Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1893-05-11
NUMBER 80

frenzy to see the bride and a. live British
lord The police pointed their clubs at
them and frowned, but of course no po-
liceman would dare to use his club on
''lady," if ladies they were. should say
that if they were they forgot their lady
hood for the time being. a report had
gone out that the brides gown was an
old one, SO that her father could avoid
paying duty on new one. The women
audibly criticised the girls robes. ssThat
dress doesn't look as though it was
cleaned with benzine, . said one. Finally
this female mob burst all bounds and
actually broke open the side door of
the church in the midst of the ceremony.
Then followed a scramble for which dis
graceful is the only word On the top
of pews climbed some Of them. upon the
seats stood others craning their necks
and talking loudly. Outsido<ome men,
bers Of the female sex climbed upon the
fence. After all was over and the church
was cleared, shreds of wells and dresses,
gloves and broken remnants of feminine
apparel were found scattered in profu-
sion. Some had lost their bonnets. The
mob Of women were not at all Of the
lower classes, SO called. They were well
and fashionably dressed. How utterly
worthless, how wiclzedly empty must be
the brains of the women who can act
like that They abandoned all the deli
cacy and dignity Of real womanhood,
which would stay thousand miles away
TO-
been invited. The fact that there were
found to be SO many women of that sort
is the discouraging part Of the story.
Whatever you undertake, 60 in to winl
Interesting beyond most recent bits Of
reading is the sketch Of gentle, noble
Lucy Stone, published in The Woman's
Journal by her daughter, as she con-
fesses, without Lucy's knowledge. From
the time she was barefoot girl driving
home the cows Lucy Stone has been
fighting for woman's right to vote, to
work at whatever she pleases, to get just
as good an education as she wants and
to speak in public. Many of these rights
are now at least partly conceded, and all
the rest we hope this honored lady will
lived to see granted. She paid for her
own education at Oberlin college by
teaching, and at one time by doing house
work at cents an hour. All this time
she boarded herself on so cents a week.
Spitballs were fired at her during her
speeches by bowling mobs. Once the plat
form was attacked by men with clubs,
and again pane of glass was removed
behind her, and hose pipe Of ice water
was turned upon her back The daunt-
less little woman pulled her shawl around
4 her and continued her speech. 1t will
always be matter of pride and pleasure
to me to remember that speech by
Lucy Stone converted me to woman's
rights when l was IA years old, and
have never wavered from the faith.
Are there brave, determined girls like
Lucy Stone still? Yes, there are, plenty
of them, and that is the best of all.
wish to commend to women every
where for careful consideration the fol-
| lowing remark of the famous and eccen-
tric old Princess Mathilde, who still lives
in Paris: when with men, feel that
am with my equals, that we can talk of
art, literature, politics or science. But
among women how few there are that
can conyerse Should woman come
into this drawing room now we shonld
be obliged to change the conversation"
The following from Pomeroy's Adj
rance Thought is worth copying and
considering: when you hear dried up,
garrulous, bloodIess old woman caution
ing her friends against some young,
lovely and lovable woman who is pleas
ant and popular. declaring she is no bet
ter than she should be and should not be
associated with, you may bet largely that
she is disgruntled because she is not on
the platform to be admired"
What the great musician, Won Bulow,
thinks Of matrimony as compared with
the artistic career is shown in his adj
vice to pretty girl who played before
him with view to entering the profess
sional life. She failed to please him.
''Go and marry" said Won Bulow.
ANY girl can marry. Not one in ten
thousand can he a great success profes-
sionally. ELIZA ARCHARD CONNER.