The Conditioh Of Mormon Women

- Although the men are cducated tlior oughly, espceially upon pointa likely to uffect the spread of their belief, the women aro left in utter and complete ignorauce. In all the many houees, eTen of the highest of the land, to which we afterward had aceess, we saw scarcely a book save thoso on Morraonism, and not a single paper or magazine. We spoke of the topics of the day both at home aod abroad, and met with entire blankness: none of tliem had any idea of what we wero talking about. Then, beforo a girl has reached full wnmanhood, while her ideas aro still unfornied and childish, sho is married, probably to a man o!d enough to bo her father. Take any girl of fourteen or fifteen - which is the comnion marriageable age in Mormondotn - oven an educated girl, aud how able is sho to form opiuions and right judgments ? Then leave out the education, nnd her abiiitiea will surely be at the miuimuaj. So, by these threo lovers do Mormon men, wiso in their goncration, act upon tho hearts of the women among them : First, by appealing to the rcligious element so ; ong in evory woniin; next, by keepiüg her iu ienoraoce of everything thut uiigh't show her thefallacy of the claims to superiority of the men ; aod last'y, by throwiug upon childish shouldcrs burdens of care, aud weights oí responsibility, under which mature womunhood must oftou faint. We are reminded of Him who pronouuced woe of old upon thosa who "bind beavy burdens aud grievous to be borne," and lay thera upon others' sboulders. The placo occupied by a Mormon wife in her hus d's household is simply that of a servari , with fewer privileges than has Jane the cook, or Lucy the waiter, our domestic economy. She has no "afternoon out" - no wages to do as she will with - üo "followers,"and do chance of a chango. Iiut she has hard work, unreali:: ble in our comfi;rtab!o houses; tho privilego of waiiing opoo the tnaster of the '■ 'use whea he chooses to cali upon h --services; and the boliif that the more patiently sho bearg tlie ernss ot the presont, the more beaatiful will be tho or.iwn of the future tlie hopes to wear.-