The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-08-30
THE NEXT CENTURY
Address OF Mrs. England Before the
Oregon Press Association.
(ConcludcdJ

GOd Intended her 10 be--the practlca
business woman Of the twentieth cen
tury, the new woman. with nObler aims
with all the wealth Of her past expert
encts. with new aspirations. She who
does not want 10 be- deined az the God,
dcsB Of Liberty. " Justice, without
even the privilege of having voice In
onc law that governs herself. her prop.
erty, or her children. In the twentieth
century she iB invested with her heay.
cn-born right of equality. She has
more exalted Ideas and will require a
new man. She viii. perhaps. do as she
has done before. proceed 10 invest him
with new habllimcnts. re-ideallze him.
but be viii have a. come nearer her
own standard. She will be thoroughly
settled. and know where she is at
In the twentieth century. As 10 her
rights there can be- no question As to
whether man viii be- improved, or wo-
man be- degenerated. remains 10 be
proven There viii be- more equality
and justice, whether II viii mean
greater righteousness or not The
standard viii have become the same
for both Woman is beginning 10
realize that 10 stay at home and take
20 her knees In prayer viii not always
advance righteousness. any more than
obeying that other Scriptural injunction,
when you are smitten on one cheek
turn the other also" will apply to mod
crn times. Al least II will not do for
the twentieth century. We must meet
the world with It's own weapons. not
only on the social and mental battle
fields but perhaps ON the moral as well
but surely upon the political II Is
votes that count We may pray un-
tll We are black In the face, but for
practical purposes We must stand up
and do battle with the ballot in our
hands. We must fight with the soul
~ Susan II, Anthony animating each
individual soul In the twentieth CEN
tury woman no longer allows the lead
Ing question OF her life TO be. is my
hat on straight but how best shall
aid this nation. or help to settle finan-
clal questions that stir the nation from
center TO circumference. and whether
pr not shall accept the nomination
'or president of the United States. In
the question Of l6 to 1. she who has had
10 take care Of the sixteen, and often OF
the one. will let the one take care OF
himself. and help her take care Of the
sixteen. She demands that the new
man. or, rather the same old lndivid-
lal whom she loves. for whom she
would die, without whom she would
be awfully lonesome. be regenerated,
with her own ideas Of equal
ty. he just as true. just as sober. just
as honest, just as virtuous as herself
Realizing that one person is Of no more
or better. than another,
,nly as measured by the truth and vir-
iue he manifests. And then the new
nan and new woman shall in equality |
and true happiness inhabit the restored !
Eden. All the ships that come into
'our harbor bear for their figureheads |
/ womans form. AS II, out over every |
sea, bufreting the mighty world Of wa
ers, woman leads the way. Symbol |
II what shall be. That woman's |
urm shall henceforth lead the way
or the ship OF state over the troubled |
waters Of the dark political sea, and
her hand shall be at the helm
who knows. Heretofore man has at
empted To guide its course but the
'oor old battered craft is floating help
ess on the seething waters OF political
doubt and failure.
The twentieth century journalist will
'oast Of the greatest seaport OF the
Northwest, II being the terminus Of
many ailroads-Astoria, which like
eautiful queen, sits enthroned upon her
Yer green hills. Astoria, by which
randy sweeps the great Columbia,
mighty river Of the West, bearing on
Is broad bosom. and protecting In its
arbors. the snowy sails OF all nations
the Earth; Astoria, she who has
vercome all obstacles, until she shines
y her own light and splendor, the
rllllant star OF the sea
There is legend that when Adam
nd Eve were turned out of Paradise
n angel smashed the gates, and the
'agments. flying all over the earth.
re the precious stones scattered over
$ bosom. The precious stones have
cen picked up by the various philoso-
hers and reformers of the world, Each
aims that his own fragment alone
afects the light of heaven, forgetting
le setting and incrustations which
me has added In the twentieth cen
Try we shall fit our fragments togeth-
+ and reconstruct the gates Of para
se The twentieth century journalist
lall record that era of all-belng, or
t-one-ment with the God that is in
the light that lghteth every
AN and not alone with a far-off God,
some shadowy distant heaven.
or. If there be a loving Father over
II, this is his world-as much in his
'nder care as is any world, or any
oaven. Through these beautiful
early gates of Eden. that man himself
lall reconstruct and open wide. shall
/ men pass to Gods throne, his mercy
'at. and that throne shall be in mans
cart, and that mercy seat within his
llarged and truly ennobled soul
round that throne and mercy seat
lall bow together 81 no. shall stand
'ect-all true reformers of whatever
atform, sect, creed or sex. moral, So
al or religious What If August Be
Il. he who is the champion OF woman
Dod the world over, be honored there;
: Carl Marx, the founder of the So
alistic propaganda; or Father Mat
lew, he who has done for the temper
noe cause what none may ever excel.