The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-16
But Dame burden Says They
Should Not.
FOR BARGAIN COUNTER FEES
This Would Surely Come j he Woman had
Thcm 10 Pay-Eugish Exercised Over
The Question of Girls hiding
Astridc-Other Gossip.

At intervals some stupid man resurrects
the question should women propose?'
This time 1t is the Rev. Charles L., kloss,
pastor of a St. Louis suburban church.
DR.. kioss thinks the woman should take
the Initiative, and not wait for the man
70 propose. I shrewdly suspect that the
marriage fees are not as frequent as The
reverend gentleman would like and that
be is looking around for ways and means
TO make the clerical pocket-book some
what more piethcrlc. L do not llhIlh
such an innovation would benefit his
bank account for. OF course. if the Wo-
man proposed, she would naturally aIsn
pay the minister. and what economical
woman would exceed the bargain cotui-
tor limit and pay more than ninety-eiSht
cents? or course, 81 she thought that n,'r
husband was q great bargain, she might
strain a point Cor a dollar rathe;) ard
make the Zee a n1untficent sum o. oaS
dollar and niuoty- eight cents, but ui's
Nould, am certain, be OF rare occurrence.
SerioGsI. l., .sS1a.. t.c GO .;"-scte.
and repugnant 10 wonanliind. Even sucn
an advocate of woma1.s rights as E.i>1-
beth Cady Stanton does not aiScrnVe oil
the innovation and says: II believe that
few Will be found to share the Rev. Air.
Kloss' views, which, should they be
accepted, would destroy that naiUra &c
serve which is not common to women
alone but pervades the entire female h2li
of creation
The idea is most objectionable. especial
" to Southern women and l think II
Virginia men wait until tee women GO
the counting the maidens of this genera
ton will be written on the pages Of his
tory as ''spinsters by the choice, ana
they will be proud OF the title.
Another question that also comes up
uerennially is now being discussed in Eng
land, Shall Girls Hide Astride?' but SO
far oninion does not sem to be II iaFcr
of the innovation. The question was
ayitated in this country several years
ago. but the women are still using sloe
saddles. An exchange says the oPpo-
sition comes not from any conventional
rs-ei,,fice or fear of offending prorrieties.
hut from a prevalent conviction that
cross saddle will be q drawback Tather
than an aid to woman's success In the
hunting field.
Women may be clalnoring for their
FIGHTS and much is said for and asinst
HE so-called new woman, but l am very
sure she does not wish to propose
ride astride-
hnropos of womens rights, the 1olo"lns
paraEraph taken from popular maya
zinc gives an account of the first Wo-
mans right, movement in America 1
quote:
Perhaps the first 'woman's rights"
movement in America was connected
with the early history OF the settlement
az Louisiana. for there early in the cen
tl,ry- occurred the famous ''pethcoat IN
,s,,rrection" The French girls who had
come to settle in the country under al
lurrments which proved deceptive, were
particularly indignant at being led upon
corn Blenvillc thus reports the matter
in one Of his dispatches: The males III
the colony begin. through habit, to ne
recontiled to corn as an article OF nour-
ishnent but the females, who are mostly
Parisians have for this kind OF food a
logged aversion. which has not yet been
s,il,iue1 Hence they inveigh bitterly
against his Grace the Bishop of Quebec.
who. they say has enticcd them away
from home under the pretcxt of sending
them to enjoy the milk and honey of the
land of promise
II is announced that Miss Alice Roose-
Volt is laying her il;'rs 10 go to Lonaon
and attend The cuToiat N wrer@upon the
United Irish Societies ur GiH5 matt have
made public the following protest. 1t
reads:
Alice should be careful not to let the
cnemy-laaking English Government use
her presence in England to en%eader en-
nity between our nation and anv one OF
11nrlant's many enemies. Her visit may
ne productive of much good if Aiic. could
he induced to carry praycrful petition
containing the signatures of 4 million