The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-02-05

the lines Of my predecessors would.
20 my mind, have been to prove my
own weakness, for we cannot change
woman's nature any more than we
can mans. and. therefore. To attack
women because they are tickle or
Vain-glorlous seems to me as absurd
as TO attempt to prove that man is
not the superior animal because he Is,
by Instinct, fond OF cakes and ale.
Really. do not want to attack at
all, because II is as natural to mo
To be fond Of women as II Is for chill.
dren TO be fond Of toys. My real idea
10 TO give women an opportunity for
DEFENSE, and TO prove their strength.
II Ia for this reason that attack them
where they elect to be considered
strongest, namely. In their homes. The
cry OF late years Is that women are
as good as men, that they have been
persecuted and kept under for years.
and that, therefore. they should not DO
expected, In the first years OF their
emancipation. 20 be up 10 competing
with men as broad.wlnnors. That 10
quite reasonable. and. therefore. I do
not grid at their mlsmanagemont OF
the political and commercial sides OF
life.
hut the management OF the house
they have always had and, as I have
said, there they fail sadly either 10
provide comfort, or to spend money
in the proper way.
Woman's mission is 10 always put
the blame on some one else. Eve be.
gan Il. She put the blame on the
serpent. and her daughters have ever
since blamed the serpent on tho
hearth--the servant Do not run away
with any idea that | am going, for
more love OF paradox, TO champion
servants. A French writer has said.
so many servants, 30 many spies"
and, In my mind. servants arc many
things worse than spies. But let sery.
ants be, as they are, womanB excuse
for everything that goes wrong. lust
as servants put everything on the cat
l accept the gage. For the purposes
OF argument, VIC will admit that sery-
ants are at the bottom OF all the OWLS
OF home life. Now let us inquire into
that The first question TO ask the
woman in the box, who is giving EVIL.
dence for the. defense, is:
Who engages the Beryants?"
The answer is Il do" The witness.
be II understood, is speaking on be.
half OF women generally. Tho next
question Is;
who directs the servants?"
Tho answer Is the same, 81 do"
Pursding this line, ash, the mistress:
From whom do your servants learn
their businessy"
From moi"
"And anything they don't know.
may take II. is due to tho fact that
former mistresaes have not taught.
or have failed to teach, them?"
''That ia So"
Then, II the entire education. en-.
gaging. paying. managing and dis.
charging OF servants is carried on by
women. and II the proportion OF won.
en- over men servants is very large.
the entire blame for the unsatlsfac.
tory state OF the servant question must
be due to women?"
The witness does not answer, and.
on being pressed, bursts into tears,
and finally says:
ut is all the fault OF the menl"
Men. as a rule, have nothing to do
with servants. the larger proportion
of servants are women, and. there.
fore the faults OF servants IA only
another proof that women are incapa.
bic OF managing another very largo
section OF a necessity which should
60 TO make comfort and economy In
tho home. But perhaps II is not fair
TO Judge entirely by majoritles. Let
W look at the exception. which again
proves the rule. Bachelors keep their
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