The San Francisco Examiner from San Francisco, California • 8

THE EXAMINER, PAX FRAXCISCO: TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER.il, 1894, IS 11 LIFE WOMAN'S LIMIT bav fow or no friendships; that, In fact, thiy ar Incapable of friendships; that with tbum It must be lova or bate, or nothing. Pope, for example, In his well known couplet, says: Nothing so tru ss what you ones let fall, Most woman have no cliaraeur at all. It a grav question for mothers to eonteoj. plate. Everything depends on proper develop, menu I do not believe in women confining sll their Interesti to the home.

Every woman thould be broad enough in ber views or Inclination to take up some line of work for the good ot bar fellow creatures-that is If the has the time. It bar bom cares monopolize all of ber Ufa she cannot la Justioe to ber loved ones osrry on outside work. 11 most women have soma leisure, tnd it they employ that time tn doing something helpful for otben their llvas will bl mure tatlsfaotory to themselves. Tbero it to much to be done sj much that women ought to do-that it Is no wonder tbe active women arooonstantly trying to spur on tbeir Indolent sisters. I have novsr enguged In any of the women's progressiva movements.

For a retiring woman a pubtlo meeting Is a torture, I believe that women ara uchlevlng much tbat Is of benefit to tha sex that Is, the quiet, refined, gentle women. I do not tblnk ranting and the undlgallled attitude assumed by tome women bolp along tho general cause of woman. They always Jaronona and make loss strong-minded ladle ihudder and foul mortified for their tex. No matter what movement we women undertake we must not digress. Wa must remain womanly women.

Mitt. W. F. Nichols. woman's movement, but I believe in It Women havo accomplished much, and there it still mors to be done.

Women ara not inferior to men In mentality, and if tbey have tba physics! constitution can successfully cope with men in any vocation. Tba progress made by woman in tbe profealont tnd In commercial life it tbe best evtdenoo that could be offered of ber capsbllltus. Much of tha work of tba world that was formerly done by men It now telng successfully carried on by woman Tbey give satisfaction and fill their positions with credit, but the strange part of it all la that they are willing to take less wsges than are paid to men for tha tame class of work. This question of the underpaying of women Is on which the women ean regulats themselves and one which needs readjusting. It the womou take a stand for their rights In tbe labor world they will receive recognition.

People generally get what tbey demand In this worU if tbey go about It tn an Intelligent way. Wbeu women submissively take less wsges for work tban those paid to men they depreciate the ability of their sex. The world need energetlo, enterprising women to orgsnlxe reforms and undertske new movements, but til women are not fitted for publlowork. I Uke to dwell on tho loveliness of woman In her home life, and there it Is tbst every woman wbo has a home can find work to do. Woman wield a vast amount of Influence in tbe wotld, but It Is lo a quiet way-It It through their husbands and sons.

Men are very dependent on women. They look to them for affection, for sympathy, for advice and for moral support. Every true woman renllzea this faot and knows ber first duty Is at home. There is too little of the old fashioned borne lifo tn these days and too much society. There Is a great deal said about the progressive woman slighting her home and children, but I do not think she negleots them any more tban tbe svurage butterfly society woman does ber boms and her children.

This question of woman's sphere Is a complex one, but to my mind a woman't sphere It what she makes it. Mita. litriNO M. BcoTT. opinions of women and wish with Judge Coffey that they had not spoken.

OX I or Tilt PORTIAO, San Frtnolseo, September 8. In Llm With tho Itabbl. To the tutor the KtamintrSiHi I volunteer lb following opinion relative to tbe present discussion regarding tbe highest sphere of woman with no other prefatory remark save that it represents tbe vlewt of at least on young man. That sago rabbi, with whom one honors himself In concurring, pays compliment most certainly undeserved by such of tbe fulr set as msnlfest their Incapacity to comprehend its apparently neresanry significance. Porhsps now that the controversy has usurped tbe proper place of a graoelul acknowledgment of bis Judgment and courtesy, he may think of the old ilibllcal tale of F.suti, who so unwisely told bis birtbrlgbt for a mess of pottage.

Tbe analogy holds hut partially, for the birthright wts Esau' own, to hold or transfer as be saw fit, whereas, claiming ssone wbo believes that men are yet honored In the offering and woman truest in tbe auceptanoo of protection, I maintain thnt some of the. ladles wbo have rushed into print too indignantly waive ail olalm to the chivalry of tho righting sex. 1 maintain that since those bst qualified to Interprot the utterance of Dr. Voorsanger will nut, generally, cballeuge tba attention of the public, It behoove someone wbo considers the law of chivalry as much tbe law of honor in these day as in tbe old sword-fight days to protest in tholr behalf against tbe ungraceful position In which some of the ladles wbo have spoken would place them If allowed to pose aschsmploosof the tex. In tbo name of certain ladles, I submit that tho rabbi's compliment Is rightfully understood and very docldcdly appreciated; that they at least nr glad to waive the right of suffrage and allied claims.

