The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-13
WOMEN JEER THE IDEA SUGGESTION THAT THEY PRO-
 POSE MARRIAGE. Stirrs up Protest-New York Women Disagree with Dr. Kloss-His
 Plan Ridiculous.

Rev Charles L. Kloss of St. Louis believes that if women should be alloweu to p.Npose marriage the ideal husband would soon become a reality and divoroes would be out of fashion.
 Elizabeth Cady stanton. Mrs. Charles H. Dennison. president of Sorosis. Mrs. Clarence oui ns and Mrs, LIlie Deyeieaux blake take issue with MT. Kioss in the New York Wo. II and say he Is mistaken. although Ms. Blake Is inclined to allow the woman little lee
 The St. Louis preacher recently told tiis con- gregaticn that he did not th.nk that 1t would be asking too much to request wedding week for the coming year. Last year there were only twelve weddings in his church. sation and he Is not at all gratihed at the showing Cor lack of it which the uninar, leL congregation are daughters of rich parents, and he thinks that their male a1mii CTS hssi, size of their hank accounts
 Tt is mistake to suppose a young man can not get malreI without having bank ac- count said Dr. Kloss Tn fact. think IL would be better for young co pie to start in life together in equal circumstances, you might say poor. and wanting but their health anu deter minatlon to depend upon, for then they would be much happier in the enjoyment of the fortune that would afterward come to them Dr. kloss also declares that mistaken idea seems to prevail regarding the relative merits of the sex The mp ession see ms to upon the men, he said. This is certainly not correct view in the twentieth century. of life They have shown that they cap able. Now let woman become mans economc equal or; l misht peter say let her demon posing herself"
 Dr. Kloss is 40 years old and has been married for the last fourteen yeas He recognizes Mrs kloSs as his economic equal, any work that she is called upon to perform
 When Mrs. stanton was asked to Say what she thought in this interesting affair the an swer was characteristic. She said:
 should women propose? Just as if they had not done so from the beginning of time! They are too intui1ive for that ever to be necessary But there thousand ways m which womans preferences may be shown. Indeed. a strong partiality is unconccalabie.
 When Desdemona said to othello If you have a friend that loves me teach him but tell your story and that will me- the sooty Moor did not hesitate to speak, an1 sure- ly the modern woman is not less resouceful.
 "I am aware tbat from my position in the suffrage movement the public would exp ct me to take the affl, mative siie of the ques- need of reform In this direction. Just be cause woman has been to coll ge or is able to speak from a platform. people apt to think that she is less feminine I believe, however. that few will be found to sha M, kloss's views. which, should they be adopted, would destroy that natural reserve which Is not common to women alone. but pervades the entire female half of creation"
 Mrs. Dennison's s was emphatic T never heard of anything so iiiiculous in my life" she said. Such a contention is con toms of the savage, the instinct of the lower animals. In my opinion 1t will never prevail.
 'Woman economic indepen ience has noth- ing to do with 1t, since, in nine cases Of ten. it at marriase. It is the man that assumes the responsibility of the rela- tion the care for future. the burden Of pos sibie children and he therefore does and should propose marriage.
 No woman can have business cares and be at the same time the best wife and the best mother hSe will, therefore, he d,penIent up on her future husband in a certain sense and must wait till he selects her for his wife"
 Mrs. Burns admits that she may be little old-fashioned in her iiess, but she thinks women should not propose.
 A man that waits for women to ask him to marry her Is more or less indifferent. for and indifference is fatal to the marriet rela- tion," sue says That Is what make a marriage for money such a grave mistake, "A wcmans D oper place Is in ihe home. conditions have fol ced het to do In oli lays the wlte made her husband's shi Is, tho childTen,s cloths the 9,,. fam ly D ca l." of position are entirely with the woman tn re no i' uO, that 1t IS Quit- rair Tor ner Q give r ef-i: e1 u.tor so much tncou.ag ment riage Nill be welc me A poJ. young man a 4Inul salay he. ita. 10 pre- ,= his at tentions en gnl whose father is worCh mil lions.
 Many a happy match has been prevented from the proud reticence of the wooe eni the too great diIidence of the maiden, who fears 10 give sign of her real feelings lest she should fall in the esteem of him she loves, Tn ordinary conditions. where the man must expect 10 win the whole support of the family. no well-bred damsel will like to go queens like Victoria and WiIhelmina. and the social ouetns who have mue9 to give may pi"pe''v cXtend |; favor admi-er some token 'i tho royal preference
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