, 1873-12-20

ISL HC0r fn1n h0H tho HlAHnDr4 or q tnGr0unH
Observation-Disclosures Magazine.
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NlEN And WOMEN IN PUpLlG SPEakEkS,
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The two things that combine to mako women
less acceptable to tho public rs lecturers than
mon are, re believe, two rarely considered:
VOICE AND pREss.
It is totally unnecessary to 60 ovcr fallow
ground, aud try to provo 1t ia bocauso tlioy arc
not sufficiently logical, when everybody Knows
that there aro at least fow womou whose
powors OF logic arc bottor developed than those
Of most men and what is still bottor, they know
Tint O.. ma,,'a 1opio has lttfo ar nothing TO tlo
Iii. -1: ut. .,..
"it,i n tnas,ns h''n popular Hpe"A',. ", .,
d'von' thoh, m equallts IN Ill osher respec1a'
tho lacfs Of thoao two requisites alono ia
e1,oucb to gnoil nnv wounn's chance for superi-
oritv We havo nj, of lin. tbo r7,t1est the 1onst
-, ;,,,,to aa,,ao 49, ~ a.,,o.u -
uhca't''aeea' an 11''ato eenso u sAe l''"ess Oh
things, that maSos us Shrink from lheongruitY
wherever wo find it, md, above ALL we shrink
1A9u, .Sa u'aras ueo. 49, r.aa' H., ,,,.
"no eah .ot'tatc ~ W 1nst'n' 'uo .Aaseunio
woman or the ehemlhato 1nan,-cach heienof
ono thing nor tho other but d hideous apology
for both? When. then.
n,o,,,, :, nrneo,,. .r,,,a r.y
. .-'.."ll "e = ,'.., - N."'
GLrlFGH IU 1IlltALG fOlC8 HIlQ Wt lll-
stinct;vc1v turn nwnv with d;arugt at n miserut,]a
f.;l,-. ~ rorrot ~ .,cooa, ,.o,,-,,o o,,,;avoa
limit At C,oriotta c,,sbmnn fron] in her concon
49, m, .s.rr,;e,,
4'o4a ''' I. :, ne' po1sN4s"'' lt'o1
OF masculine characters, Aer Vosco rings out 10
.1o7: =. '. 40 ,. wv :. ~ p.s ~ w..
~ 'ot'ou Ill tno "o1us' no" iiAo II i'i'1i ie'
tho most partial critic dares not Assert thas
i,a'' WIN ah elua1s po"os1"1 ''neops'on " sn'
11o ,1,, ,i,o.1,onoro7 ;,3oo of .ro,au ia in Aha
no o'o' 'i"o i"s" ~ ,a',,1 "o.'" ~ -. wv
uau1 cofrcct, al1o W. hn'e t1o elaoou!lAeot u
thnt idea III tho mode o. dress adopted 40 long
ago aud still followed. INo drapery TINT clothes
her, softontng every outline, giving dolicaey md
harmony. seems but tho outward manifestation
or tho inward thought, whore beauty, rather
than strength, predouilates. This vorS drapo-
ry, admirably fitted to tho purpose it aorVos,
IS AN objection
subjects on which woman may speak as we'll
ana effectively as man, thoy aro assarodly not
thoso in which all tho varied emotions havo
full play, but, rather quiet III their tono intel
lcctual or pathetic noyor stirring. novor horoic,
in tho richest and best sonso Of these terms.
It is folly to talk Of training mo power on
Garth could train Q wotnan's voice to tho cry Of
wnr or vengeance that it would strike an nnBwer-
lug llote in the honrts Of listening thousands.
She may tell of lonely i1rcsdes. far-off graves,
aud days Of suffering, and oycry 1nan's heart
may stir within him; but it is tue woman spoak-
ing to tho mAu,-
THE WEAK TO THE STRONG ....
tho dcfencoleBs to tho defender; ar1, in his
Gotl-giyeu strength, llo goea out to battlo for
the right. Man, by his eloquenco, may movo
thousands one who feels the personal 1nagnet-
other influence. can listen eollly ~ she appcalH
to tho mass. Que touch Of her hand makes him
her slave; a single word, for Him alone, gives
him entirely to her; but. it Is aEnin the woman
to tho man, tho gonBo Of personal nenrnoas,-
tho magnetism Of T. close proHoncn, tho con-
sciouaness Of 4 mans right to q wo1nan'B favor,
that is lost mid the throng.
did you ever think how much tho legs and