The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-03


mighty in these hard times in the Bal
| kan. Moreover. the tax would he unde
the disguise of encoura cement 20 hom
life and protection 70 the family Tn
plan Of taxing bachelorhood was p.o
posed in Belgrade weeks ago and wa
| let fall as impracticable. but has bee
| revived again ana is likely 70 be pre-
sented TO parliament in the form of
| bill The idea has struck Prince Ferdi
, ndnd Of Bulgaria. favorably, and h
/ tCo, has given orders that a bill 10 tn.
same end be prepared for the Sofia law
makers. From Sofia and Belgrade th'
! situation Of this odd subject has sprea'
| 70 Vienna, the hotbed of women prob
! lens and eccentricities, and, following
! the familiar way Of thought and civil
| lzaTion through the centuries. has trav'
I eled to Munich and to Frankfort.
| The minister Of public worship in Au-
st1ia recently told the imperial parlia-
! nsnt that there are 500 900 more women
than men in the empire. When ques-
toned later in a special audience with
Emperor Franz Joseph. the minister ex-
planned that he had meant 500, 900 wo-
men who would be married If they could
have found men TO marry them. About
100000 Of these SuperflUous women lived
in Vienna and the Viennese suburbs.
How have we solved the problem as
far IS these 100000 are concerned?''
asked the emperor.
We have not solved It, your maj
esty," was the minister's reply: I'VE
have let them solve it for themselves"
And how have they done it?"
About 10000 or $4,000. your majesty.
have solved it by taking to the streets;
some 10000 more by following a similar
calling in private apartments provided
by the noble and rich of your capital;
perhaps 10000 more are working in fac
tories and shops, and the rest by living
on the bounty of friends and relatives"
If a careful census could be taken
among the superfiuous women of all
they probably would be found
classed in every big city as the minister
classed them for the emperor. The cen
sus would show, however, that to the
100000 superhuous women must be add
ed some 10000 or more who are not SUI
perhuous but yet are unmarried-dOom-
ed 10 spinisterhood by the Discrimination
Or Austrian men TO tie up 70 homes,
affairs, cradles and the ike more For
The supe.f1uous there IS no hope of mat
'lmony, for the male emigrants, who
disturb the balance Of the sexes. cannot |
re recalled from America for their bene- |
II; the only thing that the government |
nay do for them is to admit them to |
lew occupations and new channels of |
education, thus relieving the pressure |
lpon that one shameful calling TO |
which hundreds of thousands now are |
condemned. For the 100000, however,
Who are condemned 30 spinisterhood, al
hough there are men at hand to match
hem, something can be done, and many
austrian publicists are saying must be
one, If the empire is not to fall into the
cndition Of moral dry rot which af-
lets France.
Among the many schemes under dis
ussion, the one suggested in "ques-
ions of the day" pamphlet is worthy of
erious notice, although so far the seri-
usness has been exclusively on the side
the writer's instead of the readers.
he remedy recommended by the au-
nor is combination of a bachelorhood
TX and a spinister's pension fund. At
r establishing the duty of man to
larry and continue his race, and the
Iterest of the government in keeping
achelorhood and spinisterhood at the
minimum, the author says IL is mani
silly unfair toward the married man
make him support wife and family
I'd contribute besides, in taxes, to- !
ard the support Of the spinisters who
-come public charges, either in the
'spitals or the almshouses. Who
iould pay all the expenses for the sup s
'rt Of such splnisters% Why, the men
no have lodged their obligations to
AIRY, Of course. Most of these dodg- i
s are well to do. Among the poor are [
few bachelors. The cas- Z
os. the clubs, the winerooms and the =
'olrooms are the places where most of i
{ unmarried men Of manageable I
-es are found. Upon them, should be I
ID the burden Of caring for the women a
lom their selfshness has condemned r
spinisterhood, and perhaps, want. I
lie tax should be levied as a poll tax. t
stitutions for the care OF homeless n
Inisters should be conducted with
1arate government budget, and the d
loUnt Of this budget should be cover n
by the revenue FROM the bachelors X
e differing circumstances of the :
chelors should be considered, to be Il
'e- The whole number should be di- II
led into three classes, according to II
,ir means, and be taxed correspond fV
-ly, as was the case with the old class A
( In Prussia. Then the bachelors who p
! the most money would have to paw d.
highest penalty for Sinking a duty NJ
the government, and, IN fact, the Il
ole human race. 81
he philosopher and political econo- it
Il OF the questions of the day. has a 1t
r opinion Of the numerous solutions b,
the woman question which are pro-
ed by the Lady Somersets and NJ
lnces Willar6s and the tabbfied men ed
march in their philanthropists' M
lmn- The admission of women TO to
v occupations and to official places, A
says, is merely a method of lodging 10
issue. New educational institutions A,
girls, even UP to the limit of the ar
hest education, he thinks. are good tn
ugh in their way, but they do not | fr
e the bread-and-butter problem for
nation or the race. Every woman m
enters the government Geographic
vice, for instance, pushes out a man g
makes him unable to marry and 70
port a family. If carried TO its log IA,
conclusion, this substitution of wo- in
for men would result merely in | f.,
dredS Of thousands Of Superfiuous | ~,
mem Tie problem, therefore. would | fr,
he same old one, with the one .
nSe that male" would be substitute ~.
or female" and ''bachelorhood'' for a.
Instead of "spinister ~,
L. it would be necessary to have a ~,
chelor fund" and the second stage -.
Id be worse than the first. ~.
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