The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-01
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At the aLnu'l dinner of the New Eng
aud society, IN New York, General Horace
Porter, responded to the toast OF woman"
His remarks were very happr and well re-
ceived. The following ~ an extract
what he SAID.
"The first woman, finding no other man
in that garden Except her own husband,
took to hiring win the devil. [Laughter1
The race might have been saved much
tribOlntion IL Eden had been located IN
some calm ard tranquil land like Ireland.
There would al lea-t been no snakes there
to get into the garden. [Laughlerl Now,
woman in her first efforts after knowledge,
showed her true female inqusitiveuess In
her cross.examinatiOn OF the serpent, and
IN con- menlOrgtion OF that iucicent, the
serpent seems 10 have been q uoied M in q
Kind OF u Knot and used IN nearly oil
languages ss sgn OF tnlerroga ion.
(Luughterl Then came the exc.
aus rom the garden. Our first pnrcn =
bad TO change their whole manner Of iiy-
ing. Wo are painfully reminded Of il ~
this day every time tsilOr's or u DIRE. s.
makers bill IA handed Ia Adam aud Eve
were 30 douot he orlainators OF the Fen
ian organic lOu, the first ones thai ever
| resorted to he wearing of the green,
| Laughter and applause But then tbe,r
| domestic truub rs began, The woman's
lsvorite son was killed with . Clue, ana
married women even to this dav seem TO
have sn instructive horror otolubs Laugh.
teri The first woman learned II was Cain
that raised the club Woman has learned
| Il is a club that raises Cam. Laughter
"Woman now scars even into the ab-
struse problems in matbemp Teal astrouo-
my Give woman ten minutes ana she
will describe heliocen rio paiallsx of The
heavens. Give her twenty minutes and she
will find rs ROT ON cally tha longitude of q
pl ice by means OF lunar EXAMINATIONS Give
hat same woman au hour anu a haii, with
| he present fashions aud she cannot ma
tue pocket in her drets. And yet mans
admiration Tor woman never flags. He Will
glyo her ba his fortune; hs VIII give her
mig whole heart; ana is willing 10 eiye her
| every thing ha Possesses, except his scat IN
a horse car Laughter
/ Every nation has it's heroiues AS well rs
! : heroes. England, IN her wars, had u
/ Florence Nightingale: and the soldiers, IN
lnelr expression OF their admiration, used
to stoop ard kiss the hem OF her garment
America, In her war, bad a DR.. Mary Wal
ker Nobody ever stopped 10 kiss the hem
| OF her garIl eDt-because that was not eh'
ac,ly the kind OF garment that she wore,
TI.aughter Why .hould men stand here
and attempt to speak OF womon,when she u
so amply equipped to spenk Tor herself. l
! KNOW maj IL lnt Ctst III ANtN ShHihl't o''S
| AL, reminded by seeing General Grant
here 10. night, of All incident which occurred
when he WAS making that marvellous tour
through New England, just after the war
The train stopped at station IN
the country. The general was anding on
the rear platform of the last car. AT that
time, as you know, he bad great reputa'
ion for silence tor IL was be- ore be made
this series OF bri liant speeches before toe
New England Clue. [Lauehter.l They spoke
Of hi, retlcsnce, IA qua ily which New Ell
elauders admire so much III others
daughter While standing there, there
was a CONJUNCTION among the owd, and as
it opened u large, tall, gtun, looking
woman came down toward the car, out OF
breath. Taking her sDectacles from the
iop of her head and putting them on her
nose, she put her arms akimbo, aud, look
| ingtp, said. We'll, | have just came down
here a.runs ing two miles, just on jump
lust 10 get "A iook ~ tus man Who iels INC
women do all the talking" Laughter