, 1874-10-18
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

ing last evening II tneI looas. co1ue1 VI olAt
and Washington streets. There was large at
tandance. ~ Nrs- Julia Ward Howe was expect
I'd to address the meeting. Dr.. Thomas pre-
sided J!
no APPLAUSE.
Previous to the arrival of Mrs. Howe, Gen.
N. Stiles offered the following, which WAS adopt
eds;
Res2lped That demonstrations OF applause tend Il
restrain the part Of many, the expression Of the1
truet convictions, encourage the utteEance Of thos
bel.ased TO be popular, undtgni6ed. unoeeosans
1areiB Of philosophy, and this Society dsapproses O
their further indulgence
The lecturess arrived soon afterWard and "as
received by the company with hearty but rathe1
subdued applause, which sounded somewhat ooo
after the rather stoical resolution just adopted.
DR.: Thomas briefly introduced Mrs. julia "aro
Howe. who vas, he said. so well known to fame,
both IS poetess, q lecturer, aud an authoTesa.
that further introduction would Do supe1nuoos'
uae 1zoue who is a f;rs. Notwithstanding
ladT. aith gray hair and calm, da1A eyes, came
forward and commenced speaking in a very low
tome Of voice. Her manner Of speaking Is very
peculiar. She hardly gesticulates at al, her ac-
cen. IL somewhat drawing, "3th B9ston1an
RECOMMENDATION of the letter - in such words
- cxnY. MASTER ETC., but, for all that, she is
rather attractive as ta1ker.
Mrs, Howe, like most 1adies, has habit OF
talking right along, without paying much atten~
TO long periods. Sne annnounced that sue WAS
unprepared. but had much pleasure in address,
ing the Society. She would endeayor to talk on
metaphyeics which she did. much to the bewil-
dermeut of most OF the reporters, WHO are base!y
non-plilosophical She believed the different
writer's on philosophy, commencing With Plato.
to whom she, in most singular but perfectly
satisfactory manner. linked ST. Paul. she admired
the laner's style. Ho and the old Greek were
kindred Spirits. and, 10 properly understand
Paul Plato should first be studied.
Then she expatiated on German philosophy.
Hecel, she said was wonderful, but very incom-
prehenelhle He talked, or rather wrote, above
The masses. Could be only be reduced to plain
words ana untaught theories, be woald be per
feet. Spinoza Was better style. bat
Kant was her favorite, although the little,
Grabbed old man said that women should not
study philosophy. STILL Kant nai done 30 much
for humanity she was willing to kiss the rod tia:
Mrs. Howe had also something te sav relative
to Swsdennorg. He way rather rhapsodlcal,-
dreamy, in fact. Christianity was the best
philosophy, for it cultivated the noble, uncon-
querable human soul, which de6ed almost every
thing to obscure its Immortality.
She did not know that ehe had much to say
relative to Scotch metaphysics. and she was
free to acknowledged it took q lifetime to begin
10 comprehend the graud science OF philosophy.
After this the talented lady sailed into kind OF
mystic sea where reporters could hardly hope to
swim. She talked Us If in rorery. aud reminded
one Of TX Marvel; but che WAS very
pleaeant indeed-a kind OF Intellectual COM
nambul:st. She related some things relative
TO persous who we're called Trancendeutalists in
Boston during her youth. such hs Margaret Ful-
ler, Emerson. Everett, md others, and made tho
audience laugh occasionally. She believed there
was q third party in everything,
Tho rest of tue discourse was made up OF az
petieuces. very hard to take down in writing,
but very entertaining to the audience. no doubt,
us nobody yaNued. hawAed, sneezed- or othor-
wise violated The rules Of the Philosophical So
cietv.
At the conclusion of her address. q vote Of
thanks was unanimously rendered to Mrs. Howe,
and she was made. by acciamat1on, an honorary
member of tho Society
Gen. Buford, from the Executive Committee.
announced that thu next lecture would be from
Prot. Elias Colbert, who would speak on u.s.
tronomy.
The Society then adjourned.
TIE PRESIDENT.
In 4 country which, as recent elections have
shown, is as propouncedy cemocratic as Amer
cs, tho Court Journal OF the effete monarchy
England is, Of course, a thing utterly contempt
Ible in it's nature, and its leading paragraphs.
teliing Of the comings and goings Of its royalty
md nobility. are tuings which excite the
diedain Of citizens Of land where all :
Ire born free and equal Sill, circumstances
will arisa which elevate oven the Euler
OF 3 republic, in its peoples estimahg6. to an
equality in their esteem with the xEoyal nibbsos
Of those lands which have not S;et learned tho
beauties Of democratic rs;ffsIn In countries ruled
over BY sovereigns Intimate with the require
rnents of royal pEar,ogative. King or Queen is
thing to be 'mored. and respected, aud loved.
ma implicitly obeyed. no matter what their
shoI. .3ornings may be. In season and out of
fedason 1t is tho DUTY Of the people to adore, and
they do adore accordingly.
Here, however, it is different. The elect
ID ruler OF the people meets with just
ns much respect as he deserves and no
more. II he does well, he ia loved, and if he
does i'll the people put ano,hor man in tlis place
.ben President of the United States drops his
ofhcial capacity, and appeals to the feelings Of
his people as q mau-R man OF femity, father,
and prospective father-1r-law, which il per-
haps one Of the most trying positions IN which ~
woudered at that then the people watch
with anxious solicitude each step of
the elected father Of their country.
Every Que knows that our present President ie at
present prospective. father-in-law. short
time ago he suffered HIS daughter to be allured
gcross the ocean, and now be is in Chicago to
give away bis eldest eon to Chicago girl. Hence
there is created a national interest in his move
ments ard it is with pity that it is recorded that
the Presidents movements yesterday were Of a
tsther embarrassing nature. The President
stayed in his room ut the Paimer House all
morning, not moving out until at about
II o'clock he took Potter Palner's arm
and went for walk THROUGH the city. When ho
got homo be remarked to hlr. Palmer. ''This ia
. fine city. but that brown-stoue TRIBUNE Build
ing beats anything it was ever my lot to see in
mJ life"
At about ha1f-past II o'clock, Mrs. Grant vert
out for drive with Mrs. Honore. The Presi-
deAtiai party lunched ut o'clock in the after
noon.
During the evening they were serenaded by
Frank Iumbard and . number Of other singers,
but the President did nor make any vocal re-
sponse to the musical Efforts Of his seranaders.
EnR1NG WoMAN'S REFUGE.
An adjourned meeting Of the corporation OF
''The Erring Woman's Refuge for Reform ~ was
held Saturday, tue vice-president, Mrs. Hur-
bert, in tho chair. The moetns opened with
prayer by the Rev. Mr. Chamberlain. The
minutes Of the previous meeting we're read and
approved.
It waa moved that the resolutions offered By
the Rev. Nr. Chamberlain At the previous meet
ing be fosd- Discussions followed upon each
resolution, and all we're adopted.