Wichita eagle., 1889-06-21
WARE ON THE WOMEN AND ON
WICHITA.

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At the Loyal Legion banquet last Sat
urday night at Kansas City, Capt. Eu
gene F. Ware was called upon to respond
to the toast, ''The Ladies, IN War and II
Peace. His remarks were as follows:
1 don't know who assigned me the
toast upon which am to speak this even
ing Colonel Case, interrupring, said 81
did, and concerning the wording OF the
sentiment am very much IN doubt.
1t is not the old toast of ''lovely
women" nor sour wives and sweet
hearts; God bless them:" but it is about
the ladies, with reference to war and
peace.
In the brief time allotted to me l am
not sure that can do justice to the sub
ject.
In the first place am to consider the
ladies in war. In looking back through
English history and my own recol-
| lection, | don't remember of any ladies
in war. They have raised no armies and
commanded none. They have fought
no battles and won no great victories IN
war. With perhaps one exception.
| Ladies have not figured in war through
all the history of our English ancestors.
| The one occasion to which l refer
will describe, as it has not received the
notice that it should, but it is a very
old incident, having taken place over
eighteen centuries ago. It IS OF an
English queen who raised an army and
led it to battle, the last Of her kind, and
as she didn't amount to much of war
rior. am pleased to relate the facts.
Eighteen years after the Romans had eff
fected permanent Judgement in the south
ern part of Great Britain, an English
queen, Boadicea, raised an army of 12O,-
900 men and also an instruction.
| She fought and defeated the Romans
commanded by Major General Petlllus
Cerialis and went down and cap
tured London and burned it. Lon
don was then an ancient city, en-
joying Wichita boom, and in the Ian
guage of the historian Tacitus twas
very much frequented by an abundance
of merchants and ships that entered Its
ports" Major General Suetonius gath
cred together fragments of legions to ar
rest her progress. Southern Britain was
the Oklahoma of that day, and there
were thousands of Romans and allies
there. Suetonius formed an army and
awaited her progress. She in her career
had slain 10000 Romans, and burned
some of the principal Roman colonies.
While the armies are in the face
of each other we will give the de-
scription which history has furnished us
of the queen. She was, said Tacltus, OF
the largest size, with two grown daugh-
tiers and strong voice, and Of command
ing aspect. She wore fancy colored
vest closely fitted around her, and ovel
it a thick mantle connected with clasp.
Her thick yellow hair fell down to her
waist and around her neck she wore a
golden collar. She whirled around
| through the ranks in her chariot, with
two daughters, melting her soldiers.
Before attacking Suetonius she made a
speech to her army, in which she told
them that they must conquer or perish,
and most remarkably she used these
words, at is usual for Britons to go tC
war under the leadership of women.
History does not relate what blush
passed along the line when our mascu'
line ancestors heard this statement from
the British queen. Alas, they were toe
much subjugated, too much overcome
with the tyranny of the situation to dare
to blush. 1t shows to what a depth OF
humiliation our masculine ancestors had
been subjected In the battle with Sue
tonius Boadlcea was defeated, SO. 900 OF
our ancestors persisted and BOadicea
took poison. But with the downfall
and defeat of Boadicea came the eman-
cipation of our sex, or perhaps |
should say the masculine race. That
which before had been usual became
unusual and in the defeat of BOadl-
cea grand future opened itself UP be-
fore our ancestors. Never since then
have women brought us under control
or arrogated the leadership. No tall and
long haired blonde now leads us forth to
the sword and the vulture. Of course,
if we had to be so lead, tall, queenly
blonde with long yellow hair would be
acceptable as a leader. but that era has
passed with disaster, blood and defeat.
1t has always been so, that labor, and art,
and genius must struggle up and through
trial. The graves of 50, 900 BritOns mark
the breaking of our shackles, and as
look around me tonight l see the men
who led the victorious armies OF the civil
war and think how different it might
have been had Boadicea not been de-
feated. Instead of we being here, there
would have been a party OF tall and
stately blondes drinking champagne and
discussing the glories and victories OF
war. and we out in the hall where they
are now.
OF late there has been an effort in our
state on the part of those who we have
now under subsection, to enter politics
and run for office, to be mayors and al
dermen. They are demanding the right
of ballot and are again aspiring to rule.
Its the old story the of Southern Confed-
eracy trying to regain at the ballot what
they lost in war If we permit it, it will
not be long before some tall, queenly
blonde will, in the language Of Boadicea,
tell US that it has been usual for us to go
under the leadership of women. can
do no better than TO close by quoting a
Kansas rhyme of the period.
o tempora,
The present time and custom,
The atmospheric spirit OF the age
Have made these women SO we cannot
Who know what ills the present times
presage.
OF that event
| The darkening shadows lengthen,
While far away
We see the fast combining clouds that
strengthen
Our horror of that day,
EXCHANGE SHOTS
Plenty Of Room Yet.
& French scientist saws that allowing