If such they be, being little desirous of sacrificing what tbey have for what tbe woman suffragists promise. Ah! lovely woman, sbe who may On ber sweet self tet ber own price, Knowing ws csunot choua but piy. San Francisco, September loth. Juvexis. Her Sphere Is What She Makes It.

To the Editor of the Examl ler-Sm: Most mothers will concede that tbe natural plaoe for a woman is tbe borne, and that in tba home life she finds ber greatest happiness. Many women have no bomos. Their lives are spent in tolL They have neither the money to buy hornet nor time to spend in the cramped quarters they Inhabit. This great difference in tbe lives of women makes it difficult to determine just what woman's sphere really it. What might be a feasible method of life for one woman would be totally unsultcd for another.

Circumstances more often creuto a vocation or sphere lor woman than Inclination. Necessity regulates most lives. Many women wbo are educated for tocial life are compelled by odverso clrcumstanoet to beoomo bread winners. So to me it seems no let rule can outline a woman't sphere. I have never made a study of what a woman't sphere should or should not be.

I think those things work out for themselves. Different temperaments require different amusements and lines of work. Every one possesses 'at least one marked talent, aod success lite, whether tor a man or woman, depends qn tbe development of. that talent. In most canes it is tbe women wbo aro dependent on their own.

exertions wbo reach the highest development, They have ambition to get ahead, to achieve something, for in the accomplishment of their partioular pursuits lies success in life, tbe other band, the daughter of wealth may have more artistic and- musical talent and mor aoute minds, but tbey lack an Inoentive U) pur them to system-atlo development. Tbere can be no doubt, however, that the women of tbe present day sphere on this cart for woman it it useful-ansa No matter in what position a women it pWced, whether the tn heiress or a domestic, let ber bt useful. Kvory woman ean se-eomplish som good for humanity If tha will but recogaUa that tba la here for a purpoae. We til have our own Uvea to live, tnd are la a measure tbe creatures of olroumstaneet, but we all have some obligations to fulfill, and no matter bow small our work may seem we should make the effort. Every Utile helps, and there I much that woman oa do.

I bava not entered Into any of the recent progressive movements of the woman, but tbey seem to be working on a practlcil basis. It it tbe practical work that tells, an 1 that Is wit it we are trying to uiakt of our orphanage girls-good practioal women. Womon should strive for to things uobillty and uaselfMbness. Cabiiis Owik. From fha Preside.it of the Nurser Home.

To the Editor of the Examiner Sir: Kate Field't poem that says Woman's sphere It unlimited Is worthy the Indorsement of every broad-mlndod woman. I do not tblnk woman la Ineanable of tcblovsmout, and It Is a well-known fsot that most of the successful move moots of the world owe soma measure of credit to woman's cff.irt Everywhere we tee women forging ahead, and in many vocations they are formldablo rivals to the men. The croskcra wbo Insist on barplng on woman's Inferiority may coniinuo to croak, but woman has established her mental equality with man by ber ability to cope with htm In tbe professions and in tne higher branches of science aud education. I believe woman can do all things and 1 sra prou I of her. It would be a mistake for woman to devote berself exclusively to doniestlo affair and home life.

Every borne tiecds careful regulating and should be watched over by a womanly mother. The borne is naturally woman' first plaoe. and to tbe horns sho owes bor heartfelt Interest, but home life should not absorb a woman. I belluva a woman ean be a devoted wife and mother and still have lime to carry on oulsido work. We women nil havo work to do away from our borne.

Tbore Is no dodging this faor. It is tbe humane work, and who Is bettor fitted to minister to tbe wants of tbe needy than tha woman? It It this outside work that broadens our natures and keeps us from falling Into selfish Utile ruts. Home life is tho most delightful life In tha world, but It we continue to shut ourselves up In our homes, away from the mis ery of tbe poor aod the stsrvatlon cry of the homeless wulf, how narrow wili become our natures. Aside from philanthropic work, tbore is the great work for woman's advancement tbat Is being systematically taken up all over tbo land. The bars or prejudice have at last been lowered and womau't worth it felt and recognized by til liberal men.

Mrs. James Dunn. From tha Wife of Bishop Niohols. To the Editor rf the Examiner The borne is woman't undisputed kingdom, and there it is she should put forth her best efforts for the eleva'lon of the race. Every n.other who Is a true woman knows intuitively what her obligations are lo ber children.

Sbe kno ws that if left to tbe care of unprincipled servants tbey will loarn much tbat woro better unlearned. Children ara. impressible, aud a mother cannot begin too early to train a child's mind and develop what Is good In his nature. To me the whole solution of the vexed problem ot the regeneration of the race lies in tbe proper development ot tbe children. If women are to bene tit tbe roe let, them bring up a generation of noble men and true women.

