National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-06-12
wOsrAN,s WAYS.
What the Woman sunfasc Folks arc Doing.


says that this year The ripple made upon the
social current OF. New York by the influx Of
anniversary delegates was so slight rs not to
be perceptible. Even those gallant combat
ants for citizenship and the ballot, the woman
suffrage folks, failed to hold their annual con-
yentlons. To be sure, Susan b. Anthony, and
few Of the lrrcpressibles who take consid-
cradle stock In her, had q small meeting at
Apollo hall one day, and adopted series OF
resolutions dcnouncing Grant and the Repub.
llcan party for having deceived them. But
the Boston wing, In which are all the ablcst
men and women In the cause, for some rea-
son failed to favor US with a visit. And,
when looked In on the handful of tame and
splrltleas damscls gathered about Susan, and
compared them with tho earnest, hopeful
crowds that thronged the platforms at both
Apollo and Stelnway three years ago, when
the two wings were holding conventions at
the same time, failed to realize that any ma
tcrial progress had been made since then In
me woman suffrage movement. Al that time
Henry Ward Beccher, George William Cur
Us, 4. W. Iigglnson, Mary \. Liycrmorc, Ju-
lia Ward Howe, Grace Greenwood, and dozens
OF others almost "a distinguished, made able
and eloquent speeches at stelnway. while ut
Apollo hall Victoria Woodruff, Theodore
illton, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan d.
Anthony, and a score OF lesser lights, held
forth In earnest and forcible addresses. Last
iail both wings struck hands In opposing the
Liberal movement; and with the exception
nt Anna Dickinson, who fought bravely for
Greeley, every prominent talking or writing
woman In the country did her level best 10
secure the election OF Grant; and II may he
they 60 completely exhausted Themselves by
their Efforts, and are so thoroughly disguised
with the object Of their idolatry for having,
since his election, gone back on them, that
their ardor for the Acknowledgement of woman
has somewhat abated. II tho causc has made
Roadway lately, there Is certainly no evidence
OF the fact by an increase Of woman suffrage
conventions, or by a prosperous growth OF
woman-suifrage organs. Three Of four yean
ago, the Rerolmion, Woodruff & CiGJiin's
Weekly and the Womdn's Journal were ex
citing considerable Interest, and creating quite
sensation In the journalistic field. But how
is II do-dayl Let us examine their posi-
ton and standing. The Revolution was started
by Miss Anthony and Mrs. Stanton, and was
for time edited by them; but as neither OF
them possessed any editorial qualifications
Il grew so intensely stupid under their con
troll that they. eventually discovered they
were not calculated TO run q paper, and re-
tired from the management. Phcbc Cary,
who had no taste for the task, was then,
against her will, induced to accept the editor
ship; but, after a few months trial, she re
linqulshed II, and Mrs. Laura Curtis Billiard
tried her hand at editing. Under the plea Of
nl-health, she, too, soon retired, and the pa
per became the property Of the publishers
OF tho Liberdl Christian, who persuaded
the Rev. w. 7. Clark, at present tho lead
ing editorial writer Of the Graphic, to become
lis editor Clark Ia brilliant writer, and
knows how to make q readable paper, hut
| he found, In q short time. that Il was I'M
possible to infuse new life into the dropping
| ReUolntton, and more than q year ago Il
| ceased TO exist. Woodruff q Cidhin's Werkiy
was always an advocate Of frce-loye, spirit
ualism and nastlness; but, after the death OF
the Reroi,ition, Miss Anthony and number
| OF the women who were lis most zealOus pa
irons rallied around Mrs. Woodruff, put her
prominently forward az a leader oil their
wing OF the woman's suffrage movement, and
for u time gave her Weekly some prominence
and responsibility. A rumpus, however,
soon occurred Ia the camp; Woodhul and
Clafiin incurred the dlspleasure of Susan and
her set, and they Withdrew their support
from the Weekly, which has again relapsed
Into the organ OF free-loye, pure and simple;
and, since Its publication Of the Beccher-
Tilton scandal, for which Its publishers were
arrested and Imprisoned, has had so many
| Obstacles to contend against that II barely
manages to exist. The Homdn's Journal
Tor year or more after Its removal from
Chicago to Boston, was edited quite ably by
Mary A. Liyennore; but when she retired
from the position, acommittee was appointed
to edit IL, and, US committees always do,
they have edited In very feeble manner
so feeble, In fact, that few readers take any
Interest H. IL. Judge Its circulation must Ne
quite limited, too, for have inquired for II
ut nearly all tho newspaper and periodical
depots IN new YORK, aud have never sue
coeded In finding copy OF II for sale at any Of
them.
LADY LECTURERS.
4 New York letter says lady lecturers ap-
pear to be on the Increase, for few days ago
l counted the names OF seventeen who are
announced as ready to hold forth this winter
on various subjects, In any part OF the coun-
try where tholr services may DO required:
Many OF them are names new TO me, but
hope they may all succeed In obtaining profit
able engagements. j fear some OF them,
though, will be disappointed. The public +
becoming so accustomed to women lecturers
that all the novelty Of the thing Ia worn
away, and they, like men lecturers, fail to
draw unless they have something to say.
Olive Logan, who was trump-cnrd when
she entered the locture-neld a few winters
ago, Is about played out as lecturer. She
has gained considerable notorlety by her war
upon the "leg-drama," and, for year or
two, had all the engagements she could nll at
slbO night As she Is trained actress, her
lectures are committed to memory, and de-
llyered IN q theatrical manner, without ref
ercnce to her notes, and thus create a more
fayorabl e impression upon an audience than
u tamely read; hut, as they contain little
beauty OF style or originality Of thought few
persons care 10 listen 10 her second time,
and she has ceased to be popular. believe
she intends retiring from the platform this
spring, and going to Paris for q few years;
but her success has been so Indifferent the
Dasl WintaF that aha NEnulh har
PEELED to retire. whether she intended Il or
not, for want OF patronage. She aud her hus-
In June.
Grace Greenwood has been In this city sew
ernl years, but returned to Washington the
other day, aud will start In few days for
Colorado. She has cottage nearly COM
pleted a. Colorado springs, near Denver,
where she intends spending the summer.
Colorado Is the only spot she has yet found
where she has succeeded In escaping the
tyrant that pursucs her every season so rner-
cilessly, and, during the autumn, fastens with
such relentless grip upon her throat and lungs
that she suffers the most lntolerable agony;
and she says that In the grandeur Of liz
scenery, tho splendor Of Its skies, and the ex-
hilarating purity and dryness Of lts atmos-
phere she obtains q foretaste Of heaven.
While she was hero she lccturcd twice and
gave "roadlng, meeting on each occasion
with warm reception. Her delivery IL
about equal to that Of the average lecturer;
hut there are more beautiful writing, more
profound thought and more genuine wit In
one Of her Lectures than In the combined pro-
duction OF any dozen Of the men or women
that rank among the foremost Of tho pro-
fession. In hor readings" she IA altogether
inlmltable. She reads In costume, and Il
thoroughly mistress OF the situation. Her
dellneations Of the various characters are so