The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-05-30
FOIBLEs Of TIE WV WOMAN.

eYitable penalty Of such irregular con-
duct, and, while losing the womanli-
ness which she apparently scorns, fails
to attain the manliness for which she
strives, But, unmindful Of the frowns
of her observers, she is unto herself a
perpetual delight, calling herself and
her kind by the epithets new" "awak
enedH and superior" and speaking dis
painfully of women who differ from her
IN what, to her judgement, Is the all
tmportantq question Of life-ashall VIC
men vote or not Yn To enumerate her
foibles is dangerous task, for what
she asserts today she viii deny tomor-
row. she is stranger to logic, and
when consistency was given to mortals
the new woman was conspicuously
absent. Her egotism is boundless. She
boasts that she has discovered herself,
and says it is the greatest discovery of
the century. She has christened herself
the "neW," but when her opponent
speaks of her by that name she relies
with Characteristic contrarlety that the
new woman, like the sea serpent, is
largely an imaginary creature. Never
theless, in the next sentence, she win
refer to herself by her favorite cogno-
men. She has made many strange
statements, and one question she often
asks is, "What has changed womaRs
outlook 80 that she now desires that of
which her grandmother did not dream"
Within the past forty years woman
has demanded of man much that he
has graciously granted her. She want
ed equality with him. and it has been
given her in all things for which she is
fitted and which win not lower the high
standard of womanhood that he desires
for her, This she accepts without re,
linquishing any of the chivalrous at
tentions which man always bestows
upon her. The new woman tells us
that ian ounce Of justice is of more
value to woman thana ton of chiyalry.''
But, when she obtains her "ounce of
justice" she apparently still makes
rigorous demands that her "ton of
chiValry" be not omitted. Women ask
Oh 10 Wosk by man sitio aud on his.
level; and today she has the chance of
so doing. The fields Of knowledge aad
opportunity have been opened to her;
and she still desires that of which her
grandmother did not dream" because,
like an over-indulged child, as long as
she Is denied privilege, that privilege
she desires above all others. She has de-
cided that without the ballot she can do
nothing, for, in her vocabulary, ballot
Is synonymous. with power
The new woman is oftentimes the
victim of strange hallucinations. She
persists in calling herself "slave," de.
spite her high position and great op-
and she maintains that, be.
cause she cannot vote, she is classed
with lunatics and idlots,-until those
who are weary of hearing her constant
lterations OF these themes feel that, if
the classifications were true, it might
not be unjust, Still, it has not been
clearly shown that Withholding the bal,
lot from woman, in common with luna
lies and idiots, necessarily makes her
one. Women and cripples are exempt
from working on roads; does it follow
that all women are cripples2 Is wo-
man bird because she walks on two
egs2 This haekneyed cry about luna {
Tics and idiots, which has been uttered
oy nearly all writers and speakers fav- {
BRING woman suffrage, appeals to pre-
udice rather than.intelligenoe. If the l
Rould.he female politicians ignoring (
Voman's great opportunities, especial
and the silent testimony Of I
countless happy wives choose to con '
Iider themselves slaves and to an, j
bounce whenever they speak that they r
ire classed with lunatics and idiots be- /
'ause they are denied the ballot, thew /
re certainly entitled to ali the enjoy /
nent they can get out of the delusion. I
sensible people know that such state c
nents are false. b
Inc new woman says that "moth- y
RS prerogative ends at the garden t
ate; but common sense replies that t
% mothers prerogative ends there. A =
nother's prerogative is to govern and p
irect her child; aud there is no child n
hat does not carry through life his or u
er mothers influence. Let that influ. t,
nee be good or bad, it is always pres. Il
at. ANY mother can make, IL she h
Ill, her power over her child stronger a
han the seas of the earth, and purer s.
han the air of heaven; and she needs p
o especial legislative act to accomplish a.
or work. If woman does not make ic
ne laws, she trains and educates those d,
no do, and thus is indirectly respon. IL
bile for all legislation. q
Theplea which these women make ta
nat they need the ballot for the pro- l.
'ction of their homes, is self.contradic. OF
Try. Has the new women never heard eg
lat ITO teach early is to engrave on
aroler" If she would devote some Of st