Smyrna times., 1874-05-27
WHOLE NO. 995
Mrs. Skinner on Woman's Rights.

MISS Fresldent-I am here to-day for the purDese
VI discussing Woman's rights and cussinp the men,
OoleSe the sexes were Created perfectly equal with
tfe woman little more equal than the man: aIso
oeVe that the world would today be hapDier if NAH
hau never existed. AS a success man is a failure
and bless my stars that my mother was a womao'
lAPPause'J not only maintain these principles
but maintain shiitess husband besides Tbey
say man was created iirst. S'posen he was AinIt
nrst experiment always failures {? The only decent
thing about hun anyhow, was a rib and that went
10 make something better. lAppause.l What wa
want IS the ballot, and the ballot we're bound N
haVe' II we let down our back hair and swim in a
sea OF sangulnary gore. Sensation.l Bring up
your ltIe daughters TO love and care for the baIpt
ana "hen they are old and scrawny, they will NOT
depart from It, Teach them that without the ballot
woman IS SIMPLY cooking and washing machine.
with 1t she can rule her roost. The ma le creatn,s
no" slllIng on this platform, whom the law conDeI,
me 10 call my husband, says have got ballot on The
oraIn. lie says | sleep with a ballot under NV
P'iio" ana dream I'm commander in.chef of large
army OF ballots, and can clean out everything that
looks ike a male sex, while the band PLAYS, Sec
lhe conquerlng shero cometh." NV soul is filled
WIN poetry and sentiment, and his vulgar renlarkE
grate on my ear and when hear persons use exnres
SiohS that are not refined and genteel want to 90
"Fough them Ike brImstonc and molasses Hear,
hear'l I'm astonIshed there amt more interest
manifested IN this absorbing topic This hall ought
TO be packed from dome to ceiling and a couple of
hundred people climbing up the lightning rod out.
side. short time ago | addressed an immpnse
throng on Boston Common; at least thirty seven
persons, including men and women of both SEXES
WHO STOOD packed together for at least fifteen
minutes hanging on my words, the enthusiasm
hhdlly reaching such pitch that thew insisted on
burning my ethgy 10 slow music. Our speakers
don't lack brain or influence but there ia one thing
wish they did lack, and that is their desire fnr
husband. No matter how rabid woman NAV be on
| tim bon, 4. 4
on the PLATFORM she'll grab the fust one that offers
himself, and, turn right round and that's where
were weak. Msst women seem to think that we
were made but for one purpose and that was 10
have Mrs on their tombstone. They'd be missed
all telr IVes and when they die, the more thev are
missed 'iie better: From the creation Of the world
we have had all the great men on our side. There's
Pharaoh. What did Pharaoh2 RECOGNIZING the
lact that women must inevitably rule he issued the
order 10 strangle all the male children If this thing
hadn't slipped up 'twould be money in our pocket.
Mr. Pharaoh is dead now and he hadn't foreihourht
| enough to leave the business to some good person
Among those who escaped justice at that time was
| youth called Moses, of bulrush fame and since
| then every Moses has been a wart on nature in.
| cIudng the wtetched object whose rear name am
encumbured with. Cries Of "thats SO! Put him
! OUT" No, you shull not put him out. Neither
| shall he go OF his own accord. Herod was also u
woman's rights man. lie ordered all male children
to be SIAM and what sweeter proof could we have
that tierod's head was level Ny dear sisters we
can't all be Hcrods, but we can wear his tn.type
next to our hearts and press on to the goal Come
with me TO the worst portion of our city. After
ascending thirty one flight of rickety stairs what do
we hnd? a miserable basement. In one corner
sits wreiched woman. once a belle Of the CITY.
She makes vests Twenty four vests for a cent. Not
morsal of food has passed her lips since last fail.
Around her are fourteen children crying for bread.
But, alas! che amt got bread, but with tears
IN her eyes. she mOurnfully divides among them the
last half of talow candle. Have overdrawn this
! picture No But, my dear sisters, am not hero
simply TO touch your hearts. but to touch your
pockets also. thing Of this kind can't 60 on
without money. and hereby call upon four Of the
most able bodied SISTERS who feel It's sweet 10 bo
on their muscles, to pass around the hat.