, 1877-05-20


pressible wearfness to themselves. AZ they must
never be seen in public, great pains must be taken
to scclude them from oil eyes should they leave
home. Nothing in the lecture was more amusing
than Lady Langton's account Of the absurdtIes to
which they were compelled at the Governors
pa1ace when the wives Of the native Princes came
to ristt her. The sentincls had to be dismissed
the coachmen sent away when tho carriages had
entered the courtyard; and then the women, rolled
up in silk-1ike bundles, were conveyed by the
women-servants up the pa1ace-stairs into the re-
ception-room. Here IN interpreter, placed behind
screen, translated the conversation without Sec
ing any OF the speakers. In very hot weather
these precautions became, the narrator smilingly
confessed, -:
"QUrTE DREADFUL
The lecturer said that the men Of India, urged by
herself or other Europeans to the adoption of diff
ferent customs or ideas, invariably sheltered them
selves behind the aggregate OF womanklnd in the
family-houso- My women wouldn't like II, ~
WAS the usual answer to IN attempt to edncate the
girls; ''My women would not let me become
Christiau, " and go forth She did not know whcth-
er this was merely m ingenious evasion or wheth-
er the wouen secluded from all intellectual life
and gruwth, became formidable bulwarlk Of con-
servattam. Certainly, many OF the younger wom-
en- we're very anxious to know and to learn. One
1o~1saAAA A3tAUuo "OuAu4 Oh uiEu QRn u1AQ4
bold stroke for emancipation, had adopted Eu-
ropean dress, appeared ut the Prince Of Wales re-
ceptlon, learned the square dances, and Was re-
garded BY her neiehhors as hopeleesly demoralzed;
she had even been seen driving Oh the beach with
her husband.
*'Beforc I went 10 Iudia," concluded Lady
Langton, II was often met with tho statement
that true woman'a only sphere vas home. But
IN India, where woman never goes out never
reads or studies literature, never knows anything
outside OF her walls, the houses are dirty and
eomfottess, the children are spoiled and untaught;
the mothers know and do nothing. What do you
dor said to a lady Of high rank, cnrious to know
her employmeuts through the day. She answered,
II SIT
That was all,-she sat and looked at her ane
clothes and tewels." The lecturer concluded by
saying that there was q great ield in India for
women 81 teachers and phyaiclans, Sir Saar Jung
sent to England for lady physician for the Zena-
ma AZ the doctors there be OF little assistance
to women on account Of the national customs.
Not finding one 1T the time in England, he obtain
ed one from America, and sine held fine position
there, with excellent emo1ument
Lady Langton began in rather monotonous tone
and rather high pitched voice, but, as che proceed
cd, she became quite easy and unaffected, and
adopted natural and pleasant conversational
and eccentricities which distinguish so many OF
her untraveled countrywomen, and haa-what
seems to me rare among Englisbwoncn-a lively
appreciation Of the humorous. I have thought it
worth while to describe her and her lecture nt some
length Is she and Miss Taylor arc the first repre-
sentatives Of the advocates OF woman-suffrnge I
have met in England. WAS also interested in
PROF. FAwCETT,
the blind member OF Parliament who presided ut
the meeting His delivery was quite effective
when he was speaking aucntly; but, whenever he
hesitated, which he occasionally did, he hung on
to one word in despairing kind of way, d
Of breaking down. after the fashion Of
Englishmen in ''after-dinner speeches. 20
graphically described bp Hawthorne and Thack-
eraJ. Prof. Fawcctt's connection with most OF the
great Liberal movements, including woman-suf-
fragc, is we'll known in America. His wife (Mss
Garrctt) and her sister, Mrs. qasrettAnde1son,
advocates Of the same cause.
Speaking OF the advocates Of suffrage for
women reminds me Of the irrevereut jocuIarity
with which many Of the newspapers announce the
engagement: to gentleman of Bristol OF Miss
L1lIas Ashworth,
NIECE OF JOHN BRIGHT,
and one Of the prominent champions Of this re-
form. Sho is described In some OF these witty
paragraphs as one OF the financial pillars" Of the
cause In question, and her apostasy fs taken as q
matter OF course Miss Ashworth's friends, how
ever, repn6t.se all suggestions at any change IN
her cherished md ably supported opinions.
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