, 1877-06-17
Gail Harnilton's Book on
First Love.
The ScrapsBook Club Discusses
the Question.
Dom Pedro Takes on His Hat to
Gall,
We All Take OF Our Hats.

We All Take OF Our Hats.
From Our oen curr.spondfat.
BOSTON, June 1l-Whcn, short time since,
the newspapers announced that Gail Hamilton
Mns writine-had wsitten-a novel, and that It
wbuld soon he published, most VI us, With our
minds full Of the fiery onslaught wh!ch has filled
The New York Tribune IN lefcnsu Of "Coastn
Blaine, Jan onslaught 30 1crccly full Of Gala
old.ttruc rccktessncse wondered and doubted
within our hearts what manner OF new attark,
what fresh onslaught, wliat bitter pin OF mis-
chteyoua littlo bomb-shcll under the sweet guise
Of a romance, WAS to be sprung upon vi. And
tho titlc,-
"F1Rsr LOVE IS nRsT."
We're we to bo informed that some frat chotce
In tho political 1cld, soma blanelcss Blaine, was
the superativc whom we had turned our backs
upon a. tho angel unawasesi "Ftrst Lovo Is
Best" What title for such leader Of battles
as Gall Hamilton. But It WAS no love story
saf GeHerls, no tale OF that rosc-colorcd
time OF youth when man and a woman 10
half q fool and half an angel; no, It was Moth
Ing OF this. eoinebody, or some OF us, wnro to
get sharp lecture, q neat little tliraahiug under
d now gnisc. Tho who'e duty OF man and Of
woman was to be set before Us In some now lit
tao dccafoguc Of Hamllton!an competition, So,
In tho midst of this expectation OF mischief, the
ndYancc sheets dnwn upon us. Tho Scrap-Book
Club had frccu It's mind during these days Of
expectation, and Its mind was colorcd only by
prejudice. Gntl Hamilton could not write q
novel. That was out Of tho question, wo each
and nil agreed, to start with. And wo fancicd
ourselves verifying our prcconccived cEatieisms
Mt no dlstant period. And at tho last meeting,
On Tuesday evcning, ,thcac preconcetvel criticisms
were thus curiously upset. Enter Don Carlos.
"l'vc read Cali UanIlton's ST. First Love
Is Beat7'-and .wIsh TO say that Tin
entirely willing to eat my words, tho words
that spoke at our previous meeting, and to
give In to Mistress CALI In short,to takc on my
hat to her as n woman who eau make her hero q
rcal acsh and blood man, md not a thing of
paper,-a woman's man.'
Drunctta dcmurrcd. She admits TINT tho hero
Is t'nc fellow, aud ninlo Of aosh and blou'l
doubtless. but just as much q thing Of paper in
one way as any of the rest Of tue heroes who
come under the bead Of womcn's men.
Don Carlos gives mascul!no snort Of d!sa-
grocmcnt. lie would like to know In what WY
this hero is woman's man according to tho np-
proved model. Would Brunctta 10 20 good as
to tell hfm1 And thus Drunctta:
"Find mo man like Richar,1 UIynn who In his
tovo for woman IL 20 entirely sell-sacrtflcing,
who over IN tho whole course OF his llfc could by
any possibility Of Ills own free will be content
To pledge himself to such ltfo Of stmplc, un-
selfish devotion, with no certainty Of return"
Dou Carlos Elvca another evlcuce Of his ,lIs-
agreement; aMdsthcn i'npaticntly:
THAT Is tho Judgment Of woman out and
klrnzn GAIL HAMILTON nu1LpEp nRr7sR THAN
SITE KNEW,
or she meant to show That man can bo man
= good friend; gentleman, In abort. without
~ you mean to say, I suppose, that
Jnnq Eyros lqyet W. not = aEcntleman."
That chnracter Of Rochester, owing to tho power
Of Charlotte Bronto, iias been ono Of the
sst syes IL coss tygss apss TINT .s Ta.
reading public. For year.. cverY woman who
wrote novel modelled her hero on tho Roctcs-
ter pattern, and, without tho genius Of Miss
bronte, tho result wa Cross bstwecn hrute
to have IN Idea that man must have
TIE MANNERS or \ nlaMwAYMAN-- :
soss ssss. q yo1;tnsosyoryouE;fe style-to
aopF who oe. a 70
got tho cold shoulder At once, For somt littlo
ttmo there hos been better tonet and polite
meas has been standing better chancc, but
s,ey nov sne e..ssa ts the 1. ya 6 oy,
mau drnwn BY woman's hand who Is q Inc,
natural follow. entirely oons!atent With rcni
human nature; but he ie 10 geltlu gentleman,
40 'tle Of the bully thas sSen nice girl lko
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. be II capable of
loye sush - = y portrayed. Yet
fur lns, nauly fellow Of clear 6riin and a
sound heart. One Of tho atrRnee things Of this
world ts tla way that women uta!er-ratc, as well
a. evsr.ratc men. believe TINT this e thecauss
"Ltstcn to WISDOM" cxclaims Drunqtts.
"Dut II one Eay ask, How do women over
rate and A. the sa1ns tine underratg your sexst
"Yon ovcfrato their power In what you con-
your eyes they ulust 10 superior to all tic weak
nessea thaf you asa cognlzant OF IN your own
sex: II taey . ara manly men. aecot4inR to your
be Indifferent to pain, and superior to clrcum.
stances. Then, on the other hand, you
constantly put us under your feet In al
the relations that have to do With tho
affections. There, We nTs selfish, don,incorlng,
and absolute by naturc; anu you encourage III
sLon.'
:" hut here Is acaso III point. Hero Is q hero,
whose strong point Ii his utter lack OF thcso bad
qualities; md you straghtway deeloro him to
be thing OF paper because ha doss lack them;
you say that 10 Ia
An IMrossInIR MAN
as reality, You hie thu whole thing when you
SAY that his position Is impossible because ho
t!as no certainty Of return Tor Ills DEVOTION"
blona!na. Et.o S has held her peace until now,
i" aiy dear Don, aRree with you in almost
everything 10 this matter. l submit that you
arc entirely right IN your Rochester rail. /