New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-01
PROBLEMS OF THE WOMEN.
CELERY AND CHERUBS.'
SOME POINTS IN WHICH WOMEN DIFFER FROM

SOME POINTS IN WHICH WOMEN Differ fRon
MEN.
TO the Editor of The tribune.
SIR: An old lady of my acquaintance once
depicted critical and affecting situation In the follow
ing terms; "You see my dear she was between Celery
on one side and Cherubs the 0ther You know about
Celery and Chcrubs. don't youl They was two rocks
somewhere and II you didn't hit you was pretty sure
TO run smack on the ohcr" I have been reminded oil
this old lady while watching the mutations OF the pres
ent movement among women. year ago. III had my
sympathy Fresh from the perusal Of Mr. NH and the
papers on "woman's Culture" felt that ITO doubt
would be dlslOyalty." Now pause and ponder Aclose
scrutiny Of the sayings and doings OF woman NJ NOME
and abroad does not confirm me In the opinion hht my
sex Is ready 10 take active part In legsating Tor the
State. And this doubt is principally due 10 TWO fPcks
which seem TO be looming path OF progress
"Celory and Cherubs" which, dropping the hguauVe
and speaking after the manner of men, are known Oy inc
prosaic names Of tears and temper
Am aware that II Ia almost considered heresy nova
days to intimate the existence OF any difference between
the sexes In moral and mental capacity That men, US
general thing ADLER bodied Is allowed; centuries vi
physical culture have made them so; another century OF
two will equalze the difference between them ana
women But In mind and soul, 1t Ia urged men ana
women stand upon an equality, exactly alike espe-
cally as Mr. Chrsty facetously observes, de one on
ds side" IL IL with timdity, therefore, that venture
To dissent from this belief and to say that thogh know
many women remarkable for worth ana taeh' " - SUN
nv opiniou that difference exists, and that woman gen
orally falls behind in the power OF sec0ntrol andn
the ability TO restrain vexaon or anger on occasions
when their exhibition IL lmpotic or dangerous Ask
any woman OF candor and fair share OF ability, and
she viii own that it IL upon this rock OF temper
that most organizations or women spit and
90 TO pieces and that transactng business with women
is different and difficult thing than doing 1t with
mon Tho routine is the same; women enjoy rules and
Harm N a nj
,ons are proposed and seconded votes called for and
aeceptanee "sgnined in the usual manner just as at
masculine meetings. IL is only when real workers have
grown weary Of this pomp and circumstance and desire
10 get to work. that the radical difference comes out
Clear heads not wanting ready tongues nor gen
une desire for usefulness but coupled with these III
most aggravating combination are qualities which rem
der them yalueless. The of brain, prompt in
cisiye quick to see, to comprehend, VIII
be found utterly unable 10 perceive any side
but her own to forgive anybody for dspulng her op
lon work in harness with those slower OF speech
and conviction than she herself is. Your gentle phaDe
member will turn out creature Of feelings mot Jee
ina that is widely derent which will lead her to be-
moan herself publicly and privately, to resent, not
openly in plain speech but through the medium OF tear
fu sns all lights and aronts, real or fancied ana 10
assume upon the platform and before the eyes OF the
world conspicuOusy plaintivc and wronged ar Whch
makes the cheeks of her fellow committee members
EXCEPTIONS when Mrs. Butler whose eloquent pen
charmed us 30 much in the Papers on Womens Culture,
flies into passion OF invectlye at the English eocai
Science Meeting and refuses to apologize for or wlt-
draw her charges when next day they are entirely re-
futed by Dr. Dalrympe, the Object OF them; OF when
our own Mrs. Howe-perhaps the most dgnlfed ana I'M
posing figure of the Suffrage mOyemeneon this side the
satealogs herself the cheap ard futile satisfaction of
"deearn NJ war; against Count Bismarck from tho SAFE
recesses of the Cooper Institute, and Is currently re-
porsd TO have more than publicly shaken lady
Ike fist in the face of events, and her audeneef
Not that hasty temper violent language Is an I'M
common feature in debates or discussions among men
Scenes often take place in Congress which shock every
law of good taste good feeling. Women reading the
reports are excusabe I'm thinking when we are al
med TO share in legislation we Will 90 these tlhgS
better" But the question remans-wlll theyI Ohdef
the present regime, women are rarely fOrced 10 near
hard personal things said Of themselves in public places
They have plenty OF it 10 bear at home perhaps IAN
lilies utter uuwecome truths; husbands are sometimes
bitter and insulting; the tongue OF Mrs. Grndy cuts
more SHARPLY than a twO-cdged sword. But once let
woman occupy "a deaS in tho Senate Chamber or House
Of Representatives.; let her s in town meeting pre-
liminary caucus or even in the genor session OF the
"yesry men and women" and what Is tho inevitable
RESULT Her character past and present, that OF her
near relatives, her powers OF speech, her bonnet
her misplaced quotation from the classics her private
and record one and al liable to be brought up
against her. and in the hands If an INSCRIPTIONS enemy,
used rs whips and scourges Men endure these things
with what philosophy they may know ing that the next
day OF the public press will afford them means of retail
atom or IL the worst to the worst there Is tho
opportunity for cartel Of defiance and an adjournment
TO tho Canadian border But woman! Ii "HoblesSe
obgs" and she holds her tongue Sitting the impulse Of
Indignant reply and sheering away from the rock Of
temper, another danger es before her, all the more
imminent from the I'll at repression, and what shall
hinder her from making shipwrcck upon the rock Of
tears Aud II
Woe swas a country when