Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-01
,hich must be finished before nine

which must be hnished before nine
o'clock"
Mrs. Oliver Redman succeeded, and
told how the crowned heads Of Europe
conducted themselves. and what the En-
press Of France, the Empress Of Russia,
the Empress Of Austria, and particularly
the Princess Mstternich said to her on
the subject Of woman's right, She
thought for herself that men should not
be admitted, for they we're naturally
stupid, and the main purpose Of the
stocking Club was to be bright, and
il possible sparkling.
Miss Diana Cory read q delightful
little poem on the " Mission Of Woman"
which the cable has mangled so that we
can't print it. The last lines were some
thing like this;
The sexes are but parts Of one Ereat whole;
Man Is the mind, but woman IL the soul,
Their lives and loves so fully inter wine
That In their mingling they come divine.
Miss Stamford, Mrs. Wiggias, and the
diminutive Solon, whose resolution had
been rejected, we're heard to declare the
poem was all sentiment that philosophy
was the needful thing, aud that action
alone would redeem the sex from its
bondage,
Miss Fannie Greenleaf expressed her
self on the subject Men were shams
and tyrants, but no woman who knew
them could be imposed upon by them.
Men needed education, and women
should be the educators. 1t rested with
the sex to see that men were properly
developed. IL women would take men
in hand, and direct them wisely, all
would come right. She expected to see
the day when men would stay at home
and nurse the children, while women did
the voting and furnished the pin money.
Mrs. Breezy Hamilton could not agree
with her friend, who was evidently per-
fectionist. Men would give nothing
freely. IL women wanted rights, they
must fight for them must waste ink and
be prodigal of paper; must engage ly-
ceums and newspapers and establish
periodicals all over the land must blaze
and thunder and tighten until not one
DR.. Todd was left in the world. Now
that slavery was abolished, the next great
evil was the dependence of women. They
should gain their own livelihood, and
never wed until they could confer a
dowry upou their husbands. They should
be able to buy Mrs. Winslow's soothing
syrup for their children without asking
their husbands for the money, and with
out being asked by them in turn: {:
"Zoundsl madam, where is that fifty
cents | gave you less than three months
ago2 Do you take me for the Bank OF
England2 l actually paid more for your
wardrobe last year than it has cost me
for cigars The extravaganza of women
ia the curse of the age" Let US hear no
more of gallantry. We don't want gal.
lantry. We want justice. We are weary
of being angels by courtesy, and worms
in truth. Let US be treated like men.
Let US labor and have our purposes in
life beyond wedlock and the nursery.
Let US select our own husbands, if we
want them. When we see poor derserv.
ing fellow, let us set him up in the pea
nut profession, and If he prove himself
able, after trial, to manage sewing ma
chine, we will elect him to the partnership
of our hearts, and permit him to hold our
bonnets while we go in and restore order
in disturbed Fenian circles.
Mrs. Hickories Smith applauded the
sentiments of her noble sister. She had
long advocated the right of women to
propose to men, and much good would
come from the establishment of the Gus
tom. When men were sot asked to marry
they would know they were not wanted.
Then they would not make themselves
unhappy, and go around looking foolish
about girls that despised them, and often
married them to prove their contempt.
When women do the wooing, the irregu-
larities of the sex will begin to disap-
pear, and the gentler and better sex will
reach the first apex of their spiritual
need.
Mrs. Smith spoke for half an hour, and
was so much absorbed in her address
that she did not observe the Blue Stock.
ings slipping out of the room as they
saw gentleman after gentleman prom
enading through Fifth avenue, in the
very pleasant afternoon. When the
lady had ended, only Miss Stamford and
Mrs. Virgins were present, and Miss
Kate Farm, waiting for her opportunityz
to speak.
Miss Farm illustrated the equality of
woman with man by citing RIstori and
her genius, and quoting largely from her
plays, which she afterward translated,
and informed the remaining trio how the
great tragedienne ought to be received,
with the remark that Ris
tori is the unsullied portico of the Pan
theon in which all the MUSES. dwell, and
the base of the Delphic shrine, where the
secrets of the Eternal are uttered in mys-
tic language to the ear of family hearing
mortals."
That was so satisfactory and conclu-
sive that the three Blues declared the
question whatever it was) carried, and
that the twenty three kinds of tea were
The best evidence that the revolution had
begun and would be carried forward to
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