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wholesale charge against women, almost as gra-
tuitous Us those which he has made against ac-
tresaes and singers. The Association very prop
erly took no action upon his suggestions, prefer
ring to wait for something more reliable.
Concerning the emancipation of women, II.
Baudrillart tells Us, in the Reuue dcs Deu1
1fondes, that it is by no means q modern idea.
Four hundred years ago, writer's we're found to
plead their equality with men. In 1909, Corne~
lius Agrppa, very powerful in his day rs q
thinker and author, wrote OF the "Suporiority
of Women to Men," which he demonstrated in
thirty chapters by cloud of NEUROLOGICAL, physi-
cal, historical, cabalistic, and moral proofs.
Arguments for the equality Of women arc found
even in Plato, as Ruscelu showed in his book in
1552. No wonder that, with such encourage
ment, women took heart in their own cause. A
fair Venetian, Lucrezia Morinella wrote fear-
lessly OF 1.-THE Nobleness and Excellence Of
Women Together with the Faults and Imperfec-
tions Of Men," Henry ". had his conjugl
constancy, never very strong, severely tried by
tho conduct Of his first wife, who openly ad-
yocated similar views. Women, in the seven
teenth century had grown to be more noble, bet
ter politicians, moro courageous, more learned,
more yirtuous, and more economical than men."
Even tho friars wrote in the same strain, but
this is not surprising, as they were bachelors.
Hilarion de Coste published two hugo quartos
celebrating the praises Of one hundred and fifty
women, distinguished in the fifteenth and Bi1-
teenth centuries for their talents, and Ribera
sang the "1mmortal Triumphs and Heroic En-
terprises Of Eight Hundred and Fifty Women
DR.. J. E. Allen, who recently testified in
murder case at Memphis, involving the ques-
ton Of emotional insanity, has perhaps sum-
med up the whole question in a nutahell, and
at least deserves credit for his remarkable sin
ceTity and frankness. During the course OF
his testimony he stated that he had for ten
years been Medical Superintendent of the Ken
tucky Lunatic Asylum, and that during that
time, he had more than 2, 900 insane patients
underhis charge. The result Of his investiga-
tions is contained in the following statement:
I" Tho more studied the question Of insanity,
the less understood it; and, if you
ask me where it begins and where it ends,
neither nor any other physician in the world
can tell you. On occasions like this, lawyers
make fools OF themselves in trying to make
asses OF DOCTORS" In view of the fact that no
approach to the settlement OF the rexed ques-
ton of emotional insanity has yet been made,
and that no two doctors can agree upon any one
point in connection with it, we are led to be-
Geve that the Memphis doctor, in his blunt way,
has stated the exact truth, and that his right
and left-handed fling at doctors and lawyers con-
tains more than one grain OF common sense.
Il there be any one fact more than another to
weaken human confidence in the accuracy Of
history, it is to be discovered by any one who
shall seek to gain from his neighbors, eye-wit-
nesses OF any important event in the past, in
formation as to precise dates and details.
Seventeen years ago, this city was stirred with
the peril and alarm Of the La3er-Beer Riot.
Multitudes OF men, active in cur streets to-day,
shared in the exciting scenes. And yet among
them even If, as officers they we're foremost in
the fray, or as loolers-on shared in its dangers,
not one Of very many consulted by our reporters
could give the precise date, or even the month
Of the occurrence. One excellent gentleman,
whose memory is good for B myriad Of facts,
who WIS among the wounded On the occasion,
asserted that it took place in October. Several,
whose Impressions were most vivid Us to the
leading features Of the event, wero positive that
it transpired in July. Officer Hunt, who indeed
has reason for an indelib1e impression, having
lost an arm in the assault, alone was able to
give the precise date as the 21st of April.
A1r. J. 7. scammon, Of Milwaukee, is Hound
Constitutional lawyer. Ho tells US, in the
present emergency, TINT the right thing to do is
to enforce the Sunday law. And ho then adds:
The true counsel to the city authorities is to be
guided by 1cise discretion in the enforcement: Of the
law to those who have urged its enforcement, to
member that possibly the peace Of great city is at
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