New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-03-01
THE VARS or SOME WOMEN.

monotony Of their abuse Of THE TRIBUNE receives OF
late wOndrous variation; and even Dr. Bushnell and
The Chica0O Adrdnce fare the easier because OF CAL
Hamon's enormlties, and the heerodoxy OF hali-a-
dozen lesser lights from whom illumination not black
enng Of cloudy prospects, had been expected Here Is
The WoDon's journal. lashing Gail Hamilton through
column Of which this is sample:
Like the soldier ut the battle OF Bunker Hl who wa;
then INTO the Yankees tail Hamilton is lighting on her
own hook" She dOes not seem To be wrltlng nom my
deep honest convictions, or with the hope OF benenthg
the women whom she 80 nercilessly critlcscs lhtre y
tenderness toward her sex breathing through hrr
satirrs. sympathetic comprehension Of their weak
uesscs disabilities, ana lngs which are 80 largely the
result o their past education their repressed and com
pity for the pain she knows she mnst give
as she ues her rem9rseless scaipe u ON, oiiy
alton comes 10 her pen from the prophecies OF te i-
Qr:i der woman the future leads her to soften her
phippIcs with promises Of better day Tor them enc
tell, many startling truths concerning woman ana chas
ia. thrr derelictions with pungency and power. II
not so completely onesided In her crluclsm''
or any benevolent purpose toward her sex were npp
As H. II any OF us within the range Of her guns 80
that her shots hurt let "a change our POSITION ana
save ourselves further pain IRON this same source
Other Woman Suffrage papers condemn in less decorous
fashion. and with an dba"don of epthets which must
convince Mdlc Gail that whatever may be the tyranny
under which women may grOan IL does not 20 to the
length of mpairng the least their liberty of speech
Her offensive article, have appeared in Jumpers Bazaar
and The TndependenL From the latter this sample may
he taken She has been arguing against the nconSe-
0ncnce Of much Of the loose talk among the Woman SUI
fc chainpions and she treats " their constant COM
pla ns about the tyranny with which man limits their
phere Of labor in the light Of this illustration;
"G,.ng 10 New-York" says the biographer OF a
womln's rights woman, "with her brother ana NJ
newly welded wife, her sOnl was agomlcI "l'h ,h o
thought that for single women there was no pace III
universe The world had choice Oi employ mem H'll
interests independence, and honor' only lor inn mar
ARRIVING ~ NewIork. she spent some lt re @ ,ii,re
rird sister trying satisfy the unrest OF hr ls'o
by assisting IN the family sewing am tif c I ~ Abe
children" Not frcllnS su1DieHuy '.m5 ,ppIied
went To the editor Of paper 'hU nPP Of
for stniIh no ,or,t nave been ciectually and
permanently di posed Of had she Succceiri J..
tor laughed at The idea; ana Sic "'ht np r sditor 80
letter about IT, which Ictrr showed 10 ano'i'i ~,
pleased him that he published it forthwith IhercupTn
-he continued to write; was soon pus III 1,ard ya-
position upon newspaper ana SHORTY aiUi "'Ii lad a.
offered by another paper douD!e 'no '"'"'' SUI 80" "
considering now that this woman had been twice en-
oia, and tlc care of hrr sisters children became
writer for "a daily newspaper, was married ana htpt
house and made shirts has bren laShi"hflIor 81 lHo
magazines and editor OF one, mas ior y,aaS r
throughout the country, has been regular contributor
to one review ana 10 one weekly lnfal, M " ',l
zine that published In Ne" York for The last zen
years is an exemplary mother, occupies several import
Ant ohice- and /, still "A Young wOman-hOw are Ne TO
construe the statement that the world mas
first: Choice OF elnploymen
third: Independence and honors only FOR men
In what Pickwickian sense 10 understand the
assertion that for single women there j. no place ~ the
UNIVERSE How many men have chosen SFealer mum,
Der OF employment~ or have had more ana more Fdf"d
intcrcats, than thi, still young woman
Meanwhile that neat and dapper authority on cnb-
nary utensils" (as aniabe woman colaborer chose
to style him in Is published letter., Col Thomas Went
worth Higginson who brings TIE Cause more brains,
culture and rcspecahiy than the whole coterc Of Vi
ragocs abuse him, makes uch answer As he eau to
pungcnt statement OF the cmbarnsments OF The Cause
lately communicated to THE TRIBUNE:
It's good thing for any movement 70 he well at
tackled There S O other way 10 ueiHft Ito weak rpot-
ur 10 put it, friend, on their suard' Even aS AN N,r
tisemcnt. good attack l. worth money Fame ~
kept up at both ends" II Is worth while. for instance
10 have the Woman Suffrage movement 80 keeny
Cheru5." in THE NEw-YoGK TmBuNe for Fcb.
