| Show A WOMAN ON THE WOMAN QUESTION editors deseret news will you allow me mo space for fora a few that havo have suggested to me on reading in friday evenings issue the letter of reginald I 1 read it in my xay sick room abom and was waa much surprised to find it was deemed necessary to give the names ber ser seriatim of those ladies who signed the bill fr for the removal of comans womans disabilities I 1 have been prevented through sickness from attending the legislature except on the 0 opening ening dagand day aud and know nothing but what I 1 get jet ta rough through tho EVENING NEWS having ID been seen no one to communicate with on the matter therefore if it I 1 say anything not auant impute it to my non surely gentlemen of the legislature need no reference refer encell as sis to character capability integrity etc of those women who signed kigner the therill bill their lives family connections and principles are an open book before this people and in a large measure before the world they are working bees in the hive of deseret Da seret not nine rine ladies work but the common drudgery of domestic ilfe lifo they understand der stand practically the sweat of the brow the aweas of the brain and the sweat of the heart they have been the domestic al chy mists practically converting con averting all into gold or something more useful they have been their own housemaid cook kitchen maid scull scullery ory maid the la undress the dressmaker the seamstress and anti general factotum entering into all sil the minu tiao tiso of these occue occupations they have been head nurse nursa land laud and aud nursemaid nura emaid emald alternately with sundry other offices too nume numerous noua roua to mention and above all ail the housekeeper and lady of the house housa to receive company and do the honors 11 and all this complex work hns baa been done and done well weil I 1 moat of them have had large arge families of fine healthy intelligent children and they thoroughly understand rearing and educating them the woman who has th thua us graduated has a rea Xea readiness r ea diness in her character cha eha for auy any small office she might ba be appointed to these women never yet have stepped out of their sphere of womanhood and therefore havo have given no cause for doubt or suspicion that they may be found doing BO iso prove all things 11 knowledge ia hi power and experience is revelation to all that have ill give chance for development vegetating on a cab cabbage batye leaf belongs to apa a past at ngel nger age if a M man an or woman give no promise for fitness tor for a certain place or omee office by no means place them in it in some other department they may become burning and shining ning ling lights a effiee aylee legislature will a once see the propriety ot of such euch selections many persona persons develop even to their own astonishment we should not know that nire fire was bidden in the filat flint if it was not struck 1 napoleon the first would have lived and died the little corporal had not circumstances and position developed him into general genera era consul Emper emperors orl the conqueror thi the world ju nearly early queen eilzabeth elizabeth would have lived and aud died simply a scholar A lover of learning and an obedient pupil aa aamir sir hir bover koger ascham abeham pronounced her being her tutor but a crown and a great kingdom fell upon her head and shoulders aud and she simply raised herself erect and bore them with a masculine mind alano her proud assertion when intruded upon sire there shall be but one mistress and no master let jet no ono one pronounce this arrogance it was simply the voice of a konop kingly ly soul whose duty it was wag imperatively to hold its own Eo kolomon lomon the wise wlee lacked this knowledge and became worse than an imbecile could bhe she a woman with the iden idea men havo have ever had of v oman woman could sho she have havo hold hoid held beld her crown and kingdom with a feeble vacillating hand band and in such sueh troublous times asli as all ali the early part of her reign witnessed no she had continually to bring out all the tudor in her nature to keep her seat upon the throne of her ancestors Elizabeth Elizabet bilke blike ilke like many other women haq hai seldom had justice doner dona her it ia Is written the faints shall judge the world yes but the judges must give a righteous judgment or they will lose loee their sent seat there have been women igns enough in the world to demonstrate the capability and the womanliness of woman rule witness the tho statesmanlike edict of queen victoria respecting the religion of her indian subject subjects 0 would not that have any inan man however high he might be would not the tho president of the united states become an object of exaltation to the tho highest till tili tribune bune in tho the world if be followed in her leading hab has queen victoria made ono one step out of her proper sphere or that has been unwomanly yet the english people would have desired her to step forward on some occasions with a more undaunted front fronted ud nd had she done dono so the tha high toned chivalry of that nation would have borne their liege lady gallantly through the storm or et at ruggie ruggle the spirit is Js all there but justi justifies her course itt Is queen Vic victoria toria torla on an uncommon or a singular woman not in the least bhe sue is only a woman ot 0 a commonplace mind and char chat character aeter acter 3 but she was cate carefully fully tully educated by her mother the duchess of keilt and trained to 11 nil ull 11 the throne of england and to govern not rule its millions of subjects I 1 and she so far has accomplished it she bhe hida ever been a prayerful woman without one grain of cant tha that would not ot do fone forEn gland gIand and she has had judgment in selecting unselecting men of ability honest men to bland aland by her thas thai were her canning At aberdeen ordeen erdeen ramer PAmer aton atou peel and aud and a host pf af others equally competent to fill offices on the ship Brit Brittan brittania tania taula la bat it would fill columns to name them I 1 merely want to demonstrate the i fact that when woman bashada has bas had bad a place placa of trust appointed hur her after being trained and educated for it she has filled it often gloriously of course she has not been perfect eh sho she 0 would have beon boon useless if it she had bad been imperfection was the law of 6 the tha planet she moved on nud and she par pat partook took of those elements that bhe ahe might be more competent detent to be one with the masei masel of course looking ever to tha the stan standard dard aard of perfection approaching it but never attaining it in ita its fullness on this earth bul bui showing that excelsior was her motto the men of our community havo have had an immense insight into the character of woman why then ia le it they have so little confidence in her were ahe to commit a breach of trust it could hardly bo be called a breach of confidence for they place none in her at least lease so it beems seems by their words aud and action of today to day what will the world think when they know how women are held by tho the men of this community they wll wil fall back in their original idea from froim which they had some what emerged that truly the women are sic down trodden and the women silently retire from all the struggle they have made tn to bear up and assist asih t the brethren to ben efat to instruct uphold and comfort exalt and purify and literally become the nonentities non entities it ia Is broadly hinted that they are iid and ild by this prove all things that appert appertain alit alEt unto them and let lot men take the responsibility of such euch action then they will be surely rarely brought to say like one of old who had to learn wisdom by his own folly J and the things ho he suffered it ia good for me that I 1 have been afflicted for now have I 1 kept thy law shall I 1 leave the subject nere here I 1 have much mor more a t to 0 eay esy but this time gel 1 I pass sisters bia Sla tern tere possess your souls in patience you are gods daughter daughters exalt and honor your fa parentage you you will yet fill the niche in the temple of the universe that is open and waiting for you and above all things remember to be super ruper superior lofto to the hour live ilvo in thy self belt esteem did I 1 noh not know that my nom de plurie alums fa 18 as well known as my own name I 1 should not place lt ethere heie hepe rss SALT halit bake LAKE CITY january isio |
