The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1869-06-03
LETTER FROM BOSTON.
The Little Italian Girl Anniversary Week
---New England Woman's Suffrage Association
decoration Day, &C.
Correspondence of the journal.

Decoration Day, &C.
Boston, May 81, 1869.
Commonplace? 1t did not seem so to me,
sitting here in the gray solemn twilight At the
hour when
Love ut home
Mets through mems hearts at sea-
and thinking all sorts of imaginable things.
! On the contrary ii was a sweet, rich rare
| voice | heard, and a pair OF midnight dark,
teartully sad, Italian eyes gazed up through
the gathering shadows into mine; n graceful
little head poised itself YEARLY on one side,
t:.- ,,-nll-ahaa,nA ha,I ~t,inf,.nJ NHI nlctlltu-
ically shook the tambourine, and out upon the
evening air rang a melodous refrain ''With
tasscls on my boots" But She didn't have
any iassels on her boots Her limbs We're
meanly and scantily clad.
| Poor little song -bird. She has wandered far
and long to-day, and is tired, and yet no rest
comes How many, many times ere litt's
| bright dawn Shall close, YOU Shall be tired, 50
tired, and still no rest come 10 the aching
heart and weary limbs, none but the good God
may know. Your rich beauty may bring YOU
wealth and love-t is more likely to bring
| You SORROW and shame. A wandering street
life is not conducive to good morals Think
of it. YOU mothers, who sometimes complain
that your Young child has not the advantages
! of your more wealthy ncighbor, and thank
God that YOU can give her al least an honor
able and comfortable shelter, and that she
does not have to exc out her llyn@asa '.street
i a., A..
crowd dispersed, and the little Girl has gone
! 7 know not whither-but a sweet birtl-like
voice is ringing in my ears, and dark soulful
eyes are still pecring up through the gloom,
and will not be banished. SO | have taken
up my pen and written down this little Incl
dent. and her name with it also; Bece, which
shall he called Beatrice, because she is to hc
A beautiful but sadly remembered dream
Anniversary week has at last arrived in the
due order Of things and brought With it not
only the multitudes who '@ather themselves
together at this special season, but bright
beautiful balmy days, which is 50 unusual m
occurrence that al the newspapers take occa-
sion to fire shot NJ ii. 1t is very unfair to at
tack the weather because it happens to be on
its good behavior this year.
The attempt to report all the meetings which
have taken place during the week would be
about as useless As that Of the man who, the
Post saws, tried TO be IN twenty-thrcc different
places at once. He failed, and so should |.
The most prominent one therefore is only no
ticed The New England Woman's Suffrage
| &,
pose of redressng the wrongs of woman,
putting the lords OF creation in their proper
place, and setting things TO rights generally
The world has been going wrong long enough,
and its pity these strong minded females
can't straighten things up little. One hun
drcd and thirty-tour school-rna ans, who want
to vote because it is $50 manly" sent in a me-
mortal to that effect. And Julia Ward Howe.
Mrs Lucy Stone, Mrs +. A. Hannatord, ana
u host of other notorieties made eloquent and
touching speeches, all tending to show the
bondage in which women are held,
1t is a pleasure to be able TO add that there
is one lady teacher in Boston, bearing the
honorcd name Of Seymour, who does not
wish to vote, and has had the courage 50 TO
state in a very able letter addressed to the
Committee on Woman's Suffrage, at the
State House.
Perhaps il would not be out Of place to
mention, just here, that Doctress Mary Walk
en-, who has SO long importuned the heads
of the various State Departments for an office
is about to receive an appointment Secreta-
~ Boutwell, in despair having concluded to