915 Mrs. Stantou called the first wo-
mans suffrage convention ever held in
the world. To her this matter WAS so seri-
GUS and important. she little thought II
would be ridiculed. yet Il was laughed at
from one end OF the country 70 the other.
Il have lived" she says. TO see an entire
revolution in woman's field Of energy"
DOR0THY DEAN