It Is easier to accomplish permanent good through well brought up children than Is in trying to regulate the habits of grown people. There Is much good in buman nature even the cynics would admit this if they studied oblldrea The sincerity the honesty and the confidence of children are very touching. Why should not mothers strive to have all tho natural Instincts for good in a child developed Instead of allowing them to be perverted? This And that eountryma'n of mine who was never so bsppy us when be was Baying people alive. Dean Swift, say: "To speak the truth, never yet knew a woman to bs fond of her own sex." And a ire modern writer has ven tured this dogmatio nsaorllon: "The history of the female trx presents no single tustano of a famous friendship What answr bav we to give to tbei by no mesns Sod Impeachments? Tho story of Naomi and Rmb, the most tenderly patbotlo pastoral that ever was wrltteo, wblob proves the two thing: First, that tbere can be real. disinterested friendship between women, and, second, that tbere can be such a thing as a good mother In lsw.

The general verdict Is that tha mother-In law 1 by no means a bouscbold ne cessity. On expresses bl opinion lu thlt way: Of all Ibe women Ihst ever 1 saw, Stout bait luck to mr mother In law, If tbere be any domestic trouble the cry Is: "Ob. It's a case of too much motlior In luw." But Just as likely it's a cio of loo much son-in-low or too much daughter In-law. One thing la certain, we havj one case of perfect bar tnony and friendship between mother-in-law and daugbter-ln law. John Hemi-bill.

San Francisco, September t'th. She Should Not Yearn. To the Editor or the Examiner SIR: It woman bas a sphere higher snd hollor than that afforded by tbe borne by all menus let ber it. However, the womt who talk longest and loudost about emancipation do not seem altogether bappy In themselves nor always pleasant to contemplate. A married man knews something about nt least one woman.

I have been' married ten years. During this lime my one ambition has been to provide comforts and luxurlos for my family, and tolling day and night with this end. In vlow has been no hardship. My wife bas been in tbe fullest sense a helpmeet. Such money as I can earn Is bors as fully as it Is my own.

Tbo details of household matters, direction of servants, expenditures, are all In her charge, and she Is nevor asked for any explanations. Nor ha, she ever clamored to be emancipated. Really, with a pervcrseness quite distressing to feminine Colonels sbo bas deigned to bo content, ana to tblnk home quite a desirable place ard tbe rearing of ber obll-dron not lnoompatiblo with entire respectability and a measure perhaps of actual pleasure. Now when sbe catches tbe fever of yoarnlng for emancipation she will doubtless waut a divorce, to that, unhampered by domestto cares, sbe can take the platform and shrill to her sis-, tcrt In slavery the fact that tbey are wearing shackles. I do not hesltato to tay that these prating women make mo tired.

Taey are not fit for borne life. What ara they fit for? I don't know. Heniiy J. Amies. Sacramento, September Otb.

Coffey Pleaded for Women. 7V A Kdltor of the After reading so many different opinions on Judge Coffey's tirsdo against women clients aud boating Mrs. Clara Foils' ablo answer thereto, I am at loss to understand tbe Judge's silence on tha subject. Does he tblnk be spoke pnee too', often or would he like to change bis opinio? Of oourse he could not do that, for ho would then be unreliable, and who ever heard of an unreliable man? In rafcrenee to the Judge's tirade- I think it the. ablost pica tor women lawyers that I ever heard.

The sooner women realize that they have as much right to enter law schools as their brothers bava and that there ore women lawyers who would be glad to have them for clients, and they take their business to them. Just -so noon will mnn ohangi their toil their wheels over the steep grades of the conservatory, tho chief causes wheelmen fail to will be greatly the. road behind As this is one of of complaint tha see where they benefited by tbe making of the, extensive wheelmen's road now in contemplation. Uutas some arrangement Is made whereby they can have a smooth, even run to the Park entrance or to the beach they will consider themselves aggrieved! As to the complaint of the bicyclists that one of the most charming bits of tho Park is lost to them because they are debarred from wheeling around Stow lake, Superintendent McLaren says that this is a hardship tbat can only be done away with at a cost of 68,000, and the Commissioners do not know where the money is coming from. what monet is needed for.

The money Is needed, McLaren says, to Widen tbe roadway on tbe embankment so as to provide an exclusive road for the bicyclists. At present it Is utterly, impossible to permit both bicycles and carriages to use the road around tbe lake, and preference is given to carriages for these reasons which the Superintendent gives: "There are a great many elderly lad'es Ink Still Froni llunlrtds of IVt Trm J'nlisffd in the Harm Contrevrnj. lit lit Bmpbill fiji Mnfi Ire lit Getting tka Kijtili (Iritt Brant fur Tim. POINTS MADE BY THE LADIES. On of lh TortU, Hay That Jade loftVf SUM rien for tha l.afltes-Mr.

Ann Think Ihnl Uonia Mioull Cant Vearn for lufTrsg and Boeh Thing iid May at Homo and llod llsbr -Odd Vlw, of Very Younf Man. The Ink It still flowing-gallon o( it and tba pon-strifo over the questioo I Home fa Woman' Limlti" gal warmer tnd warmer. What tha women have to say on tha interesting subject It no greater In volume than tfcat ground out by petty man power. Rev. John Hemphill applied himself to the question with greater vigor and an-twert In the negative tha question raised by himself, Has Woman All the Rights Christ Moant Her to Have Dr.

