The Placer herald., 1870-02-05
w0MANLY WOMEN

held up for contempt u'us recog"ition by
the fair lectures. ip the Wnn.au .k'ri some
iit.ls time ago A. Cooper los'mu,sa And
having duly heard ,hs highly drama,ic dps-
c'ipion. and refused p"i"t blank TO laugh
or cry or applaud or stamp your feet or
heel. hor'Sh or throw bouq"-is at,he 'Wo-
man Who Dared TO hold the mirror up TO
Nature wrong side uppsrtnosi, and with
snch dismal Obtqnitv as To dis,ort, the re-
d.c'ions into s,ppid'y gro,esQus imposslt'iti
''-s, have y"n Teen Impressed on The sub4
jsct Of womsnly women lave1-rfl 1ti a1
M'ss Logan draws n highly .colcred and
abnormal .k-tch of an idiot, very broadly
although s'uipdy drawn. 100, utterly with
out point or fun Of satire. vim or pa'hos or
ryn,cism or ,alen, or truth This shs dss-
'g"s'-s a 'W..manly G'ti,' and with bland
" self satisfied smis she seems TO enquire:
Levers. fathers. brothers, husbands, 'Dost
Ike the riu:urs =
MIS- L ,gan contends that the villa Wo-
mans RI hts Women ass",bs models of
'ru" ~oms.sa0od. We are growing very
sick Of this phra .. True Womanbood. and
IN i's perverted sense We loathe it. VIZ
d-spiss the true w",nanhood' which vaunla
itself on the platform and rrocla',ns a'"ud
"s intention, of 'cbo"s'nx the Father Of lie
Child 1t IA spurious. and lis scr"fuous
doctrines are TAR TOO progressive for our un-
d-rstandIng, and too filthy for our touch
1t il seelhe. But If the Womanly Wo-
men who. happily. exist 10 reality outside
tho fsvsr'sh pale Of political humhug and
p"ison"us socialism, Who never parade them.
ssl'es in print, We woud speak word.
There are hundreds Of Wnmanly W"'ne"
who are the salt OF this city. There are
bright. cherry. gentle creatures going about
ks living pray rrs among the sick and poor
aud tho forsaken and the impure, into 9t'd
alleys where Olive Logsn's velvet skir, new
er ,railed, and Susan An,bonys sap'd thuo
der never echoed. Ibey are womanly
enough. God knows. although Their white
hands Test OD sores aud horrors, and their
pure brsaths miugIs with con'ag'on, and
their xentls eyes see grossness uUutterabl-,
aud their cot, toors psrley with monsrous
'ntamv.1 G'd bIess them they take I"
themselves the wonan's lleav.n'orda,neh
right to c"nsols and soiacs aud surcor the
needy and hearisore, the sick and the sof-
rowiul, although they dream not Of asking
he right ~ mix 10 thv sinful inaslstrom ~
The polls ...r E.f... t.. ....
We would invite Olive Logan or Mrs.
Blaker OF Mrs. L'vermors ~ 60 aud spend
"us nght in M hosp'tsl In this Or any other
city IN Cr,stendom managed 10y Tho Sisters
at Mercy, and then io come back andi-r-al
to US wh-thsr they or tho sllkrn-ciad mesn-
bers OF tho Snrosis effect most honest W, TX;
:" tell us ,nnd,dly aud III good faith where
we shall lind The present ~~npIs Vi Woman.
~ Women. e tr-..i Ir.
There isa little Sister, bright. active help
ful, tar seeing. She Is y young thing; not
Yet twenty-"ne, but although she never
s'amp-d up aud down the platform NJ Coop
TT lus i,ute, or made believe to weep into
twenty dollar iaos handkerchief. she has
more bralns than Onvs Logan. aud more
wisdom than the whole muuihing pack OF
ts.nAs retor,ners. 1t is her night 10 stay
up aud watch. Look at her httls bia K H.
u,e tluting around the hospital ward. See
her smsIl cool hand Testing on the scarlet
forehead of some RESTLESS. poor sutfe''r
Sec her smoothing tho pillow # one ann
giving drink to nUulher. Sse bor shade The
night from tbs one who follows her every
movement ~mh great, vide. waketul eyes
having the lire u deadly fever in tb~m See
her mouth quiver when she bears tho mo'ta'
grosns Of the by strorg. man VII" WAS
brought in to-day with his neither l,mts
crushed. Sec her 20 " hm and help hin,.
aud look NJ h'u, WITH sucn mute eloGnen'
sympathy that bs forgets tor M instant hs
pxngs. See her take the death mss-age OF
snolhe aud speak to him VI mercy, aud
close his ,!g,d eyes aud pray over h,n.
All, It is beautiful, aIl this. and noble and
wo,nsnly. aud fuli oi cou'ag-; aud. e. our
minds, il Is u notler "missi u than editing
the Revolution or yelng At suffrage Meet.
,ogs or calling our dissshi hiisnt ns,ghbors
~ b,,-d Se2uIchres," or even wearing wei
vet dre.s and abusing Que : rex before n INK
sd sudiencs in Cov,sr Institute ,o ths tuus
II tt'y cents per he'd.
O. Outside the Order of Mercy there are also
thousands Of WU,nanly Women. We d"
not Mssa TO say shat this hl,ls Sister whose
night is to watch and who has 10 call up
The other sisters al haf-past four III the
m"rniny. and who does not go TO bed her
self after her ioiful night, because the t"l-
I"wlug day u Is her turn /" do tho cooking
tor the es' abisbtu-n,. aud who is b.. ght aud
cheerful aud happy AS a lark-we do "et
msan ~ say that she is ths only Womanly
Women IN the whole world. On. M. she
Is bot one ot class; and. thank God. ihsre
are many classes; and tbauk tod, the Wo-
manly omen is the rule and tbs ahuoi nal
~oinan, ~ho scods aud Threatens. and shows
herself with "brazen FROM" Is the excep' ion.
There are act,es.es. and singers. aud uaIlst
g'rIs, aud po!icemens wives, and. washer
women. and sIop workers-even boarding.
house m'-tress-s--who are les aud true ANA
hari-wDrtin9 aud wonanly 10 their hearts
core. although they may not read the Rev
olu,ion a0d have never heard ot Odvs L,-
gan. Az. there are even literary women.
who make bread out Of their brsius, and
who uss pen, and who weep Tor The Press
sod wipe sbsN eyes 'si,b TIE Public" and