The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-11-06
WHOLE No. 27l.

Judiciary Committee of the Senate,
two years ago, was pronounced by
Julian, Carpenter and other Congress
men the ablest effort made in Wash
ington that winter Socially, she is a
most genial lady, very witty, her con-
Versatfon overllo owing with bon Mots.
And to a1large braini is added "a ten
der woman's heart essen .rra1srs ada
She says that woman must inevita-
bly, be rldiculed for their dress or
their principles, their brains OF their
vanity, and she prefers brains and
principles every, time. Her appear
ance is very pleasing and blue is her
favorite color. She wears a rich criIn-
son shawl, and with her white hair
she exhibits, upon most public oeca.
sions, her country's colors-the Red
White and Blue-and wears them
with true WomanIY grace.
This ladys BOSOM friend. and COM
pleto opposite, is the Womans.W ho has
dignitied. aud made respectable, if not
popular, the, term s.eldg maid, We
mean, of course,
ii5SoB Susan B. ANTHONY. 5aisig9d
She lhasthe kinaest heart, bat is al
ways on the war path, We forget
where she was, born, but shall never
forget Susan herself, she boasts of be-
ing over fifty, and is resolved not to
die antiIshe can vOte98 at.iisnot the
fact pfudep0siting fanisexpFessiona OF
opiuiena in the form of g. ballot, in
box, on election day, but the power
that it co1ifers, the voice 1t gives, the
voter IN framing the laws by whIch
the people are igoKerBeds that she de-
sires. Miss Anthony is a COED talker
and when opposed, Rises to positive
eloquence on her faverite theme, and
while iaekiAg the polish of Mrs. STAN
ton, her. culture aud bfefinemen5, she
at such times makes that stately lady
look to her laurels. Many dispute the
wisdom of her schemes, none doubt
her sincerity or idevotedhess TO the
wonasn'scause.I May she sslivedong
and prosper afas % .31usst ftsssesefg
f,.,s.. ISABELLA BEECHER HOOKER,
sister of the great Beeeher, is culti-
Yated lady, Of middle age, hef9radieall
ism much encuInbeeed by church tra-
dition, and, her desire not too greatly
to offend the, prejudicesgof the world,
still, like Banquo's ghost, it viii not
always .'doWnn at her bidding. She
has been sustained in her advocacy of
the W0man's cause by her iillustrious
brother, and brought to the suffrage
movement the prestige of her family
name and great deal Of the families
indofnitable Will and energy as well
as ability. While possessing an holi
estY and neral courage sill her own.
She has well-nigh revolutionized the
State of Donneeticut; and according
to Theodore Triton has e sown it
broadcast with suffrage tfacts.p AS a
speaker, she is more argumentative
that eloQSent, and is not the equal Of
her associates. Neither herself or
Mrs. Stowe are calculated to shine on
the platforni. s79 -fto 7alea
100 PAULINE WRIGHT DAVIS. is
ISL speak advisedly, a beautiful
woman, though her hair is snowy
white. / see her as she entered the
drawing room of her mansion in
Providence, to receive me, on beau
tiful morning last June. She had
then Just returned from abroad, hav-
ing spent two or three years in 'Eu-
rope, aud I thought, as I looked upon
her, that must be dreaming, and that
the original of some portrait by one
of the old masters was before me. OF
truly regal presence, and with q state-
~ grace she moved, and I no longer
wondered that Ninon DeLiEnclos had
lovers when she was sixty. lssst isf
Surrounded by wealth and luxury,
Mrs. Davis has.deVoted much of her
life to the advocacy in, public and pri-
vate, with voice and pen of the suf-
frage cause, and yet has found time,
herself childlessj to adopt and educate
two orphan girls. gos ssie6f6
Wherever she goes she moves a
Queen by right of her womanhood,
and many accomplishments.
only wish that those who find no
better epithet for these women than
"crowing hens" could converse with
this lady in her elegant home, snr-
rounded by works of art and all that
l'bespeaks cultured taste and an en-
frightened mind, they would blush for
their miserable blunder. Yet this
lady, good and gentle though she be,
holds her earth life by the ffailest ten
Ilure, and on whom her mantle will
descend we may not know.