Hemp-bill speaks earnestly for tha betterment of woman, and If all his schemes for her amelioration were carried out she would certainly cut a more striking figure in tha field of activo Ufa than she does at present. One of tha Portias thinks that Judge Coffey has unintentionally made a strong plea for womankind. Then there are the opinion, of a number of others, all of which atf jrJ plenty of food for reflection. And tba letters are still pouring in. She Has Notth.9 Rights Christ Meant II Have.

To the Editor of the Kxa-niner Sia: Has woman to-day all the rights she ought to bare-all the rights Cbrist meant her to have? 1 fully concede Kb, bas not. Lt me Indicate a few of ber First There Is a different standard of morality set up for the sexes. There Is one offense which Is regarded as unpardonable on the part of a woman, but on the part of a man It 1 regarded as comparatively tr.fl.n,'. Tjs diitino-lion It diabolical, and every on) who holds It Is a more deadly enemy of God than any atheist who ever breathed. Whatever Is wrong for woman Is wrong for nun.

God forbid that I bouldeverdo anything which It would not be right for a woman to do. The Bible sets up one standard of morals for the sexes, not two. Seoond There Is a didorent standard of education set up for the Hexes. Any one who knows anything knows that nearly all the great eduoatlonal institutions of our land and of the world are for toe benefit of the boys, and It Is ocly within tbe present generation tha: have been permitted in any degree to sharj in University education. The legal and medical professions havo put all sorts of difficulties In the way of admitting women into these professions.

It Is said that It is useless to educate women expensively, because ibey are all sure to gel married. It is not true. Minyoftben will never get married. There are not men enough to go around. We have nearly two million more women In tht country than mot.

IH'I BICYCLISTS WOULD Tbey Want Hear (he Mcsie l'lay and a Cod Ro (o tU reach. tot ton 111 1bj I email the riivilrgs of nlee.in? 'mil Uw l.ak WHAT MAY BE GIVEN THEM. An Exclusive Miryo Itoad From the Et lCcirt ot th Mpeeil Track to the Ileach flop of Avuiilns; the Hlllr Koad llrh nt the nnservstory lh Main Dr.ve Trading to tie Mnsle cri-d to the I srsnf Horcmen Blcye Versus Carriage. Yesterday afforded a splendid opportunity for tbe study of the merits of the controversy between the bicycles and bor.e- men who use the roads of Golden Gate Park. It was a holiday and the sun was shining pleasantly enoueh to coax into the open air every lover of the horse as well as those who ride the silent wheel.

There was no music In the Park, so the bicyclists were at liberty to wheel wherever their fancy led them, even into the music concourse and over the main drive leading to the concourse. Tbere were hundreds of carriages and mounted riders speeding along the roads. There were also hundreds of men, and women bicyclists. Just one accident was recorded, and that happened to a horseman who ordinarily takes bis airing behind a three-minute animal, but who on this occasion was enjoying himself on a bicycle. This gentleman was George S.

Fife, manager of tha Luning estate, who lives at 1201 California streat. Nobody who knows Mr. Fife's lova for a fast horse will assert that he is prejudiced against those who drive in the Park, and yet he asserted yesterday that if horse drivers treat bicyclists ftenerally in tho manner he experienced, the charge of rude conduct in the Park should not be allowed to lie at the door of the bicyclists, where horsemen placed it, but should be transferred to the account of the horsemen themselves. ose rider's experience. Mr.

Fife was wheeling along the main drive when he heard tho clatter of hoofs, and looking back saw a trotter in a light buggy bearing directly down upon him. Thinking that tho careless driver bad not seen him, Mr. Fife turned his wheel from ibe ght to the left side of the road. Tbo driver, instead of going straight ahead, deliberately swerved animal after the bicyclist. Fife crossed tha road agatn and the driver promptly followed mm.

me oicycust then became aware that the horseman was trying to run him down, and says he twisted in every direc tion in his efforts to avoid an accident The man in the buggy followed every turn of the man on tbe bicycle, aud at last Fife saw the horse immediately at bis side. Before the wheels ot the buggy could crush him a 1 I And so fsr as education can enable a girl to make her own asyln the world when she is obliged 10 do so, she It as much entitled to tbst education as a boy. Third There Is a different standard of wages for the sexes. It Is a fart that women are paid from to 23 per cent less than men for doing prsclsely the same sort of work. The school director psyt the female teacher 2S per cent less than the male teacher who doing the same work.

Tbe business man pays hi, female accountant, or cashier, stenographer or type, writer 2.1 percent less than be doe his mala employee tn the same pursuits. Tbe lllble sas "Tbiu Shalt not steal," and yet this Is stesling. In the name of Justice I protest ngalust this manifest Injitstioe. Ills scandalous tbst women should be so badly paid for what they do. We sll know to what an extent stsrvatlon wages sre tbe cause of social Immorality, and as Christian men we must insugurate a relentless lsw against stsrvatton wages.

