Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1876-02-04
CoRREsPONDENCE
Woman's Rights Meeting.


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cursionisls aud sighl-Srrrs. Nearly every
week a party OF sight.scrrs land in Washing
ton and proceed to do the sights. OCca-
sioually, it's denizens, tempted 10y the warm
sunshine and clear, hiiA hit days, which the
unprecedented winter has show cred So iaNishly
upon us, and the clean streets, emerge from
their quiet ir,sdrs aud stroll down town to
see the eTer-changlng sights 81 their Handsome
city, prominent among which are the aiore-
said sieht-sters.
Yesterday being u bright and pretty day,
YOUR correspondents having few leisure mo-
ments ON his hands and tempted by the cheer
fulness teigning without aud the invitation Of
1t friend. took walk down the street 10 see
the pretty girls of Washington, who were out
! in iull force, deCkrd in all the beauty and
| splendor that taste could suggest or wealth
procure. After walking lew minutes along
The crowded streets, peeping into The many
bright eyes that modest lids tried in vain 10
hide we lonnd ourselves in front Of Talmddge
HALL into which constant stream of people,
mostly of the gentler sen were pouring. ln-
quiriug the cause, We learned that woman $
rights convention was IN session. My friend
proposed that We should enter and see how
the women would conduct matters when they
should have control Of The politics OF the coun-
Try Never having attended II convention of
the 'strong- minded," ! readily consented.
! We entered and aiier some skirmlshing found
| eligible seats about mid way of the hall. AT
the lime the hall WAS about one-hdlf full
mostly of fenaes---and rapidly filling, so that
by the time The performance commenced il
was perfectly packed and jammed, not leaving
Standing room. And such crowd every
graveyard in the vicinity must have sent its
quota 10 make audience such a musty.
grave-ike odor arose, while occasionally could
be heard the rattle of dry bones sudden and
faint, like a sudden gust stirring the dry
leaves clingng to some old oak with the for
urn tenacity of death. Here and there al
long intervals could be seen fresh rosy face
reminding one of the bunch Of green mislleioe
sometimes seen clinging 10 the knarled and
wealher-beaten trunks of old trees. Most of
the assembled candidates for the dear delight
of lepositing IA ''litlle slip of paper in box
on election day seemed to have had the small
pox, and by the way some were marked must
have fought desperate fight with that enemy
OF life and beauty. Your correspondent was
fortunate in getting seat by lovely dAmsel
| who, judging from appearances, had fought
a desperate fight with The aforesaid enemy
and unfortunately, came out victorious. On
the stage were congregated about hnlt-dozen
ladies | beg pardon-slrong minded women,
| among whom | recognized Mrs. Belva A
Lockwood, attorney -at-law, with her husband
the venerable doctor modestly in The back
ground. At p. NJ the meeting, or, in the
language OF its president, 1.-The convention,
.ngular woman Win son.re face nnd bich
cheek homes To hide The rnrrows thar re-
morseless time had ulnwed in her one. f,i- f71
face she had covcrea il win so,npthino-velI
those uniniiiated in the mysteries Of tie female
toilet would call il flour. perhaps some of
your fair readers will give the name of this en-
chanting wash On each cheek had been
l dabbed brush dipped IN very red paint Civ
nondrnt vie xed !, The nn,,earnnca nf yo,tb
ihat would have te.n dernntive had No, al
tbis vouihfnl bl,c,n La.p eurmnnnted hv a
fnll sui OF bonr, hair which his candidnt.
for Youthful ,,,ear,nces had con,bpd strniohI
back from her forehead towards her back and
caught under sumetbiuo hich I suupose
those initiated, would cali n hat devoid Of any
trimming or ornament. save ,bout midway OF
the riyhi teu1le and ear was uerched a very
red rnse ,bout tho mngnitude nf a sa,,c.r
snch as wrrc in nse in he ,,ood aid Jays when
if WAS NOT fashionable Ia st.ald ,hp SIX in from,
one month SHINING mol coffee This buxotu
G,ssiI .rrer s,,,tino Tho oIi,cis of s.th. conyen
yen,ion rend some letIrrs from, numerous
friends of yoman's ,iphts amonq Them one
from Mrs Elizabeth Cldv Stnntnn rpqrettino
her inoIili:r IN atieud che contention =
The president. by way of additional apuloov
or to make Mrs Staniop's absence endurabic
said u,b.u Mrs : ,,,s d,,,in.d liz sicl Ness
tho c,,.e ,f which is , lii.,. se,ra, and If vo,,
AMY have ra,ienre !, win come IN GuhI in its
own GOOD lime An ri,bt and may il he n
..nresnmn,iva heir a,r,rant iyhaIayer thaf
may meanA IN Tho hnllot casting elap,ept -.
Tha nrasida,,, .Iso raorat,ed ,a,v nucb IN. n
sence of he venerable Susan n An,hotv a.
che il !, wnman win .rwo-edye swords y
The nresidant nrtarannouncing that len min
Mas onIv would no allowed n .,rb of Tho
sneakers introduced &. Niss Theolori, Wood
Miss Wood is "A toll slender and graceful
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