, 1874-10-18

She is not witty, buh she has humcr.
She c1ung to the last minute and then
to the last SECOND OF her allotted time, the other
day, With amusing tenacity. She heightened the
effect Of her eplgrammatic conclusion By pre-
facing it with NOW, in the last second Of my
once that the second would nold a very few words,
aud listened for each. T. was so nest = way o1
calling attention to the summary OF her whole
speech that Lamb himself would have smiled
at it. Il showed keen knowledge OF human
nature anda little playing upon it that waspleas-
An entirely different trpe Of woman finds .
representative in Tho
THE REV. MRS. soULE.
She hes thick-set body with . merry sort Of
face. She wslks out before the audience in a
business. like manner, and in loud, rather mascu-
line manner talks to y1u. She could not deliver
a speech, but she can talk in free-and-easy,
ungrammatical, practical way, that is amusing
to MI extreme. She does not strike one as q
cultured lady, but as go-ahead woman, with
strong heart and shrewd head. HRS. Souie's
gestures are distinguishing feature. She wants
to be funny, and sometimes she ia. It is an
enigma in what this womans power consists
for she has power it must be in her independent
air, her familiar speech, and certain Americanism
tnnr belongs to her. And yet 1t may be account
surrounds its elect with q halo Of power. None
OF the popular ideas of magnetic attraction por-
tain to this coarse-looklng woman's appearance,
and yet her face rises clear above many dim
one side OF her face than the other, that she
laughs good deal, and generally announces be-
fore each speech that she Is a mother and q
grandmother in such CHEEKY tones that you are
highly amused, and emile delightedly at the in
reiligence. The audience mu5t have been at
-. I $tr-S nzlAn 80
lind The Secretary's desk, with her head on har
hand like any other woman,
No member of the Convention has been moro
admired than
Dr. MARY Stafford BLAKE.
She is tiny woman, with brown hair drawn
tightly from her facs, q short dress, aud a ply
tlc1an's manper,-if you know what thai ia
sort Of "I-belong here " air THAT mskes her very
voice and presence seem familiar when she first
appears. Sha treats all subjects from medical
standpoint, and one naturally gives sort Of
credeuce to what she says, "because she's a doc
case, as DR.. Slnord Blake knows what she is
talking about thoroughly She is witty. In ex-
hiDit,uy some articles OF apparel at one Of the
meetings, she was very funny. Holding up Pc
cullar garment, She sad abruptly; Now I'm
going to say something awful. I'm going to say
chemitoon, and / thlnk it's q pretty name
don't you? ?" The name Of the new combination
garment has attracted 90 much discussion aud
such diBapproval that the remark was appre-
ciated anu met with the applause it deserved.
Dr.. Blake is not afrnid to call things By their
right namea. 4 leg is d leg to her, and - it is
to be spoken of when occasion demands. Al
though obliged to treat the subjects under dis
cussion with great piainness, aud alsnough her
words we're those Of doctor in private, rather
earnest student manner, aud Que felt the sub
jcck OF mankind was as delicate and modest to
her as the daintiest flower to an ardent botaust
Or. Blake made = forciblo appeal for
short dresses. Upon introducing her.
n Ms. 1vssmo7o @ % remarked that ;, this 1t 1T
Boston last winter, when heavy snows had
the trains. Whereupon the little Doctor
her little feet, folded her lttlo hands,
and opened her little mouth. u / dare say some
Of you have already exclaimed, SEQ now short
her dress isl Ny friends, if my dress had not
been SO short, I could never havo taken that
walk DR.. Blake said later tnat woman
would bo we'll dressed with tho chemloon, and
other under-garments displayed. and with
dress as short ns the world would let her wear,
without the boys in the street running after her.
g The boys OF the street," continued tho little
Doctor, " hare long been my great horror"
MES. CHURCHILL.
IT Providence, presents mora fashionable tp-
oearance than many Of the members OF the Con-
.ress She wears black silk, or 8 nayy-Llue
ng figure and meln. Her tace is pleasing and
strong. capable Of eeyere expressions. She looEs
Ike what sha seems to be, au intelligent woman
With IN executive ability that makes her put on
ler tic quickly and neatly, aud lay the points Of
'peech before yon IN the samo waT. she is sys-
ematic, economical Of time aud words, clear,
md forcible. She has fiue voice, aud decided !
III that is delightful.
Probably no member of the Congress is list |
,ned to more eagerly than
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As the first woman admitted to the bar in the |
United States, AZ young lady Of bri1iaucy and |
Ltractiye appearance, ehe carries with her an |
uterest that gives added weight to her words.
The il without doubt a brilliant woman with !
igor aud verye tha. are fascinating. At the |
impress one as put on, particularly the ehrug,
7hicn never sits easy on shoulders that are not
naturally fitted for 1t. A{iss Couzins' shrug is
unpleasant: Then, too she does not forget
erself, and has The fault of making persona.
emarks. Yet she is Al brilliant as tha blue on
or hat and at her throat, and perhaps one rea-
on that her britliaucy is not pleasing to some
eop'e is because deep, intense people arc no
1ore in style than genuine cools- Modern |
iomen are like the tints they wear: very delicate
t is refreshing to see a young woman OF de-
ided character and mind, anu Hiss Couzins is
orlalnly sach an one-
HISS FLETCHER, /
be Secretary, on the contrary, impresses ono
as remarkably wholesome, healthy,
ueery woman. She has made no original re-
larks, but She has read some essays il rich.
ull vuice, and has, in Bome way, put her charac-
er into ali her readings and movements. She
oes Aer work i'll an earnest, practical way. Il !
;as quite amusing. on Saturday morning, to see
er dump herself aud her satchel before q
haEning young lady, on the platform steps, and
roceed to count out her money, with the aid OF
le beautiful young woman next to her. The |
liter. must be namelcss and sile1t, but If her
ubfic words never command, her private desires
i'll be sure tn ind slaves.
Among the most prominent women we're aome
our Chicago ladies'. Although they did not
Ike as active part in the Congress as some
theirs, they we're in ATTENDANCE, and their voices
ere heard at opDortune moments. It is need
ss to describe
AIRS. KATE y. DodGET
} Chicago people. She is too we'll known and
to need pen-and-iuk sketch in The
R1BUSE She did great deal to make tho Con-
resB the success it was. aud, besides entertain
'g many Of its members, made almost nil the
t1or arrangements that kept affairs
/ running order during it's progress
n amusing incident occurred at the
esterday morning dress-reform meeting. Mrs.
avermore stated that she did not wear coreets
nless she were very tired, or needed strengthens
'g. Then she pus them on, and they quite set
er up. Mrs. DUCuntt surrested drr1v. you