Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-09-15
MISS DIcArNsoN,s LEcruRE-s OUT
OF THE DRPTHs.o
From the S. F. Times Of Monday.

wy ostNo u hSAs baAA1 sehS
time q delegation from the Woman Suf-
frage Association Of San Francisco, ac-
companied, or rather followed, by q few
stunted and weakly specimens Of the
sterner sex, came forward upon the
stage from behind the wings, and took
the chairs which had been provided for
them. They were received with applause
and laughter, and the males who fol.
lowed shrank back 20 the chairs in the
rear, and were soon lost to view. Tho
suffrage women looked pleased and fiat.
tered at what they mistook as approba-
ton. The sight presented was strange
and striking. One Of the sterner sex,
probably a help.mate to n Of the suf-
frage women, was sent back and forth
over the stage several times on official
business, aud was loudly applauded
each appearance. Finally the house
became so crowded that ladies and gen
tlemen from the audience were obliged
to take seats on the stage, and the Pc
culiar feature of the evening was dilu-
ted. A woman, probably one of the
grand officers of the suffrage females,
| came in, and was about to take a con.
spicuous front seat, when the crowd
cheered aud laughed so outrageously
that she was obliged to retreat behind
the scenes and refused an encore.
Miss Dickinson then came forward
and delivered her soul.stirring lecture,
(" Out of tie Depths" She said it had
often been asked, Why do you women
meddle with politics 2" The reason
why she talks Of woman's wrongs, woes
and sufferings, was because she was a
woman, and as long IS there were NO.
men degraded and bereft of hope and
friends, she would ask the reason why?
The reason of the present state Of af-
fairs is that people have forgotten God,
and men have not the proper respect for
women. Nowadays ONO are fitted
out with useless accomplishments, and
are not taught how to prepare them
selves for a proper life. II is not pay
ing the respect due to womankind to
train a young girl tor the matrimonial
market-it is degradation. The people
| of this country respect labor; but while
doing SC, they honor tho man with o
! white shirt and soft, delicate hands, bat
| they turn aside and pay no respect to
the man dressed 10 q red shirt and who
has hard hands, derived from manly
labor. So it is with woman A woman
irely dressed in silks, satins aud jewels
receives atteution on every hand. In
many Of these cases the fnery is pur-
chased at the expense Of a father or a
brothers honor, or %perchance that Of
the wearer's virtue. A oma who
works is not considered o lady. We
hear the expressions" that person in
the kitchen--that woman at work-that
lady in the parlor." The woman who
spends her fathers money layishly has
. good chance Of marrying we'll. If
women are fitted for the best positions
in the world they should occupy them.
She then spoke of the female CLERKS in
stores in Philadelphia. Complaints were
made that women were pert and out Of
their places in such positions. She had
never had apy trouble with them, be-
cause she treated them with the same
courtesy and c~ivility as if they were her
guests in her parlor. These girls in
many cases are not properly trained.
w OulCu WIN Ky iusO 0AS "A~ 3d.
are employed as clerks usually make
their desires known b. giving orders for
this and that, and treating the girls as il
they were outcasts from good society.
Tho girls in turn treat such persons, as
they deserve, with scorn. These girls
are mauacled by the chains of society
the whole weight of society is dragging
them down. She had said that the men
of this coast stood head and shoulders
above the women, and she meant it. II
the women could havo occupied the
same positions and have had the same
advantages as the men, they would have
stood head and shoulders above the
men. There is no such thing as keeping
women at q certain position and there
holding them. They, as men, must 60
up or down, forward or retreat. When
| say these things and address myself to
"you," I do not mean you who are
before me; l do not mean an isolated
community, but the whole human spe-
cies. Men strive hard to succeed 10
business, and TO surround themselves
with all the nice things and comforts OF
life. They do not want to live on the
third floor, back room. Women have
the same ambition and desires, in regard
to this, as men. In order to secure this,
they have marriage on the one hand, and
prostitution on the other. l could walk
up and down your principal streets, and
point out many houses in which there
are wives sitting alone, their husbands
being, perhaps, just around the corner
with some other woman These women
have been educated TO look upon their
husbands merely as a means of support,
and il was for this that marriage was
contracted. There were probably many
who were laughing at her, and saying
/" trash, nonsense" but it was nothing
of the kind. She then spoke of how
girls were brought up to sit in the par
Tor ; i: would be disgraceful to have it
said that they worked. Fathers who
have had their pockets severely drawn
upon to support daughters in idleness,
get anxious to marry them off, so that
some other mans pocket may suffer.
Laughter. These girls are taught that
the one great idea is marriage. If it
were possible, sue would keep many
apart, and divorce others. What God
hath Joined together let no mar put
asunder-nei,her can ell the powers of
heaven or hell put them asunder, but
many Of the matches made arc not of
that character they werc for money
and position. Much is said about scan
dat among women. The reason of this
is because the world is full Of woe, and
because women are kept from their
proper sphere of usefulness. She then
spoke OF Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stoves
I" scandal" about Lord Byron and the
comments made upon it by the press,
calling for a conccalment Of such things.
Nowadays women sell themselves for
fine dresses, and at the marriage altar.
There are now at the time l speak forty
thousand young girls in the city of New
York going up and down the sidewalks,
outcasts and abandoned. They are not
old women, neither are they there be-
cause they want to be. In most cases
q woman had rather be good than bad
some are driven there by starvation
and want. Miss Dickinson then related
a very touching story where q young
girl who was driven by want, and lore
for a sick and dying mother, to part
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