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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1881)
ha ItHrnnt or u to oU XAw Akt 0 Tear, b. Sfn7- Mr H'aMN, fl-tt XTmthi, ,v Vtr Man h to CUV rf W, lwr' - AtirrrtUemirnt wil , , o-r" ci Jj,.,?s)WWK. J'. AT C rretpond' - l--tfr ' - rfri to t, Etv.rnr, i ' I 7 Wi f?i let.,., j PORT! vNI, (J REG' TiH IUUlAY. MV Op- SB 1 25 Of- 1, U. THE WOMAN OF THE FUTURE. Thj old-idea Unit woman w made Wr no other fnfr6MWi to be-the creature of her biisuand's will, notions, plans, dosire rod, pretentions is be ing rapidly dissipated before the rays of knowl edge that are erery where hennaing upon the world through, woman's education -ml enlightenment Men who cling tenaciously to the comfortable fancy that thy are sovereigns end women subject aro destined to And their way more and more ivdged about by the op -dtion of woman's idea, which are now in active play, and are constantly seeking opportunity for self-assertion, "We rarely fln'i i woman in these later years never one of FT week wo of the failure of o en go to.geelwfr proper time. Wo 1 expbuvatlori of tRo cause ubscrioer at Tndepenu bth17th Instant atithc at the pw.mastor at that place hud, through' an ermr, hadcd the package of New Noimiwisw t fiiie hustond of a lady subscriber, inetntd of removing the v Tap per and delivering them accd!ng to the droaees. We now repeat the charge, and f further that we think the erro -was intentional and malicious. We are forced t this conclusion by the fact that the postmaster when we wrote to him M offered himan opnortmdty to ex MAN'S MISTAKE. .se ;f the mor omracn mistak's mad by man -onteruing woman is in fai.c-'ii ? tha -lie wan givtn to him, .i a special gift frm. the er.-nt Aoth r, who feght' ,ed her on purj r " use and LeueQt, withun. on- -- taking hn- in, (.-., nt in the traiiffiu-tioii. Yt v mien han a sui !Ji .igg . f her own feeUnps needs nnd aspiratio! v, -, h man ca i never ksow nor mnipreln'ud. ' !.y endeavor to estimate hvr fairly, njr.y pin- ,-iab-oratIy and unseliit-hly for her i.el.i : iti'i :,miy allo'.v her what he eon;der the broade-r - for the cultivation of her talent, yt- the ke c (iod-givn and lh'--reni -of a truly ft-1 : ,i,e Blind .in detef. tn -intiy that woman i from :i iiiistake'i tnmifhit ven t!:cn : i-,d, while be doer not fail to appreciate and j.;, ,o tlw luatdi'iess whi-'h pnit.H!- her, and ! h sfirtv-a to std her i? spiinle a h jfher jK':r;o'i. ,e resei - involuntarily the rongstimate he pi.i e upoi! 't p- werf. - man u the pro luct nf w i lo uti of y, ano t..i is -.pa'de f thoroughly ;ut. u--i .-ibe im li jt the j.h.i. i A-ments hrair. ami hr . an. a 'j'-niy i . viijwt 'f ,,,r mind. -f.taireli ending hitj. UCtof ii-ja. a her senso sjdrit who Is willing to obey the blind, j plain, curtly replied that the package was,directed unreamifvjt rm:naiil f iter husband, given merely xi -( evidence of Ids power, and attempted to he enforceu,ostensibly to assert his authority. No man can h.y another friend so true, so un selHsh, so imllinclriugfttis his wife; and the more devoted she is to his ijiwoats, If al 'e wise, the more self-asserting sheHl he in regard to her own intuitions. She isqiHckerin perception than he, often in matters concerning himself, and is vastly more capable of understanding her own in terests than he can everbecome. If all women had the moral courage to assert themselves, to choose their own inner promptings as a rule of action in their vit lives, all men would be the better for the change There are million of hopeless wives, groping despairingly oa through lives of uncongenial toii, who, hut for the enfqiced authority of a custom that make- husbands th arbiters of their destiny, would gravitate to thoitfiropersphercnnd become shining ornaments therUu. To-day it is the ex ception and not the rule when women work in lields.of labor suited to their strength, inclination and mentality. Charlotte P.ronte would notcook. She declared, it is mid, that she so detested cook ery that she woujd be