The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-05-19

Dear Mas Grey: Regarding your
answer to "Truth.seeker." In regard
30 the letter OF n. s. v. p.." u
would seem that Cynthia doesn't
dare or wish TO look into the future
for this solution. but prefers. or
seems 20 find the protection for
woman In the dead past. Pray tell
me II we are not TO look into the
dim future for progress toward the
single standard. where are We TO
Iook9 And. az far a. men deserving
women. and then looking down on
them. you will find this same de.
sertlon on the womsn's part. The
only difference 10 the man takes u
more stoically and doesn't squeai for
public sympathy.
Marriage today rests alnoss Who'll.
iy on economic conditions, and you
will find the same number. or more.
OF women offering themselves to
men a. there are men 10 buy. Men.
az a class. are striving today 20
make women their equal. and IN this
state have removed every barrier In
their power TO permit them to be-
come 30. Do the women wish 10 re-
main free and equsi7
You advise girls TO "sblde by" the
present marriage laws az long 40
the double standard exists. be.
Ileve the double standard will exist
az long as women abide by" and
are satisfied with the present ehsot.
ic conditions. The stsndpat woman
"abldes" and suffers. and remains a
slave TO the conditions she "abides
by" but the woman who dares step
out Of the beaten track may suffer.
but she 10 no longer . siave-she
has made an effort for freedom.
Freedom can never be bestowed: IL
must be attained. The step this
woman has taken. N u be with a de.
sire for freedom, and equality. 10 nee
essary before any OF the women can
have this single standard they so
much profess to desire.
II women entered the sex or mar.
rIsse relation with as high purpose
as the men. tina, relation would be
placed on higher plane. When
this relation becomes TO the woman
a thing too valuable 10 sell. even
for a life meal ticket, then will the
man place like value upon u.
Woman Is reaping what she has
sown, and she must continue TO SOW.
" she wishes 70 reap different. she
must SOW different. "Ye do not
gather grapes from thorns nor figs
from thistles." Yours.
TRUTH-sEEkER NO. 2.
A.-Woman is reaplng what she
was compelled TO SOW by man. her
master How do you figure that
men enter the marriage relation
with higher purpose than
women II they buy? Who got
than women II they buy? Who got
things into such a state OF affairs
that girls and women are compelled
TO sell their souls7 The women
Who keeps up the restricted dis.
tricts. the vice holes, and carries on
white slavery The women? | was
not aware OF the fact before read
your letter that men are striving to
make women free and their equals.
and II will take more than the argu.
ment you set forth to convince me
that II is true. II Is women who
are striving TO have an equal say in
the laws that govern them and men
have removed the barrier only as
women demanded Il.
You misconstrue the meaning OF
my words when you say Cynthia
Grey does not dare or wish to look
into the future. do not believe in
wasting the present by idly contem.
plating that this will or won't be in
the future But we can make the
future what we wish II to be by
changing the present. Today is all
we have, for what is tomorrow but
another today?
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