The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-06
ON EN- AND PROGRESS
sIhs Position Ot the One a Sure Measure Of
sAsss' That Of the Other.
Status i oil. WIVES in ANCIENT EGYPT
I'm I'm asasy Eespects Superior 20 Those
sss or oss European Countries Now
Whatever EteIatcs Woman Up.
HITS alaE-'They Have on Their
I Side tho Elements or Progress.

ssssSs Side tho Elements OrProsress.
sssssss La dr Cooke in Galveston News)
sSs.f;o many there might not at first blush
2gppsar 70 be any necessary connection
between women and progress yet q
ssslight study of the past is sufficient 70
55Bh Ihat I he position of the ono is q
9siSsMi'es measure ofsthat OF the other. The
ssSSlnora and political status Of any coun-
5S${ryELias alWays depended upon the posi-
ssSsll io9 .heid by women there The nearer
& s she IS e Inc condition of a slave, the
sa11nore$ generally degraded is the whole
sssnataon, thus the degree Of her freedom
SfasaslEn1Hcants Of q country'S worth and
y GUY No people and no scheme Of
II p1oSress ever succeeded and became
saasttng which did not include the adj
Advancement OF woman equally with man
w. les oldest and best known nation of
sssanIlquity was Egypt. In her day she
Il WAS the most polished and most civilized
ISpeoples. Her learning her science,
i and politlcal abilities, her
ass al1lsGicrattsG anu mechanical appliances,
fasSsaInaze the student of to-day. He rubs
a#htSa eyes and asks, was this really an
4 ancient or; q modern country, this land
4 k1{ nineteenth century conveniences. this
Ehome Of established government hoarv
Htsaeit til: age. this preceptress and mother
lsoT art and learhing throughout The whole
a.xsf the known world? The answer Is
EGtmple: She was the first to recognize
Il SShe equaity Of the sexes. Her marriage
Z z:t'IEt racts prove that nh Egyptian wife
SyS1hen{ was in many respects in q better
OPPOSITION than a. wife in most European
sicountries now. The medical profession
s NEa p II chiefly practiced by women. and
3 Gn11s we find that the mortality OF moth
sssrY. OF Infants and children was sur
prlsingiy small. In that charming little
8 st0ry entitled e'"rhe Doctors Of Hoy
IA antt. - by, DR.. Canon Doyle, we have a
4 s AsaSe Where a gifted and slsillful lady
4 apFa ct1oner absolutely annihilated those
q common preJudices against female doc
Il HcrS.S even when entertained by q sore
aanale competitor, one DIR. Ripley, n coun-
Try surgeon of the old school. The flc-
:s4lon. that aTnuses and surprises thenovel-
& xeading English Of this tail-end Of the
8 ndneteenth century was a common mai
L yer OF everyday fact in Egypt more
4 than four thousand years ago. Women
II also occupied conspicuous positions in
ffhe3 State church. AS priestesses they
Il u unrelated IN all the ceremonies and were
ffIiost5 frequently the vehicles OF the d.
oracles, They contributed largely
$50 the founding OF the national litera-
II u Sfnre. and even in Plato's day the sacred
s books Of Isis were considered to be about
years DID, a Greek sage.
when in Egypt, having boasted of the
M 9 ilYine& descent OF the mushroom royalty
ssfntssFiihis8 country, the high priest rebuked
ssSall I'M by exhibiting the statues of 800 OF
Ills pred ecsFsors in that Office in one long
II Ken Vine, AL high priests and all
sIhe sons OF men. What other State in
||$SIshesWorldy ever surpassed this Tor good
/ ssfoXernlnent-that is, a government most
SHuft bic 8& to it's people--or for steady
laura bllity? But there, in that remote
IDA IDA w the wife was almost as free as the
sS$hu sband and had similar social rights
9 gas:lssfntrary to all modern usages of the
East. She could dine in public with him.
esaHd Efacetious painters occasionally de-
ss4ap1Etea her In various stages Of intoXi-
4 OF ttcn.# While monogamy was the rule,
:8 sss my, though exceptional, was also
sa1kWful, and the double system seems 10
SshaFe worked we'll The reformation Of
eess:h1 ahomett excluded women from It's sys-
sssiten1.& denied them education and civil
ss$sflghts; shut them out from It's churches
s#snnd Its moral para disc, and ranked them
It'll the lower animals. The result was
q e. s. apid and fatal degradation OF the
sSTace,{ anu national impoverishment, both
sSEnentally and materially. The deScen-
|stta ants OF "a learned, wealthy and high
Sansancient history, became the ignorant
land feeble fellaheen of Egypt, than
sEFalOn. under Turkish rule, no more mis-
&erable class ever existed
Hs9Y ln%Greece the doctrine OF the natural
sSauuality Of the sexes and INDUCED in
sonlya by q few Philosophers, particularly
SsbySSE1ato. Education and free inter
s&cpurse of women and abundant igno-
france formed the condition of the moth
IerS and sisters OF the citizens.
It'll all her masculine vigor and glory
sGreece fell. gradually atrophied, because
ssOne-half OF her had been of set pur-.
Epose, intellectually and politically para
Ssiyzed. Not long ago the wife OF veal
ssSS&hy Greek peasant sought protection
SfRgainSt the cruelty Of her husband He
aaaad bound her, almost naked, to stake
Sssan8the street1in cold weat her. and urged
3stlle4 passers-by to strike her. chnslising
s&hem when they refused. The court ex-
generated the husband on the ground OF
.s@thes Tife's INSTRUMENTATION. 1--WE can
ssnpt5affordE It said TO teach woman
TO disobey the commands OF her hus-
sDand -" And Rome proud Rome, began
saAobly, but ended in degradation IN her
ssearly days her women could boast OF nu-
generous privileges Of which they We're
afterWard deprived. AS their liberties
& became narrowed social depravtY in
SgGreased. The nobility Of her n,atrons
SfsAAHI1d the purity Of her young daughters
rance became a virtue. and every ac-
yfS,1 -.