The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-10-06
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s The tveman: QutafIon s,r
lie assuming new and alarming features.
s one of the stetnef sex.S we 7soahd The
ocsin OF alarm All the ancient, Iprsssso-
atiyes and immgnitisss at our sen are
threatened with invasion IS We hold MIR.
lill responsible. Under, his emo courage
Snent, We6ad woman ip!nnaing hen am
Pitious' xingH Hfor.i1ig gher tianHhe
u Mstikht bsssaolp; that tnS gKraaateSt
myhe no go&sen q Esanse .Iwssa asile
rho had borHe the estSehAdrsn. This
pow is regarded as treason to the sex, of
Fhom not q few prefer the arena OF poll
ics TO tho marrow sphere ofthe nursery.
sheJ wsutt q iiianJ ifftiz fttiszihea.3 They want to
Fote, andieo 10 Congress, and preach the
aospel. and practice medicine, and plead
IN the Oourts.u Aud soon. we presume,
hey viii aspire also TO tothessword of the
Ehilitsry leader All this the. New York
fHorh is5rather disposed to concede to-
he gentle sex. But, remarks that iour.
hal, ''there ares q lew little ,pley,things
Vhich. i4 common fairness, womah ought
hotito rhyish from ns." IT says:,,
LET her take the mitre, if she, wants
&c, and the sceptre, il Ahe can get it; tile
academic robe, II it fits her; the Senate
Fial toga, yif she-ycan gepd it from the
broader shQql ldeIg whieh It has hitherto
Rdorued Mith these rather extensive
toncessions. lCBhe ought to be content.
Bat shy IL nd she inyddes our pastinss.
Here CONES f9Hpr OF iIone elastic Masss-
bhusetts maiaen. who recently jumped
several fRthomsrwi little or no ease
thereby yapquishihg q human kangaroo
pf the; other gender, who was her compe-
eitor. Feminine New England screams
with exultation atitsivictory, and mascu-
line Massachusetts howls with humilia-
tion at it's defeat, In Minnesota, virgin
athlete has recently overthrown a cohort
|of male wrestlera,, one after another,
|who, sore Of shin and bruised of spine,
have doubtless betaken themselves to
solitude and hard drinking. We read of
e tourney at billiards in California, be-
tween q champion Of the art and on anna
off with the cue hnd was subsequently
DOL CuoNOo oJ hOl pol tAouho Ill SLAuluo AOb
destitute Of loudness and length. These
are but few of the incidents which i'm
ply that our sports and pastimes are
Threatened with female invasion which
will belikely to drive US ignominiously
from the field. We shall have univer-
sity full of muscular maidens, challeng-
ing quartette of nuns to row for the
championship and prize teapot. Misses
will become mariners and sail their
yachts triumphantly from the Arctic
fords to the sGl-vexed Bermoothes. We
shall have them riding hurdle-races and
steeple-ohases., sitting gallantly astride
their fiery thorough-breds, according to
the enlightened but somewhat radical
precept Of Miss Dickinson. It is bewil-
dering and fruitless to pursue the subject
further. Sanguine people may think
that the perils we have .outliyed are vi
sionary. Perhaps, But great oaks some
times grow from little acorns, and the
cloud no larger than mans hand is
sometimes laden with the tempest which
blows round the world. The women are
very much in earnest in their aggres-
sions. If they stop short of one complete
spoliation, it will be due to their own
forbeararfce rather than to our means of
defence" .F'-N fa
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