Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-12-06

RENARKs By MISS BROWN, OF THE rxKAsrRY
DEPARTMENT..


paragraph flung at me bv every paper take
up to read. There was that beautiful Texan
female captain; she caused my few remaining
hairs to turn a dolefui gray, and nov, when
m just beginning to recover from her here
comes this atrocious story, staring at me from
every paper my mournful eyes happen to scan.
Ii will finish me. know, and 50 I may well
say my last words" before it is too late, and
must, Of course, introduce my grievance. Here
il Is:
HARD ON THE woMKN-A writer in the
current ST. Paul's Rdoa ,fas offers the folio wing
bold challenge to the woman movement in
article on Milton and Divorce If a man
really manages TO get out OF the Bible any doe
trine about woman except thst she Is III ans iu-
ftrior, mans tempter, mans suSordiuatsd
helper, under a special curse for the fall of
Eve, and under special ban-ceremonial ban,
too-then say he is either dishonest want
ing in mental hber"
Now, it strikes me that the misguided being
who perPetrated that can't have loved his Bible
as good little boy should, and must have been
guilty Of any amount of skipping. For instance,
Genesis III, ~ v. says: And the Lord God
said, Behold, the man is become one of as.
to know good and evil: and now, lest he put
forth his hand and take also of the tree of life.
and eat and live for ever, &c" Now, did il
ever occur TO that sapient author to consider
what his condition would have been had Eve
not been guilty OF that "tault''? Isn't il lust a
plain as that one and one are two that but for
her disobedience, We should be void OF intellect
and knowledge, mere brutes in fact; and that
tHo pahieuluCht lioiu Acil Was not punls u
ment but
"wAR MEASURE"
TO prevent them from becoming iamD as
well AS Intelligent? And not only did she gain
us Know dye; Modesty calls her mother as
well. (And Just think of It: If she hadn't in
vented hat there would be no ankle committee
on 10Th street on a windy day, no fashion writ
ers, and no Jenkins.) Ii was only after the
fruit raid that they had inkIing of their beast
ike condition, and tried to improve it. VINO
then, possessing the raggedest remnant OF
common sense, gratitude. will hOnnr al
mach blamed woman great deal more than
him who, sneak that he was, (and after swat
lowing, no doubt, the greater part of the fruit,
whined out: 1.-THE woman whom thou gavest 70
be with me, she gave me of the tree, and did
eat" Poor fellow! how he must have suffered.
Its touching enough to wiring tears from a
grindstone. And then his Superiority; It's
simply immense.
II, after duly admiring the grandeur OF that
it appears very plainly that the sexes were pretty
evenly balanced in the scale of weaknesses"
II Rachel stole, her I" lord and master" lied and
cheated in a superior way. besides which her
unique way of "spreading religion" shrinssinto
utter insignificance.
And then the mastery manner in which Jael
hit THE NAIL CPoN THE HEAD"
Talk of iDteriOrity" after that indeed
Moreover beside the dozens of u tterly wicked,
llcentious kings, there appears only one painted
old .Jezebel while as a set-off to her '.Debora an
prophecies, the wife of Lspidoth, she (who)
judged Israel at that time" stands out in bold
relief. She proved abundantly that she was
not " mans subordinated helper only; but that
the wisdom which judged, the tact which led,
ard the courage which delivered a whole pao
pie from oppression, were one and all combined
in her.
When ali the fighting men of Israel were utterly
discouraged, and began to make diligent search
for hoopskirts and waterproofs, Judith of
Bethulia, (she to whom Ozias, the high-prest
said: "There is none that may gainsay thy
words. FOr this is not the first day wherein
thy wisdom Is manifested: but from the begin
ming of thy days all the people have known tiny
understanding, because the disposition of thy
heart is good. Therefore now prav thou for US
because thou art godly woman" &C. by her
courage and wisdom saved her people and can
hardly be called a 'fsubOrdinated helper" At
least they all, even the high priest, obeyed her;
and the way she bound the dreaded HOiofernes
over to keep the peace has never been excelled,
[ know.
Then, if we 60 on a little farther, and see the
tempting in the beautiful Susanna's case
the irony OF those remarks becomes absolutely
oppressive. Why, if those two sinful old judges
we're living now, and we're to play their little
game on anybody's beautiful wife, thew would
be ducked in the nearest pond, to say nothing
of the cold lead which night be administered 10
them.
But might write good sized volume and
not exhaust the subject. Where, for instance,
in the New Testament can anything be found
to justify that writer's assertions? That Christ
did not agree with him is plain enough to any
mind however " fbrous;" for when some of the
self righteous gentlemen would fain have stoned
their fellow-sinner, he simply gave them TO nm
derstand that he knew them to be worse than
she, and they, poor wretches, skunk away.
Then, if Sapphire
TOOK STOCK IN CREDIT MoBrLIHR
so did Ananiss In fact she only did what many
woman has done since, told stories to save her
rascally husbands reputation.
And when IL comes to true helpfulness, and
faithfulness beyond death even it is the women.
surely, who furnish the examples. 1t is ttsg
who sat at the foot oil the cross, hoping 70 soften
nv their devotion the agony of the dying Christ.
They followed after to see 90 how his body
laid" and then returned to "prepare spices
and ointments;" and G,eg, again, whose loving
care led them TO be the first discoveries of the
resurrection.
But nv "last words " are growing apace;
and it's not safe to quote scripture history too
much while there's such a thing as Ludlow
street. cease. Miss BROWN.
A jury OF LAwYERs.-Yesterday in the Cir
Quit Court, Justice Macarthur called case No.
10, in which Mr.. Brainbridge II. Webb appeared
for plaintiff and Mr.. l.. G. Hine for defendant.
1t was discovered that both juries were ont, en-
gagged in deliberations, and the judge suggested
to the counsel that, if they had no objection, "A
jury would be empanneled from the members of
the bar present. Wherefore Messrs. Stanton,
Merrick, Lambert, Cruikshank, Harmon, Ho-
ban, Mcconnell and Others we're placed in the
jury box, and, after listening to the argument of
counsel, were about to disagree, when the court
cut the gordian knot by directing them to find
for the plaintiff.
A CONTRIBUTION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Nashville, Tenn, has addressed a letter to Mr..
L. BrOderick, the president of Hibernian Be-
nevolant Society, No. l, of this city, acknowl-
edging the receipt of one hundred dollars, the
contribution OF the society for The relief of the
Memphis sufferers, thanking the members for
their generous donation, and imparting his
blessing to them in recognition OF their charity.
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DARING BURGLAR.-Last night, about one
O'Clock, colored thief entered a house on 10th
street, near \, and going into the room occupied
by John Vogt, tailor, picked up his clothing.
and, finding that lie slept with his pant aloons
under his pillow, raised his head and drew them
out. This awakened MIR. Nogt and the man
hastily made of, Mr. V. pursuing him, but the
thief escaped with the clothing, which is valued
at about SIS.
Mrs. +. A. STETsoN LoGER sang the Church
Bells so satisfactorily TO the large and intelli-
gent audience gathered In Lincoln Hall last
evening as to win a most hearty encore. In reply
to which she gave Happy go Lucky" and sub
sequently "1he Charcoal Man." which dis
played to great advantage the compass and Tex
Utility Of her powerful voice.
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A CoRoNRR's INQUEST was held yesterday on
the body of William Barnes, who died from the