J.. The iifle is such good on.: TO begin with
the great publisher, The title is borrowed, in this case.
fruI real ma gnary old lady who had gul The meta
phor of scyla and Char, bdis itr confused Wishing
to describe pcrpcNug situaion thi, lady said: l"n
ser nv dear -hr wa, between Celery side and
Cltrrub, on the other You know about Ceitry ana
Chrruhs don't yOui They was Two rocks somewhere,
and II didn't mt one you was pretty sure TO run
The describes. u. TuE TEInrNg writer declares. the
present condition Of women Who "asiiatc, Their celery
aud ChcrubS tears" and temper II is good Int.
and may we'll make note OF il. IL Is the danger OF
1911 rector mrre, tIat thcy VIII Nhide Wt"tth discourage
nrnt and Iugrr When things 20 wrong, what Is II
ones natural impulse to dol To tie east down or to o
,rrrd up to wing ones hands or c'eneh ones h'l-in
ancc III tle dinner wa, III spoiled 1 wouldn't 81, down
and cry III SLY Hang it," This chcrub preferred
the alternative OF temper, days when the celery was
badly cooked Probably her mother addicted TO the
other practice aud exhibited the toars But as thi, al
tentative found 10 he presented for ho sexes ana ON
al OccisiOiS why charge 10 especially on the Woman
suffrage movement! Men are certainly -, much gi'ento
m temper women; and il they are less
are Just bad As Nicholas NGkeby, when
the pump frozen up, was advised by
Mr. Squ,eIs to content himself with dry polish
there KIND OF dfy despair INTO which men lal,
which is quite forlom any tcaip ot women.
How many Ia, doubles, wished at such time,
that the pump III his ldohTy mai glands could only taw
out, and he could give his emotions something more
than "a dry polish" The unspeakahs comfort some
women feel IN sitting for 10 mltr> with handkerchief
over their eyes, The FRESHNESS, the hcdIiuens the new
life visible IN them when the crying IL done and the
here j. the weak point OF the whole
scented in THE TIBI Nj. The writer thuhs that women
give tO tear, more readily than men do. Granted.
Is the weaker Tor II Not - hit IL r. SIM
ply difference al tenn permanent That j. all. IL luN Olives
ncriority. Now viii women carry tins same quality
OF temperament INTO their public career; Doubtless;
otherwise they would ccaSr To be- women VIII II br be
traying confidence il that have seen two of the
hTtVr,t women Of my acqudlntauCe-WO!n
who have swHyc great audcnces-burSt INTO tears dur
ing cummtire meeting al moment OF uncNpcctcd hd-
writer would have Thought. ia five minutes that April
shower had passed, and those women Wre - re~oute
and uuconqurrtbr queen Elizabeth; they were again
of those around them and the cool
and fearless men who sat beside them were nothing
men lost art, Cal Hamilton say compared
with Xhau tblc moral vitality OF those two women
NO-the dangers OF celery ana CherlhS' are eN-
aluersrd For temper, women are ~ good as men, ANA
no better As tears, long may they How They are
symbols uf that mi -hty distinction OF SIX which Is rs IN
I'll ,ceablc aud essential the difference between
land and SEA