Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-02-15

seatsswhere sat the women, largely outnumbering
the men, and says Miss Anthony, "It was lucky
for me that he did, for they were perfectly horror
stricken at my audacity.' Permission being
granted, Miss Anthony said: II merely wish to
suggest solution to the question you have been
discussing. AS long as society says that woman
has not brains enough to be lawyer, doctor, or
minister, yet may be a teacher, do you not see,
gentlemen, that every man of you who enters the
profession eff teaching puts himself on the level of
this degraded class and tactly acknowledges that
he has no more brains than woman"
In all Miss Anthony's wanderings only once did
her friend and companion, Mrs. Stanton, see her
taken by surprise, and that was on being asked to
speak to the inmates of a lunatic asylum. Seeing
her hesitation Mrs. Minor, who was present, said,
'This is golden moment for you-the first OPP
portunty you have ever had to speak to your pol
itcal peers -
Miss Anthony is the best of company. Her
wonderful memory carries the legislative history of
each State, the formation and progress of the po-
litical parties, the parts played by all our prom-
nent men in whatever is of Importance in our ma
tonal life, and whatever has beel done, the world
over, to ameorate the condition of women. And
since she is thus attractive and has had all her life
sincere and lasting friendships with the noblest
men, it may excite veneer that she never married.
She has often playfully said that she could not
consent that the man she might love, described in
the Constitution as white male natlye-born
American citizen, possessed of the right Of self
government, eligible to the Office of President Of
the great Republic, should unite his destines in
marriage with political slave and pariah.
In matters pertaining to the spiritual life, Miss
Anthony has a reyerent trust. Having been
Hicksite Quaker, she finds her belief formulated
most nearly by the Unitarian denomination, with
which she is now associated. She has an infexible
code of morals and action for herself, yet shows
the broadcast lenity and charity to others. 1t is
this last fact that has given rise to any harsh judg
ments that have ever been made about her. For,
paradoxical as it may seem, mankind has ever been
more willing to pardon personal errors than to for
give charity for the slips and folbles of others.
In this the nineteenth century, when so many
avenues are open into which women can turn and
earn an honest living, it seems passing strange
that any young girl DESTROYS of making her way in
the world should fail to qualify in some one of the
many employments suitable for women. Why ex-
pect some lucrative position to offer in their espe-
cia case, when even should they have such an OPP
portunty, they could not fill it creditably Do
shp-owners entrust their vessels, laden with
precious lives and valuable cargoes to the care of
men who have never been to sea-rever weathered
a gale? Does the man who wishes to erect
mansion that shall combine in its interior comfort
and beauty and whose exterior shall present
symetrical proportions to the admiring eye of the
beholder, employ as an architect one who has
never draughted the plan of any building? In
short, does not skilled labor command at all times
the best places. Our brothers fit themselves for
their daily avocations by years Of discipline and