Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-05-31

plloant be subjected to a rigid test, and
having passed an equally good examlna-
tlon, and performed equally good work, /,
let her receive equally good pay. had a
pleasant interview with the President,
who, though opposed to female suffrage,
seems really anxious to help, In pro-
noting the Industrial interests Of women.
he has not only expressed his opinion
that women are entitled to equal pay
with men, bnt he has publicly pledged
himself to use his influence 10 bring
about this end. During his term of office
he has appointed four ladies to the
highest grade Of post-ofllces, with salaries
Of four thousand dollars a year, and /
heartily wish be had included Susan B.
Anthony among the number. He urged
me, In consideration Of my asthmatic
tendencies, 10 start of az once 10 Florida,
where | should find every one eating
strawberries and cream; but l have
since heard, from some friends who are
there, that-the effects of this severe win
ter are felt even 10 the sunny South, and
that fruit is hardly to be obtained there,
or warmth either From what we have
heard about the present state OF the
South, II will take years 10 restore Il TO
anything like a prosperous condition.
In Charleston, for example, the largest
houses are out Of repair; their owners are
glad TO let them at any price, like the own
ers of the old palaces In some of our Eu-
ropean cities, for poverty has fallen
heavily upon the people. The open
handed hospitality, which was so gener-
ally extended TO every traveller in the
days before slavery was abolished, is
among the things Of the past, the planters
are almost destitute, and their wives and
daughters are forced to undertake the
work Of servants.
"a reception at the White House,
though equivalent to our Queens Draw
ing ROOM is a widely different affair.
| The one we attended was said to be the
largest held this season. l was unfortu-
nate enough 10 miss Lady Thornton, who
was to present me, aud bad not fallen
Into the safe keeping of Mrs. Fish,
should never have made my way through
densely packed macs of people, who ex.
/ tended from the hall TO the reception
room. But Mrs. Fish was able TO take
us in by privileged way to the room 10
which the President, Mrs. Grant, and
Miss Nellie Grant steod for more than
two hours shaking hands with each mem-
Der of an assemblage which can only be
denominated "a crowd What would
happen on such occasions II republican
institution involved the use OF court
trains, cannot imagine. Do not, how
ever, suppose that our American cousins
are Indifferent TO personal adorDment,
or that points OF etiquette are disregarded
In this free Republic. The magnificent
dresses In which the ladies sweep the
streets, and the diamonds which fash on
all sides OF you, from the dawn of day to
It's decline, surpass description. The or
/ l.. II
most shabby in his invarlable suit Of very
worn black broadcloth, but his wife and
daughter are resplendent In Paris dresses,
and very marvels In the style Of their hats
aud bonnets. Then as 10 the etiquette
existiRg in Washington society, can as
sure my English readers that the rules
are as severe as in the monarohlosl cir
cles OF Europe. The members wives
must iirt call on the Senator'S wivIs, and
these In their turn must visit the wives
of the Judges of the Supreme Court and
the Secretaries, and all must first pay
their respects TO the ladies of the d. plo-
matte Corps. The Presidents wife, of
course, Is not expected to call on uny
one, and q session at the capital is con-
sidered indispensable to the success OF
fashionable social life. Music and danS-
ing have heeu recently introduced into
!, the afterpoon receptions, and the news
papers chronicle all such events in q
style which would even astonish the
, readers of the London Court Journal.
'trhe day ! leetured at Cambridge was
, full of physical pain from asthma, but
even this could not destroy the satlsfac-
. ifaction which came over me as | walked
with difficulty with Mr.. Hou ghton
through his Riverside Press, where men
and women, boys and girls, work side by
side, setting up type. The composing
room is ninety feet long, and Mr.. Hough-
; Tton pointed out to me the fact that the
walls were adorned with pleasant eugrav-
r ings, aud that flowers stood In each win
. dow sill, little embellishments. which were,
he said, due 10 the presence Of the wo-
men. He spoke In the highest terms OF
the work executed by the nimble female
q fingers plying around us, and as for the
moral effects ofLhe introduction of women
I into the office, he said, 1t was impossible
= 10 oyerrate the good achieved and that
= nothing would now induce him, In the
interests of his business, TO have q room
: Ia which men worked alone. In the
4 paper-folding room we found some ol
a The girls busy at the looms, sewing The
= book for the binder, and down one aisle
!. between to benches, one was walking
= gathering the sheets that make volum'
Of Webster'b Dictionary she marches
ninety feet 10 make one book Th'
Riverside Press, 1t has been justly said
reminds you Of the good old days whel
the printer and the scholar we're one ant
Is the same man, and the printing office
r real centre OF erudition. We found tina
a those intrusted with the management
5, were all college men. Harvard, Yale
J. and Williams we're represented In tn
sr counting room, and the perfect order
and, above all, the perfect ventilation
1f which exists throughout this large esiao
Df lishment, reflect the greatest credit Of
n all concerned. It is but step from III
70 Riverside Press 10 Harvard, and we wer
rs saon In the library looking through tn
Y various curiosities In Illuminated Mss
'. and original letters. Mr.. Sibly, the libra
he rian, 10 very entertaining old man, an
5, in the interests of his lady assistant
er was requested to write my name abou
ne twenty times. Miss Pattison was the
I'd asked for her autograph, but she modes
al ly refused, on the score of never hayin
80 done anything wonderful Never mind
a cried the old librarian, You may J. A
ne ter my lecture visited the admirab
r. coffee house which Mr.. Houghton hi
lie established In Cambridge, aud which
ry wanted me 70 open on the oeeason oil N
OF last visit
he A visit to the Massachusetts House
'e Representatives, at Boston, during q
an debate on female suffrage, must also
m chronicled. After a pleasant intervie
rs with the Governor, at the State House,
As, was conducted into crowded house, a.
'ut found that the candidates for enfranchi,
oS mept, who could not ind seats In u
~ ~ usual galleries, had taken possession
'ne the floor. ! was placed 10 a position
'ne unusual honor, In a chair on the rails
lal dais. on the Speakers right hand, In fro
de- OF his desk, from which vantage grouI
nj, had an admirable view ofthe house Al
.ne the eager faces Of the ladits who had do
oia so much to bring the matter before /
not country. The discussion was, howevI
~ poor on both sides, and the vote result
OF In "a yeas TO 142 nays for third readin
nto " From Boston we went to Clnclnna
sse stopping at Rochester and Cleveland,
are as To avoid night travelling, Miss Cl
ART penier met us at the station, and took
ace 10 Colonel and Mrs. Fishers pretty re
IN dence on Mount Auburn. The iollowi
90, day was spent at Clifton, at Mr.. Probasc
os house, which commands a magulhct
lled view, and is full Of works Of art, OF VIII
'ted Mr.. Probaseo regards Kaulhaok's Char
UT, as the chef. The library is magu
'e- cent room, aud II the oak had not bt
on polished Il would be simply perfect
And very pleasant party assembled atlunchC
lips and an equally kind entertainment v
lese given me on the following day by
the HAlsteAd, the proprietor aud spirited ed
fof OF the Cincinnati Commercial. The 8
list pension bridge divides Ohio from K
10. lucky, and the great object OF inter