The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-05-17

of figured china silk silkoline. just large
enough to slip over the pillow and add
a friil made by doubling the silk and gath
erfng into the seams the four sides.
This is made like a pillow case. then slip
the pillow in. and hem the end down
Note-We thank Kansas Housekeeper for
the letter. If all would be as generous with
their knowledge, imparting useful inforrna-
ton TO others. our kingdom would be vast
ly improved. Fdjtress.
Mrs. Mamie f. Reynolds. Gracevine
Fla.-In this day OF boosted learning and
literature IL makes feeble pen trembls
to think of writing for publication
Having noticed Mrs. Sumrners's "A
Plea for Women" and kindred ideas from
other pens. allow the writer a few words.
pic-,ss.
1 do nor think. az holy and natural a.
the married relations are. that It is every
Woman's duty to enter upon them nor
should the whole end OF her girIish aims
be directed toward winning companion
Tor lie. l can't see why the world has not
another place for woman besides making
q home happy for some man. Woman IS
needed in the full vigor and magnetism
OF her days: she is needed before she's
spent her best days IN brooding over a
family. probably. whom she can never ar
as they should be. for the reason that
her own mother was too young too i'm
-eNN--Ns Npc uiiitdTne0 10 tram her
culture
Inc female element IS needed through
out the social. moral and intellectual de-
partments of our land Let me not BE- mis-
uhaerstod do not contest the claim
LOT larger extension Of power to wo-
man nor am Z prepared 70 say that II
would be logically IN Just Ny claims for
women are not as an amazon and warrior
out as ministering angel and friend
anu must say that ! repudiate the sense
.'Ss Iued which doubtless had its origin
IN the selfish cruelty Of barbarous ages.
ana the vanity of the so-called lords Of
creation. that woman is inferior in her
!hteiectGat endowments 10 man. I mean
mat she Is inferior in no particular what
ever II Is a narrow estimate Of woman's
capacity 10 assign TO her simply the SUI
perVision Of the poultry yard. spinning
WheeI. housekeeping and small talk which
SHY men claim as most acceptable 10 her.
II you Will Uufetter her mind by "a wise
anu hDeru education. then no longer limit
the circuit and range Of her influence and
OF her social moral and Intellectual pos
slbllitles and capabilities. 1t viii reveal
the bright electric current that courses
and blazes through them Then let her
engage in any pursuit which her taste or
circumstances may incline her TO adopt
that is chaste and right in Itself and that
may be honorably pursued Indeed It
should be source of qualification TO
all wise thinkers and earnest lovers Of
their race that woman. as her true posi-
toin Is becoming better understood more
clearly defined. IS entering the lists Of
competition in the broad field of appro-
PIRATE. useful and secular employments.
IT is to be hoped that she viii yet De allow
ID 10 win her way 10 financial indepenG-
ence: that IS. for the same amount Il
work and the same work as wei done 70
receive the same pay. Allow her this weil-
earned boon as well as social and eluca-
toual influence as her only prominence.
Let the diShonorinE assumptions Of ths
barbarOEs past 10 be forgotten and woman
be ~ once carried 20 her social, moral
and intellectual plane where she rightly
beloncs-the plane assigned her by her
creator. nature and trurh-and there stand
forever 10y the side of man. MS 4nquestO on
ed equal.