, 1873-12-21
MEN AND WOMEN AS PUBLIC SPEAKERS.

HEN and WOMEN AS PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
The two things TINT combine to make women
less acceptable to tue public as lecturers than
men arc, re believe, two raroly considered:
VOICE AND DRESS.
1t is totally unnecessary to 20 over fallow
ground, and try to provo 1t is because thoy arc
not sufficiently logical, when everybody knows
tint there arc ut least few women whose
powors Of logic aro better developed than thoae
of most men, and, what is Btill bottor thoy know
TINT Il nan's logic has littio OF nothing 10 do
with making him popular speaker.
diyon, thon an equality in all other respects,
tho lack Of these two requisites alone is
enough to spoil my woman's chance for superb
ority. We have, all Of liz, tho rudest, the most
uncultifatcd, an innate senso Of tho fitness OF
things, that mahos lib shrink from incongrnitY
whcroyor wo find it, md, above nil, We shrink
from it's display upon tho platform.
Who can tolerate for an instant tho masculine
woman or the offeminnto man,-each neither
one thing nor the other, but u hideous apology
for both? When, then.
WOMAN pEnsoNATEs A MAN,
striyoa to initiate his voice and manner. we in
stinctiVely turn away with disgust ut . miserable
failuro, or regros at success woll-nigh achieved.
Look ut Charlotte Cual,mnu, grand III her concop-
tions al in llor portrayal! When, her assumption
of masculine characters, her voice ringa out in
its fullest strength tho highest praiso wo accord
is fonud III tile words. "1Iow like . ,nan!'' Yot
the most partial critic dares not assert that
man with an equally powerful conception OF the
character would bo no better.
Tie old, timc-honorcd idea Of woman ia in tho
main correct, and wo have tho embodiment Of
that dea IL, tho mode Of dress adopted 80 long
ago mud still followed. The drapery that clothes
her, softoning ovory outline giving deiicaoy aud
harmony seoms but tho outward manifestation
Of tue inward thought, where beauty, rather
tha1t'Atrength, preaominates. This worry drapo-
~, admirably fitted to tho purpose it Hervea,
il AN OEJECrIDN
wea re apt to undorweiyh. While there are many
subjects on which woman may spoak as we1l
and effectively as man, they uro ussrlredIy not
those iu which all tho varied omotious havo
full play, but, rather, quiet in their tono, ntol-
loctuAl or pathetic stirring, novor heroic,
in tho richest aud best aonso Of these torms
It il folly to talk OF training mo power on
Garth could train wonans voice to tho cry Of
war or vengeance TINT it would strike oil al8wor-
Sho may toll of lonely freailes, far-oif grayes.
aud days Of suffering, aud every man's heart
may stir within him but it il tho woman speak
ing to tho mnp,--
THE WEAK TO THE STRONG
the doiencclesg to the defonder; and, in his
God-given strength, he goes ont to baltic Tor
the right. Man, by Lis eloquouce, may move
thousands; one who fcolB tho personal lnagnet-
snl OF the woman at his edo stronger thnn any
other influence. can listen coldly as Blle appeals
to the mass. Ono touch of lor laud makes him
her slnvo; d single word, for him alone, gives
him entirely to lior; but 1t is again the Moman
to the mau,-tho Benso Of personal nearno4s,-
tho magnetism Of q, c!oao preeence,-tho cou-
aciouBneBa of q mars right to q wonlau's favor,
that il lost mid tho tlrong.
Did you evor. think how much tho legs and
foet Of the public speaker, nB we'll Us his head,
hs hantls and face. have to do with his SUCCESS?
lost 1t, thon, in the future. SEQ II you haven't
TO conquer . prejudice before you give unqna!i-
Las failed to do what Divinity las neglected?
IN AWKWARD FIGURE
is ono Of the worst enemies public speakorcan
have, eyon with reputation to preeedo him; lie
physical cnorgy III overriding 1rht Impressions.
LIN unloiug, by lncans of appeal to tho cars Of
hiu audicuce, tho injury doue him through their
eyos. commanding presence. Il graceful
agoment Of l!ands aud feet, and, before they arc
awnre. the nndionco is applaudlng tho artist In
gtca1 OF tile ulau.
a. single suggestive poso does infinitely moro
for ali than u hundred sparkling words. Now,
IMAoISE THIS MAN IN SKIRTS
how much Of tho effect IL lost ? Tho whole, Of
NM, IT, wavana r,ot,,;u~ a. n,oro IL ~ y, ~
IL, nr,uan,a,1t n} to NAN imaa1f Was ~ ~ & ~
arG t,o bri1linnt e5ncta of nost,1r ta 9aeci"ot
;n~ froesnt, nf nnyen,ant Ilo eoretasa las I;snnsi-
ton of tnn font !? Wo l,nvo toft Il IL tr,,o tI,o
moi,;1a fnntur"s tia 1iasno ove In I1,taT ta1
nohtr tha aIiyorine, iin thS arm, ' iho nnMu
lnt ii,o ,non X nnt ti,ero9tho Dinr|oma ,rhoio i
banishsG. and. in fho trammeIcti rost,,rn In
aeon7n irwin, Ia lnrYt the fottora tof ;n't I'm
Tho chnrHl OF tho woman
tha map IN III his aanont Ina n her o,r,
hume. tlo woman tint at timoa stant]s coJ