The herald., 1896-04-05

the fashions, shopping or q neighbor-
hood gossip, but they were not neces-
sarily engrossed in these subjects, as
is now supposed. Then every woman
prided herself on her knowledge of
culinary arts, en- her multitudinous
shelves of preserves and on her medi-
cinal knowledge of dispensing teas,
paragoric, brandy and jellies to the
poor and ailing in the neighborhood.
With these domestic accomplishments
came her social, religious and humane
duties, which she filled with equal
grace, dignity and ability. For high
culture, brilliancy and wit, we can take
her as an example, and envy her that
true repose and gentle courtesy that
marked the gentlewoman at home or
abroad. Was there no woman of note
before today?
Her soul WAS not any more wrapped
up in dishwashing Except the washing
new woman's. Since we have ceased
to wash our old teacups, make jellies,
doctor the babies around the neigh
borhood, have laid aside the manners
handed down to us and have
lost our womanly attributes gen.
orally, we are developing a
new sphere. Nowadays any woman
who does not believe chat suffrage
should be the main struggle of exist
ence is advised to return to old times
and wash dishes. This may not be the
only alternative in the world, and she
may not banker after it as a life work
any more than of old, but she might do
worse. Orators, male and female, are
getting up and trying to laugh down
old prejudices against woman's en-
franchisement. Burdette ridicuIed the
idea that woman's voting would en-
danger the home structure. "Why,"
he said, ''it only takes me three or four
hours a year to do all my voting. Dur
dette, however, forgot to mention that
he is not of the feminine Render.)
"Woman spends many more times than
that in shopping" True.
DR.. Carlos Martyr, in his defense for
women, gave as an instance woman's
| reply to the question, Who would take
care of her baby when she went to
vote? which was, "rhe same person
that takes care of it when go to pay
my taxes" The reverend doctor
also scoffed at the idea that dainty
woman would soil her hands by drop
ping slip of white paper into box.
These statements have knack of
tickling the ear, but as an argument
against the belief that the home life
will be endangered by woman's voting
they are nonsensically weak and even
silly.
If voting really meant only spending
four hours year in politics, leaving the
baby for an afternoon and dropping a
slip of paper into box and such other
trivislities, there would be no occasion
for host of men and women to put
themselves out to argue the matter.
But much greater questions hinge on
the to vote or not to vote. To quote
Susan again. She said after rehears-
ing all the things that woman had
wanted and obtained, "the only thing
left ia for woman to vote, and that
bugaboo will 60 too" Exactly. After
that statement, the question that must
have arisen in every mind was, "after
that bugaboo is gone. what will woman
want next?'
From the feeling that has been
smoldering for the last half century in
the breasts of thousands of women,
will she be satisfied after she has a
right to vote to confine her liberties to
the narrow limitations parallel
with shopping expedition? Will
she need only one afternoons
substitute for her baby? Will she be
II t-anI rUU- UIu TO VOTE. orhJeu MATTER
of-factly, she will never stop. She will
want more and more. The home life
will De shattered. There will be none.
That species of unrest, excitement and
feverishness that is now the bane of
American existence, and that is the
very pulse Of the new woman, will grow
and multiply until we may consistent
ly ask: Where will we be at?
1t is evident that among the women
suffrage fighters there are numerous
classes. Those there be who wish to
rescue women from their "down trod-
den" condition; to pull them out from
under mems feet. Their sole idea is to
gain power, to have the right of suf-
frage and to show the men what they
will do. Exit-this type. We will have
nothing to do with Ler.
Women, again, there be who have
nothing but the good of fellow. women
at heart; who think that property
rights should be equally distributed
between the sexes. Anyone with
proper sense of mercy and justice be-
lieves that this inequality should be
adjusted. It is the men, however, that
should be made to do it. This will
bc0A IIuIOulOub W tuUS6 WULuSu WHO
do not know the word diplomacy"
Man is good-natured animal But
woman will not gain anything from him
by fighting. 1t would be exceedingly
out of place for even anyone of my age
to "give away" the secret The old
standby proverb, "Where there's
will, there's way" was made solely
for woman's delectation.
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