All righteous laws, human and divine, demand that If a woman does anything as well as a man doss it she ought to paid as much. Fourth There Is different standard of taxation. Women have to pav taxes Just as men do, but they have no political rights. Tney cannot vote. I am In favor of woman suffrage.

We them that right In church lite, wby not In political life? lam ashamed of American men that tbey tolerate the injustice of taxation without representation. A little over hundred years ago our forefathers called taxation without representation tyranny. Have we forgotten what our forefathers did with the tea In Boston harboi? If tbe taxation of men without representation be tyranny, what Is the taxation of women without representation? It Is Infamy. Yes, I am in favor of women voting. "That because you are a parson," says one, ''and women are very much under tb, Influence of parsons." Well, a good many men are under tbe influence of tbe politicians, and a good many more are under the Influence of the publicans.

Aud If you ask ma ti choose among the po.i'.lclans, tbe publican and the parsons, choose the pauoas. Toe women prefer tbe church" to tbe saloons, and If you put votes Into their bonds the saloon will go, for they ure tbe greatest sufferers from the saloons. nut." it Is said. "In the event of war men have to do the fljhting, and therefore women ought not to bare any voice or vote tn it." To which I answor: War la of tbe devil aod ought to ceae. In the name of the Prince of Peaee let the insanity and wickedness of war come to a full aod speedy end.

Let arbitration take its place. I am not preparod to admit that tbe burden of war falls more heavily upon men than it does upon women. I tblnk tbo wives snd mothers and sisters and daughters who stay at home are more to bo pitied than tbe husbands and fathers and brothers and sons who go to tbe front. I deny th rlht of men to plunge their country Into th? horrors war without con-biting the Equal political rlghtaof women with men. That is my doctrine.

And tbey will get them, too. We may live to see them voting on the question of the saloon, and the question of war. and evary Qthet question. And when that lime cornea good by saloon good-by war, Tbey will not vote those dear to them as targets for bullets from breech loaders. People who have tot studied this question may tblnk that whatever disabilities women may have had In the past they have none now, especially in this Amjrlca of ours.

Yes, they have. I have mentioned fourt aud I could mention a d6zen more. Let me advert to anothor point that bos been touched upon in this controversy. Nothing strikes tbe literary investigator more forcibly than the frequency with which he meets the expressed opinion that women LIKE TO DO IN THE PARK. Fife gave his bicycle ono more turn.

This saved him. 'The buggy 'wheel just grazed the frail spokss of tha bicycle. Fife was thrown from his machine and rolled over tha ground. The man in tbe buggy gave "whip to his horse, and was lost to sight before his victim could secure a good look at bira. The spokes of the bicycla were twisted and broken.

Mr. Fifo found it necessary to carry his wheel to a repair shop on Stan-yan street. A recital by Mr. Fife of his experience aroused tbe indignation of a number of bicyclists who listened, and nearly all of them told of adventures in the Park which, while not quite as bad as that of Mr. Fite, nevertheless placed the lovers of the horse in a rather unenviable light.

Nona but Mr. Fife had anything to say about willful attempts to annoy bicyclists, but the record of accidents caused by recklessness and lack of consideration for tha rights of the wheelmen was voluminous. WHEELMES ASD HORSEMEN. From tha stories told bv the wheelmen it appeared tbat people in carriages seem to think that the roads in tho Park belong to them exclusively. They act as though neither people on wheels nor people on foot bad a shadow of right to use any part of the main drives.

They hold the lives and bones of bicyclists as of small concern. Eternal vlgilanco is the prioe tho wheelmen must pay for tho privilege of taking their breathers in the Park. Under such conditions tha bicyclists stated that they could find very little amusement in the Park, and yet having no other place to go they are compelled to take chances or leave their wheels at home. The plan of the Park Commissioners is to set aside certain roads for the exclusive use of bicyclists and to mako now roads for them to glide over. All this will take money, which the Commissioners find hard to get just now.

The unemployed laborers who were given work in the Park last nter completed a portion of a roadway tbat is Intended for the exclusive use of wheelmen, but there is no money to extend it to the end, so tbo Commissioners must wait for a windfall before going ahead with this plan. WHERE BICTCL1STS MAT RIDE 80MB BAT. The portion of tha road so far completed extends from the main drive at the noint where it Joins the eastern end of the speed iraca ana parallels the main drive to a point between the water tank and the west end of the speed track. It is the intention of the Commissioners to eventually carry tbe road out to the beach. From tha east end of the speed track the bicyclists will then have the exclusive use of a road to the ocean, and Superintendent McLaren says that this road will be without grades and in every respect as good apiece of road as any in the Park.

In order to reach this stretch of road, however, the wheelmen will find it necessary to use the main drive with its hundreds of carriages, and they will as usual find themselves barred off tbat portion of the-drive between the Suoerlntenrlnnt' house and the Casino. Refused permission to use this piece of road the bicyclists will tbe future as at pree be comDolled to I Not to a Sphere. To the Editor of the ji. Mr-Siil: Watt women can do and are capable of doing abould not be limited to a regulation sphere. I believe women are capable of anything mentally aod are endowei with sunioleut brains to successfully cope with men.

