The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-28
THE NEW WOMAN
nave wives Who Are Merely "AmiabIe
Echoes" Any SOULS

gest question ever heard. Suppose wife
plots out her own individuality alto
gether and buries herself i'm her hus-
band and children. having no opinions
OF her own, no thought on any of the
great questions that thrill and move the
world, absolutely no individuality of
her own. She accepts her husbands the.
ology, politics and temperance opinions.
when called on to express view on any
OF these topics or any other the words
OF her husband or her grown son, if she
has any, or of her father and brothers,
simply run out Of her mouth like water
through sieve. She is exactly what
women in all ages have been told to be,
merely an 'amiable echo" of her hus-
band or her neaIS - male relative. If she
has no near MAJ relatives to form her
mind for her, then she is an echo of her
beloved pastor. She can no more think
for herself than an empty bag can stand
alone Now, the strange question asked
was this; What becomes of such wo-
man after death? Has she any soul? The
doctrine of the survival of a soul after
death is the doctrine of evolution of indi-
vidual development. There is the uni
versal life whence all that moves
sprang. the nature life diffused through
all the universe. Oriental philosophy
teaches that mankind must strive in all
ways to develop each for himself and
herself their own intellectual and spirit
ual power This is the only way to in
dividualize themselves, and only by in
dividualizing themselves can they de-
velop enough of soul to survive death
as separate person The object of the
earth life is individual development,
the making the most and the best of all
ones powers. No human being can dc
this who does not work and think fol
himself To be merely an "amiable
echo" of another is to be an intellectual
and spiritual dwarf. or soul asleep
, one that has never been awakened. Ma
ture never created any two creatures
exactly alike. Even two mosquitoes, il
examined under the microscope, arr
found to be quite different. Thousands
of women are trying to make them
selves even less than mosquito. Real.
and truly, have such women anything
= of their own that is worth survivin,
: after death? Frankly, l doubt it.
i Woman today is the result of 6, 00'
years effort to please man. The result
< is satisfactory neither to man nor T.
i woman
Pegging away at one thing day afte
year is tiresome, but it is the only wa
to accomplish anything worth while
The reason SO many women fan Is tina
they want to stop every little while an
take rest or go to party or somethln
which absents them from their WORK
Then somebody else who is stage
steps in and gets their place and KEEP
it,
Mrs J. M. Fiske has given $14O
600 to Barnard, the woman s college
Columbia university IN New York city
rejoice that here is one woman VIII
| does not pour her thousands into I'll
Golfers of theological school to educa'
preachers who turn around and den
i women the right of ordination as mil
4 listers and the right to share III churc
management or to hold church Office
4 and finally rub it III by putting I'll
A word obey in the marriage ceremon.
i Iwish the Daughters of the America
Revolution would not fuss and quar-
~ so much. even though the America
~ Revolution was one long fight. The
nd illustrious daughters will soon be
- had as the men. who never can z
m along in an organization without qua
,u reling
IN This is what Emerson says. "Bett
TO- be a nettle in the side OF your lriel
py than his echo "
For Considerable notice has been taken
dv the fact that among members OF G
or. merchants association who lately visl
mo- ed New York to buy fall goods the
,tv was one woman. Miss j. r. Shrumi
;la head of q millinery firm In Columor
ne O But the only odd thing about IL
to that there were not 20 women me
an chants instead of only one
Mrs. S. j. Milliken OF Augusta WI
:. Is member of the board of directors
~ the Bangor. Orono and Oldtown ia
NO road company.
at William Shaffer had charge OF 20
err. belonging to a, society He hid 1t III
lbt raebag at his home. The ragbag WI
ch it's contents was sold to peddler ., a
i've the money never heard OF again "
D q that Just like a woman''
,av There are women who nearly alive
trv preface a remark with the words.
lea husband thinks. We learn thereby u
mas at least their husbands think. aithou
to thew themselves never do. Dom DO
ich of the my husband thinks wives
Ia The Woman's Klondike Syndicate
redition is the name of an organizat
,cs now being perfected in New York CT
'o0 Mrs s w. McDannold, 70 Tribt
oot building, is treasurer 1t is composed
90 women of some means who expect 10
~. W. 70 the Klondike gold mines in &C
a. Portable and civilized manner, start