The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-30

were not ashamed to help their mother in
every way that would abridge her labors,
when other "help" was not to be had, or not
worth having.
OF Elizabeth B. Chase. l have nothing more
to say than this-that she was one of the
faithful among the faithless, and if nv raco,-
lection does not mislead me, had been among
the foremost of these high-minded. noble
hearted women, who, knowing their rights
dare maintain them"
Col. Higginson we all know as ono of tbo
pleasantest and raciest of our native ur;tor.
a naturalist whose lively magazine sketches
are only hints OF what he might do; novel
ISL, some OF whose characters are new crea-
ton, iull of truth and naturalness. of shirt
and wise meaning nevertheless, and free
talker even on the platform.
Theodore Tilton, too, we are all acquainted
with, young man full of earnestness. and
iull OF idiosyncracies which, however pecul-
lar, are never offensive, nor obtrusive; a fine
speaker and evidently large-hearted man
with remarkably fine head and remarka-
JIG piCscHCts ......
And General Francis Lippitt, a lawyer, who
gave us very brief but comprehensive idea
OF what he had in view, and what he believed
to be the duty of ALL
An heroic band, take them altogether, or by
and large, as the sailors wosld say, and cal.
culated to make favorable impression any,
where among the foremost of our day. Let
them but persevere, and woman suffrage
must come; and after woman-suffrace and
| the consequent emancipation of woman, il
| not before, universal suffrage; and that also,
| not in bewildering, but in practical sense.
On reading over what have written, / find
l have omitted Susan Is. Anthony, after ALL
with Mrs. Burleigh and Mrs. Churchill-and
there may be others; but have no time just
now, and you no room for what should like
to say of them; and yet, perhaps, word or
| two Of each may not be amiss.
That Susan B. Anthony-a Quakeress-
were no easy matter for any man to deal fair
| ly with her. She is of such sincere, vigor-
! Gus, and heroic type of true womanhood, SO
self-sufficient, and sefsustaining. though far
from being arrogant or supercilious, or even
conceited, that common men would shrink
from her abashed, and uncommon men would
insist on breaking d lance with her at sight
reasonable, though enthusiastic and of trans
cendent administrative power, she must tri-
umph or perish in the attempt.
Of Mrs. Burleigh, tall, graceful creature,
with charming openness of manner, it were
enough to say that her written address, which
lasted whole hour, was delivered with SO
much sweetness of manner and voice, and
contained so much OF trath-of truth proper
to be told in mixed assembly--that 70 one
present had any idea of the time she took.
And of MIS-. Churchill only this much have
time to say now, and that IS that she is well
worthy of her high companlonship among
the sisterhood, being cautious, timely and
convincing, in all that she says evidently con.
scientious. And these are the women who
are supposed to have unsexed themselves-to
be satterns, harridans and scolds, bloomers
and free lovers by some of our newspaper
scribblers and pulpit orators. Orators, in
deed! fish-women rather in trowsers. s.ags