Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-01-23
Hibernian Clinches the Argument and
Branches off on New Question.
OLYMr1A, Jan. 18th, l

VLYM p1A, Jan. 1otII, loof.
ED. SrANpARD-Sir: In making reply
to " Sophia will commence by stating
that perfectly understood what "Sophla
meant in her criticisms, and did not apply
them to my personal bearing at all.
l thought " Sophia" beautiful from the
fact of her prcfcrring other amusements to
the dance; thus clearly indicating that her
beauty cxcelled her agility. That she is am
bilious is to be seen from two facts, taken to-
gethcr. First, that she has written in de-
fence of her "hobby"; second, the manner
in which she has defended it. That her
heart is unsancti6ed, is evident from the fact
of her attempting to defend relic of hea-
thenism. I also inferred from "Sophia's'
acknowledged fact Of woman's love of admir-
alton, and also (what think have shown
to be fac:s) her being both beautiful and am
bilious, that her ambition, if aroused, might
lead her to step upon the stage, it being the
best place to display her unsurpassed lowell
ness together with her finely cultivated intel
lect, and secure the desired admiration.
SO far as intended to enter into the Ny
thology question, it is not a side issue" "
l pretend to say that tho drama and dance
are relics of heathenism, part Of the orgies
by which the idolatrous Greeks and Romans
worshipped their drunken gods, Dionysius
and Bacchus, and as such must necessarily
have been and acre appended to the Mythol-
ogy, Is or system of fables respecting the de-
tiles, which heather nations have supposed
to preside over the world, or to influence the
affairs of it,"-Webster) the learned So
phia" to tho contrary Notwithstanding.
| M~ EI;t0~ Z eLoM toLo M vnOro Oot,co of
such nonsense as has been the gist of " So
phia's" communications. Why, sir, she has
written three long articles, and what has she
saids She has not attempted to rcfutc the
arguments that l have brought forward,
neither has she brought forward the first ar
gumcnt to sustain her position-not the first
shade Of one! She has not even said that it
was funny, and that person could pass off
the time pleasantly; no, nor used the argu-
ment so much used by some women, because.
Now, sir, my experience with women con-
veyed to my mind the impression that they
always gave some reason for any position they
might take, even though it were nothing bet
ter than because and as not even that rca-
son has been given by I" Sophia" bear
ing in mind the fact that she has written
three lengthy articles in defence Of her " hob
by,"-1 have come to the conclusion that
"Sophia" wears pantaloons, and if not an
old political stump speaker, she is near rel
ativc of one, for no one but such person
could have the faculty Of saying so much as
6 Sophia has said, and still not say any
thing worth second thought.
Mr.. Editor, would like to ask that gay
and festive fiddler, Liberal" few ques-
tions. If q ballroom is the best place for q
person to learn good manners, why is it that
when q ball was gotten up for the especial
entertainment of some of our counyy's noble
defenders, they (the noble guests We're left
to suck their thumbs, while the high-toned
ball-goers eat their suppers! And why-at
the Sanitary ball-did some of the ladies'
IN spite of the earnest protestations of some
of the gentlemen, and in spite of that re-
spec: which ladies ought to have for the pc
culiar tastes of others-pcrsist in pouring
cream into the gentlemen's coffees And
why-at the same time-was language that
is unfit to appear in print, addressed to O
young lady in the ball-rooms 1t. looks to
my eyes "as if there was something rotten
in Denmark" Pardon the expression.
Your obliged reader,
HlBERNIAN.
tY Time heals all wounds