National Republican., 1877-10-09
The Day. That Are No Moro.

10 The Republican Office, care Editress Of The Cor
ney.
The Days That Are No Moro.
Oh memories OF green and pleasant places,
Where happy birds their wood.notcs twtttorsd
lowl
We buried long agol
From barren heights their sweetness we remember,
And backward gaze with wlstful. yenrninE eyo'.
As hearts regret, mid snow .drins Of december.
Tho summers sunny skies
Glad hours that seemed their rainbow tints TO Dor.
Prom some nlumined page Of fniry lore;
Bri1ht days that never lacked Albright tomorrow
Days that return no more.
Fair gardens with their many blossomed alleys
And red, ripe roses breathing out pcrfime
Dim violet noOks IN green, scquestered valleys,
Empurpled DER with bloom.
Sunsets that lighted up the brown eaved beeche.,
Turning their dusky glOoms to glinnrrin ng gold; |
Moonlight that on the rivers fern n-fringed reaches
strearned white-rayed. silvcry cold.
Der moorlnnds bleak sc wander wcary.hcartcd.
Through many tangled. wild and ,horny maze.
Remembering. n IN dreams, the days departed,
The by-gonc happy days
Inc womcns Congress
convenes tomorrow In Cleveland, Ohio. IL Is
an association supposed 10 be composed Of all
tho thinking women Of the country, for the
advancement Of the scx." and 1t holds an
annual meeting In October for the purpose Of
mutual consultation hlu lutsfNFbnkN VI iutno
on subjects most important to women. This
autumnal meeting is the fifth in order, tho
preceding one having been held in Philadel-
phia on account Of the Centennial celebration
there. Mrs. Julia Ward Howe is president Of
the association, and Miss Abby May Is promi-
ncnt In its management. From these two
well known namcs II will readily be understood
that the society Is dedicated TO the special
promotion Of woman suffrage.
| The advis,,bility, nay, necessity, Of parlia-
mcnts and "pow-wOws, exclusively for wo-
men, wherein they may discuss and consider
| alone the interests and responsibilities which
pertain TO the sex. was urged nearly ten years
ago by Me N. r. Reiver, In her valuable series
on "Co-opcrative Housekeeping" published In
the Atlantic Monthly. This furnished the key
note Then the idea WINS taken up by Jennie
June"-Mrs. d. L. Croly, of New York-and
through the columns Of tho GALAXY she called
u womans congress together In her own city
the following autumn. her efforts being SEC
ondcd by The Sorosis Club, Of which she was
president. So the flrst "Fcmale Parliament" :"
held at New York in October, 1869. was q
grand Success Ms. Reiver presided at that
meeting and the unexpected influx of
letters and essays from all parts OF
the country on education and other kindred
topics proved how earnestly the women Of the
land were interested in the work. The speak
ers and the audiences were composed entirely
of ladies, not q male biped' being allowed
within the sacred precincts, and from Mrs.
Crolys meeting permanent organization
might have been born then and there, but for
a disagreement which, as might have been
expected, arose among the leaders; for when
were dozen women ever known to perfectly
agree on any given subjcctP The bone OF
contenticn" in this instance was as to how
future meetings should be conducted with q
view to enlist the mass of women throughout
the country in their favor; some desired that
a. L =. nEtNnI
only TO females and conducted In as cOnserva
tive method as possible; others contended tht
common policy of woman suffragists should b.
udoptcd, and that public meetings of botl
sexes, both in the auditorium and on the plat
form. would be most conducive to the advance
ment of the cause" "a house divided agains
itself" we are assured, cannot stand, and 81
: thoy split and the congress, misnamed Unite,
Woinanhood.' adjourned sine die Three year
thereafter Mrs Charlotte Wilbour, then presi
dent Of the Sorosis, resurrectcd Mrs. Croly'
idea and organized another "Wonan's Parlia
y ment.r with but this difference-that Mn
= Wilbour Is pronounced suffragist, and place
her organization directly under the wing
the womans sufffngists while Mrs. Croly an
Mrs. Pierce, being more conservative, hA
hOped tn leave that question IN the backgrou
Us II Is offensive to many women whose syn
pathy and support they desired.
The present method Of conducting tn
mPetlnrs Is n sort DI compromise UttWttH III
original "Pa.liament" and the usual Woman
Suffrage conventions. Tho hall is free to q
- persons who choose to come as listeners, bu
X only petticoats appear upon the platform q
g g presume to address the audiences.
,,e Though organized and originated b. the moi
! peareable and polite ladies Of New York, tn
= association seems now to be completely undo
tho control of Boston sufiragists who are
- rather acrimonious set Of the radical type, wit
= a decided propensity for managing ever,
H. thing with which they come in contact. 1t
said that the latter class arc quite ayerse
welcoming within the philanthropic fold of II
n, Congress any who are opposed to the
hobby-the extension Of universal suffrage
q. whatever may be their ability or acquaintan'
ss with other aspects of the woman question.
Miss Abby May has issued u circular an
nouncing tho coming Congress, in which occ'
= these sensible words "rhe short hours
IL our meeting are too precious to be wasted l.
US use them only to utter the highest al
trucst thoughts, to kindle the purest and mo
uuselish emotions, and to diifHse spirit tn
n shall make us nobler women, and enable us
better perform the work God has given US
~ do" When the Congress Of women Is put up'
u more enduring basis of worthy work, al
not for personal advancement; when the u
diences are limited to women alone, rs origi
ally designed, and free discussion is allow,
N by anti-woman suiiragists, then, and not unit
then, will it fairly represent the thinking W
men of the country, and not, as now, but
faction who all think one way.
Other women's Ways.
~ For the benefit Of our masculine reade
who are matrimonially inclined, we poi
= them to Nine. Bosquet Rue de Bac Par
manager of a matrimonial bureau, who adv,
tses in an English weekly that she has
~ disposal an orphan of eighteen summers wi
fl2,0OO, (ne mother-inlaw in that bargain,
,th young lady of twenty-one with fl60OO. ans
4 bewitching widow Of thirty with f2i, o.
Lady Flora Hastings, daughter of the IL
Countess of Loudoun, and niece of the unG
tunate Marquis of Hastings, is about to
NC. married to tho Catholic Duke Of Norio
The Duke is near relative Of the ii,
Gwendoline Howard, daughter of Lord Ho
;, ard of Glossop, wholly her marriage in ls7.
v became Marchioness of Butte, thus falsifyi
the Premiers prediction that the vert 10th
eet was to be won back to Protestantism b,
Lady CoriSande But Lord Butte Is ais
cousin of Lady Flora Hastings, his moth
rs having been daughter of the tlrst Marquis
Hastings and it is declared that Lady FL
@c Is a Protestant.
I.Y Lydia Maria Child will be soventy-six n,