Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-11-02
MRS. LITERMoREs LEc7rBr

Mrs. Livermores lecture on "Surara.
GUS Women" delivered at Crosby XII -.
Tuesday evening, was listened to by an mi
lgent and appreciRtive audience OF vbor..
large proportion we're women-super4nau-
or otherwise. To persons who have be,.s
Mrs Livermore lecture it is needless IN s.-
that her subject was treated with great st1
ty aud in manner which could not fsi.g
interest and engage the sympathy OF t.,
audience. We do not propose TO stten,,,
lengthy report Of her lecture To be a.,
ciated it must be heard. The term "s rp'.
huuus," as employed by the speaker in ~,
caption Of her lecture, was applied mersiv IL,
the matrimonial sense, and her Remarks 9s,-
devoted less to holding up the really spns,
fuous women TO ridicule than to consider,
ton Of the important questions arising nan
the excess Of women as compared with men
in the older settled portions of the civilizs4
world-an excess which she claimed that ~,
ture was not responsible for, as the ststist.e.
Of civilized countries prove, but which srisas
from the awful devRststions Of war and in
temperance. The speaker believed in ma,
riRge-the monogamic union Of the sa,a,
Marriage is an institution second oulv to,s
ligon in its sacredness. Man is of d,sl
nature man and woman were made IN h
the counterpart Of each other, each possessr,
attributes needed by the other in order to A.
tain to perfect development. Were not The
arrangements of Providence interfered with
all women could be provided with husband.
and there would be no superAuous women
But in the present stage Of the world nation.
will go to war, and men will slaughter each
other and destroy themselves with strorg
drink and to day in our eastern states. and
generally throughout christendom there la
81 1T to nh
impossible save on the Mormon tbeorv-srs
that we are not yet quite ready to ad9p,
What shall be done with this class-or. rather
what shall they do for themselye . wa. ,b.
question to which Mrs. Livermore mainly d..
voted herself in this lecture, and in h,f Al.
swer to it was embodied the experiences and
the lsbors Of years of earnest inquiry and h.
roic effort A certain English writer had q.
tempted to solve the problem by advocating
emigration. He proposed that the govern.
ments of those countries where women vers
greatly in excess Of the men should 20 Int,
the business of exporting them TO those nev
countries and states in which the conditions
we're reversed as Australia and the western
states Of our Union. But the writer in oges
ton found that be had only raised hornets
nest about his ears, and no systematic st.
tempt had ever yet been made 10 CARY on.
this proposition, nor was there reason to SUP.
pose there ever would be. In the opinion Of
the speaker the best solution Of the problem
was to be found in the more general intro.
duction of women into the arts aud industries
of the world. In France. Germany and Eng.
land this has already been done to a far great.
er extent than with US, necessity having CON.
PEELED it. In our own country great al.
vances have been made in this direction with
in a comparatively short period, a. indicated
by the figures of the last census Thanks to
the persistent and well directed efforts which
have of late years been brou ebt to bear upon
public opinion in this country, and especial Y
IN the New England states it is nov possible
for our young women to obtain a Thorough
education or TO enter any profession or sc.
qulre and practice any Ant or trade for which
they may be fitted, without thereby incur.
ring odium or losing their selE-Iespect The
speaker deprecated the croWding of women
into positions which they can only enter b7
competing with men at reduced wages, bat
there are trades and callings for which WON.
en- are especially fitted by nature and in which
they may supplant man with advantage to
both. The interests Of the sexes are ueces,s
rily identical aud must ever remain so The
world Is large enough for all and needs the
help of all. The higher and broader the ed
AIhtlOA VI OuE LUG DETER Will tleV
be fitted to become helpmeets of men, Whist
ever may be their relations in life IL short
the girls of the present day must be educated
as though they were to be married. and also
as though they we're not to be married-ft.
tod to assume the duties of vifehood and
motherhood, and also qualified for NATHAN.
ing life Of honorable and sell. respecting IN.
dependence, should choice or circumstances
so require. In taste and general capacity
American girls are superior to thos4 Of any
other country, and they only need greater o.
portunities in order to make their wey Into
the front ranks of the worlds work.rs-op.
portunities which will be afforded to isr
greater extent than now when We shall have
come to introduce as we are beginning to DO
the system of industrial schools which have
done so much for the labOring classes. and
especially for the ''superfuous women Of
other countries. The lecture abounded IL in.
stances and Illustrations charmingly told and
altogether formed a rare intellectual treat