The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-02-14

hVnCupolR--wll hc SuutNncu on plllaTS
showing maize half huskrd on the stalk
and cmhlcmutic of Johnny I'm.
hlcmatic Of our whole country, stand
Of tlars will surmount the cupola aud no
Surmountcd in turn by more poultry in
the shane Of the American eagle, stuffed.
Thisis prcttv satisfactory, on the whole,
hut IL does seem that there might be
more flags put around in more places.
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Jane Grey Swisshelm has discharged
herself ola furious blast against the ic-
male advocates of womcn's rights. They
have. SHE Says, united the idea Ola wo
mans right TO vote With proshtute.s :
right u social recognition ard the gem
eAl disruption Of mar rlt.s &c ,ha CATIONS
have held burlesquc conNcn. .uus where
the presideu, Is the pglucipa! speaker.
conventions attended by mobs and
breaking up iu rows, and, while thus be
having Ike cruwdlcs, have demanded 90
br treated as ladies. Their suffrage lob
living has been nothing but an artnl ap.
peal 10 personal vanity aud a display ut
personal charms. She tecclls Mrs. SArah
Spencer, the lionrss of two wears ago,
~ woman who was running = tilt against
the social evil, who had visited all the
houses Of lll>hmc, learned their secrets
from the inmates, and carried most, II
not all. of the public men IN her pocket
on account Of the many discoveries she
had made. and who was then pressing
Congress Tor an appropriation In start
= reform school for girls Mrs Swiss
helm looked FOR s,aid, experienced
elderly mAtTon, SO what Was her surprise
TO find "a young, handsome, tall, grace
ful woman in q pullbaCk and long trail .
With 4 brilliant complexion, looking AS
II IL had come from an apothecary shop,
the iauntiesJ hat Of the winter, and all
the other accessories Of a fashionable
toilet! Then that president she adds,
"a large raw-boued, square-shouldercd
woman, wiki yellow hair, dressed e .I
Pom padOur, high cheek~bones and very
red cheeks, cluse-iiltiug, fashionable
costume, of mixed cOlurS-Ihe very per
soniiiratiun of an oyerdrrased servant
girl When | thought ut those two wu-
men representing the feminine dciiravN
Of America, while vloseIvd With "a sci e..
men 10 confer on the social eYll-Well,
my face burns and my blood unglrs Iu-
day al thought OF the insult thus offered
70 the women of this country The Com
gressionAl committee which failed 10
show them the door and bow them out
Of il uuheard were derrlict 10 duty"
The president delivered a bundle Of
platiJudvs with very strong nasal irving
Ia very bad English Last year Mrs,
Stanton presided, and she, too, talked
talked-talked and beamed satisfaction
because the people listened 20 her. The
convention advocated universal suf-
frace for women and limited suffrage for
men on the ground of equality o. got mp
a row on the platform and brought in
the police. As for this year, people
who have So little sense As 70 ask Cons
gress 10 double the number Of voters.
while giving evidence that the new sup
ply is 10 have even less sense and less
moral principle than the old, are better
fitted for lunaIic asylums than the con-
duet OF political affairs. As 10 the sg-
perior sense or morality of women over
men facts fail 10 sustain assumptions,
and gg9 Of every thousand OF Mrs. Spen-
GERS women had better keep on a. the
old business Of washing dishes and sign
ing and procuring signatures 10 tenn
perance pledges, 30 be broken Ike clay
pipes. Ii any man can contriye any
way 20 clear the Capitol Of that nest OF
/ lobbyists, he will deserve the thanks Of
eyerp sensible woman in the land.