The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-03-14
EMINENT WOMEN.
Mother Eve-by the ..rat Contributor.

In writing the biographies of emi-
nent women, it is eminently fit that
we begin with mother Eve herself.
Eve belonged to one Of our first
families, 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 who
have probed deep into the subject
connect Ewes early career as q rib
with the female fondness of ribbon.
Eve became Mrs. Adam. and tbes
lived very happily together for n
time. There was no other woman
for her to be jealous Of. and her
husband was not pestered with dress
makers bills.
She wasn't troubled by discover
| ing love letters from unknown fe-
males in Adams eoat-tail pocket, and
Adam never blew her up because
buttons were not sewed on. Eve
never saw fashion book or fashion
plate, never wore bigh-heeled shoes
(she made slip, but she cauldn' I
make n slippery or chigDons; and il
there had been lots OF newspapers
printed, she wouldn't have known
how to make back numbers avail
able. 1t never occurred to her to go
into the lecture field, and as for vot-
| ing, she didn't know what it meant.
Ii they were going out to party
she didn't keep Adam waiting for
her to dress until be was ready to
Adam everything, and he was never
known to come home with another
mans hat or overcoat on.
Oh, but those were delightful days
! when our frst parents, in their iDno-
cence and simplicity. wandered
about Eden Park, hand in hand, dis
cussing the improvements that might
be made: Here an avenue, there a
promenade, here an archway, and
there a tunnel for an effiuent pipe.
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 presi-
| dent of, there was no clothes to be
made up for the little heather, as
there were very little heather until
the settlement of New York city.
She couldn t play the piano, because
she had none. Had she possessed
one of those boons she would proba-
bly, have driven her husband out OF
paradise without the Intervention OF
the serpent. She couldn't paint OF
draw, as there wasn't q drawer on
earth at that time, say nothing about
a pair of 'em. She couldn't EN-.
broider, although her worsted worl
was success-she worsted 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 de
lights of shopping, and never at.
tended a matinee In all her life
When she went out to promenade
she never looked around to see what
other women had on.
There was some compensations fol
being the only woman in the world
Eve wasn't bothered with "hired
girl" She didn't know what it was
to have servant in the kitchen
She was spared the annoyace oi
changing kitchen girls every week
and there was no ''feliars" hanging
around the kitchen steps.
Everything seemed to go we'll will
Eve until the fruit season set in, anc
then-well, every child knows tn,
story. She was tempted into al
apple tree to pluck some fruit tha
wasn't quite ripe, and fell. Adam
fell, too-that is, he fell-to and help
ed her to eat it. although, with /,
meanness somewhat characteristic O
his sex, he attempted to throw al
the blame on the woman when de
tected. Too lazy to shake the tire.
himself, he was ready enough t.
partake of the fruit when brought te
his hand.
After the faur pas Adam and Ev.
were obliged to take their respective
leaves of Eden. They were ig-leaves
Eve had suddenly become possessed
with love for dress, and from tha
early period until the present tha
love has gradually increased among
the sex until now it amounts to {
veritable passion with many of them
Eve founded very extensive family
Besides the Massachusetts Adams
the entire human race may trace bacl
] to Mr.. and Mrs. Adam, if traces arr
d long enough. We don't learn tia
Eve cut up very much after that af
fair in the Garden. If she "raisec
Cain" it was because Cain was tough
and hearty. If he had been a sickly
child perhaps she wouldn't hav,
been able to raise him.
1t is recorded that Adam reached
the good old age Of nine hundred
and thirty years before he died, bu
no mention is made of Ewes ag,
when she passed away. The we'll
known antipathy to telling their ag,
which characterizes women in al
ages and under every cline, ma
perhaps account for this.
Eve has numerous namesakes a
the present day, Christmas Eve
being the favorite. New York's Ev,
is generally welcomed. Then ther,
is All-Hallow Eve. You can bu,
her at the plaster of Paris shops
where she is made all hollow. II
cut the subject short, there is N,
human abode. be it cot or castle, pa
lace or prison, but what has its caves
/
/ Recently proof-sheet of the lis
of members of the Michigan Hous,
of Representatives was given out OF
which corrections were to be made i
any errors were discovered. SooI