The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-04-03
Eminent womer.-Mother Eve.

Eminent Womeil--Mother Eve.
l,os IBy -Gris,',' of sa urday Night
/ In writing the biographies of emf
nent women it is eininently fit that
we begin with mother Eve herself.
/ Eve belonged to one of our first faIni-
lies, in fact the very first She was
related to the first man, on the Adam
side, although she had deep cause to
regret that she ever left Adams side.
Philosophers tho have probed deep
into the subject connect Ewes esrly
/ Greer as rib with the female fond
ness for ribbon. Eve became Mrs.
Adam and they lived very happily to-
| gether for time. There was no other
woman for her 10 be jealous of, and
her husband wasn't pestered with
ldressmaker's bills. She wasn't tor
tured by discovering love letters from
unknown females in Adams coat-taii
/ pocket, and Adam never blew her up
because buttons weren't sewed on.
/ Eve never saw q fashion book or a
! fashion plate, never wore hlghheeled
shoes, (she made slip, bat she
1 couldn't make a slipper) or chignoHs
and if,there had been lots of newspa-
pers printed. abe wouldn't have known
| how 10 make back numbers available.
1t never occurred to her to go into the
| lecture field, and as for voting she
didn't know what it meant. If they
| were going, out to an evening party
che didn't keep Adam waiting for her
| to dress until he was ready to Adam
| everything, and he was never known
/ to come home with another mans hat
or oyercoat on.
How Eve could have lived without
some other, W oman to gossip with it is
hard to understand at this day, but she
did. Adam is supposed to have been
kept in a glow of continual happiness
by the reflection that he hadn't any
motherinlaw hanging around, and
couldn't have. '..'.' =, ~ =
oh, but those were delightful days
when our first parents, in their inno-
cense and simplicity, wandered about
Eden Park, hand in hand, discussing
the improvements that might be
made here an avenue. there prom
enade, here an archway, and there a
tunnel. for an affiuenl pipe. They
might have had a plan for filling up
Deer Greek for what we know.
There is, little record as to how
mother Eve employed herself when
not wandering in Eden. There was no
sewing society for her to be Presiden
Of; there were no clothes TO be made
up for the little heather, as there were
very little heather until the settle-
ment of New York City. She conldn't
play the piano, because she had none.
Had she possessed one of those boons
she would probably have driven her
husband out Of paridise without the
Intervention of the serpent. She
couldn't paint or,draw. There wasn't
drawer on earth at that time, say
nothing of q pair of 'em. She couldn't
embroider, although her wostedi work
was a success-she aUorsted the whole
human race. She couldn't receive
calls, except when Adam called her,
and got no invitations out to tea. She
was totally ignorant of the delights of
shopping, and never attended mat
inee in all her life. When she went
out to promenade she never looked.
around to see what other women had
on. ...t.
q There was some compensation for
being the only weman in the world,
Eve wasn't bothered with "hired
girl." She didn't know what-it was
| to have Bridget in the kitchen. She
kitchen girls every week, and there
were no 'sfellers" hanging around the
kitchen steps. ~ ~.iis
Everything seemed to go well with
Eve until the fruit season set in, and
then-well, every child knows the
story. She was tempted into an ap-
pie tree to pluck some fruit thut
wasn't ripe, and fell. Adam fell, too
that is he feli-to and helped her eat it,
although, with d meanness somewhat
characteristic of his sex. he endeavor
ed to throw all the blame on the wo-
man when detected. Too lazy to
shake the tree himself he was ready
enough to partake ofthe fruit when
brought to his hand. 4i
After this fduG pas Adam and Eve
were obliged to take their leaves of
Eden. They were fig leaves. Eve had
suddenly become possessed with love
| for dress, and from that early period
until the present that love has grad
ually increased among the sex, until
now it amounts TO veritable passion
with many of them. Eve founded a
very extensive family. Beside the
Massachusetts Adams, the entire hu-
man race may trace back to Mr.. and
Mrs. Adam, if their traces are long
enough. We don't learn that Eve cut
up very much after that affair in the
Garden. If she 'sraised Cain' it was
because Cain was tough and hearty.
If he had been a sickly child parhaps
she wouldn't have been able to raise
him. .H st.a 80 -
1t is recorded that Adam reached
the good old age of nine hundred and
thirty years before he died, but no
mention is made of Ewes age when
she passed away. The well-know
antipathy to telling her age which
characterizes woman in all ages and
under every cline, may perhaps ac-
count for this 4slis
Eve has numerous namesakes at the
present day, Christmas Eve being the
! favorite. New Years Eve is gener-
ally welcomed. Then there is ALI
Hallow Eve. You can buy her at the
plaster of Paris shops, where she is
made all hollow. To cut the subject
short, there is no human abode, be it
cot or castle, palace or prison, but
what has its eaUes.
l. Ill Temper.