The herald., 1895-04-17

have borne their unjust condemnation
bravely. as men, but they voted again st
the suffrage bill. Their wives, whom it
concerned most nearly, opposed it, and
what if the party was pledged to suffrage
Woman's Welfare was nearer their hearts
than party pledge. These are truly
feminine women" she admits. 1t may
be they are not yet worthy OF the bal
OF"
"Oh, she exclaims under her breath,
and FUCKERS the work with too vigorous
pull on the thread. IF these suffrage
women would only be willing to limit the
vote and not force this duty upon us. Ii
they asked it for professional and BUSH
ness women-women managing their own
property and girls of thirty five or forty,
who presumably do not desire husband
nor children, the legislature would pass
it quickly enough. No lobbying would
be necessary. 1t is not just for men to
burden all women with the franchise I'M
less clear majority of them (the femi-
nine part to county wish it, and how can
this be known except ty vote OF women
only"
She had to stop her reflections for a
minute while she straig htened out the
quicker and got the weaving to running
smoothly once more. Then she turned
upon me with rather fierce look Tor one
SO amiable and said: You understand,
the real rights of wonderland woman S
suffrage are not one, though the suffragist
tries to make it so, and i'll this way con-
fuses many feminine women into becom-
ing suffragists. The rights of women are
coordinate with the rights of men, OF
children: the three-men, women, chill
dren-make humanity, but men, women
and children alike are faulty in their CON
ceptions of the rights of humanity. Their
horizons are too often limited TO the i'm
mediate circle of personal gain. 1t is by
the slow evolution of events that these
faulty conceptions are perceived and rem
edes applied '--
Men and women are working together,
as they have through the centuries past,
to evolve the best theories OF life and put
them into practice, In the nineteenth
century this evolution of time-honored
laws, customs and doctrines has
moved in leaps and bounds,
and what wonder that some women
have grown dizzy and concluded that
their sex is the moving, propelling force.
These women have yet to learn that wo-
man is but a spoke (possibly several
spokes) in the wheel of progress, not the
hub. Man has more tins is better en-
dowed physically, better adapted socially
to hustle in the ranks of humanity, to be
the tire of the wheel, to bind and consoli-
date the tn sories of the spokes. Human
ity itself is the hub that radates all these
spokes of action.
To doubt that man is not interested in
woman S advancement. that he will not
work for perfect and complete laws for her
as his knowledge of these is gained even
as he strives for the best Tor his own sex
is to doubt that our fathers. brothers.
husbands, sons, love us, respect us or
work for us. The TRADES against the sex
to which these men belong are as much
of an insult to the wives and daughters as
if they were leveled against their own sex. ="
Here she paused "a little breathlessly,
as If she were going to stop. but con-
tinued more medltatively: Some
women say men do not work for, love or
respect women except in a selfish way
as they contribute to the comfort of them
selves. If this statement bas fraction
of truth in it. it is indeed sad reflex on
the mothers they reared the sons and the
boy is father of the man. If tbs true,
then pity tbs, tbs true. noted Cath
Ole priest is quoted as saying in words to
this effect: Give me the training OF the
first six years Of child s life and | will
determine the bent of his future A
mother has on an average. fourteen years
at least t. train her sons. but she may
not be as Jealous as the Catholic father. "
Then this feminine woman paused,
shipped her thread and withdrew the
china egg, replacing it with her hand and
eemingly gave all her attention to scruti-
nizing the small stocking leg in search of
small holes. AS her hand was gradually
withdrawing itself, she gave little sig h
and said, children, that other third
of humanity, are very important
third, and their rights seem
rather dim" Her hand came out
and, as she rolled up the last pair OF
small hosiery, she cast an anticipating
glance at Macaulay; then reached for it,
and while lingeringly turning the pages
in an undecided manner, remarked
Children, dear little souls are an in
significant spoke now, but one charged
with an electric battery, and when the
proper switch is turned on from the hub
presto, the force is incalculable. She
looked at her open book as if considering,
then at me with decision in her attitude
this time. 1t plainly said her cogita-
tons were finished; she had just short
minute for her beloved reading; the
children question" was a far-reaching
one and it must be postponed. AS she
lost herself in the essays she was thought
full enough to say she might. some other
time if l wished, give me her reflections
upon children rights and the idea that
woman's importantly might be mans OPP
portunity. But. you know she nun
INJURED, with her eyes glued to the page
it is well to remember, in this woman 5
movement, the old couplet:
"If she will, she will you may depend ont,
And il she won't, she won't; soihere's an end