National Republican., 1873-12-10
JULIA WARD no wEs LECTURE
MEMS WOMEN ANpwoMEN,s woMrN,

MEMS WOMEN AND wOMEN'S WOMEN
The hrst of the series q lectures announced /,
be given during the presest season under the aus
pices Of the Young Mems Christian Association
vas delivers, last night, at Lincoln hall, by Mrs
Julis Ward Howe, we'll known In literary circle,
az lady Of brilliant talent and . high degree Of
culture.
In personal appearance Mrs. Howe manifests
lady. She stepped upon the platform las, nIr ii
With grace and dignity that Indicated her true
womanhood. and the words she spoke With ~
Of her hne intellectual accompi hments. She was
dressed In plain black, aud wore no ornaments Of
any klnd-thus appearing as natural lady. and
presenting To her sex an example worthy Of imi.
The lecture itself was brilliant and beautiful
pSSSS on and uns ss'. .TsT rsa1a
times In charming imagery, and occasionally
bcaminp with flashes of true genius. She read
the lecture With remarkable ease and nueney,
the only defect being the low tone In which she
sometimes ennnciate,l the beautiful pa ssa aes
an. which were, consequently, lost to many other
fnc lair lecturer wildly contra.ted The two
elnsses OF women whom she des ipnaied as mems
that the most brilliant and fascinating women
were in the hrst class but that the best and most
useful ,, were IN the seson.; Mems women were
brighter they were the colder they became, and
while they giIttorcd they chilled Such women
were recognized as charming in society and IN
the ballroom formed the centre Of many al.
mlrers. but they lived alone Tor self and the
qualities OF their minds grew daily more feminine.
IF at 20 sSS ssS
They were domestic women they bowed
dresses without ruihIng their tempers; and when
they met one another they would talk ABOUT
srsy Sns.a asa s viii tss Ss sae l0F hs the
iRss %aS ma masn 'h'S nt S4 nsa ESs %Ii .sies
wives from this class quite as often MS from their
lecturer 1t was assumed that women could only
learn from men. But women have Mt last begun
TO learn that what was mems divine right was
The lecturer referred TO the narrow domain Of
ycm.n In lnejent Greece where she was imaurcl
u h5ms, denied participation 10 state aud rell.
outlaw So, too, in modern times, women were In
certain sepse outcasts Int they ere were gradually
Was mot .erSiie % but but pStsns.nSns in.t"s, ss wss
selfish and imperious. Tfs Uue woman was an
.saml lie oI modcsiy, faithful and laborious in all
Tns satirists Of society had observed the changes
that were going ON In the relations or woman TO
the rprioys ayocatiens of life. II was mournfal
sighs' were not written by Women. Women
sometimes apologize to men for occupying certain
spheres OF duty; but they should humble them.
semiramis va. a man : woman. and Cleopatra
belonged TO the same category; but Pharoh's
!, hnnshter was Toman's woman. Lydia Maria |
I Rllds was alsO Toman's woman, and the lee /
,Ifyr tulagired hsr in warm terms Madam de I
Stair U6Fy VI Gortne was tquehingiy related |
sSstig lins was Qusiei a. Sppncapr 10 ,
ba v,'ns mann woman, ''si 10 Thy selteeptenpt."
She highly praised the genius and ,lr,ues af MAJ.
,urct Fuller Florence Nightingale, Elizabeth
and other celebrities, whom she held
'p to admiration and emulation as true womcn's
women.
The lair lecturer retired amid: a storm Of ap-
,lauEc.