Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-05

for Illegal voting and WAS fined by JUS
tice Hunt, but, In accordance with her
defiant declaration, never paid the pen
elty, Between 1870 and 1880 she lectured
in all the northern and several OF the
southern states more than 100 times
year. In 1881 she wrote, with the as
sistance of her coeditors, Elizabeth Cady
Stanton and Matilda Joslsn Gage, "The
History of Woman Suffrage" In two vol
umes.
THE woMkN OF INDIA.
In her speech at the meeting the other
night the Pundita said that "the doctrine
taught by the Hindoo priests is that there
is no heaven for the women, no salvation
save through the husband, to whom they
must in all things yield the blindest,
most implicit faith. AS q reward for this
seryitude they were promised that when
their souls were again materlslised they
would be born into the world ss men.
The Flu ldita wsxed quite eloquent in
speaking of the English rule IN India.
Many Of her quaint hits raised
hearty laugh among the
audierce, as when, for instance, she stat
ed that since the English proclamation
in 1858, announcing their rule in India,
the text books on history put In the
hands OF students madea special point OF
impressipg upon the young mind the
| exact number Of wives upon whom Henry
VIII. had bestowed his royal favor
! Since 1888, however, great change was
observable throughout India for the bet
tering OF the condition of women. But
the great ms 1rity of the Hlndoos still
regard women and cobras IS almost iden
teal.
MISS TAYLoR's DIsPLRAsURE.
The first hint that the women on thi
side of the water had OF Mics Taylor
displeasure was the cablegram last Weel
to Henry George in which she sal
she should not attend. Miss An
tnony WAS surprised, and anxiousl
awaited an explanation. II came In
letter in which Miss Taylor rather curtl
stated thst owing to dissensions anon
the Eogllsh societies and for other res
sons she did not care to attend the cour
Gil. She was gracious enough to say the
she had no fault to find with her Ameri
can sisters. "Miss Taylor is cranky,
said q woman who knows hel
? "and this last move Of her
need not have surprised any one.
may be her dislike Of Mrs. Ashton Dix
was what she thought the resson for no
wanting to come, but, depend upon 1t,
/, was her innate cranklness." Mrs. DIX
is to go to Chicago IS the guest OF tn
Woman's Club, and the members OF tha
, organ! Z ltIon who are here are bound tht
she shall have fine rece ton. Mr.
-, Dixie came ecross the water In compaD
with Mrs. Stanton. She is the officis
, delegate of the Newcastle Liberal Lssgui
Piiscilla Bright McLsren, the sister
john Bright, in letter aool
r the E-gl sh representatives commend
q Mrs. Dixie. Sc says nothing abor
a Helen Taylor, from which il is inferre
h that the Eoglish societies hardly expecte
r Miss Taylor to come. Mrs. E izsbh'
e C.dy Stanton declared that, now that Il
= matter had gotten out, she did not thir
n it either right or decent for her 80 kee
silent longer.
u 81 wss In England" said Mrs. Star
II ton, "when Miss Anthony sent me Il
letter che had received from Miss Taylo
: and WAS furious about 1t. l have bee
n in Mrs. Dilke's house, and know how 81
2 is received on the other side. She "
n my companion on the voyage from e.
e gland here, and do not believe there
8 q spot on which they can put their fl
e ger"
Re A BITTER FEUD.
E. Nothing has startled the Womsl's Co
n vention at Washington more tnan &
,e news of the feud between Miss Hell
Taylor, step-Gaughter Of the ls'e Jol
n Stewart Mill and Mrs. Ashton Dill
7. Its origin was in the Crawford divor
lie suit. Ia old days the bikes and t
s: Mills were friends. The sturdy o
of printer who founded the AtheI e IN, a.
+ who WAS the father of Charles and Asht
" Dixie, did much to establish the rep
3, tstion of James Mill's "History Of Iudia
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