The disadvantage tbe average woman labors under is ber physical constitution. How often do wa watch with Interest the rise of tome brilliant professional woman, only to grieve after a time at her becoming a physical wreck. The difficulty with woman is ber tendency to overdo. When bur Interest It onca aroused she does not save herself as a man does. Sho lives, and lives intensely, In what she Is doing, and exhausts ber nervous force.

This is particularly notlceablo In young physicians. Women, I believe, in alto mord careful doctors than men. Tbey never take things for grunted, and are not sat'sdod unless tbey Investlgato tor thomsolves. But as a nils they break oarly and at forty-five many are compelled to retire from practice. Ni woman should undertake tho study of medicine unless sbe is of a strong, robust constitution, and I think It should bo the name with other professions.

It bas never bean a question of brains, but of health, that has kept womun from keeping pace intellectually and professionally with man. I tee no reason wbv a woman't life should be entirely a homo lifo. Tacr certainly are conneotcd with tbe position of wife and mother, but it a woman is a Judicious manager she can nttend to both home and outside duties. You constantly hear well-to-do women complaining that they havo no tlmi for this and tbat. Tba difficulty with those women is tbey do uot know bow to use their time.

Much of it Is spent uselessly, frivolously and oer-talnly unsatisfactorily. If women looked alter their time as they do after tbxlr spending mobey tbey would be amazed to find bow much they oould accomplish. Outside Interests do not mak women to tha homo, but rather make them, more appreciative of lu Mas. B. Harwngtqx.

San Franolsoo. fceptomber 10th. Sheriff Martin Lonman ot Las Cruoes, N. M. -is among reoent arrivals from the South.

LOCAL BKb AlmaE. Keith, leading milliner. 24 Kearny. Opening Day Display of pattern hats and imported millinery on Wednesday, Sept, 12m, and following days. Sanborn, 1010 Market.

Tha opening oonoert in tb new auditorium of the Young Men's Christian Assooluuou take place to-nlgul. Tlosets are now on sale at the new building, corner of Ellis and Mason streets. A crowded house is aatiatpnled. have badly. Now, if the bicyclists insist on removing the restrictions against admission to the musio concourse' and from riding on the two roservnd roads on Sunday, tbe horsomea are very likely to have something to say.

Tbey will probably demand of tbe Park Commissioners that the speed of bloyollsts be limited to ten mile an hour, tha same as' teams. Thoy will also ask the Park Commissioners lo pro-' biblt coasting down hills, as Is the law in New York and' despite the constitutional right of a bicyolist' to go as fast as ha can. At the intelligent, courteous blcyole rider, who knows the rules of tba rbad and is mindful of the rights ot others, no legislation need be but there Is the same proportion of hoodlums on one wheel as there Is on two wheels or four wheels, and Park restrictions being found neoessary to curb the exuber-anoe Of occasional buggy drivers, they have also been found necessary in the case of the. bicyclist. It is true that no man should be permitted to drive upon tbe highway a horse that he cannot control under almost any olrcumstances; but to demand tbat every horse driver shall be forced to train his horse to stand still while a fire is lit under him or rofraln from shying when a bicyolist runs silently and unexpectedly under his nose Is asking a little too much.

A gentleman on a bioycle will have as much respeot for tbe rights and feelings of a driver as the driver will have for the rights and feelings of pedestrians; but, unfortunately, all who ride wheels are cot gentlemen, fend the large number ot accidents tbat have occurred in Golden Gate Park are more tban sufficient justification tor the restrictions placsS upon blcyole riders, constitutional rights to the contrary notwithstanding. The large number of women and children who ride horsebaok snd drive in tha Park would be a sufficient exeusa for restriotiva rules, If any were needed. The situation Is very muoh Ilka that whloh existed at a race ones at Santa Cruz. It waa a race for young horses, and Tim Kennedy a famous driver of those days being very anxious to win, hit upon a schema to seara every horse that was behind him. He wore a long, white linen duster, and arranged it so tbat tha tails napped behind over tha sulky sent, and It a young horse woull be driven close up to him it would bs badly soared.

After tbe first heat a complaint was lodged against Mr. Kennedy, who was called into tha udges' stand. Kennedy stoutly maintained that there was no rule against a trotting horse driver wearing a linen duster and wearing it unbuttoned. You might sit on tha skirts, Tim," said old) Simpson, wbo was one ot the judges. "I might," replied Tim, "but there ain't no lsw to sit on my coat tails when I am driving." ''That's so, Tim, there ain't no law," said Mr.

