, 1876-10-22
BOSTON.
Little Petticoated Gladstones and Wela-
dell Philipses in the Entrance
Hall Of the Parker House.
Phillips Remarkable Description ct
Charles Francis Adams, Taken
from Private Letter.
Phillips Reply to a Poet--::A Beautiful
Artist and a Beautiful Woman.

BosroS, Mass, Oct. 19.-Justiu Mccarthy
saws that American women arc ''Att1c pett'-
coated Gladstoncs," and that they have not
long passed the age Of pantalcttcs before thcy
ssamaze the unaccustolned foreigner by p1ung-
ing at once into some complicated political
question, and talking Of it with perfect I'LL
ency, and with knowledge that seems to DC
genuine.''
thought Of this the other day as stood in
the lower hall Of the Parker House =" ladies' en-
trancc,'' waiting for the elevator Wendell
Phillips, and another younger politician, and
two OF those "little petticoated Gladstones,"
"mct by chance" Phillips and the younger
man were in conference about Butler, the re-
doubtable Ben, with whom they are both "hand
in glove" just--now, either man being rouudly
abused By Phillips a few years back But politics
makes strange alliances, and there is none
stronger than this marriage-"a morgauatic
marriage" as some newspaper wittily calls it
OF
THE WIDOW BUTLER
and Wendell Phillips. But to the little Glad
stones: One shook her head over the 'wid-
ow,' ''::and admonishcd Nr: Phillips ptayfully, but
with that sagacity which Mccarthy says seems
to be genuine" Then she hit King Wendell Il
sharp little rap on his softmoney principles, and
the king returned it with one Of his Machiarel-
lian society sentences, which. with their polish
and grace OF concealmcnt Of ideas, are in such
curionsly direct contrast to the bold.
reckless expressions of his platform eloquence.
The other little Gladstone went for Butler aud
Phillips unco ADDITIONALLY, md talked wisely and
sympathetically on the soft-moncy side And
Phillips and the other man listener accepted it
all with due Difference; yet, all tho same, l have
my doubts if it impressed them. have strong
suspicious thar it went in at one ear and out ut
the other, for have strong suspicious that
they, with other men, are 7tot impressed with
opinions and doctrines that must be more or less
reflections Of somebody clse's opinions; for, as q
wise and q liberal man, who, wish to state
at the outset, believes in women having cper1f-
thug they want, from vote to a Paris gown
as this wise man said:
"uow CAN EVEN INTELLIGENT WOMEN KNOW AS
MUcu OF POLITICAL MATTERS
as man Of ordinary capacity who is III
the world Of politics and business, one thing
educating into the othcrt Every turn in tho
wheel, every change Of prices, each smallest de-
tail in the progress OF his business Is more or
less affected BY the political situation; and by
reason Of this he receives daily education aud
ACQUIRES m mute knowledge ofaffairs which no
woman ever acquires" But however much
or little a.. woman may know Of
these dirty details" she knows enoagh 10 ap-
former, as III ng Wendell; and this appreciation
is either from lis personal qualities, his mag
nctism, which make his dcvotees ego it blind"
to use a eli oice bit Of slang, or 1t is from
pIoauet pasls .nu IGs1;y oAe tliu@iA io'I z,,;,
acceptance; that Is, the acceptance OF pro-
testing oppoue Mt to his views and actlon,-an
acceptance OF sle fact OF this extraordinary
,,ot M ac .entance of his beliefs
It is this attitu de which 1nany men occupy TO-
wards Mr.. Philhps. They consider him utterly
inconsistent and eEratic, 1,ut never false. anu
while they assail his cont1 adictions they do not
hate OF desp1set m hm Ihe dee + as W haag th
slycr-tongued Nrator sla}' them with his elo-
ouence on that great Gt 1bernato7ial fight OF
wat Re said man INV ot cr man. In Short
thnr:d rather hear Phi liips' abuse than
another aet 'A mans ' praise. - And, apropos,
heard the other da lnaS =, Gna1teS ;,an,teS
Francis Adams felt IN no sense in1nfea OF
by ar; fn1lips ntsacSs upol @ -nt ta LIZA; - con.
prehensi6ie, iot H. PhiliL os never ,sasts'
nmsen on 3niesaos OF ansit hs 11ov ~ dis.
asd coa III ersna the
teman Mho saq' INF IN rema1S1ns up ain 'n''
NOR M nope r,, sna. eome u"y st, an w Spxcr
thst viii IL make max DAon me mark ' Tor Phillips
splendid abusc!" In Mr fa1l1ps s,;G fG-
cent political speech in Mus'c-, IA! ae sa'd,
a. IL isssstS ia7
takes MIN for us leader u WILL NEVER sncCeeu LIT
O. adams 'lecsr te4 hsd parry oa1 90 .Hs y'ass. M
Fleslaenna canaidate. bat h1s elas tho, an
Iar 1:s tns Gue er IN nj
qaenGe was aaareSsea 10 ;a 70, a. ~ ,+e1 H.
sate aettef. tls M ILL., sppfe1 f, ~ 1h;s ra s
marEe59as h nIo aaa n LOT saxe in
the the nrvate ietter itself and tie newspaper print
Of It at the ms It was very 1e taa0a ha,1 o ,asn
In Boston society. wc,i fssoiecL ne1s ~
quo.co tas ,ely eSen4s ot Tue o.s'
81 1ooSG 81 -. sJ@. ~, th,t
me ncSl nosn'ns huA1u " ~ o.1.,, ~ so ,nnst ~
contained ana -p.esesseo .ne pya1 III phiI1;,as
matchiess eioqnenee tnat even Men.' th,t rafa:.s
nllSsi1 ever PespetsaSS ~ n Luz .h1s and
speciims ~ ;Aufms -n7e - ~ '*7'n'4a is' ~
quote tnat oniy: nv sx;etorr.t
as LOT aoau1s, uo ngs leal III enoN 49,.
oy nalta, Ana Ueaoelat r lson4 -;
vesseness, int aose u money nISa,a na1ncret
union possp'e: ne a. - -. ~; 1n.'
put atalu 70 confess Hlr esIeu " We ~ ~; ~ iad I; ~
u any party allGws hlm 70 leau = az w . saa a ~ ~
~ G1afe, as a44 the tsuau5es nase uvns.
Ulo .ohn -Auanas TAnA.5, olso.s1, 49, e.. asS 49, -
Eam'llon put tac feqe tal p.lLy 'nIo 10 aon1n'
John 1n1ncS Anams administrator VIZ tncI cIeaLu~
nlow OF tne Wnls parry, then saa1su ~ nsat
inc gHt Wh1cn gllc5 tne iauatnses - VI. ~ 1set
IheY Insure oe1est. liatnAh1 salu saS . ~ 'taut
aounS voice vas the :ie ath- Anel o1 n's Goun3 LII
ne oseA1h " ~ snian4? A"us :. w -, - ,mrao
or tue chArnel- mouse IN Il: Let tne:n halsi 'si
Incfr money-oass Ae.e nin'a "lsstsf t.ts a.stl
a!soN po'IeF anu moIe pnseInsn usii; "nose' Iii
neaos are ut py !ne Isa1s snn: ~ nstP ~ ~ ~
lorWafd NOT 20 us neo ny .ne4t sieeoJ W
their qaeEnlons csotcnessA ,-a,~ x,r,>.,x> ~,
MEN WHO DISAGREED "1lA EtE11 "oNo on