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every description of civil and ecclesiastical Off
ces, TO hold their own property Independent of
their husbands, TO havc.a full moiety of domes
tic authority, to dress without restriction as to
the form Of garments, and TO be the compecrs
instead Of the !" legal slaves" of their husbands
II will be perceived that these demands en-
brace everything except the right 10 command
armies and ships of war. The omission of
claim, however, was no oversight, though
herself the daughter of military man, she is
opposed TO warfare, and has no opinion Of plum
ed heroes.
Miss Weber F" is trump undoubtedly, and
probably ought TO vote, and swap horses, and rop-
resent the hcn.interest in the next Belgium
Fowl Convention, besides wearing Email at
tire" and playing the " masculine " devil gen.
orally. But if she sets up to be a WOMAN, or
even "a female" in addition, sho can't come
in." however rspj-looking she may be -
The idea Of a girl OF "a, Handsome and lively,
dressed in a coat, vest, and pantaloons, (what-
ever may be the style Of butons) whose imam
ncrs arc strictly Mly-li.e," may do for Belgium,
but it wants "education" to be properly under
stood here The universal Yankee n atom arc
not particularly squcamiah, and arc inclined to
think tina, the woman folks" as general
rule, must be permitted 10 do "iust about as
they please" Tao only real "dospot " that
Yankce.doodio- bows to in profound sub
mission is woman but II must be a WOMAN
not hormaphrodto affair between Mermaid
and an Ourang OUTING. Yankees have no
q g., A.. a
age FARMS" wear "stylish blue coats" and
small clothes Of light color" because they
are, "nlorally," a I" loetle afeared' of being
taken in" in trade with such customer
They will choerfully and stoutly fight for
the SEX but they havo pardonablo diff
dence in trddiag with them. Miss Jones and
Jonathan Smith might make a tocraby equi
table bargain, matrimonially, because Johna-
| than Smith estimates himself quite below the
| stan lard OF Miss Jonca's excellence but then
when you como 20 "swap" calves, or colts,
and sell the surplus crop Of rula-bagas, OF
truck and dicker" in yearlings and two-ycar-
| olds, jonathan knoWs that Miss Jones has all
| the advantage, Notwithstanding the "iat.sur.
faced gold buttons" and the short hair
Jonathan revcres the sex, and much prefers
them in gowns and generally undscoyerabe
panactes. Jonathan cannot "trade - with Q
woman, any more than he can with his min
ister." The thing appears to him to be " on
nateral!"
49," Miss Webers" opinion about "beards'
IS entitled to great respect. We think she i
right about it, pantaloons or no pantaloons.-
But on her theory of indiscriminate habili-
meats she is more than right,-she is unan
swerable. If nobody has 4 beard, and every
body wears trousers and stylish blue coat
and "small clothes, "who is to tell "who is who7
| That is the question. Who is to know wheth
er his child is his son or his daughter, particu
larly previous to the time when boards begi
to grow This practical embarra ssment, ari
sing from Miss Weber's" theory, may, o
course, be remedied by providing that iuvcnl
boys shall wear artificial mustaches, and "cheN
tobacco" but then it is full of difficulty never
theess and may result in absurd Mistakes
But this Miss Weber" must see to. 1t is n
concern of ours.
-" Miss Weber" says she is "cognizar
of no reason why woman should MT wear"
"stylish blue coat small clothes of a igl
color,'"a vest of buff CASHMERE, with row
tiat-surfaced gold buttons, perfectly plain, bl
cxuuisitcly polished" Nor arc we. The 10,
ensemble appears to us remarkably att active =
The taste is good and we sh uIl have no oh
lection to traverse Hyde ParA or the Boulevard
in such company, i we were perfectly sur
there would be no general confusion rs to whic
of Us was h aGn II the lady D." in shorts" an
"bluc coat" SHOULD happen to have has
voice." as is not wholly unusual, the doul
might be disagrceablo and embarrassing.
---- AS to miss Webor's" theory aboJ
"oyor-lappcd ribs" VIC can OF course say n(
thing If thc ':vcst Of bull CASHMERE" howe'
or, should be properly supplied with tho "br'
ces" necessary to give effect to tho natural on
line, it may be a Serious question whether I'll
evil suggested would in all cases, be owe
con'.
--Howcvor " Miss Weber" Is n "pio.
Ger" in The great cause Of "woman's rights y
She practice what che breaches She
mL.lcs " highly respectable female" W
arc told dit he has "bcautiiul face" an
a laudoss form. II anyoGg, therefore, ca
mike plntalooni" pop lar, ana do away wit
'dist,ncuons" 1t would seem that she can
Her failure viii looyo MS in despair If Bolg