Simpson, but it seems mighty disobliging of you to the other drivers, and it is mighty unhandsome to Pat Farrell there, whose colt got fjlgbtened and jumped over the fenoa and soratched his leg." "Can't help it," says Tim. "Maybe it was unhandsome to Pat Farrell, but the rules don't say nothing about acting unhandsome." "Well, we will put it down to 'conduct unbecoming a replied Mr. Simpson, "and call it acting in a rough and boisterous manner, and you will either button up your duster or get off the track." It the bicycle-riders inilst upon absolute freedom to do 'as they please in tha park, claiming it Is a constitutional right, the pari polios may have to be Very in enforoing the rule against "conduct unbecoming a gentleman." J. a Jowss. Sun Francisco, September 10th.

OPENING DAY. ImnorteS mllllasry, Wednesday. September 12th and following days. AUcocK, lu Kearny atreet, Baooaos called for and delivered to alt trains, stcsmers, at low rata by the Mono a Special Delivery. HI Geary street, 408 Taylor ureal aid Onklsud terry depot.

A ocp of Tar Its' Tea at night muven the bjveli In Ihsmorblng- Wldber, Market end Talrl. Helpmeet or Competitor-To the hdtlar of tie Examiner Bin: I bava Just read to-day 'a issue on "Tho Woman Question" and write this line to say that tbe world has worried along quite a fow years without many womon doctor, woman lawyers or woman preachers. It might wag on still iho same way. LSul without woman as a mother the world will cease to wag at all so far as tho human family Is concerned. Woman as man's helpmeet baa been most certainly a measur-uble success.

Woman as man' competitor i nt best thus far a doubtful quantity. Sbe may gain a little; tba will certainly lose a good deal. At wife tad mother sbe It Indispensable; as a strugglor snd fighter when it comes, as it may, to tne survival of the fittest, the It "not in It." As to ber capacities and capabilities as man's helpmeet I believe them of tqusl value with those of ber partner. She cannot be too highly eduoated, she cannot be too full of lofty aspirations, provided that education and thosu aspirations are in line with that obvious natural truth whloh gave as a first commandment to man, "Be fruitful and multiply." Edwabu 13 eu wick. Monterey, September 10th.

From the President of the Maria Kip i Orphanage. 7b the Editor of the Eiwiitur Sm: The question of woman's sphere Is one that bas had little Interest to mo, 1 have nevor engaged in much study or speculation regarding it. Woman's sphere bas always toemud so much an abstraot question. I think most women do not consider spheres part of their llvas. Tbey go right along and do what they have to do without sentimentalizing over it.

Spheres and theories tre well in their way, but I be lleve in a praotlcsl lire for a woman. Every woman should live a real everyday lifo, and if there Is any particular that if a- single horsa became badly frightened at such a tima and started to even rear aud plunge, aoma terrible accidents would surely occur. Considering this the Commissioners have closed a portion of tho drive to the wheelmen on musio days. It is unfortunate that no othor way is left for them to reach the beach than by the road back of the conservatory, but it is impossible to better tho condition at present. PAUK COMMISSIONERS AND BICTCM3TS.

"To prove tbat tho Commissioners are alive to tbe rights of tho bicyclists and tha necessity for providing privileges for this large class ot the Park'a patrons I will refer you to that portion of tha Commissioners' roport for 1803 that refers to the bicyclists." The portion of the report mentioned by Superintendent McLaren is as follows: We think that portion ot the Park lying to the west of Twenty-fourth avenue should be devoted to a forest, less so much of it as is and may be Judiciously appropriated to drives and walks. In time tho old or north drive should be widened to a uniform width of at least sixty feet Neighboring to it a broad walk should be AN EXCLUSIVE ROAD. fur bicye its nlreniv flnisW. The dotted It'n rere.et a ioi ndfalL extended to tbe ooean and equipped with benches and drinking fountains at convenient intervals. Thore should also be constructed contiguous to this drive a bicycle run extending to the beach, which should be for the exclusive usa of the bicyclers.

Tbe use of the bicycle has been steadily on the inoreasn of late years, and is said to be a most healthful exercise. It must have a recognized place in the Park, and it is essential that its privileges should ba separated from the walks and drives. It frightens many horses, theroby rendering it unsafe for tbe wheelmen and those in the vohicles. The bicyclers should not be permitted to run over any and all the drives indiscriminately, and we apprehend that the patrons of the wheel will cheerfully conform to Park regulations when suitable runs are provided and allotted to them. VIEWS Or A BICTCLIST.

W. E. Lee is an enthusiastic champion cf tho rights of bicyclists. Referring to the criticisms passed by tha horsemen in the are In a way revolutionizing tha social as well as industrial world. I have never "actively, participated in tbe 7 provision.

should ba for the pleasure of bicyclists, for thoir numbers are becoming appreciably greater eyery day. If they continua to increase jn numbers as they have.during the past fow months it will not be long before they will outnumber the people who come in carriages. If you sit at one of tne windows of the lodge you may count them by tho hundreds on every bright day, and I would not be surprised to learn that as many as 8,000 wheelmen visited us on Sundays. ABOUT THE 1UXD STASD. It is only natural that bicyclists as well as others should want to listen to the musio when the band is playing, but tha wheelmen themselves recognize tho impracticability of permitting thorn to enter tbe concourse when it is filled with carriages.

