New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-04-02

wore n round hat. was considered unfemIhhe H""'
round hats poised the most fashionable noses ~
an angle that would drive Euclid Wild Iecthrlns 10
dy occupies the position formerly accorded to the round
ha,s Ten wears hence society will draw the line I'M
fominne say at women who, having too much honest
nride TO hang IA burdens about the necks OF thotr
friends or relatives, take up active pusiLesS
and dare to make much money IA their brothers
Evidently Society would 10 pieces did u not insist
upon drawing the line somewhere. To my cohscenea ~
IA vastly uufeminine TO be guilty. OF the Greelah
Dend 10 enamel TO make conquests Of men merely for
the sake Of counting scaps to indulge IN SANDER 10
dress extravaganty, to sit in the paror ana ao" 'o
cook to orerdo or undcrdo everything edible IN the
Kitchen TO feed children pastry aud hot bread 10
consign little ones to incompetent nurscs-th II i q"
lecture Yet the dear creatures who indulge III these
| SINS are rarely called unwomaDy!
After all the prejudice against leeturing arises IN great
mart from the fact that woman thereby advocates her
own ideas. singer interprets some male composer
reader colors the fanciful drawings OF master; al
actress illustrates the dramatic poets genius; pnt zee
,nrer thinks for herself and employs that egotI'tca
nronoun I This is the objectionable SIM Ihe deHcacy
OF the SEX" says that garrulous DlOgtaPcr' po"u''
"whlle it becomes accustomed TO repeat the aeAo"''
OF Others shrnks from the seeming bodness OF puDncS
utterng their But there was male uighly in no
understanding OF Mrs sddOns that raised her ABOVE ho
belpess tmidty of other women" Why male dignity
Was she peculiar except in being greater than the women
about heri Need dignity have been other than that
| of a noble womanhOod conscious OF eAtraoruih-
| airy powerf Boaden insults the character OF the
| very woman whom he thinks to praise.
What matter whereTruth from. so long as it is
Truth Shall it be asserted that the whole OF Truth has
been revealed to but onehalf of the human race Shall
the relic OF barbario law be religiously preserved'
"Baron femme" old law phrase runs the master
and his woman. 1t the duty OF the saveito amuse-
to each-never! The queerest part OF all this TIMETABLE
business" is that lecurng by women is nothing new ut-
der the ave forget" says igginson, THAT wonder
full people, the Spanish Arabs, among whom women were
public lecturers and secretaries OF kings. while Christian
| Europe was sunk in darkness In Italy, from the
| fifteenth to the nineteenth century. IL not
esteemed nnfemnne for women to give lectures in pub
| lie To crowded and admring audiences. They were
freely admitted to learned societies. and were con-
suited by men Of prominent scientific attanments as
their equals in scholarship" Nor is this ALL in the
middle ages preached in public. supported con.
roverses. published and defended theses, filed the
chairs OF philosophy and law harangued the Popes In
Latin Greek and read Hebrew. Nuns wr0te poetry
women Of rank became dvines and young girls publicly
exhored Christian princes to take up for the
cry OF the Holy sepulchre" And OF these
regarded unfemnine In those dark the being
able TO do thing the open to Its execution
There was the maiden NOvea OF Bologna, who studied
law aud conducted her fathers cases raed order
her beauty might lead justice astray At &C. she
the degree OF laws at 30. she elevated to Profess
sors chair and taught law to scholars from all nations
Her example followed by others Of her No
accused this brilliant and beautiful woman Of being un-
womanly What horrible she would be called did
she live to-day and at the time how we all de-
light Shakespeare's Portia and how applaud her.
even male attire, when she pleads the cause OF An
tonic and makes that noble speech mercy! POrtia
loses none of her feminine destinations because she
oaoI iutai N an a
life and death. But this is the stage. Madame
Roland defended her husband the bar with iirmness
and eoquence. Even to-day she is proclaimed glory to
womanhood de Montfort fought for her Duchy Of
Bretany. and has been made the heroine OF tragedy
Why, even semiramis who subdued the East and the
Amazons who conquered Asia, were never accused OF
being strong minded - Pray what is the mproyisa'
trce The lovely. heart.broken COrinne, over whom,
with the aid OF dictionary school girls weep, is q
lecturer. "Ths Is all very WELL" argues some good
friend but you must confess that lecturers usuer
able bores Delayed noto with male lecturers what uiiI
become of us when female lecturers multiplied by
tyentyf We shall be drowned in q sea OF words !"
To an educated person the ordinary lecture is an insult
ferabe bore II exceedingly lazy method Of getting
at nothing instituted perhaps for the benefit OF country
lads and lasses that they may have not too loud ac
compartment the whispenngs OF their hearts. But
seems that lecturng be tolerated at ALL 1t should
be from the lips Of woman, and for this Ever
For 600 years least. they have stumped creation
and have been listened to by attentive audiences largely
| composcd OF women. BY this means the world
has been thoroughly informed" OF mems views
| On all subjects. But we have seen all things
| in profile Now an artist will tell you that
no two sides OF the same face exactly alike pray
you therefore, let have the other profile. whereby
may the entire face into teale eyes, and thus
get at the soh all things! "Genius has SEX" de
clared Madame de staGl, and many women quote heI
dictum with uncuOus satisfaction. / believe no such
dogma Madame de Stall is her own best contradiction
| What man could have written Corinnei There is as
| much sex In mind as in matter. " Men and women
eternaly equal and eternay different" states Wendell
Phillips 1t is tins formula to which subscribe with
nv whole heart and head. 1t is this difference in equal
ity that each charming to the other
There is sex in thought, and it is the feminine side OF
thought ignored for centuries that would be heard
| Whether 1t be better worse than MANS Is moi
| the question. The right OF hearing only, II
asked II the thought be good for nothing harm i:
done; IL be good for something, the whole world il
the gamer. for every truth belongs to all humanity
Men have pronounced . verdict not only upon them
selves, but upon women IL Is time that women tried
their own case 1t is possible that such jury impan
| need in this age may mder sentence upon
women than Blackstone has passed. The world moves
and there limitations that what is sauce for the
der is for the goose This is revolutionary doc
trne, certainly; nevertheless 1t is whispered in Gatl
and named outright III New-York
The question OF the latter half OF this century being
woman. woman must take the field in her behalf
Does therefore become apparent that are
| more needed in the Lyceum than menf And lecturnl
upon living subjects should not only be tolerated. but
approved for II Is to Lyceums that for enghen
ment in such matters. People and things. dead and
gone are embalmed in books. and the majority OF those
who attempt their resurrection show us but the mum
mics that privately exhibit TO ourselves. But IL
what book We find solutions TO those problem:
| OF suffrage" the political crisis" "the duty
| OF the hour, and equally vital questions
Some ono tells me that women have voices fol