The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-01-03
Women.

Al the aLhual dinner OF the New Eng-
aud society, in New York, General Horace
Porter, re'poadsd to the toast OF woman. -
His remarks were Very happy aud well re-.
ceiytd. Tbs following Is an extract
what he said
The first Nonsn, fading no other man
in that garden sfeept her own husband,
took 10 iiiruAs .ith The devil, Laughter
The race might have been saved much
lribulRtlon It Eden had bsen located in
some calm sRd trsnqull land like Ireland.
There would az least been no snakes there
10 get into the esIden. tLaughter.l Now,
woman ID her brstc Efforts alter knowledge,
her cros,.exses Ipstion OF thu serpent, aud
N commemorstion OF that incident, the
serpent syems 10 bave been d ubled mp in u
and ola Knot and used In nearly all
Languages AS Syn of Interrogation.
lLaughtsrI Tben came the exc.
dus from tho garden. Our first parent,
had to change tselr whole manner Of liv-
lag. We are p,inlolly reminded Of Il to
lAiS day every iime a tsiior's or u dress
makers bill \ hanaNsd 10. A, Adam an, and f Eve
ian organizsoop, the irs, ones that evsr
rcsor,ei TO he Wearing Of the green,
Laughter and applause ] But then their
domestic troQbTss began; The woman's
iay9rite son Wa. Ehled with club, and
mslrisd wonen even TO this day seem 10
have "a instlnc,ise horror ofclubs. Laugh.
ter. The flint WOMAN learned 1t was Cain
thairaised tho club. Woman hiss learned
it ia club that rsises Cain. tLtughterl
Woman now foaes even into the alb
stru,o prob!e&s IN Mathematical nstrono-
my Give 4 uOnan ten minutes ana she
viii l.scribe y heiioeentric psrallax OF the
hesy'ns. Give her twenty minutes and she
vii! Ind AUTOMATICALLY the longitude Of a
plsce by near ; Of !unar culminatiors Give
that anne woasn IN hour and O half, with
the present fashiors AID she cannot find
n 1,ckst in her dress. And yet mans
adj Ntion for WOMAN never flags. lie will
g.r r half his fortune; no will give h,i
his ole heart; snd is willing TO give h.r
eve hing h, pos',sssssses' except his sea; In
car. LLss sss i,. heroine, \. wei, 3.
its l-rOes. Englpnd, in her wars sad =
Flon'Hce Niehtipgs!e; and II? sCl2.crs, IL
to stbop and Kiss the hem OF her garmsnt
America, in her var, bad Dr. Mary Wal
ker Nobody eyer stopped to.kiss the hem
OF her garmen,-bscaussi that Was TO. ex
ac,ly The kind o. Garment that che wore
[Leughter.] VIII. ihould men stand herr
and sllempt to spssatS OF woman, when she /,
know that Is he case In New Esgand; and
/ an, reminded by seeing General Gran
hare ;o'sight, Of 81 Incident which occurred
when he vas askins tina. marrveieu. toul
through New Eueland, just after the war
The rain stopped at station il
tho coupIry. The geaorsl was sanding or
the req plat 'ssm OF the lest car. At thu
time, as you Know, he had a great reputn'
tion foI slence-ioi 1t was before he made
this series OF brilliant ape eches before tn
New e. gland Cluo. Lang They spok'
OF bis rrlicence, quality which New En-
glanderi pdairs SO much in others
| TLgugh' 0rl While standing there, their
was u csmbotiou among the crowd, and q
it opened la Isrse, tall, gsuaL.l looking
woman taIis down toward the car, out o
breath. Takine beg spectaelss from tn,
TOP of her head snd putting them on he
nose, she pat her arms skimbo, and, LOOK
| log no, ssi6 'W.p, i.ayS -pt osn.S dow
hrre s-ruSpiie Two miles Just or jump
| iutt to get look AZ tho man who let's TIL
women do all the tslkiug.'" Laughter.