At such times It is only a daredevil who would want to enter the concourse, where his presence would be likely to cause a panio among tha horses and place the lives ot a great number of people in danger. Many bicyclists have told me that it would not do to allow them in the concourse on musio day under the present arrangement, but they think other provisions bo made that will enable them to enjoy tbe music. If tbe music stand is moved over into Concor Valley, where tho Midwinter Fair buildings now stand, it will doubtless bo feasible to provldn for tbo pleasure of the bicyclists in this direction, but at present it seems impossible. "I fail to see how their demand to bo permitted to usa tbat stretch of the main drive contiguous to the musio concourse could ba complied with. Every visitor to the Park knows that nine-tenths of the carriages that enter the Park turn into the concourse when the band is playing a selection, and when It is over drive out again and continue on to the beach.

The same thing is done by tho drivers while returning from the beach. This makes a continuous stream of vehicles moving In and out of the concouisa and very often there are so many that they become badly Jammed. Imagine what might happen if people on bicycles were permitted to use that stretch of ground on the main drive. All sensible people admit a printed interviews yesterday be said i "Tha charge that wheelmen" find pleas-1 ura In frightening horses In the Park and causing accidents la 'very nonsensical. Wheelmen are more careful than horsemen about those things, because they know that if they run into carriages with their light machines they ara going to get the worst of it.

Collisions of this sort cost tha wheelmen their valuable wheels besides endangering their lives and limbs. We are accused of flying like tbe wind through the Park. It is true wa go a little fast, but then) you can show mo very few horsemen who obey the ten-mile-an-hour law. Generally they go at a three-minute clip. Bicyclists should be allowed to run faster than drivers, beaause they have more control over their wheels than a man can possibly have over a horse.

We don't want to go into musio concourse on musio days, because we recognize the danger of accidents occurring, but we do want to go around Stow lake. The lake is the prettiest place in the Park, and while they ara providing ways for others to enjoy it we bicyclists cunnot see why we should not be accorded the same privflege. The accusation that novloes on tha bl-cyle ara allowed to wobble around the. Park is silly. Once in a while I suppose a novice manages to get in, but 09 per cent of tha Park wheelmen are skillful riders.

Accidents do not occur as often as people think. When a wheelman meets with an accident in the Park ha does not oarry his broken wheol down town, but he takes it to one of the repair shops near tha Park. "Tbey don't get mora than throe or four wheels a month to repair as tha result of accidents. "I wonder what Mr. Potter means by saying that all the mischief in tho Park is caused by three-minute blcyole riders, and In the next paragraph making the statement that the novices alone are to blamo Novices do not ride a three-minute clip.

Mr. McCord refers to tho way some ot those hoodlums It hard to call bicycle riders Hoodlums do not usually is pretty hoodlums. take tbeir amusement in the form of bicy cle riding. They generally hire a cheap livery rig and amuse themselves by riding furiously after every bicycle rider they catch outside the view ot tha police. "By the way, speaking of policemen, why not put a few of the Park policemen on bicycles! They could keep an eye on the few mischief-inokers that appear at infrequent Intervals and mako it so warm for them that they would soon relieve the Park ot their presence." Bioycle Etiquette.

To the Editor of the Examiner-Sir: It is all very well for the blcyole riders tn fall back on their constitutional right and claim the benefit of a Supreme Court decision, which they say gives them the privilege ot going anywhere any vehicle can go, but It would be very foolish for tbosa interested la bicycling to attempt to enforce sueh a right in Golden Gate Park, It any right exists. At prese'ht the speed limit for teams In Golden Gate Park Is ten miles an hour. When the Park Is comparatively empty that limit Is frequently exoeeded. The Park police are an intelligent body ot men and they don't make arrests unnecessarily, but ouly enforce the rule when it Is absolutely necessary. At present there is practically no speed limit for bicycles in the Park.

A man may ride as last as he can, provided, of course, that be does not be WHERE THE BICYCLIST OF THE FUTURE MAY HAVE The continuous black line parallel wltti the main drive indicate the portion nf thi roid indicate the portion thnt will be completed whin the (o amissions and gentlemen, a well as cripples and people in ill-health, who ara driven out to the Park every warm day, and who would find it utterly impossible to climb the grade leading to the lake. Thoy would miss the beauty of tha spot by never visiting it if they were compelled to go there on foot. Tbey can go in no other way than by using carriages and they aro certainly entitled to as much consideration as any other class of people. A place has been provided at the lake where bicyclists may leave their wheels while they walk around the lake it they so desire. Tbey ara for tho most part athletio young men and women and should not object to walking a little when they concider that the commissioner, have not the money to provide a special roadway for them.

A sensible being might think that the wheelmen would bo glad to be givan a place to put tbeir wheels and a chance to rest-themselves after a long ride by taking a walk around tba lake. "There is no denying the fact that extra.