The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-10-27
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NO.42.
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The Woman Question,

1s assumingnow and alarming
features. AS one Of the stofnpT
sex, We sound Che tocsin1of alarm.
all the ,nnGientn prerogatives and
immunitios ofou,' scx iatV tl1rentI
chcd with INVASION" Woiho old hrr
Mill responsible. Undor' lis, "a.
couragrmcnt, we tind woman blu.
ming her nmbilious'wing forhigh.
ortliyhls than she ever BoforO sat1
tempted. Napoleon said"tb ,,aMuH
anne DeStacl, That Tho gsyr:ot'anteest
among the womenj Of France was
she who had borne tho most chill
dren. :. This now is rcgiirdrdI us
treason to the scx, OF whom notta
fow prefer the arena Of politics to
the marrow sphere Of the 'nurRcry:;
They want many tbi'Dgs." 'rHcy
want to vote. and 20 TO ~Cohiggresa,
and preach tho Gospel, and ,prGo57
ticc medicine, aud plcad Iin1 tho
Courts. And soon, wo presume,
they will aspiro'also to the sword
Of tho military leader. All this
the Now York lVorld is rather
disposed to conccdo to Tire gcntl4
sex. Bnl, remarks that journal
"rhcrc are u few littlc play .tl'ings
which, in common lnirness, woman
ought MT to ravish from lis" =, It
says
"l1et her tnkc tho mitrc, if sho
wants il, and tho sceptrc, if 'sho
can get ii; the academic robc, lift
ills her; the Senatorial togd, if sho
can rcnd il from the broader sh6uI-
dcrs which it has hitherto ndoimcdy
With these rather extensive Gons
ressions, she ought 20 DC contoht.
But she is not; sho invados ours
pastimoso Hero comes rumor Ijof
one elastic Massachusetts maiden;
who recently jumped several faith
oms with little or no ease, thorcby
vanqnishing q human kangafo6of
The othcr Ecnder, who was 'hor
competitor. Feminine Now En4
| %lund screams with oXultntionS at
lis victory, aud masculine MnssA.
rhu"etts howls with humiliation at
its defeat. IL Minnesota, ~ virgin
athlete has recently ovcrthrown y
cob ,rt of male wrcstlcrs, one after
another, who, soro of shin and
brlisc ol spine, have doubtless boz
taken themselves " solitude, aud
hard drinking. We read ora tourt
ucy ut billiards in Calitornia,a ,a' beR
tween champion Of the art 'aht
an amateur hdidrn, who trlumph-
ahlly marchcd OIL With Tho. cue,
and was subsequently scrcnadcd
by hor pnr,iSans in strains not dos.
lltnto of l"ndhrss and y. lcpsth;..
These arc but a few or the inci-i
dents which imply hat our.Sports
and pastinles are threatened with
II female invasion which willa'be'
likely to drive us iGnominonsly'
from the field. We shall havo &
university tnll OF, musGl|ar, malts
ems, challenging " 4nartottc 1T
nuns 10 row lor'the championship
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