Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-06-08
Worueu'a Rights.

with the thin face. what other things,
IN the name of high heaven, are TO be
crowded into that already healthy dec
taration which has run down through
all the fleeting years? Are mems rights
to be further limited by the proposed
extension of wonan's rights! what
say is III no controversial spirit, but
would like to make the point that a
very serious objection may be made to
this talk about equality. Right think
ing men will probably shudder ut the
very suggestion of woman becoming
mans equal. That may sound little
harsh. 1t depends on how you look at
1t. | have my own way of viewing the
subject. and having used the sentence
will reserve the right of giving my own
definition of its meaning | said right
thinking men will probably shudder at
the very suggestion Of woman becom-
Ing mans equal. Why? because
right thinking men prefer to look upon
woman as mans superior. No doubt
some Of the more strenuous women
will look upon this saying as soft and
sickly, and growing out of that Ole
foolish sentlmnetalism of an earlier
time But it is no such thing The
trouble about the equality business Is
that it works both ways, up and down.
VIII the men go up notch or two! Or
will the women come down? l do not
pretend to know. The political and the
social status are closely related. Soci-
ETY. has not been able to escape up to
this time the Influence Of bad practices
In politics. Individuals have carried the
ugly methods Of politics into business.
Cheating in politics is followed by short
weights at the grocery. The point is
that you cannot accept the blessings OF
the ballot without having It's evils
forced upon you. The good and bad In
politics are probably more indiscrim-
inately mixed than elsewhere.
But l was thinking Of woman's
rights in broader sense, and the point
l had In mind was this mainly: l do
not want to see woman dragged down
to the point of equality. 1 shrink from
the idea Of seeing her on a level with
man. | want her to remain mans SUI
perior. Women Of the advanced type
talk much about equal rights under the
law DO you know that 1t has always
cOnSoled me to think that the law
makes difference between the sexes? ?
like to know that this is so. do not
mean by this that woman should not
have definite legal status. She should
be equipped to enforce her rights. She
could be forced to respect the rights
of others. But | cannot refrain from
thinking that the law, in the main, at
least. is for derelcts. know many
men who live entirely above the law.
In the whole category of enumerated
offenses. forbidden and punishable by
the law, there is not line or letter
which will in the least Interfere with
the life and business Of the really re-
spectacle citizen. Good men are above
the law. The law is not for them, but
of them. mere copies Of the self-en
forced rules of conduct sprung from an
enlightened and quickened conscience.
| like to think of women as something
separate and apart from the laws and
its tedious ways. Good cannot be leg
lsiatcd into the human soul. Laws are
made to restrain the vicious and the
wicked. God grant that women may
rcmain above the aw."-New Orl ans
Tines Democrat.
A Mother's Novel object Lesson.
A great deal of trouble is usually
found in teaching children to adhere
to the practice of Excepting things in
their place" and as | had six children,
all under . years of age. and only one
working hous"keeper, it became nee
esSary for me to adopt methods to
save work. So. In collusion with my
housckpeper. instituted pound"
the unal;erable rule OF which was "a
place for everything. and everything in
It's place" Whenever the hOusekpeDer
or any member of the family found
any article out of place they were at
liberty to "inpOund it, The pound"
was kept and presided over by myself
A locked room prevented any infringe
mcnt Of MY rights n 'pOundkepper"
Every article entering there called for
cent 10 release 1t. -, first caps, states
slippers. pencils cam" tcemng inland
corresponding cents for rclpase-whirh
formed fund for purchasing some
thing to further tidlncss such as
waste paper basket, paper rack. slipper
eases. etc. Soon. hy firmly demand
ing ransom cents, the articles coming
to the pound decreased. and by the
time my eldest son went to college
there was rarely an article lmpounded
Oriental View Of N'omanhnoI.
The Oriental idea OF the freedom
which American women enjoy does no,
accord with that of Americans one
Hindoo lady expressed herself as
greatly shocked that American men
should compel their women to 20
about in public unprotected. their faces
exposed to the gaze of strangers. and a
Hlndoo gentleman with whom we
talked thus expressed himself on the
subject Of Oriental treatment Of WON
subject of Oriental treatment OF
women:
"You say that we do not honor our