Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-09-20
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THE INTELLTGENCFR
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WOMAN Ann RROCTTnToU
A LATENT TALENT TO BE REDEyELopRD-lrs3 poss1pLr


RESULTS.
Long before steam was applied TO .mechani,ol
purposes and forced to propel vessels. to- turn
factory wheeis, and to make itself in the Inn
g"age OF the advertisements Hgenerallv useful >,
!! was lor centuries generated in large ouanti
y, tes, ana eVaporated without exciting more
euan passing notice. As soon, however, as it
" as found thatit could be made of practical
oenehtlt assumed gigantic Importance. md
PeopIe wondered why sozmuch steam had been
wasted IN ages gone by without suepestino
nltnerto 70 any ingenious man proper disposi.
ton OF its latent powers.
anterior even to steam another great element
e&'steo ee @ lor ages without ever having been put
70 any practical use. 1t is woman's itonpue-
Like steam, which, before its application to ma.
chln1ery, chiefly existed in domestic affairs
curing up III graceful wreaths from the ton O. f
the matutlnal coffee urn, or gushing forth in
genial gyrations trom the bending spout Of the
S?Sper tGa Kettle so woman's eloquence has
nltnerto been cheerfully heard about the tireside
lngle, investing the sanctities of home with its
peaceful music
1t is true that there have been exceptions to
tnis rule: Aspasia lecturing in the halls of
;13leSanhrla; a a Boadicea urging her armies on to
-Drltaih; cleopatra, Mrs. Caudc and Others all
through the alphabet down to Nantippc Lave
attained certain celebrity by the use OF their
tongue; yet all these bear buta small proportion
to the number of talking men-men who talk
right out in meeting.
Inc laxative propensities of woman are pro-
verbal, and there are few instances of females
VINO maintain silence more than five consecn i've
waking minutes They will promise anything
but but an abandonment ofthis talking privilege
Inc prudent Cleopatra, in one of her widest
out6ursts ofindgnaton, says to Proculeius:
'Sir, I win eat no mea; III not drink, sir;
I'll sleep either"
Observe, with all these dreadful threats she
does not once threaten silence, but rather that.
to talk, she will deprive herself of slumber-
something which ladies' in less exalted spheres
DO likewise, as numerous wearicd Caudics all
over the world will testify.
And yet, with all this predection for talk
ing, women make much less noise than men,
and are less often heard in public. Lucy Stone,
Lola Montez, Antoinette Brown, and other In.
ales OF these later days, have been endeavoring
10 repair this neglect they have aroused GER
tain interest in the question, and female elocu-
tlonists are beginning to find in their newly
created profession ample employment a little
pamphlet, entitled "Hiuts on the Study and
Practice OF ElocutiOn, as a Means of Usefulness
and as an Elegant Accomplishment" by Julia
~. Lathrop, has been recently published It
argues the necessity of teaching people how to
read, and how to read well. Women, the au.
thor maintains, more than man, needs a thor
onSh knowledge of the Of eocution, as it is
she who gives type and tone To the speech du
ring the lmpressible years of childhood If
young girls are systematically taught eiocution
they will be enabled to converse with more
elegance, as well as to read better and thus the
attractions OF home and the domestic circle will
be increased Certainly familiarity with the
rules and practices Of elocut:on is a desirable
accomplishment for every lady, and were Miss
LathropS system to be more generally introdu-
ced, in place of the too popular system OF
superficial music teaching, we should have fewer
oadly played polkas and wrctchedly sung bal
lads, and more of that interesting variety aud
exquisite noduation which gives such charm
to womanS conversational voice.
This is, perhaps. the limit of Miss Lathrop's
excellent plans. But with that wonderfully
Iprophetic eye which troubles journalists so
much in all affairs of war, diplomacy or peace.
VIC look beyond, and cannot help contemplating
Interior uses to which the articuatc powers Of
woman may be placed, aud which, in their CO.
loSSa magnitude, bear the same relation TO the
present talking abilities OF the fair sex as the
| great steam power, nov III its wondrous Clevel-
opment, did to the tiny cloud of smoke that first
issued from the tea-kettle spout, or left its
birthplace in the breakfast urn. Imagine, then
the woman invested with the powerful aids of
finished elocutlonary and oratorcal studies,
added to her natural and instructive gift of the
CAB! Mrs. Smith, lady OF strong masculine
mind, takes to politics. She becomes learned
in political slang, and addresses 'sprimury meet.
lngs of her own sex. II unable to obtain the
ilsHI ol Young, Snc charSeS her auditors to
bring their respective husbands and lovers to a
coincidence with their own political views, and
thus those delegates who meet in solemn con>
clave at future Syracuse Conventions are but
the puppets, representatives of the eloquent
ladies at home Imagine, again, the vast impe~
ttls the womnn's rights movement would re.
ceive from the cultivation Of female elocution.
Possibly it would result in some future lady
politician ruling in the White House, and pro-
mitigating presidential messages on the expan-
sion of crinone, the latest patterns of crochet,
with sage suggestions as to the use of 1ounces.
Such messages would certainly be vastly more
readable than those that have recently emanatcd
from the White House
Mrs. Brown is lady Of decidedly religious
turn Of mind. She mounts the pulpit, and if
asked for preccdents refers to Rev. Antoinettc
Brown, aid various Quaker Indies. Her ser:
mons, though undoubtedly able and orthodox,
are still tinted with the peculiarities of her sex.
She diScOurses lcaInedly about the embroidery
on thcvestments ofthe High Priest NIelchiscdec,
and Speculatcs upon the style in which Pharaoh's
daughter did up her back hair after the discov.
cry of Moses in the bulrushes 1t is Interesting
to observe that these practical subjects succeed
in baniShing S!umber from the eyes of former