New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-24
TIE NRH PENTHESILEA.

When Sir Barnett Skittles encountered poor
little Mr. Baps at DR.. Blimber's haf-yearly Re-
ception, where the hour half past seven
o'clock and where the object was quadrilles,
and when Mr.. Baps, with look of unfathom-
able profundity, inquired Of him, "What are
eve to do with our raw materials when they
d" come into port in return for our drain OF
gold 2" the great man explained his theory
with admirable succinctness. g But suppose"
pursued Mr.. Baps, out of deeper depth
of financial intelligence, Suppose Russia steps
Gin with her talows7n Sir Barnett, not hav-
ing contemplated the situation in the light of
Russia's tallow, complacently responded that
then VIC must fall back upon our agricultural
resources, he supposed. But hearing Mr.. Baps,
Immediately after, asking "What are we to do
with our raw materials when they come
"into port in return for our drain OF
" gold ~ of Mr.. Toots (who responded "Cook
"em"). the distinguished Paramentarian
was moved to say to DR.. Blimber
that Mr.. Baps was plainly q remarkable man,
a man of science, man of figures! Where
upon DR.. Blimber was driven deprecatingly
to admit that he was indeed man of figures
"in short, Sir Barnett, our professor Of
"dancingw Whereupon, again, Sir Barnett
glowered at the wretched conspiratOr for the
rest of the evening as if he had been Guy
Fawkes himself.
This apologize has frequently commended it.
self to us, but never so forclbly as when we
heard, some weeks ago, of the advent of two
young women in Wall-st. as stock operators.
Two professors of figures trying to find out
what we should do with our raw materials,
Toots's Of imbecility at every corner, Skittles's
of society in every window, to remind them of
their dancing days, and sneer down their aspi-
rations After all, there was nothing really to
surprise one. Boadcea in her chariot dri-
wing over the slain, Mrs. Woodruff in her
coupe following the rise or the ruin,
of speculatons-in both behold the fem-
nine thirst for power and glory at the expense
of somebody else! Not that We object. But
we are forever getting new light on the Actual
Woman, and finding out how different she is
from the Ideal Woman in whom the world has
| believed, as q churchman in the Virgin for I'M
numbered years. What gracious illusions we
lose by the illumination We will not here
pause to consider. We certainly make some
gains. 1t is proved that the Actual Woman,
for instance, has capacities for sound and
| fury, unpleasant in themselves, but signi-
! flying superiluty OF energy seek
ing some sufficient use. 1t is proved
that she has great ingenuity in transferring the
pence of the money making to her own
Golfers, as witness the feminine-we had almost
written the diabolical--arts of tho charity fair
and charity ball and charity-r business 1t
is proved that she has genius for managing
men, MS witness tho daily history of every
household. Now all these unmistakable
talents being misapplied, great waste and dis
comfort ensue. We have conventions, bazaars
for comatose churches, domestic differences as
result. The matches are laid away
for safe keeping and hardness in the
powder-keg. Every woman who finds an inter-
esting, secure, and honest vocation is enabled
thus to provide a safe for the matches, and q
vault for the powder-keg.
| The enterprising firm of Woodhull, Clahn
g. Co., having, If We may say so, skirmished
along the line for some months, proposes to
enter the numerous and preternaturally active
army of Wall-st operators. with the cry OF
"a fair 6ght and no quarter" The young women
who compose 1t, sharp, confident, daring cautions,
determined, instant In season and out of sca-
son, with tho argot Of "tho Street. familiar 10