reduced to beggary before she would follow it for a livelihood. If it w w.i peifclwt of v hed ..! Mbtletit dep r - of rf p'irit that uti; so precHMj- .t. men wiur.re to undersmtui '. necessan-, she vnxs willing to s'cep, wash or n i .i!o. he ca'uio' ompsv. , rub. but cook sho could not and would not. "AH !.. r Krtvr i ai are, nor th wonv-n," ?ys oiie L ly writer, "have not the r..r'i tn J refinement in hir moral con msre of this We hnly.'" And, we add. . !er own eye-., am which U U a --e PnT they A not possess it. Blind an her as fr h tbey following of the dictate ot custom would have HowBi8n.ivl! debarred the world fmm the vilogeof readin tlie ire n.tci Mistake r.f hi su At woman, : rian e-' l..-m that vnv -i li'tmn IjfUf. derfstol vt!m lu'ff '.irpe-y t sn lao)' . hi a sum' i ; mental it. fan y. "r cn le f.n.d In evrry tvitt. lea . r.- :n i cnm .117 wlv are endeavor; i. to u dp tmeu ir n rhc ?tau!puijit of n ' ih" -- Thef an- abr jd in tie land wot ' wh'.i ot h Htafe t vc theatorm.- of -U for , i: k of t'-aoling man his misko1t estii' tir,' 'rviaii s "'at ;s. Won,-r -:e .Varn o. lo-KighimHe'f sujH-rlt o 'Jane Kyre,M and hidden foreve behind pots and o: fhe ari'.iuull vt h: ; v? a i ah water 'he marvelous genhiV'trurrer IJell, nly l" excuse on th j I. id rot Charlotte Bronte mJ"ined horjtion. 'riUx he has not u ? i T -oiy that the high- tuty of such a womn e3 . i tite a gone, is vem j in bcdience to ti mandates of a husband ndto Uumanh ;s slowlv hu . eo-dd never hpe h reach her scale of montnl! ju ivnx over reason, ami tvrnnt ah-f tne aictate V. a TU to a lady, and addetl Aldros your plers to Independence, nnd they vlll bo delivered to the proper persons. This is decidedly impudent, inasmuch as the package was addressed to "Independence, Polk county, Oregon," with no other words on the wrapper. We do not intend to kindly brook thi9 attempt of a derelict postmaster to place tlie fault of his crooked conduct at the publication' oflice. We can forgive the young man who foolishly got angry and sent the papers back by exnrets for he.is ashamed of his conduct add confesses its maliciousness; but we cannot pardon the olllcitl who trios to lay the blame of his misdemeanorit our door. When he says that the package ovas addressed to a lady subscriber, he statesthat which is false, anil which he knows to byftdse, and which we can provo to be false by witnesses from both the post oillce anil Wells, FaiW& Co.'s express oillce in this city. The jwekae was re turned to him in its original wrapper as it was first sent, and we challenge tiim t produce the cover. Wo defy him t show any .words on it other than the nine of the town, county and State, except forhaps a sentence written by the assist"' postmaster at Portland, inquiring why ttic package was returned instead of leing dis tributed. He may have been able to decipher a name under the wrapper; but jher was no occa sion for his taking that trouble, unless he desired to injure the business of this journal. If thabwas his object, we may inform him right here,that the petty opposition of such small fry ;is he is impotent to do any other damage than an noy our subscribers the people who have Ijblped to support him in the position he disgraces) Tlio acting postmaster at Portland frankly s that there is no excuse for the blunder. j Tlie attention of Special Agent Simpson called to this dereliction of duty on the irt of atpo-stal aid r- in'Avidual mity Wa.- i m. prima; ;. ir. . fan ras n't tn de purpo-v )" tor hi t nor . ,ni4i formal?. Pimarily tt re f'X roidves,a!.d Barilv f'-t eaeh other. tb true fhilooopli, and rt - 1 o.,ethat ttett of en-ghfpj! iidef'.tnlii.. hat e Til in;-? wi'i otllnlttl. His name is W. Ij. Hodein. aid the ates of common sense. An .