The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-16
PACKER INSTITUTE.
Anniversary Exercises at tho Brook YIN Academy
of Music-Address by mr.. George
William Curtis

The Academy was dcnsely crowded last night on
the occasion OF the twenty-frCh anniversary OF
Packer Collegiate institute. On the platform were
seated many prominent Brooklyn gentlemen among
Others A. A. Low, DR.. Cochrane OF the Polytechnic
Institute; Professor Sprague, OF Adclphi Academy;
Professor Eaton and Professor Crttendcn, OF Packer
Institute, and $. b. Chlttenden.
After music ny the orchestra the curtain rose dis
covering TO the delighted audience some $40 beau
tiful iris, VINO we're applauded TO the echo. Tho
beautiful girls sung beautiful chorus, composed
by Mrs. Chr stopher. OF New York, and then Mr.. A.
A. Low, with few pertinent remarks, introduced
.'our gifted fellow citizen" George William Curtis.
MIR. CURTIS ADDRESS
was characterized by his usual quiet, sarcastic logic,
and he was enthusiastically applaudad at tina telling
places. He began By sayin2:--What golden age
The old times always seem 10 MS Somehow VIC
think that beauty was more beautiful then and
bravery more heroic, and we some ines feel that
fate has condemned to the lees OF time. But our
reason wrestes with image nature; for who
really believes tile old times were better2 Does It
take three hundred years to make the story OF the
Gettysburg hero thrilling as an act OF Sir Philip
sydney The brave summons in the disaster at
new Hamburg was as brave as the Roman
Horatus. Homer interests to-day because
we are doing and feeling what Homer
sung about. look out OF my window and l see
I
come to the Packer lnsutututs and find Lady Janc
Gray porting over PLATO, and an sorry TO say tnas
l often see little Titania
DoTISG on THE EARS
OF her beloved Bottom. We see political corruption
all around u.s. but bad as 1t IL, do not suppose tho
Olden tunes were purer. century ago the
British King houeht members OF Parlia.
melt as we buy joints market aud
to-day one OF the purest OF statesmen Gladstone,
Is virtually King he cannot appoint the lowest
I'm ~
VIII have as little power. for moth ny viii so soon
purge polltlcs; The average duration OF human
TESTS or PROGRESS.
The good old times were times when men died faster
lanes OF the CITY. do not mean to excuse the SINS
OF the present, but he is traitor wac fails 10 help
passed. And OF these new times trere COM
mandilg element that visa to speaA o. mere and
now, and that - the Constantly
RISING ESTIMATE or w0ngy.
Pericles said thai 70 be the greatest glory OF wo-
men was to DC unkno"n citncr or gooa or evil
lesson. Many things snow the resisiless tendency
Of the times IN regard 10 women. ana IL ought to be
resisess Tor there - nothing 50 barbaric as for one
human beng To say 10 another, Thus far shall you
be developed amt no further" ana ms = what men
have always sand 10 women. The reasons
urged against selecting IN intelligent wife
are very suggestive TO Dean Swift
says that the natural levIty or woman wants ballast
and thai n she Uegns 10 read books she will begin
to desplse her husband, anu II hat the women
Of those times were content to renian ignorant 30
as to he
FIT MATES or THE MEN
OF those times. 1he reason why our great drama
lists and the novelist Feeding wrote sucl unreada.
bic things was necause they wrote for men and tried
to mirror the conversation Of men. "Why should
audience. 'Sue doesn't need to he learned In
order TO be a goot mother and du;lful wLe."
Is 1t possible, ;hen, for an ignorant woman 10 be
good wife to an educated mans "rae more Ian
guages "a man has the more man IS he" says Lord
better mother IS she What do women want OF
more education IS only polite way OF asking the
question OF birbarsm The question OF the Old
Greeks. There very little trace IN our literature
OF u really humane References 20 women. Shakespeare
is OF course, tue exception. and shelley, when he
wanted 10 describe noolc feminine CHARACTER said.
ONE o. sHAyspEARg's WOMEN,
Even Addison's zone III speaking about women
was excessively patronlzlng he Is always saylOg-
There. there go aud Play win your pretty trines'
Lord Byron says OF women that "mammon wins
where ser3pns might despair, and then TINS nclan-
chob aud mera ssrApa goes on ald inarr.es q r,en
oman ana forces her u leave him IN year even
Mrs Baibauld talks about your highest enty beng
to please"
EQUALLY agS FOR WOMEN
Against all the authority that nave quoted,
against the dceg-scaed feeling va there Is some
monstrcas peril IN the tree development OF women,
oppose the new spirit tnt Is surely taxing posses
sion vi the new times.
Mr. Curtis then cnt on to inform the ladies that
they regard compliments as Pretty mask OF
contempt ana Tn !, me nan VINO most compliments
q woman Is the one that most despiscs ner. Men
hope that women won't lily out OF tneif sphere.
hope thai nobody VIII ly out oil his sDherc buL tEero
Is subject on which so much intoeyaOle uOn-
sense Is take 10 upon this sphere o, woaleu There
Is way to ind out The sphere ol any body
exceptby
TUE Law OF PERFECT LIBERTY.
| find thut III reading history the sphere OF wo-
man most aSrceabie 10 men Is TIE heasen-appoinl-
cd sphere. A man tells me that pear trees are or
daned by Heaven 60 grow ike y,nesi 20 INTO ms
garden and thai he has tortured fesf tree into
the shape o. u vine. You ca not tell Inc sphere OF
any human being. except by giving MN pcrect ires.
dom oil choice aad iioecty ci srow u. II you nnu
some woman in whom the love OF learning SUPER
sedes an other love, the sphere OF that woman
IS study-uot Romeo. not Leander. out science Is
ner luycr. When u woman wishes 20 earn medicine
she has as good right as the lols-ha red, saio",
dssipated boy
for what she Is Going. DO you ask me II these are
feminine womcng Florence Nightingale ut the
womanly "a glri dancing wnose dress - en-
broidered With the wrinkles OF another glr aud
whose pearls are the tears of tue poor. Jenny Land
Singing and Lucretia Mott working Tor the freedom
OF the enalayed are doing Npat uud bs HIS great
plits appointed them IL do. Wnas God gives woman
the power TO do that only Is truly fennne. As
sex,
COP MADE WOMEN BE swEErnnARrs
and wives but 10 Is libel on the suppose that
OF opportunity VIII make any woman less
sweet and tender and true. the golaea age les
before US, not Oehnd The wnve world hears the
great command-"Speak 10 the Chi.dgcl Of Israel
that they 70 iolward.n And toe shl.in, banner OF
our advance bears on It the higher estimate Of
womar Forward we go 10 ind the true wwnan IN
the Tree American hone.