The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-04-16
WOMAN AND pBbckess.



Riohmund. Surrey, England
EpiroR TMrsi
To many there might not a., first
blush appear to he any necessary con-
uectiou bssMeon woWaa. And Iprogress,
yet q slight study Of The PIT. is suGi-
cient 10 shoT that the position Of the
one is sure measure Of that Of the
other The moral and political status
at any country has ALWAYS depended
upon the position Of woman there. The
nearer She is to the condition Of slave,
the more generally degraded is tho
whole nation, thus the degree Of her
freedom is significant Of county's
worth and durability. No people and no
scheme Of progress ever succeeded and
became lasting which did not include
the advancement Of womin equally with
man.
The oldest aud best known nation Of
antiquity was Egypt, In her day she
was the most polished and most civil
iscd NJ peoples Her learning, her
science, her military and political abili.
iios, her handicmits and mechanical ap-
plianccs, amaze the student OF to-day.
lie ruhs his eyes and asks: was this
really an ancient or modern country,
this land Of tho nineteenth century con-
ycnicnces, this home ofics,allishcd
government hoary with antiquity and
of institutions venerable with age, this
prcccptrcas and mother OF art aud learn
INK throughout the whole Of the known
world2 Tac answer IL simple. She
was the FIRST h recognize the equally
II the sexes Her marriage contracts
prove that an Egyptian wife then was
iu many respects in = better position
than a wife In most European countries
now. The medical profession was chief
/ ly practiced by women, aud thus we
iind that the mortality Of mothers, Of
infants, and children, were surprisingly
small. In that charming little story
The Doctors Of lloyland,n by Dr..
| Conan Doyle, We have u case whore
gifted and skiliul lady practitioner
abpolutel! annihilaled those common
prcjudices against female doctors, even
when entertained by sore nj ale com,
pctlier, one Dr.. Ripley, country sur
goon Of the old school. The fiction
that amuses and surprises the novel;
reading English OF thus tail.cnd Of tho
ninstesnlh century. ~as common
I matter Of everyday fact In fgyp, more
i',sa'<Aaar ,A"ussuA sA.araa ~ ~ D.
: also occupied conspicuous position IN ne
{ state Church. A. rriestcsscs they o.
dictated IN all the ceremonies and were
most frequently the vehicles Of tho
J driven oucles. They contributed large
ly 10 the founding OF the national litera.
ture, aud even In Plnto's day lho sacred
books Of lsac were considered TO beabout
ten thousand years old A Greek sagc,
when Ia Egypt, hiYng boosted VI the
divine descent Of the mushroom roy al ,
OF his country, hohish priest rcbukel
him hy exhibiting The statues of 800
Of his predecessors in that Office m one
long uubrokcn line, al high priests and
all the sons Of wen. What Other state
Boz the world ever surpassed THE for
goo government that b., government
most suitable To iis peopIe-or for
steady duu1iuty2 But tyre, la that
renote dny, the wife was almost aa
free as thc husband and had similar
SOL rights. Contrary to all modern
. uases.of the East, she could dine in
, public with him, and iaceious painters
occasionally depicted her In various
, stage Of intogicatiou. While monogamy
! was the rul q, polygamy though except
, ional, was also lawful, aud the doubl,
q system seems 10 have worked we'll. The
t reformation OF Mahomet excluded
women from its system, denied the N
4 education and civil rights, shut then
/ from It's churches and is immortal Para
dice and ranked them with the lower ami
v mails. Tho result wns rapid and iata
~ degradation Of the race, aud nationa
" impoverishment both mentally an'
b. materially Tho descendants Of a learn
ed, wealthy, and high-spiritod people
the most distinguished Ia anclen
history, becaue the ignorant aud ieebl
Is iellaheen OF Egypt, then whom, unde
Turkish rule, no more miserable elias
u ever existed.