The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-23

heeled shoes or bolstered hips, shall
incur the penalty OF the law now In
| ,urce against witchcraft, sorcery, and
| lihe misdemeanors, and the marriage,
upon conviction, shall stand null and
void " This same act was once intro
duced into the legislature Of Wiscon-
sin. but failed to pass l presume, IL
our Missouri preacher had been
member of that legislature, 1t would
have received his vote at least. God
pity all such preachers. think their
calling is from the devil, and not from
God
| But " hat charm. what blessing
is woman! In every walk of life her
modesty and reserve make her the
more attractive and loveable. Man
could not live without her. She is
the one object of his soul and admira-
tion. Rev ID. H. Moody once said of
her:
III think that the Almighty Intended
the work of woman in this word
| SIohhi Dt. dDONc tIS ItuiIhB VI
family. He gave into her keeping the
souls and characters of the young, to
make or mar. And surely there is no
nouler OF more responsible work than
this. From the home-the domain of
woman spring most of the highest
impulsestof humanity. And 10 fit
woman for her great work the Creator
ma o her OF hner cast than man;
there is nothing on earth so noble, so
pure, so exalted, so near the ideal of
character, as a good woman. Woman
can rise higher than man; but she can
likewise sink lower. The very height
which she can attain seems to make
her fall the greater when she does
fall. There is great strength and
weakness in woman's character and it
is vital duty of men, whose greater
evenness Of temperament gives them
greater self-control, and consequently
a commanding position, to do every
thing in their power to enable the
woman t. be true to her higher ma
ture.
II believe that, all things else being
equal, the happiest woman is the wom-
an who is the mother and the max er
OF home; but II she cannot fulfill
her true destiny, II she must enter the
business world, she should be given
} the greatest consideration, simply be-
cause she Is q woman. I have heard
, women say that they ask nothing on
the ground Of sex. Perhaps they don't;
} but personally, I cannot forget the
sex. Even in purely business mat.
) ter my D.. attitude and manner toward
them are not just ss they would bs
toward men,"
i, Not to change the subject, but, be-
, ing lawyer myself, I will make some
quotations from articles written about
her, as she appears in our courts of
D justice. "Let comely, we'll dressed
/. woman enter The court room, and at
5 the first ru.tle of her silken gown
! every man present seems to lose his
head. Talk about the equality Of the
/: sexes! A man stands no more show OF
o winning lawsuit against good look
e ing woman than he do, of being saved
S without repentance, or being elected
i to congress without money. PortiN
l. would have been even more potent ir
petticoats.
d A lawyer who would undertake tC
II cross, examine woman sharply would
be considered brute. Even to ash
r her age is a hazardous experiment
It When she tes' ifi S to hearsay, or wha'
II she said herself, or what she though
n or thinks, or anything else imprope,
,r the judge merely ays down his pei
and smiles, and the ju, y believes ever.
le word of it And whether party Or wit
d. ness, let her take out a black. .burdere,
nt white handkerchief and put it to he
IL eyes, ,r nose--it makes no diiferenc
te which-and the jury will treat her al
| tagonist with about as much consider
he alton as the early Christian martyr
or received from the wild beasts a
Ephesus A man may be put off wit
NJ siXpence; woman's verdict Away
cd car ries costs.
,e- "Even the gallows has no terrors TO
at her; i moose relaXes and refuses I
clasp her fair neck; it is only when
ng mbraces Adams apple that it pr
of serves its hold. And yet the wome
are trying to break this spell by b
ge, coming lawyers and jurymen 1t woul
err not surprise me if they should succee
lat in getting hanged, it they accomplis
of their purpose. The charm of their u
ITO nc, ustomed and artless presence wi
al" be gone, and if they demand the pri,