-OoHlce he maladmlnisters is at Independen, Polk of Charlotte Bront6 is true of a. cinntv. Orenon. F '-n, When Mrs. Tt V. r trt. . - 1 r'' l,"'-fift" novel is now in press, The cr-.rtirai.il Oreenv -mkI will ease aain at- , tlT , , ' hml 10 l,,r3" her m- lr tt-nti..... Mrs. M. v. nine, who ras de m,7m , , J V--boHoa0 the Prive,i by Jndgts KeUya, UTim of thee4te left "date. But her husband was as b, her ,nol lr, h8!! rou:ht..it to impeach as her-if over the situation, and finally I and set Ide the dim f those Judges and the hrifal tbn; -Le w cotnitelled to llee from Li V ..... iiOTmiiir,n in-' otiii ji.w i uisuivr laher COU 'e from a iouril-rer iwrs. csonuiwortii's mtaiakr : ni.leration. If Kellv. Prim and Rob- . Jf0hllUj r.N 'xill, AOAJN. Ksir Nort.wi;.-.- itlwiys endeavors conculv .-'ate it.; otdidoi.s and t 1" get, raWaK-(Ved :,iu it n u- bv- failed h-t we k in tbe .-irtl'-.V r,., ri-i .m Hti.-nsie,' a ome readers thiu i a. raigued or attu. ke.' U naturalised Miz(us. t on people Ijeun : " y ' i r 'l'i eoutori - 'e f,... ap r.rr.'f and ;. w' -for an il .fTPie y.nu r. tp. . 'orn ( irishman irfrmjut "'.at .t:.d inteJligi,. mi i.oi x,!niinr ier grounu tu tlie lirs nlaee rf .w t.i.,. ,u.t.:..... rtn j ... if ,od saw fit to em! w her with talent, it was not Kmui,d, and their eases may U reotvef In t.,, watiV province to strike it down. manner Mr. CHoe hopes to a n-bear'ng of the J rue womanhood is not bcUJsrcnt, nor d , win cas, 0ll TueiMlay, ti Hdy tyo lm her own enlightened manhoml deWHt in war of any kind. bnlf tht 8uprPnjI, Court-s extraordi- ; Ve do not wonder Umt men admire gentleness in . nary e iRt ln th,. hl.,0 ,f the On go,, bar Bhe women. Put true chi-alry in gentlemen is it made a a, ,Tde ntetementof farts in rtn and ; rounteriwrt virtue, and if husbands do not iraseem unaffected vy, -rotesU-il ngai:.t the fimflb it, woman's gentleness is an unmet principle, and that "made he. mother a wreck and a lanatic," avails her naught in self-defem. Tliere is noth- i and concluded Iv savinir nat be "asked noth- inakc : o aw-. 'i t ' tut I v.- I'.-Mue e. ,ii ' - ': -:.'ner t; :. ' ' tut'- , ' '. ;!.! iuteliir r iiedueat r. it : ii'ij (jo r t.ie o nten. "'8 f"1' .-man iuii uf natie a of f bar. irn-. m and i - Win e fegi-st'. to ef i.-brrn JcUdators, tor the reason that the an--taimfcm of the latter serves to more forcibly re .eai. to mind the iiollowuess of the boast of this re pub ic that all its citizens are free and equal. It is htmiliating to American wotnjm that they are deniid equal rights with their brothers, and that tlie men of other countries are freely ollered those same rights; but it is more than humiliating it i-aggravating when the natives of other huuN use the power which i freely given them to keep wmrce from getting what is cheerfully granted to themselves. Our Gorman and Irish friends who feel hurt at the general tone of the article iti our last issue are over-sensitive. We hardly know in what man ner we "ate too severe on foreigners." We as se verely condemn bigotry and ignorance on the part of Americans as on the part of any other people. Last week, in commenting on the opponents of Woman Suflrage, we spoke of the "support given bigoted and vicious natives by the ignorant por tion of the foreign immigration that yearly comes to our shores." Certainly no intelligent reader will think that sentence as "severe" on foreigners as on natives. From the Dayton Chronicle: "Woman Suf frage failed in the Indiana House of Representa tives by only three votes. If the friends of this measure iri that State possess half the determina tion and vim of the champions of equal laws and equal rights on the Pacific Coast, the next at tempt will be successful." ins: left for woman in such case but self-assertion or mental degradation. That winy choose the latter rathor than incur unreasoning blame, ie no argument in its favor; nor is It any benefit to their husbands in the end. There are meny wives who have yielded so long and unqiiestloningly ' that self-assertion is now beyond thoir power To juch the grave and the life beyond arc the only remedies. But to the young wife, whose cduea. tioi. and enlightenment keep time to the prompt ings of her common sense, we say: onr individ uality U your own. Ton cannot mere it into that o( your husband, nor is it best for him or yourself Mint you should if you could. His and yourorblU maybe parallel to each otlcr in all things; but xs rarely happens, and in tiis stage of existence itvnot best thatacouple's taUesand aspirations be u, nearly similar. Thire are physiological reason for dissimilarity in temper aments and aspirations in conjugal relations Avhich all should analyze and understand before taking upon themselves the obligations of matri mony. Tlie woman of the f dure w ill uaderstauu then- things, and, above ait, on Then will .she he .' e aright, and move the! i they may become .