Telegram-herald., 1890-04-21
WOMAS'S WORLD.
keFoegs or T1E t4EROsSEs or
NEN ksc WOMEN NogELETs

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rEsosd~d ~ Oos ~ DsLn0asco's lunch
cons. the progr.nms ~ss 0psosd ~Fith .
coEtralSo solo By Asss Rosslie. u w<h-
ington. ~hIch vas followed By Easter
song a rscit4Eion by Ais Anna Y.
6hietds.
a b0y's Conposltioa on Socks," hu-
n0FOosiy rendered by Ma Lydia Wood.
preceded The Departure OF Maria Nit
ehsll, a poem, read And written by Mia
Clymer. the beautiful prssaisns Of the
society, who aftsT~srd pxese11ed gold
peo u Mrs. Clarke, ons Of the retiring
0fdcsra
Every one had been, Of course, delight
FL With what they Aad heard, bar the
scnz and TscitaEions were merely the
prelude ~ the grsat question Of the day;
Are the women given Us By women
novelists more true 70 life than the wo-
men drawn by mens'
Mrs. Mary z. Bryan presented the sub
iect. For a successful novelist, Mrs
BRYAN said. the essentials were SYM
pashy, self knoolsdgs and oomPrehen-
sion. Self knowledge was rarest Of all in
women. Courage was also lacking. for
women would rather portray sins than
weakness. Her good characters, on the
other hand, were TOO goOd-nOt live, no
bic women. Thsckeray, Dickens and
Hawthorne had given them well rounded
women.
Mrs. Croly was on the affirmative, and
protested that Dickens characters were
noe all around men and women. Thack-
eray was more human. and his women
not 50 disagreeable as those Of Dickens
George Elio< was the greatest novelist,
although her characters lacked sunshine
Mrs. Evelyn Harvier said, on tho other
hand. that Bret Hartes, Reade's ard
Besant's women were such as were found
in daily life. Women set up high stan
dards in their characters, but the woman
does not reach it.
ITO man woman is a mystery,7 said
Mrs. Poole. "She has faculties that
transcend man By no means can he
~ fASN
sound its depths" She compared Scott,
Dickens and Thsckerzy with George
Eliot, Mrs. Olphant, Miss Mulock and
others, always 10 the disadvantage of the
men
Mrs. Emma ". Higley closed the de-
bate on the negative side, and she was
severe on her sex Nothing. she said,
that had been learned about woman was
true. She was not even created last as
the best. and the Bible story was all a
mistake.
She was the stone the builder rejected.
She was lifted up high, then suddenly
came disclosure which made her fall
down, never 70 rise again.
In response toa call Mrs. Kate Tannett
Woods. OF Boston, told an anecdote. She
was once at gathering Of literary peo-
pie with Mrs. Stowe. The author OF
Uncle Toms Cabin" was called upon
for some remarks. When she hesitated,
Mr. Howslls. Who sat beside her. said:
Get up; say what comes first"
She arose and said:
Ladies and gentlemen, am afraid to
speak, but Mr.. Howells tells me TO say
what comes first. / would like to ask
Mr.. Howells where he gets the model
for the atrocious women in his novels. "
New York Press.