Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-02-25
"That Newspaper Woman"

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"That Newspaper Woman"
. At the recent Sorosis dinner at Del
monico's In New York Mrs. Eliza
Archard Conner made the following
characteristic speech, which will be read
with great interest by our masculine
readers:
"LADIEs AND GENTLEMEN-Once
there was an orator who was going to
make very great speech. He rose to
his feet, looked his audience in the face,
and solmnly asked: 'Why-e-e was /
bornT Then he forgot his piece. He
shifted from his right foot to his left,
and once more solemnly asked:
'Why-e-e was 1 born? Just then a
Tgive 1t up!'
"Now, tonight, ifI should ask my
self what 1 am standing here for and
should answer, / should say i give it
upp For one thing. am here at the be-
gust of lady whose lightest wish is and
always will be law to me, lady whom
all good Sorosians obey-our honored
President. Being here, / am
aware that shall seem like an idiot II
L don't say something. There is too,
rthef horrid suspicion that may seem
stiA more like an idiot If do say some
thing. However, we must take risks.
"If my tongue should follow the di-
rection of my thoughts, of cou-se, there
Is only one theme of which I can speak.
That Is our guests of the evening from
the other side of the fence, the gentle
men, God bless them! We welcome
them here and everywhere-that is, al
most everywhere. Their sweet, bright
faces are an inspiration to us. Their
winning ways conquer us every time.
When we 90 home from our labors
amid the toiling, moiling masses they
sreet us with Sweet smile, and have
our slippers ready for US at the fireside.
Their lighter wit and sparkling eyes
rest and refresh US after our graver, Sc
verer deliberations. To win smile from
their rosy lips we will do all things and
dare all things. At last that would be
sstrange sort of woman who didn't
care for mans smile. We haven't any
suchin Sorosis, I'm very sure"
"Believe me, we adore the gentle
men; that is to say, in their own sphere.
Nothing so shocks US as to see man
lose the delicacy and the native mod
esty of his sex. That peculiar softness
of man is his most charming attribute
in woman's eyes. Losing 1t, he loses
all. No, gentlemen! don't do it. Be
content with the sphere for which ma
ture has ordained you. Don't lose your
softness, bless you!"
''My theme inspires the imagination.
1t scars even into the realm ofso-called
metaphysics. To me, the most impress
sive legend in all literature is the story
Of the devil aud DIR. Faust. You re-
member how Faust sold his human ex-
perience. Sometimes think, upon
my word, that it was worth the cost.
To know all things, to do all things, to
be all things! Since ever can remem-
Der that has been the crowning desire
ofmy life."
"There is system of philosophy
taught in occult doctrines of Buddhism
that promises to crafty my wish. Ac-
cording to that, development is the aim
Of life. Every soul must gain all hui
man experience. For this object it is
born over and over again into different
bodies in successive ages. If this be
true, some of us may have been our
Observation-Disclosures. Some
times the soul is born as a man, some
times as woman: for both the manly
and womanly qualities are necessary fol
its full development. For instance, if O
me- has wronged women, and has been
crIti to them; if he has deprived them
of their legal and civil right, in his next
incarnation he will have to be wo.
:, ,.Eaan, so as to find out how it is himself
rs lovely arrangement.
Gentlemen, if should be man in
my next life, shall pay off the grudges
owe you in this. When you area wo,
man and am man, Tll have my re-
venge for all the times you have broken
my heart in this life. | hope to do il
neatly, but thoroughly. am not con.
scious of ever having wanted to be 8
man, especially, but if man I must
be, then hope to be New York man
The men of this great city always stand
up for women-especially in the street
cars and the five-cent L trains. New
York men never do--this is a joke.1
''Their intellects are alert and stimu.
lating. Their hearts and purses are ev
er open to suffering. New York's
charities exceed those of any other city
Wy ldIs A SllOib tllllc dSO DOOI lttUOIcl
here dropped dead at his work. Hi
was earning dollar a day and left wife
and seven children. The widow was
nearly distracted. There seemed only
starvation for her and her seven babies
The case got in the newspapers; New
York gentlemen put their hands into
their pockets without word, and In
less than weeks time the woman haC
$500. 1t was more money than she ev'
er would have got at once from her hus
band, so that he did her more good by
dropping dead than he would have done
ifhe had lived"
II have many time admired
the good looks of the New York
men. Take a gentleman out Of
his promenade on Fifth avenue of an
afternoon. From his polished boots to
the carnation in his button-hole, he is
perfectly costumed. His face is bright
with the flush of health and conscious
stt@hgth. He looks the perfection OF
manhood. What wonder then that
close with this sentiment: "A health
to the men of New York--the best
looking, best dressed men in Ameri.
ca.'n ,@.,... ..,.s.....
Cleveland is agitated with another
sensation and another disappearance
Mrs. Lawrence, wife of M. j. Law
Ng3ce, of the Ohio Farmer, ON Monday
-xalst instituted proceedings for divorce
L and after leaving her laWyer'S Office dis