-i . complished womun, v -m honor to the extent tl ' '.'i the arbitrary r-. :jm;i'i: t now subjected, ami tt v , unseemly pride. If the man ol oc pi u.- wmld be a sovereign, the woman of (lie future muKt .x be a serf. The women of Minnesota, in their endeavor to secure the right to vote on the temperance.ques tion, are backed by Bishop Foster of the Metho dist and Bishop Whipple of the Episcopal Church which is another fact to provo that the world do59 ntove. We can recall to mind no other Episcopal Bishop who favors Woman Suffrage. "Mi ed : '' a uf wi crf'i a td ".re ' osl - il! mub rs- tnd !,erelf. inile h- f:iotrfrs 'i-t f r t rndve. tl at .r.. v. jw.i' a d fie- !-! i.d wih ! ve an ? "'Jul' "Ill- ing but p'p !a and s-ere f constitution." A oommunicat. , t it thl n miing' Orrgonian givea her remarks n fit il, id say it was quite a treat to pas- from th- " .ry !oj?c" of the law yers to tbe "pure, , pr.erful elormenee of the lady who clo-ed :,c ejwe." Some aj. rehen sion may exi.t in ti e jfclic mind as to t con sequences, if the hit, .- :reme Court is 6. ired illegal; but if we I a moment for reflec - " we will ee that nothing which th" totvau'i Court settled, ant correctly settle-' will ever be disturbed, at clients after a ftr trial are not go ing into court again with a badase. Walla Walla s Davisite God hasV rival at Chi cago in tlie person of one Wm. Cooney, who claims to be the "Holy Ghost, the successor of Christ." Thhrindividual seems more in earnest than Davis, hut ho fails to get tne pecuniary ben efit that his Washington Territory contemporary derives from his assumed divinity, no has not gathered around him t) crowd of fanatics and put them to work for his support and glorification, 'hut is taking a long f.t8t. This is more incon vu . t than Davis' method of procedure, but it may b-i preparatory to a long life of holiness nnd vliminary to his triumphant reign over a king-iir.-. of heaven on earth. When he gathers around tutu a colony of lunatics, ar, I is seeking forade-si- at lo location for his klngf.m, we would suggest that he set up his establishment hi proximity to e Davisilc ranch. "Competition i3 the life of e," and the bigger fraud would t)e the more v ' icssful. A letter from Silverton, in relation tofte recent school meiitlng at that place, was recei-ed to daytoo late for Insertion in this Issue, v0 are sorry to 8ay. u wm appear next week. Young KallocH lias been aoiuitted by a Car. foriiia jury Qf the murder of Charles de Young. nFraucUo!1100 n- te "A ACCOMPIilSHEDBLONIj.; A Metropolitan newspaper say3 ti Flora Tom y, stepdaughter of Judge Wj staff, of Pt ola, Kan., has just been ad the bar, a ter a searching examinati supplements this item of new with thef "rihe !- a handsome blonde, highly educ aocomplishcl in music and painting." glad to !"n that the young lady is and aeompi'shed, but we cannot see tin i -Hir and n.uic will make her any the ht r. Tt i-. i no for men to cease worshiping the rje.