Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-01-31
EVENING STAR.
DoEsTIcKs VISITS THE STRONG
MINDED WOMEN.

have recently attended the annual exhi-
bition of rip-staving females who have sworn
a solemn oath to snatch the pantaloons from
the legs OF the tyrant man, usurp the stove
pipe hat, and monopoligs all the standing col
lars in the country. The Women's Rights
Convention at the Tabernacle has been the
subjsct Of my observations. Was introduced
by Damphool, who said some of the leaders
in the movement were relatives Of his-indeed
| should have recognised several Damphools
witheut this friendly explanation. Lot Of peo-
pie present, all sympathisers with wronged
women The wardrobe Of the femenines
seemed to be in n transition state, as If yet
undecided whether to subside into petticOats,
or blossom into breeches; and if beauty had
been capital crime in the land, not one of
them would ever have been accused or even
suspected of the offence.
L achieved admission without difficulty,
though 1 had previously resolved if necessa-
~, to shave of my flowing beard, hoopsd up
my hOnored legs after the prevailing style,
and 60 in surreptitiously as a strong minded
female but the Woman's Fighters had no
prejudice against pantaloons-quite the con-
trary-and did not seriously object to whisk-
ers In fact, Lucy Stones man, and Esrnes-
tine Rosc's man, and all the strong minded
nomen's men who were these, wore whiskers
they couldn't have given more attention to
al
the land and boards had been brsadstuffs
They elected a she President named Pau.
line-not the Pauline mentioned in the play,
but different one altogether, ono that Claude
Melnotte would have gone six blocks out of his
way TO avoid, and whom he would no more
have written poetry about or sent flowers to
than he would have addressed a sonnet to
Fighting MOll, or sent bOquet Of vi0letS to
Black Kate, cell 2y9, in the foombs
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Congress, and at one time l though tn at Lucy
Stone and the President would havo a couple
of rounds before they could settle their little
matters, but when Pauline took off her Jack
ct, rolled up her sleeves aud shook her fists
with sanguinary flourish; Lucy saw her error
and backed out
They then began to do what they called bu-
slness-couldn see much business in tit
was all about the monster man-how the
monster, man, was abusing frail woman-how
the monster, man, wouldn't let frail woman
vote, and objected to frail woman's wearing
lis pantaloOns, and didn't want frail woman
to make the laws, and would rather have frail
woman stay at home and tend to the babies
than To 60 to W ashingtOn to try to govern the
nation. And how the monster, man was cut
ting up all sorts of monkey shines with frail
woman, and trying to keep frail woman under
his feet, instead of letting her rise to her
now, In short, all the world has leagued
against the seven or eight particularly elderly
women there congregated and trying to pull
veriZe them to eternal smash-I suppose that
this must be sill true, though if had not ad
their solemn asseverations Of the fact | should
have gone to my grave supposirs in 10Y limo
cence that the world has bigger business 10
attend to. AS to their frailty and delicate
structure, it must be something that is indi-
0o lad hr nnt orl v,.f r. &c r
not been left to my own Judgment / should
have supposed that Lucy Some and Lucreesh
Mott could hold their own in fair stand up
fight with Charley Duane and Billy Multi
gan-lndeed, If match could have been ar
ranged between the former lady and Yankee
Sullivan himself, L should have lost money on
Lucy for she looks plucky-thOugh to be sure
Lucy's milk and water husband probably
doesn't offer opposition enough in any family
quarrels they may have, to keep her skill and
sciences up to concert pitch-he's a short.
winded chap, and hasn't got the bottom for a
pitched battle. All the unfortunate men who
have been captured and converted into hus-
bands by these females are living examples of
severe domestic discipline, and of the extent
to which women can rule men when they once
get the upper hand-and those of the woman
who are not supplied with a man, look
vicious and tonahawky to the last degree,
foray into society to seize husbands by force
Of arms
After a while Lucy Stone led off in speech
making. She made an Grafton about the mon
ster, man, and about appIopriating the prop
erty Of trail woman.
She wanted the laws altered so that her
husbaLd couldn't sell her shoe. and stockings,
trade her best bonnet off for brandy and wa.
ter, or bet her laced night-caps on poker with
,,;-, Ha-
that If she ever got the law into her hands
she would for the sake of the example, pawn
all her husbands linen, and leave him with
out dollar to go TO a shirt tailor for sup
ply (Here she looked at that unfortunate
specimen. and he quivered in his boots She
also wanted to boss her own children, for fear
her man would prentice the boys to chimney
sweeps, and mako the girls beg cold victuais,
in which case he would wax riotous on high
living.
Lucy, having now said the same speech
which she has made every year in the past
seven years, here run out and subsidized
Then Earnestine Rose speechifed-was be.
igerent aud went in for the fighting privi-
leges, and the monster, man,-she wanted TO
vote, and join in when there was q row-she
wanted to 60 to Congress and practice the art
of war she knew she could fight her way
she considered the use Of pistols, bowie knives
ana Dluo8eoDs, legant accomplishments tor
lady-she said she had been perfecting her
self in the science of the ring, and was some
In rough and tumble fght-she said she
could strike from the shoulder and gOuge her
man or bite his nose off in a manner worthy
of the great masters-she had also invented a
peculiar and complicated kick in the stomach
which she thought would be considered
monster-piece of genius, and an irresistible
proof of the greatness of the female mind
she also wanted to learn smoking, tobacco
chewing, swearing and many other little ele-
gancies now usurped by the monster, man.
She hoped soon to see the day when a woman
can smoke her cigar without being stared nt,
and cock her heels up on the mantel piece in
the bar-room without being the subject of i'm
pertinent remark. The only thing she really
despaired Of was the beard-she would be
willing to trade off half dozen husbands for
a sizeable pair of whiskers-she had, she said,
faithfully tried hair invigorators without num-
Der, but she regretted to say, the symptoms
were not encouraging-she had made her face
a perfect hirsute hot bed, and for eight months
perseveringly annOinted it three times a day
with preparation warranted to bring out a
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