New-York tribune., 1872-06-05
mss KATE FIELD ArA oNDoN BANQUET


Az the fourth biennial festival of the Lon
an Uospal for Throat Diseases, under the prsuenoy
a, the Earl OF Clarendon, Che toast OF Inc LAu'S va"
,oconded 70 y Miss Kate Field OF Boston who said;
when one Of Eneland's most distinguished physicians
declined had done such thing ana shoHsuiV s,s,i
that could. Then remembeed Una. 70 ,ho sto
fu treatment Of this same phy %elan % "Meu ny voice
ration of that most excellent thing IN Woman, hS njt AZ
witch II not "low" az present, Will ee t so
seemed ungraeful not TO make sone slS3 valid for
sisnal service. The claim was none the less sin VAN os
IenC indirect; and, this Is the age OF reVoiu0, ,y
humanity Is stronger than eaSte Ol e6cinr aleg-
shakes hands with Democracy by ackuOw @ yrby
auce 10 the republic Of letters asAed InNse on ~
f,r all women should not he heard as Wen rs seon 0
pubhe dnucrs. It Is true that an august ~ o,s =,
o. GCurS @ ~ Pani as though saints were their
perennial guides philosophers, ana }% IIle} a % Sr,ett,Y
mt ~ Paul h addressing the women OF CVIhtn aO
roring to the law Of A. d. 59 that esSwnSre g ~ ]
women Keep silence in the churches. II i hohOraolo
P's persist IN proving ,s ,an tbe desiTe 70 Keen
lovely woman Ia her proper sphere tney snouu , MI %
so5 ELECTION But now although at this pOstpran-
dial boar We art all supp0eey " IS OVAPege u Tho
et ns t{ 10 De OETS b tbsnH sbouid tbey
moi speak Why should IL be considered feminine for
woman to interpret Shakespeare ideas ana unemne %
to interpret her OwnpyOyided she has anyt IL seems
to me that II public speaking be tolerated az al-When
b doubtful, especially al dnnels-it Snoud ~ l tf sh
dips Of women and for this reason Ever since the SUD
udonce Of chaos men have been talking For 6oJ years
q least they nave 70 use o an od Win fher views on all
6it ,nt as there s as much sex IN mind there is
~ we wf wa o tbaf no Two sides OF the same face
exactly alike. i pray yon IneIeiore' e ~ tho en,
tire face gaze into telltale eyes, ana tnus H15
Al the sonl Of all things Iaklhg lOt kIah'ou a..
thai h known aud said about women, they ought
A., male more attractive speakers than men. 40 not
think hey are far but they oueht 10 De- anu teso
arc nv data Women are born more graceful they
have Inc geat gift OF beauty and the great privilege OF
dress. Hence, they are greater gfatncatlon " tno
eye and the majority OF people hear with the & oyUs
Women are more impulsivc, more synpatheuc' ihOIo
persuasive; therefore are they more likely 70 t0uyh& % & @
heart and when you have made an auenCe ~, e, 3rt ~
The battle is Pray, who does the gSa'S pa VI
speaking in priyate-Mr or Mrs. CaudiGI ,i MoIo a 4"
man, should hall pnDhc speaSlhg a. ,io, Ftpo s
s,nise, when Nesuyius IS In state OF erupou EIna =
9uiet Fuency Of dcuOn Is de>deIatnih III sptHhfs'
N tradition be correct women are not 4ekIs " ylS re-
au,rcuent Indeed il has be6n Seriously Questioned
whether partake OF celestial JOYS lor tne testVn %
that upon time there was silence III heaven loi @
space OF half hour. Then, n precedent Do Itqucu,
trace back their rights IN TINS respeCt nHcn 10
further than men, for i've was the otlslh oiatul'
her persuasive pleading that We owe an
Miriam was among the hSt 70 pf9pneEi rs rac Ss
proceeded from the lips OF women and tne greatest ora
tors OF Helas did not scorn to be tausht T I S ,o
seX they regarded win contempt. @ ee if
from Aspasa. ana IL was 10 then mOthet COIhSa,
that the Graochi owed their eloQuence And, II modern
examples are asked Tor can 9nlg IepiS uHI dUo t
evenings since heard SIX English women nc majority
Of thein Young afd Two OF ineM Nery t iity NY t % ini
HanOver-sQuaTe Rooms IN "a htuASt va va ~ % Tf,
iaiad with advantage by the gentlemen IN tne house
Of Commons who ieyenui IL Inc allowed, Then.
that women may speak IN pnuhc' ms S'o,-S NV
80 me no more tnan just .hat oIGi otGe u MANAGING
com1uittce of this dinner for treating them S lHV"L
tbev we not too good for human nature o"iE ,ood
vy ty 49, N fak of the equality Of the secs 81 long
- men st down To ture-sOup IN one LSgn, and women
sand up 20 tea sand in Another, waiting win
becoming humility Tor admission 10 baiAeSlo io'e i
of reason aud flow Of soul never knew woman VINO
ala not protest against seuscless custom WhSh uS
priyrs uuDc dinners half their utility as wen as All
thor LfianCy: for, the object OF thest OheIs Is
Tie raising OF money their managers SHOW Htuc sCtIn
Isnt in ignoring sisters OF charity, whO in my country
are AZ effective m opening the purses as lhcy ART III
toucItug the hearts of their lay brothers. 3D.
Ip conclusion therefore, and IN the name OF the auS
thank YOU for the cordial manner M which tle t3'st
has been uropoSed received, aud trust that The MAN
ANN Committee may never regret having recognized
women a. creatures with appetites