New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-26

nor interpret. Her complexion is delicate, her
eyes glorious her hair of raven hue, and her
face one Of the most intellectual on which the
correspondent has ever looked. when she
"Opened her mouth, the sweet voice
" came ringing out like coins dropped
1" down a many fathomed WELL We are
pleased to discover that the lady thus
copiously and gorgeously described does not
consider this correspondent immature in
thought or idea. She says he is high
toned Well, he is. These are treble octayes
of appreciation. We don't see how he couId
have made them more high toned without going
up stairs What Burke says of Marie Ant"inette
is tame and the rhapsodes of Romeo are cold
in comparison. To be censured as immature
by a lady whose chin rounds ont in such IN
intellectual manner, and whose endOwments are
so numerous and gracious, is very bad business
indeed. If she were an elderly apostle with
false front and visage of vinegar, her
aspersiOn would not amount to much.
1t is the privilege of the afternoon to
anmadvert upon the morning. But we don't
expect balf-past eight to turn upon quarter
past seven and accuse it of being too early.
Pitch into the enemy, abuse the men, call them
native; we will not interpose to protect them.
But if these voluble and refornatory young
women are going to lay lances in rest only To
run tits at each other we shall call truce.
have their armor taken from them, and give
them back the distaff instead.
Those who wish well to the woman5 rights
crusade welcomed the advent of youth and
beauty in the ranks of the crusaders. Wisdom,
and experience, and antiquity OF days are all
very well. but to carry great reiOrmatory
movement to a successful issue, they need
little of the bright alloy of sparkling youth
and impetuous maidenhood. Finally they got
it. The timorOus girls came forth from sllken
bOudoirs, and shaded gardens, and perhaps less
luxurious hiding-places, and from noisy plat
forms beamed star-lke upon the world. They
did not always bring good grammar with them.
and their pretty curled heads were not bur
dened with much wisdom, but they spoke nice
little pieces, full of adjectiycs and exhibited
in all cases the preciptate and sanguine en-
thusasm of inexperience. A good many per-
sons went to hear their little chirruplngs who
would not have gone to hear the wiser and more
frumpy elders sound their tremendous c!amor
over the roofs of the world 1t will be source OF
genuine regret if the handsome young recruits
exhibit imperfect discipline, and turn their
rhetoric upon each other They will injure
the cause which they seek to promote. They
will strain their voices and get their hair out
of curl. More persuasion lies folded in their
curls than is likely to be won by their logic.
so that their coiffures should not be subjected
to this peril. If they are in earnest, they must
subordinate their resentments, chastlse their
vanities, and try to make the brains inside
their heads balance the back hair on the out
side Without neglecting grayer duties, they
ought occasionally to peruse elementary treat
ises on English composition. We find Miss
Couzens, in her rage at female reporters ac-
tually printing sentences like this: g trust
THAT ere long we may have noble, broad.
cultured women in their places who will
"have sufficient respect and reverence for
"t those noble, cultured women, whose hairs
"have grown gray,n etc. as to write
respectfully of them" Now this charm
ing young lady, who would reform the social
and political systems Of civilization, should
begin by radically reforming her own parts OF
speech. We express this admonition in all
gentleness. A little industry will do much to-
ward correcting her short-comng, and wien
she has herself been taught, she may worthily
become the teacher of others. Until she incurs
that discipline she should be spariDg of re-
proach or incubation. There are some rights
which are unjustly withheld from women.
That of learning to speak and write the En-
glish language correctly is not among Them
| ANYBODY can do that without breaking the
laws or getting up revolution. 1t is super
fuous to point out to Miss Couzens the impor-
lance of these accomplishments to the orator
or the literary woman, or to demonstrate to
her the weight which they will lend to any
lessons which she may hereafter be called upon
to teach, or any reproaches which she may be
! moved to bestow.
We had word to say about The Revolution,
the tea pot In which these little tempests break
and ravage. 1t assals, with great coarseness
ndiindecency, lady who is employed upon
our staff of Reporters. Its language is such
that we cannot quote it without offense to our
readers, so we had perhaps better pass it by.
The lady thus assailed does not clamor IN
public for rights, but accepts duties and per-
forms them faithfully; and the language In
which The Revolution refers TO her IS re-
proach upon itself, which it will take much
time and good behavior to Obliterate. Some
respectable ladies are, we believe associated
with its conduct. If they accept contributions
from unworthy Editors they ought TO revise
them, so that the paper may be read by their
daughters without shame.
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