Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-11-03

Proctor Della r. S. Parnell and Clara Barton
Of these all but nine would vote, they say, if
they could. Judging them from their position in
literature and their taste in selection of ects for
their pen, it would not be difficult matter to scan
the list of signatures and decide upon the nine.
The following would not vote Marion Harland,
Edith NJ. Thomas, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Mrs. A.
d. Il. Whitney, Rose Terry Cooke, Augusta J.
Evans Wilson, Celia Thaxter, Emma D.. L. N.
Southworh and Laura G.. Holloway.
The letters are all characteristic. Grace Green
woods is the brightest. Lucy Stone the shortest.
Clara Barton's the most touching Augusta Evans
and Mrs. Southworth have not had much time to
devote to such stern views of life and Marion IIar-
land with gastronomc triumphs weighing on her
shoulders has no inclination to turn to aught so
popular and unremunerative.
Ella Wheeler is too much takenup with her home
c. Holloway believes in the warmth of her own
hearthstone, with man to bring in the fuel.
Rose Terry Cookies views of woman, are, she
says, the same as st. Pauls, and Mrs. Whitney
thinks woman occupies central place already in
the order Of things and does not wish to see said
''order of things turned wrong side out"
The Herald has certainly given its readers very
interesting article. The following is Grace Green
woods letter;
The Duke of Argyle, whom remember once to
have seen superbly overshadowed by his magnif-
cent mother-in-law, Duchess of Sutherland though
himself fair specimen of progressive manhood, is
sternly conservative wOmanward In a lecture
which some twenty years ago he was gracious
enough to deliver before mechanics institute he
said, "a woman has no right to appear upon a
platform except when she is about to be hanged
then it is unavoidable" This smart saying caused
great hilarity among his Grace's audience, little
wit from nobeman going great way. l used to
quote that sentence in lecture was bold enough
to deliver from many platform, and it always
brought laugh-at woman's eXpense-but then,
again, my comment on it, though not particularly
mart, never failed to bring generous applause, and
t is comment was: ''rhe freedom of the scaffold,
the ghastly equality of the gallows, so gracously
accorded to woman by the Duke of Argyle, is not
enough Give her fair swing at life as well as at
death; let her have voice at least in the selection
of men who make and administer the laws under
which woman may be taxed, divorced, deprived of
her guests and poems to bother about it, and Laura
her children, imprisoned, tried and hanged" That
was my sentiment twenty years ago; it is mine to-
day, and propose to stand by it. Would | vote
if could? Yea verify, at divers times and in
divers Places to make up for my long political dis
ability think that for the first presidential cleo
ton after my tardy enfranchisement would HE
me to certain city in which lived during the try
ing days of the republic and when my little liter
AIRY income was taxed for the carrying on of a war
in which no woman had any glory stock, only
ruinous investment of anxietes and agonies, and
in that city would WELD the franchise with the
patriotic prodgality of newly-landed Hibernian
Democrat casting my vote right and left from
'morn to dewy eve." GRACE GREENWOOD.