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Show "Women's Klijlits Xn Germany. Only in go far as the legal position ol the married woman must exercise a moral influence on the life of the unmarried un-married is it necessary to say a word of the legal foundation of marriage in Germany. It rests entirely on tho view of tho superiority of man, of tho snbor-dination snbor-dination of woman. Even tho notion that she is bought by hor hnsband survives, sur-vives, in however slight a form, in the ceremony of betrothal. Her hnsband is hor master, hor guardian, her natural supporter. Abovo all ho is her edncator. bhe shares his rank, his name, his dig mties, his fortune, but without him shq cannot administer her own. "In the domain of all she remains a subject," Sohm argues, "aud if she reigns at all It must bo by the free will of man. " In the couKtry liko Germany, whore, in all matters connected with moral and intellectual lifo, tho links of tradition tradi-tion have never been severed, the present pres-ent is explained by the past. Disdainful silence is the mildest form of criticism opponents will offer whenever on the olatform or from the professional chair the attempt is made to plead in favor of women's political rights. On this point all the female advocates of thp emancipation of thoir sex are unanimous unani-mous in their lamentations. Bostcc-S'osfc. |