-rnA.l :r : . .ctions of women and cive soma hew! to their intellectual abilities and attainments. Then there will be more great and noble women. While they get praise for boauty alone, it is nat ural that the highest ambition of the majority of them should be to appear well. Perhaps men could appreciate the nonsense of commenting on appearances and accomplishments of women who seek to enter the professions if members of their own sex were made the subjects of extraneous remarks. Suppose we should de scribe Mr. Bourne, who, a few days since, credi tably passed a searching examination for admis sion to the Oregon bar, a? u "fine-looking bru nette, with neat side-whiskers and moustache, and accomplished in cricket and pedestrianism" would not readers be immediately dtsgustmdf We think so ; and perhaps souse disciple of Black stone would remark that "thee outside matters are well enough In their way, tad should be en couraged, but they have nothings do with law." ne would be right. It is eminently correct for all people to learn the means for tftjoying them selves or pleasantly entertaining their friends; bli when an applicant for admissioa to the med ical r the legal profession appears, bservailona about "an accomplished blonde" or a 'handsome brunette," "mysic and painting" or "erieket and pedestrhtnl&m," are silly. In the XrrrUt American Review for Aprff 'fe a noteworthy artiete by Judge A. W. Tonrgee, in which the professed reformers of the civil service are put on the defenslveX The same number eon tains a profound study of he laws and conditions of human progress, by tit Rev. Mark Pattfeon,' Rector of Lincoln Collegfe Oxford. The third article is a defense of tlie RVnan Catholic side of the controversy about relVion in the public; schools, from the ihni of Blshd, McQnaid of Roch ester. The great problem of Wernmental con trol of monopolies is (H5cusseAwth reference to railway management by Qeor&Tlcknor Curtis. The same problem, in its bearfnapon telegraph lines, is abW treated by Hon. Wh. m. Springer. Mr. John Pfeke. has an article oKPhe Historic Genesis of Protestantism," and Mr. Aphony TroJ lone an essay on the noet Lor.irfellow. vxfr rwttf . Charnay. the aiathor of th vtri of paf n tj& ruined cities of Cenlrul America, h Niijitorn than two m out 1m been pursuing his reS3S-i iegions remote from all avenues of con mum ca tion with tlie eiviHxed world, and cbnbjr neither the present number of the ?aWe!f UOT the one last preceding it contains any eocfVlbutioif -from him. In the May issue, however will bf mblWwd another nf his very instruethe naver' 4 itad Soaiwfiehemv of fit Loafs, advocates onfota of Jews and Toiterians. "There iinot the Jest difTerenw In character, sUndingnrrfan , ur gntiy,otween Jew- and Christian.' sUndDo!ntt,lrP k "otnhsK i the way from tlie nuse rZuuiiLJ that the bann of uSa' th. eowoIMatio, Tt us intermarry ; tha Will herj. n1tu an- dation. When the tNitrwI IfiaLaSTSte ' church, the convert is not baptized. UAte no confession of faith other Uan that whhr3 had held before. The r ce pre udice is a stubborit fact in the way of consolidatlm. The Ciirl-tlaw aro further on the roa.: to progftar ttan we are. They take me in jna as I am I rfrrt!?u them to ecome Jewsbofor. ;! frbmeraenj- for, family ? ; - t Into oOtt- tiao e jamunloB t . tn . voond- Biat tlrey are not of my r ., V'ht w are ehi nf and reatlv to wuy oa- . wi.-.t we con enter into a eu j. " H them, then m. MUriJanetta B.I t.r, , . .- x-til& ims announced hersolf aj ai.i; ut(. fnr Grin ' Ollt Of Schools in V nn n....'tv T,wil Jtton coinitv. Tmtaav That she is a ladv of coodS..CT i " -5o nun iiumciuai ideas is shown by her nnnouiimontt in whleh she says : "I do not ask for the oee fts a matter of charity or chivalry because I amwoman, but wish to come before the Directors of th countvas a man would come, resting my case onuch evi dence as I may be able to furnish of my bharao ter, education, experience, ski'.l and ability a teacher." The address of Mr. 11 D. Snifflm, the most sat isfactory advertising agent with vhom the XeW' NouTinvRST has over done busineJs, is now No. 8 Park Row (opposite the Astor IlouseJ, Xew Y'orki Mrs. Emily "Pitts Stevens is making a tour of the counties of Southern California, lecturing lit the interests of tlie Good Templars. The March numbor of Andreio1 JJaearU aupe-f rior, if possible, to the preceding issues of that popular fashion journal. " . ftfra. Okwald OttenOorSnK'. New York, ami liven fund tor 0 protttoUon of ifc- t.rman .h xl ytm. ; i