The herald., 1893-05-20
WOMEN AT THE COLUMBIAN WORLDS
FAIR,

One of the most interesting features
OF the Columbian Worlds Fair is the
extraordinary interest taken in it by the
women OF America. These charming
creatures are there in force.., They have
interpolsted into the framework of the
great display Womsn's Congress, and
their delightful, resonant voices are
pitched in seven keys, responsive, let us
assume for the sake of pleasantly, to the
Seven Ages of Man, as rendered in the
soliloquy of the melancholy jacques.
Now this is all right.-It is said that
the assembly of women at the Column
bian Worlds Fair exceeds in numbers
any similar meeting of the weaker p
sex since the world began. They man
aged to rake up the bones of seven thou
sand virgins near the spot where the
Cathedral of Cologne stands, which, on
the principle of one virgin to two
matrons, shows that women were pretty
thick in that part OF Germany at that
time. But there must have been fully
twenty Thousand women in the palace
OF the arts at Chicsgo the other day,
listening to animated prieateHses OF the
new order of things. They got their
work in in great shape, and more power
to their elbows, say we.
One of the animated woman orators,
her eye in fine frenzy rolling, said that
women were tired OF bearing children to
be shot to pieces. This is fine senti-
ment. 1t is in line with Chat noble
youthful impulse of Tennyson, in his
Lockeley's Hall;
The war drums throb no longer, the battle flags
are furled.
| In tho parl a ment of man, the federation oil
the world
This lady ought to be dispatched inn
mediately as an envoy to the Emperor
William, who seems Just now to be
more in danger OF embroiing the peace
OF the world than any other individual
that we have in our eye at this moment
II 10 to be hoped that she is good look
ing, because we have private advicel
that Emperor Bill doesn't care deuce
aces for homely women. Alas dele
gates to a woman's congress are otter
anything but good looking, the more'l
the PITY 1t would be doubtful whethe
even Susan B. Anthony would prove {
euccessful ambasasdress to the realm O
the Grand Turk with view to wesnin,
that unutterable creature from the forty
beautiful houris who are supposed to bl
bis lot in Paradise. Even Susan B
would fail OF her accustomed success
with the sensuous devotee OF Ma
homet. He would look for somethint
else than angularity and fine lines O
thought coruscsting over sort of erysip
elias visRge. The wretch would reall
look for something like plump and hsr
monious outlines and velvety tones O
flesh. When told that the body wa
nothing, the mind everything, and tina
beauty was only skin deep, the brut
would be quite capable OF exclaming
a with Congrevs, in one of his plays:
, 81 take the body, you take the mind,
+. Which has the best Of the bargain?"
t OF course the chsste Susan woul
. meet such a sensuous wretch with
: snif of disdain, and would dismiss hiI
), ss one of those horrid men of the too to
!. order. We are afraid, however, this
! these earthly minded people are nc
y limited to the subjects OF the Gran
Turk.
q What an entirely pleasant thing
@ would be to have this woman's congrel
y abolish war? That they can do it O
\, paper there is no earthly doubt. Blu
10 to adopt the spelling OF MT. Bofin
n sour Mutual Friend" as soon as IL