Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-01-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.


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WAsHlNGTON, January q, 1888
Lincoln Hall has been resoundng
this week TO the ringing eIoqucncc OF
numerous noted advocates of female
| suffrage. The 10Th annual Washington
Convention of the National Woman :
Suffrage Association has uSt closed lis
interesting sessions, and among the del
cgatcs were many long and widely
known workers in the cause. The ire
pressible Susan u. Anthony still comes
10 the front and presides with her H.
sual ability, decision and pluck. Time
treats her kindly, for, after close Scru-
tiny, | discovered no new traces Of his
rayagcs, since two winters ago she stood
on the same platform She delivered
the opening address, 'Why we come
to Congress-" in black satin dress,
simply, but tashionably made with
rlailing,, rrliiles, and lace this pretty
dress on II wOmaa whose attire has been
Distinguished for its severity, seemed al
most like an unspartan concession to
frivolous fashion. These women have
been considered totally devoid of Capa-
city for tasteful dressing. II cannot be
charged that they give their whole
minds to their drapery, hnt their cos
fumes were almost without exception
tasteful, and, in some instances, elegant
and handsome. ENCOURAGING proof
that in woman the copuctry Of dress
cannot be " holly consumed hy the fires
of her higher enthusiaSmS
Mrs. Amy r. Dunn, Of indianapolis,
gave a very entertaining lcctur" (/"-
kl"'s wiie). She appeared in costume
and simulated an old woman Of seventy.
a genuine type of the feminine New En-
glandrr of fifty years ago, who married
and moved to the western states and
territories. 1t was a satire on mau's
laws for woman, and mans treatment
Of woman. 1t was a very CreditahIc
performance, and presented the suffrage
idea fully and forcibly. May Wright
SewaIl, Of indianapolis, gave "the les
SON Of the Nebraska campaign, which,
by her Interpretation, is that woman is
capable Of drvising and executing
grand schemes in spite of ovcrwhelm-
ing disadvantages that women can act
in nnanimit yand from purely imperson-
al motives. All Of which is calculated
to abate ''vain mans native arrogance
of superiority. She is a strong woman
and speaks with force and even rlu-
lurncc. Phuhr Couzins told "What a
woman without a country Is. Ten
years ago Mis-, phpbc was the protcs-
Siunal beauty Of the sisterhood, but that
was ten years ago. Lille D"vereuX
Blake spoke from the text 'ls it a.
crime To he "A woman 90 There were
addresses also by Harriet Spattack, Of
Boston, Virginia Minor, of St. Louis,
DR.. Caroline Winslow, of WASHINGTON, |
ID. G., Henrietta Wcethrook of phila-
'lrlphia and others equally we'll known.
During one Of the morning sessions,
which wer" Of rather private charac-
ter, being devoted tOcXccutiVr business, ,
4 reporter succeeded in entering the
hall and csCOnccd himself III quiet
corner. But he could not escape the
eye of ever NigiIant woman. He was
and kindly told that they
wanted to have "a little family talk, y
wanted to have a chance to say some ,
thing that would not get imtOthc papers. !
So he was compelled to fold up his
notebook and 'quieitH steal away. -
The public meetings of the convention
We're well attended, the large audiences
being mostly composed Of women who
seemed to be in sympathy with the
aust, but there WAS also sprinkling
If congressman and Of som" men, prom /
nrnt in official life here. The Commit /
"r on Resolutions presented a series |
which We're read, discussed, and adopt /
'd. The giSt of il was that women are