Litchfield enquirer., 1873-01-02
''THE TRUE WoMAM."

ls the boldness with which Mrs. Madeline Vinton Dalghren, Mrs. Sarah Lanman Hopper, Mrs. Lincoln Phelps, Mrs. Char lotte E. Mckay, and others, encounter publicity. Mrs. Dalghren repeatedly signs her full name to her articles, while Mrs. Hopper not only does this but con- quers the timidity of the s'true woman so far as to deliver public lecture, to the great admiration of her fellow anti. sufragists, not one of whom seems aware of any inconsistency. Now there is noth- ing in any of the names we see on every page of the True Woman that would be
 likely to intimidate the Rev. Olympia Brown, or even the least courageous Con- necticut sufragists. Nevertheless they may have a very depressing effect just south of Mason and Dixon's line.
 Of the ability of the articles that precede these names we cannot speak highly. Italics abound most plentifully, as with all writers, female or other, who have not yet learned to point their ideas in any other way. The beau ties of dependence (for woman), the im- minence of free-love, and the frightful spirit of insubordination that threatens the lawful authority of the American hus- band and father. are dwelt upon with a profusion of italics. The usual homilies upon woman's frivolty and extravaganza suggest no better plans of reform than a return to the sumptuary laws of the Dark Ages or ga more frightful cataclysm than that first inundation which wiped out cre- ation grown sinful" We consider the latter the better plan of the two; but why not cure frivolity and extravagance in the usual way by giving the idle, the frivo- lous and the he'extravagant, something to do? Here, indeed, the True Woman has 8 suggestion:
 The Suffragists who spend their time running over the country convening public meetings at which they may display their fancied oratOrical powers land drag the unwilling Sarah Lanman Hopper after them into a like display?1 constant ly aver that the ballot is needed in order to make Our women less frivolous
 It is true that society has it's spoiled children, l men and women (why does not the ballot reform l our beaux!) but here, at the National Capital | there exists much earnest effort, among even our fashionable people, to make the best use of time
 lady friend of ours. whose social status is of the highest, and whose influence over our young ladies, for good, cannot be measured has for the past jour gears held reading class at her resi- dence, with the sole object of cutivating literary taste. and inspiring her young friends with high CT alms In life than the mere frivolties of fashion Ere'y day choice circle of young ladies, who are well known to each other, meet at the house l of this lady. But we prefer the simple direct 1 ness of the words of note we have received from her in answer to our request to give us some account of these re unions. She says: "I hardly l know how to write what you wish in reference to my reading class. If the facts are calcua ed to do godd, you are welcome to;them. It has now been m operation, for four winters. do not remem- Der the numbers exactly, for each was at liberty to bring any guest she might have. 1 It IS not usual for au to be here eacn day. as | amusements or lessons interfere. The hour was originally from sl to 1oi A: M.,- every day. This 1 aloud, the girls sewed-worsted work was forbid den, on account of distracting their attention, but occasionally it would slip in, as it neared l Christmas etc.
 The foregoing is not italicized quite up to the usual True Woman mark, but when the ''lady friend of ours whose social standing is of the highest" says she is willing to furnish .tacts if they will do any good, we readily concede the additional force given the compliment by the under scoring. As to the rather mild remedy for universal frivolity we should want first to know what books were read to the demure worsted workers, for an hour day, before we could guess at the actual decrease of frivolity that has probably resulted at the national capital
 We are sorry to notice some minor in- constituencies in the True Woman. It ad- vOcates not only woman telegraphers, pho tographers, &c., but woman doctors, 8 lapse from the true faith for which the conservative editress is handsomely re- buked by Mrs. Dalghren who can only concede the educated nurse.
 The May number contains a letter from "Rev. R. T" which lays out the prov ince of the wife with all the threatening arrogance that is so characteristic of the clerical anti-sufragist.
 It is the TigM of the good wife to love; and 1 what can she not do, in most cases. when love is properly, prudently lavished! She can often make the crooked husband straight in the best sense of the word; the rough one smooth, the in- temperate one sober, the one accustomed to lounge about the stores and shops and taverns love his home so well that he would leave it only when duty called. But should the wife think it her right to hammer her husband into the shape that she desires to have him, look out for the sparks! They will be sure to fly.
 In all which there is at least as much falsehood as truth. The wife that reforms a weak husband must be firm as we'll as loving. Unless she supplements hls weak ness with her strength they will both go down together. Every additional right that is given the wife over joint property and family strengthens her power to cor. rect his mistakes. If any one imagines a kissing wife will cure kicking husband we commend to their consideration the re. cent case of Fris6ie vs Frisbie.
 The Hartford Times, The Sentinel oi this place. and other opposition papers . seem to give partial credit to Mrs. Wood hull's charge against MT. Beecher because many of the persons she refers to as au thority do not publicly repudiate hel statements. In this connection we clir the following from last weeks Woman's . Journal:
 A few weeks ago, we published Mrs. 3 Stanton's contradiction of the assertion of Mrs. Woodruff, that she was cognizant of facts sustaining certain ibellous charges against persons of unblemished character Mrs. Paulina Wright Davis, of Provi , dence, was also named as a witness. But in a note just received from her in Flu , rope, Mrs. Davis utterly repudiates, in ] gross and in detail, the statements con. cerning her relation to the case, and gives : the most damaging, direct blow to the ,, whole libel We are glad to learn that . the proprietors ofiMusic Hall remonstrat.